This week!

" All the nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord; and shall glorify Your name." Psalms 86:9 This has been my prayer this week for the Chinese people, for the nation of China.

This week began with a morning worship service at one of the hotels with the four teams that were in, the team of translators, the LTV's and the missionaries. It was a wonderful time of worshipping and sharing together. There were testimonies of what God had done to get various members here and things that God was already doing showing and teaching.

The rest of the afternoon was spent taking a visiting missionary sight seeing (ie getting lost on baht buses!).

Monday was Chinese New Year! It was crazy down by the pier. The parking lot was closed, the one way street was now a two way street, performers everywhere and there were LOTS of Chinese!!! We had a wonderful time passing out Bibles and praying.

Tuesday was much of the same as far as the craziness goes. My day was spent leading teams in prayer walking down "walking street" and the pier. It was a very powerful day! "Walking street" for those of you who don't know is full of bars, clubs, places for prostitution. During the day it is mostly closed down and very few shops are open but as evening approaches it becomes a street of sin. It was hard to lead a team down the street knowing what lay ahead but also knowing the need for prayer. We talked at the end of the street about how sad it was to see the sin and to see families walking with their children. It was a powerful night of prayer and we the group handing out Bibles handed out more then we had any other night! Praise God.

Wednesday morning we attended the worship service at UCM (United Christian Ministries). It was wonderful to again hear about the ministries in the city and how God was answering prayers. I again lead a team in prayer walking, this time it was just for the distribution. All I can say is WOW!!!! God brought more Chinese then we could imagine and so many of them took Bibles!!! We handed out again more Bibles then we had previously. God just kept moving and it was awesome to see Him answer prayers right on the spot. I watched as children walked away thumbing through Bibles and whole families had Bibles.

Today I worked with a wonderful team from Georgia in the warehouse. We packed boxes with Bibles and packets and did so many that we ran out of boxes. We ended the day putting together packets to fill more boxes. I was able to get some fun pictures that I will post later.

Please continue to pray for the Chinese that come and for the tour guides that they would not lead them away from us. Pray for the teams as we have had several people who have been sick and just that they would be blessed. Thank you and my you be blessed today!