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2004 Mae Sot, Thailand

A Deep Sense Of Calling

John Lim

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On my return flight from Thailand on Monday, 25 October 2004, an article in the inflight magazine caught my eye. It was on the “loi kratong" festival. I had a sudden sense of nostalgia as I recalled that it was on this festival day last year that we arrived in Bangkok and met up with Pastor Prasert, the Director for the Methodist Missions Society in Thailand.

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Time flies. In the wink of an eye, a full year has passed since the day the pastor-in-charge of Rangsit Methodist Church, Pastor Chumnan, came to share with us about RMC during our LCEC meeting. PLMC decided to adopt this church as our partner in Thailand because of our shared vision of developing RMC into a cell church. It was in November 2003 that Mary, our Missions Director, and I flew to Rangsit to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for this partnership.

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Even before we went to sign the MOU, I made a personal trip to the slump areas and villages in Rangsit to meet the church members. We had fellowship with a family of believers in a broken zinc hut as we worshipped and feasted on the uncemented floor. My heart was burdened for them and I had that deep sense of calling to bring the light of the gospel to these people.

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I was eager to take on the responsibility of this ministry on behalf of our church. During one of the conversations, the pastor of RMC challenged me to commit to visiting them monthly. I gladly said yes without giving a second thought. Ever since then, I have been going up to RMC to teach and minister to the church members on every fourth Sunday of the month.

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As the work continued, I became more and more committed as I grew to know the RMC members. I have been joined by other teams from PLMC who go to Rangsit to teach, train and develop the members in the Word of God. They are very committed to learning His word and have been sharing and spreading the gospel to their families, neighbours, friends and colleagues.

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RMC has come a long way and today, the ministries of the church include evangelism to youths at the University Campus. Rattana, Pastor Satit's wife, is in charge of the Children's ministry and they also have a Junior Boys' Brigade Company.

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In our partnership plan for 2005, PLMC's Missions Committee will provide more training and teaching for both young and old, new and mature believers, to encourage and equip them for service.

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Please pray for me and the Missions committee, as well as the members, staff, pastor and leaders of RMC, for the continued strength and obedience to be used and led by God for the work in Thailand. We all strive to exalt His Name above the heavens and bring the light of His gospel to the land of Thailand.

 

I would also like to express my thanks for the support of our church pastors, the Missions committee and the members of the G18 group in this area of ministry.

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