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Thailand Trip - April 22, 2024

Apr 22 3:20 PM

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Whew… what a day. We started our day off by inviting about 30 more kids into our time together with the Faith house girls. For a total of 75 people in our camp sessions. Heather did a lesson on God‘s creation and how we are created in his image. And Brenda followed on with a lesson about how we’re created uniquely special, and loved by God called to his family and as we are children of God. Our fingerprint is uniquely made to us and so we did a fingerprint art activity to reinforce that concept. Followed up by fantastic games by Traci and Bill. The theme song for the day was PRAISE by Elevation Worship. This evening Heather presented a lesson on good hygiene and how to avoid mistakes of touching your hands to your face and cleanliness. Glenn finished our evening with a discussion on shame and guilt and how Jesus is not ashamed of us. Followed by a bonfire, which is appropriate for any team camp. God very much blessed our day with an air-conditioned large activity room so we could be inside during all of this as it was 110° outside today.

Thank you for your prayers surrounding this team. God is on the move here. We’re praying for reached souls tomorrow as we present the gospel to them.

Blessings and Love
Brenda & Team

Thailand Trip - April 21, 2024

Apr 22 9:23 AM

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We started off the day with Church at Faith House. Then left for a resort for a few days. This is a very special getaway for the girls as they don’t leave Faith House much. After some time in the pool and a nice dinner, Glenn and Bill led a discussion on safe traits to look for in a boyfriend or husband, followed by a crowning ceremony as we are princesses of the most high king (Hebrews 2:7)

What a joy to be at Faith House. Our team received a warm welcome complete with flowers. Even the many new girls are saying “We love you!” And we say it right back!

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We joined them Sunday morning for a beautiful worship service led by the girls. The theme of the sermon by the new pastor was wisdom. Hmmm. Our team devotions include Eph. 1:7-8 ”In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding.“

Listening to them sing is a bit of heaven on earth. We then headed off to a little resort area where we would help the girls lead an outreach camp for the refugee children. Today was preparing and planning for that camp but of course also swimming.

There are 50 million human trafficked people in our world today. We can’t rescue all of them. But we can bring hope and healing to these 50 precious girls here at Faith House rescued from war-torn Myanmar.

Seeing them embrace their faith and have hope for the future is exciting. When you ask them who are you in unison they exclaim “I am a child of God!” Tonight Bill and Glenn led a great discussion on dangerous traits for a boyfriend or husband and safe traits. Maria chimed in to bring some application to things that had happened to some of these girls.

Tomorrow begins the outreach camp where the gospel will be clearly explained. Please pray for the salvation of those who don’t yet know Jesus

Written by Dee Johnson

Thailand Trip - April 20, 2024

Apr 22 9:20 AM

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We are in Bangkok getting ready for our last flight to Faith House. This is a meeting to finalize the details of our week ahead. We are ready!

We made it to Mea Sot, Thailand today. So enjoyed meeting all of the new girls at Faith house and introducing the team to Faith house here in Thailand. Tomorrow we look forward to church in the morning and then preparing for our camp with the village children in the afternoon. Thank you for your prayers, they matter and we appreciate it so much.

Hungary 2024 - Day 7

Mar 24 11:05 AM

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On Saturday, we met for breakfast and shared our experiences this week. We then shopped and rested in preparation for our flight home tomorrow. On Saturday evening, Gabi and Mara Madarasz hosted us in their home for a yummy authentic Hungarian meal. We sang and worshipped God together with Jonathan leading us on his guitar, and we prayed and thanked God together with Gabi leading us in group prayer.

Usually, this would be a long goodbye until next year, but Gabi and Mara and their family will be visiting the Bible Chapel in just a few weeks! Everyone can meet Gabi and Mara and hear about their ministry at 9:00am on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at the South Hills campus in one of the Sunday school rooms in the basement on the lowest level. (The Sunday school room is down one escalator, turn left through the double doors, and then it is on the righthand side of the hall.) Come meet Gabi and Mara on April 7, and also pray about serving alongside them when we return to Budapest, Hungary, next year!

Hungary 2024 - Days 4-6

Mar 23 10:57 AM

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On Thursday and Friday, we again taught at high school English classes at two different schools and invited the students to FEK (which is the name for Cru in Hungary) events in Budapest and also to FEK’s summer English camps in Hungary in July this summer. Also, on Thursday, several of us conducted “random” evangelism discussions alongside FEK interpreters with individuals at nearby college campuses, in an effort to build relationships between seekers and local Christian missionaries who can continue evangelism and discipleship.

On Friday night, we attended a FEK (Cru) event in their building in the center of Budapest. These events are for high school students, and there are 5-10 high schools within a ten minute walk of FEK’s central location. The gospel was clearly shared.

For anyone interested in participating in mission trips, this trip to Hungary is an excellent opportunity to evangelize and encourage youth in high school as well as other people that we meet on college campuses or elsewhere during our time in Hungary. We have several high school youth and college-age students here from other U.S. churches who are serving very effectively through their direct gospel message communication now as well as by preparing to continue those relationships over social media by trading contact information on platforms such as Instagram. In addition, there are American adults here who have returned to Budapest as many as twelve times, again maintaining evangelistic relationships with Hungarians over email or other platforms. This is a great experience for multi-cultural relationship-building and evangelism.