11/19/2009 Four Years
Dear Friends,
HOW ARE YOU? We’re grateful and feel privileged that you continue to partner with us in prayer and financial support for the Good News of Jesus Christ in Thailand. We know that you will enjoy the fruits of our labor together, and pray that God will bless you in your work at home and in your families. Next week will mark the 4th anniversary of our arrival here in Thailand (Thanksgiving Day, 2005). Pray for Thailand as its leaders are working hard to weather the economic downturn and achieve political stability. Let me introduce my friend’s blog that shows how his family supports us.
POOM IS A DEAR FRIEND of us in Thailand; he’s been helpful in connecting us to many of his other Thai friends. He’s a natural connector, and last month he organized a retreat for his daughter’s school friends and their families. We were excited to fit in to this small retreat (photos) of about 70 people in Pranburi, 3 hours southwest of Bangkok on October 9 – 11. There were no services, because it was not a religious retreat. But, we had a good chance to mingle with the families and have gotten together for dinner with some of them in the weeks following the retreat.
NAMSEOUL CHURCH (est. 1975) has been a tremendous supporter of my parents since 1976, when they first brought my brother and me to Thailand. Actually, it was the first church to support my parents, and my parents were the first missionaries it supported. So, there’s a special relationship with my family, and even more so now that they support me financially. The senior pastor, Rev. Chul Lee and his team came for a short visit on October 15 to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of a seminary they help found in Bangkok, and we got to spend some time in fellowship as well. It was a special day for my father, since one of the seminary graduates was a young man who had gone through the drug rehab (and discipleship) program in Chonburi Center a few years ago.
AS THE FIELD COORDINATOR, assisting the field director here, I had to take care of our short-term missionary, Son Jihye, who had just gotten here at the end of August for a 2-yr term. Her health was not good, and after a fainting episode in language school, we sent her back to Korea on October 17. We felt sad that we were not informed of her health condition before her arrival.
MY FATHER HAS BEEN ORGANIZING a 4-day seminar (GSI, or Good Shepherd Institute) for church leaders every two months. And last week, we celebrated the 100th GSI. There are more seminars like this in Thailand these days, but a large network of church leaders has developed over the past 17 years or so through these bimonthly seminars.
OLC (Outreach Language Center) is facing another opportunity. At this point, I’m the only one teaching English Bible studies, and only once a week. But the pastor who has been letting us use his 4-story building for free has informed me that he plans to vacate the building early next year. That means, we should either prepare to move out (maybe to McDonald’s) or plan to develop our ministries to take over the building. An ideal situation would be where the top two floors are occupied by two or more volunteer teachers (short-term missionaries) and the bottom two floors used for more teaching sessions. Please join me in prayer for this opportunity, and let me know if you or someone you know might be interested in partnering with me to serve the Thai professionals.
GLOBAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY has begun its 2nd semester, and I’m teaching Systematic Theology and Beginning New Testament Greek 2. On the left is a photo of my class from last semester. Missionaries Park Soo-young and his wife have also joined the weekly teaching duties from this semester, but we also need a (Thai) cook for the students who are dorming there.
Please pray that God will help us to focus our ministry resources as we near the end of our first term and prepare for the second term.
In Christ,
Paul Kim
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
football w/joy
nice lateral john ye!!!
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
letter from: missionary paul kim
9/28/2009 vol 5.3, Project Kaolee
ONE YEAR INTO THE GREAT RECESSION, as some call it, we’re thankful for all of you that were able to keep supporting our ministries. We understand that a lot of people and churches had to be responsible and make adjustments in their budgets, but we’re also pleasantly surprised by a supporting church that actually increased their monthly financial support for us. We pray that you’re also enjoying God’s providence in your daily lives. I’m also glad that Sarah and the children are back from their visit to California over the summer.
SUMMER WAS FULL OF ACTIVITIES, as I ended up hosting four mission teams, and helping my dad host a 120-member international conference (G12) for two and a half weeks. The teams helped Chonburi Mission Center in many ways, and it was encouraging to see many individuals give up their time and money to serve in every way they can. I was also encouraged by their testimonies, and the good food we shared with their team budgets!
OLC (Outreach Language Center) is going strong, even while I remain as the sole English Bible study leader. The Thai professionals are proving to be very faithful to each other in this group, and people like Tu went ahead and decided to believe in Jesus without anyone directly challenging or inviting him to do so; he also helped himself to a church in his neighborhood. Pictured below is the OLC group with my family and Ms. Susie Lee with two of her friends who had come with a medical mission team. I’m actually praying for a partner who can teach with me; please let me know if God calls you.
PROJECT KAOLEE 2010 is something members of OLC are working on. Kaolee means Korea in Thai. The Thais are really interested in Korea and the Korean culture at this time. So, we’re planning a vision trip of sorts. They will save up for their own plane tickets; and we’re hoping for some help with food and lodging. About six people have shown interest for a one-week trip next fall. And half of the members are not believers. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor us in some way.
I’M PREPARING FOR A FOUR-DAY TRIP TO ISAAN (northeastern part of Thailand) this week. My father invited me to join him as he and his friends organize several training conferences for local pastors. Isaan is a poor part of Thailand, with bad weather, and frequent flooding. But the food is good, and their churches have been thriving in recent years. Please pray for safety and God’s presence for all of us. The month of October should be eventful, as we plan to attend a wedding of our Thai friend near the Cambodian border, as well as a couple of retreats.
Please consider being a sponsor for Project Kaolee 2010.
Please pray that:
1. God will lead us to focus our support on individual Thai leaders.
2. We will be more diligent in keeping in touch with our supporters.
3. Our children will have a positive learning experience through homeschooling.
In Christ,
Paul, with Sarah, Lydia and Timothy
ONE YEAR INTO THE GREAT RECESSION, as some call it, we’re thankful for all of you that were able to keep supporting our ministries. We understand that a lot of people and churches had to be responsible and make adjustments in their budgets, but we’re also pleasantly surprised by a supporting church that actually increased their monthly financial support for us. We pray that you’re also enjoying God’s providence in your daily lives. I’m also glad that Sarah and the children are back from their visit to California over the summer.
SUMMER WAS FULL OF ACTIVITIES, as I ended up hosting four mission teams, and helping my dad host a 120-member international conference (G12) for two and a half weeks. The teams helped Chonburi Mission Center in many ways, and it was encouraging to see many individuals give up their time and money to serve in every way they can. I was also encouraged by their testimonies, and the good food we shared with their team budgets!
OLC (Outreach Language Center) is going strong, even while I remain as the sole English Bible study leader. The Thai professionals are proving to be very faithful to each other in this group, and people like Tu went ahead and decided to believe in Jesus without anyone directly challenging or inviting him to do so; he also helped himself to a church in his neighborhood. Pictured below is the OLC group with my family and Ms. Susie Lee with two of her friends who had come with a medical mission team. I’m actually praying for a partner who can teach with me; please let me know if God calls you.
PROJECT KAOLEE 2010 is something members of OLC are working on. Kaolee means Korea in Thai. The Thais are really interested in Korea and the Korean culture at this time. So, we’re planning a vision trip of sorts. They will save up for their own plane tickets; and we’re hoping for some help with food and lodging. About six people have shown interest for a one-week trip next fall. And half of the members are not believers. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor us in some way.
I’M PREPARING FOR A FOUR-DAY TRIP TO ISAAN (northeastern part of Thailand) this week. My father invited me to join him as he and his friends organize several training conferences for local pastors. Isaan is a poor part of Thailand, with bad weather, and frequent flooding. But the food is good, and their churches have been thriving in recent years. Please pray for safety and God’s presence for all of us. The month of October should be eventful, as we plan to attend a wedding of our Thai friend near the Cambodian border, as well as a couple of retreats.
Please consider being a sponsor for Project Kaolee 2010.
Please pray that:
1. God will lead us to focus our support on individual Thai leaders.
2. We will be more diligent in keeping in touch with our supporters.
3. Our children will have a positive learning experience through homeschooling.
In Christ,
Paul, with Sarah, Lydia and Timothy
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
please pray for peter chung
please pray for our very own peter chung who will be doing about one year of mission work in yucatan, mexico. he will be assisting the ministry of pastor won. here is a picture of some of us sending him off when he left new jersey in his $500 used volvo.
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