Hi Everyone,

Firstly, I would like to start by wishing you all a wonderful 2016. May this year be the year that the Lord will guide you to greater heights for His Kingdom, a deeper relationship with Him and everyone around you and that you will see yourself how the Father sees you. I pray that you will be the hands and feet of Christ and that you will see the world through the eyes of Jesus.

This year kicked off with a mighty bang as YWAM and church teams were coming continuously and I had to do orientation upon orientation. There are now 5 to 6 people who either stayed behind in Thailand or who have came back to be part of missions here during the last 11 months. This excites my heart enormously and makes up for the little time I had for myself and when I wanted to feel sorry for myself....lol.





The week between Christmas and New Year was quite interesting as I was privileged to teach every day at a YWAM base, even on New Years day. I taught mainly Chinese Christians that had come to Chiang Mai to be trained in missions. Every time that I have the honor of teaching the Chinese Christians has truly been an awesome experience and especially to see the passion and love that they have for God.


On a personal note: Jono is engaged!!! Jono and Sara met in Nepal in the Immigration office. She has been living in Nepal for quite a while too. She happened to be at Immigration applying for a visa for Thailand where she was moving to. I was privileged to be part of the engagement on Christmas Day as I was "present" on Face-time (Skype) when Jono proposed. Sara's grand dad gave his mother's ring to Jono a week before Christmas. They live in Seattle, USA. Well, maybe I must tell you also about when he ask the dad for his blessing. They went to a Starbucks and suddenly the dad asked Jono if he loves Jesus. He replied, "With all my heart sir". Then he asked Jono if he loves his daughter, to which he replied "With all my heart sir". Sara's dad suddenly wept and then Jono did too and there were 2 grown men crying together in the middle of Starbucks.

Jono also had some opportunities to share in churches and meetings whilst in Seattle. I can't say too much about the wedding day but it seems that they will get married in June in Seattle, have a weeks honeymoon there and will then go to South Africa and spend a couple of weeks there before returning to Chiang Mai.

 
WHAT’S NEXT?

JANUARY

Still a very busy time with receiving and hosting teams, orientations etc.

FEBRUARY

I have been invited to be a speaker at a YWAM base in Vienna, Austria and will be teaching on The Nature and Character of God and Evangelism.

MAY

Jono’s preparation for the wedding in Seattle, USA.

JUNE

Wedding Bells!!!

Visiting South Africa and ceremony in Cape Town

JULY

Will spend the month in South Africa.

We now have PayPal working on the side tab and our bank details in South Africa is:

Account Name: New Hope Ministries International
Bank: Absa bank
Account no: 9106492455
Branch: Parow
Bank Code: 632005
Swift Code: ABSA ZAJJ

 

God bless

Len and Jono