The Mays’ Weblog

Dear Friends and Family This has been a special day as Luke was baptised this afternoon a few hours ago, in the pool here at Grace.

There were over twenty others baptised with him, mostly Thais from our church here, House of Praise. I had the pleasure of baptising Luke, now aged, 13, along with our pastor, Jonathan, and one of the elders, Ron. (The latter two were already baptised, in case of confusion…) Although there was no time for testimonies from all baptisees, we have gleaned something of their story and would love to share it with you.

You may remember from the last newsletter that God has really been working through Ron and his Thai wife Mon and led many to Jesus. Mon was at the Electric Company office to pay a bill the other day when it started pouring down with rain. She noticed a young girl of 16 there with a baby and felt prompted to offer her a lift home. Her mother was there also, and they had a motorbike, so they drove the girl and baby, following her mother home in the teeming downpour (this is in fact the dry season and the rain was completely unexpected). They were invited in and, after chatting with the mother and girl, led them to the Lord there and then. The mother then opened a cupboard door in the kitchen and showed a note that the girl had written that morning; a written letter to the God they did not know to bring some happiness and kindness into their rather grim lives, difficult for many reasons, not least that the baby was the girl’s…a teenage mum. It was such a wonderful thing to see them both being baptised this afternoon! See below:

Last monday a young Thai man arrived at the church property in mental anguish. His girlfriend was a Christian but had been killed in a traffic accident the day before. He was in such a state of despair that he wanted to end his own life but felt prevented from doing so throughout the long night. In the morning he decided to take a walk up the road and saw the sign for our church. He felt the compulsion to enter and ask “How can I find Jesus?” He chatted and prayed with the staff there and gave his life to the Lord. Since then he has shared the gospel with his extended family and they have all become Christians in the last week, the last one, a brother, giving his life to the Lord during after-church coffee today!

The group ranged from the young to the old. It is such a wonderful thing to witness the amazing miracle of salvation and to see people plucked from the gates of hell into the kingdom of our God. I hope that this encourages you as it does us. The field are ripe for the harvest and in our Father’s house there are many rooms. With much love to you all, Andrew and Esther, Jacob, Luke, Mollie and Isaac.

With much love, A&E, JLMI