the last day =(

Hi all,

Tomorrow we'll be back in Singapore! We have enjoyed our last day here as we gave our all and "chionged" ahead. This morning we visited Noi at her mushroom farm in Tachang. We were able to see how our Covenant seed fund bore fruit and provided a livelihood for her. We found out that Noi had still had lingering pain in her knees. We prayed fervently for God to restore strength in her legs, that she would be able to squat totally without any pain. After we prayed once, Noi said that she felt 50% better. But we were not satisfied! We persevered and prayed many, many more rounds; feeling encouraged at the progress made after each round of prayer.
Now she's 90% healed and we will continue keeping her in prayer.

After lunch, we made a short visit to the 'pride of Singburi' which is this HUGE buddha statue that is a few storeys high. It really just reminds us how HUGE a barrier we have to conquer in order to reach out to the Thais. Just think about how such a HUGE barrier exists in this small province and how much greater a wall we have to overcome in the world - Pray!

Our next stop was Khai Bangrachan High School. Though we were not allowed to share the gospel openly, we still held our evangelistic concert. It was slightly awkward in the beginning, but the students quickly warmed up to us as we led them in a time of songs and dance. After Deborah shared about the meaning of Christmas, we had the opportunity to reach out to some of the students and we celebrate 21 people added to God's family! We pray that their faith will be sealed and strengthened.

Dinner was at Somsee's, and it was awesome CHAR SIEW RICE! We enjoyed the cell group entirely because we were able to hear about the experiences of the Thais. Their thankgivings and prayer needs were different in that their concerns about basic needs such as the condition of their padi fields and their families' well-being.

Goodbye was hard because we spent so much time with the church workers and we will dearly miss all of them ): WE HOPE TO COME BACK SOON (*hint hint ps edwin)

We'll be back in a few hours time, so see you then!
love,
Audrey and Kenneth

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Here's a poem by our home-grown poet prodigy!
Kinda sums up our feelings for tonight.

Rushing.
It was the wind that
blew past our faces-
riding.

Its skies were soft
yet unyielding
heat in the morning
and rainbow coloured evenings

We cried and we sang songs-
praying.
21 feasts in heaven tonight,
21 souls saved.

Two more days left for us
one tomorrow
and another in our hearts forever
a memory for eternity.

-Reuben