Funerals are Opportunities
19/07/2010 8:32 am OMF Thailand <th-itSPAMFILTER@omf.net>
"I hope you haven't had to attend any more funerals," a friend recently wrote. During my first year in Thap Than several contacts died: a student in our English club, the lay leader of our church and a good friend's husband. Each of these deaths was very different but in each case I saw how death focuses people, causing them to think about what is really important. This in turn leads them to question what they already know and makes them more willing to listen to new ideas. So, although death and funerals are not easy, at these three funerals Christ's love was shown and the gospel was shared. I noticed that funerals can be a welcome way to meet new contacts and friends, and so I'm thankful for the friends God has given me here in Thap Than. (Lee-anne Hill, Central Thailand church planting)
- Pray that the girls who attend the English Club in nearby Nong Dow, particularly Bee and Ben, would open their hearts and accept Christ as Lord.
- Pray that the members of the Thap Than Church would continue to mature, grow in unity and be able to completely take on the running of the church.
- Pray that as Sewalee adjusts to the loss of her husband I would have further opportunities to show Christ's love and share the reason for the hope I have.
- Pray that every opportunity will be taken to share the gospel sensitively at funerals across the country.