Written by Karl Dahlfred on 05 March 2010 .
Thailand has an evangelical Christian population of less than 1% so it might be fairly asked why we would spend a significant portion of our time discipling Thai Christians. Is not evangelism the more pressing task? Discipleship and evangelism are sometimes pitted against each other but they actually go hand in hand. The folks with whom we are studying the Bible, talking, and praying have much broader and deeper connections with the rest of society than we can ever hope to have as foreigners. If we can help Thai Christians become grounded in the Bible so that they are well equipped to both hold the faith and pass it on to their relatives and neighbors, then they will likely be more effective evangelists than we can ever be.
Written by Karl Dahlfred on 09 February 2010 .
We thank God for the Christmas evangelism opportunities we had this past December. Our kids club Christmas in Nong Doan went well with sufficient helpers and lots of kids. The neighborhood outreach the next day went fine program-wise but was very poorly attended due to the fact that the neighborhood public address system that we planned on using to invite neighbors was broken. We found this out only a couple days beforehand when I went confirm with the chair of the community association about the time of the announcement. All the same, some people came and it went as well as could be expected. Thanks for your prayers for these and other Christmas events. We pray that God will use the messages heard and literature distributed to impress His truth on the hearts of many.
Written by Karl Dahlfred on 09 January 2010 .