God is Awesome!

Wow....so I have alot to share from the last few days!

On Sunday night, Danette and I prayed for Keaw and for Poom, that God would reveal himself to them supernaturally. I have been praying for a dream for Keaw or just anything that would show him that what seems impossible is possible with God.

WELL!! then on Monday Danette and I went to the Library on Campus which was completely God because I really wanted to go home. We ran into Keaw and Carol. I began to speak with Keaw and Danette began to speak with Carol. Keaw told me this: "Last week my ear was hurting, I got water in it and I haven't been able to hear for a week. Then I read the Bible and prayed on Saturday night and then on Sunday morning when I woke up I could hear!" I got really excited and so did Keaw he said "it is a miracle there is no explanation! I couldn't hear for a week and now I can" There was so much joy in those few moments I shared with Keaw! (Danette and I prayed together on Sunday night but God had already answered it that morning! amazing!) He told me that he has been keeping his Bible next to his bed and that he reads it when he gets bored while studying to keep him awake and I told him to keep praying. He innocently said "can I?" and I said YES!! God wants to hear from you because he loves you so much. I said God loves everyone and he made us and he wants to hear us speak to him. I went on about how much God loves him for a few minutes which was not me speaking at all because I typically don't rant about God loving everyone...I felt like it was God doing it.

While I was talking with Keaw, Danette and Carol were speaking about how if you seek God you will find him. Carol actually said "I believe in God" which was incredible. Carol is Chinese and we do not have a Bible for her yet but we are trying to get one quickly. As Danette was speaking with Carol she said that she would tell Carol one spiritual truth and 3 more would come out of Carol. It was God opening her eyes! When all of us began to talk together...Keaw said "I think Carol wants to know Jesus" and I said do you? and he said "maybe"! it was so encouraging to hear him say those things. I was so blessed to be the one to experience that with him.

Please pray for Keaw and Carol...that God would protect them from spiritual attack because we have all felt a lot of attack in the last few days. Please pray that there would be no anxiety among us and that we would trust fully in the Lord! He is going to finish the good work that he has started...even if we are not here to see it. The Lord is doing all of these things and not us...people just pop up out of nowhere and ask about God.

At Bible study last night, students showed up that we have never even met before! We found out that our friend Tor has been to the morman church before so please pray that he would go to a Christian church...even our church and would be turned away from the Mormans.

Also! We found out that our friend Ploy is a Christian. Her story is so amazing and is further proof that God does not need us to help bring these people to him. He uses us as a blessing to us and to grow us in him. Here is Ploy's story: One of her favorite singers who is Thai is a Christian and he wrote a book. She called a number and was sent the book for free. After reading the book she decided that she wanted to find out more about Jesus. She decided to go to church. She went to a Morman church but no one was there and as she walked into the building she heard an AUDIBLE man's voice say "this place is not good, Leave!" She believes that this was the Voice of God! and So do I! She ended up then going to a Christian church and and she asked questions and she believed and became a Christian. This happened when she was 15. She has been a Christian for 3 years and we were so encouraged by her testimoney, which by the way Keaw also heard...and later Carol talked about Ploy being a Christian which means that Keaw had to have told Carol about Ploy! God is at work! Ploy also put her hand on the Bible and said "this is life, God is life" Erin and I both started crying because we were so overwhelmed by God's power and love. He pointed Ploy to himself without the help of anyone. He spoke directly to her to show her the way to him! Amazing!

God is at work, it is undeniable! Please continue to pray for these people and for their salvation! Please pray against spiritual attack which we have all witnessed in the last few days. Thank you so much for your prayers! God hears you! He wants you to speak to him because he loves you! If we ask for anything in his name it will be done! names to Pray for: Keaw, Carol, Poom, Art, Piak, AK, Tor, Jar, Idea...there are more than these that I do not even know about that are seeking. Please pray that they would find us before we leave so that we can connect them to Scott and Valerie who are the missionaries that stay here.

Rachel