Phii Nok’s Birthday
12/06/2008 8:18 am
Phi Nok’s restaurant is closed this Wednesday. It is her birthday and she is going to “tham bun” (have a merit making ceremony) at the restaurant because it is an auspicious day for her. She usually does this at the temple, but this year she has decided to do it at the restaurant, hoping that it will bring her lots of luck and make the restaurant more prosperous. Some monks will come to the restaurant in the morning and we have been invited.
Phi Nok tries to be a good Buddhist, but she knows that she cannot even keep the 5 basic Buddhist precepts – she kills flies almost every day – so actually, she is without hope. We shared with her about the hope that we have in Christ and that only he can remove our bad karma. (submitted by Nick Bekker, church planting in North Thailand)
- Pray for Phii Nok who listened intently to the story of what Jesus has done for her. Pray that the truth will enter her heart.
- Pray that we would be able to share gospel truths with people as we survey the town and get to know folk for this new church planting effort in Lampang
- Pray for the new team of 5 missionaries to settle well into the town.
- Pray that the tracts we hand out will touch people’s hearts.