Pray for Thailand!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

A Little History and Update…

When God put Thailand on my heart in 2005 I thought that I would graduate college in ’06, go to Bible College for a year and then leave for Thailand. Well that was not exactly God’s plan as many you know of my brother’s accident in 2007 which paralyzed him from the chest down. I took a break from Bible School and helped my family.  Now just recently I have had another chance to serve my family.  My mom has been recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This has given me a chance to serve my family yet again. After my brother’s accident he continued his dream of becoming a doctor and he is now the first quadriplegic to attend Johns Hopkins Medical School. During this first year of Medical School my mom has been living with my brother to help him with his daily needs.   So for the past 3 weeks, while my mom has been having her surgeries, I have been in Baltimore helping my brother. My mom planned to return on Friday and I was going to go back to California today.  However, the airport is closed because of a huge blizzard we had this weekend.  I will be returning to California when the airport reopens tomorrow.  In these next few weeks I have a lot of small and large details to take care of to prepare for Thailand.  Here are a few of my prayer requests:   

1. My family   
-My mom is facing a third surgery and radiation treatment.  Pray     
 that she would make the right decisions concerning how to continue.

2. Leaving date-I am still unsure about when I should leave.  I thought that I had to wait until July, which is when the next orientation course would begin, but I have now been told by the field leadership not to wait only on that basis.  I am praying through if I should leave in April/May or if I should wait until the July date.

3. Prayer Team- I would love to have a team of believers that are committed to praying for this ministry so that I could send you updates and immediate prayer needs.  PLEASE
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4. Finances- Pray that all of my finances would come in to allow this to happen. 

5. Preparations-  Pray that I would be diligently getting ready for this move. All of the little details tend to overwhelm me.    

Thank you for your partnership and prayer.  I am so so grateful for all of you!