ADVENTURES WITH THE harlands Episode № 4
THE THAI PEOPLE’ S OPENNESS TO THE SUPERNATURAL MEANS THE DOOR IS WIDE OPEN AND READY FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS.
Rainy season has well and truly kicked off here in Thailand. Sometimes it rains all day without letting up at all. That would be fine except for the power outages that leave us without kitchen appliances, internet and warm showers. It’ s not all bad though. With the rain comes planting season which means the entire valley is slowly becoming carpeted in a beautiful soft green.
We recently hit the one year mark since our arrival in Thailand and although it was a day like any other, God decided to mark it as significant.
My parents came to visit( Mum was recently miraculously healed of cancer with no medical treatment!). They have a passion for the Kingdom of God being made known through healings and other miracles and this rubbed off on one local believer in particular.
The believer is very well connected in the community and knows of a lot of people who are sick or struggling. He offered to pray for a couple of people and since then more have come to him and eagerly asked for prayer. We’ re realising that the Thai people’ s openness to the supernatural means the door is wide open and ready for the Gospel of Jesus.
Soon after Mum and Dad left we were visited by a Global Xposure team from Morling College in Sydney who were eager to engage in our ministry. One young guy had a passion to pray for people, particularly those who were sick or in need. He came to the right place, as there are a lot of sick people in our neck of the woods. Our district is known as having high, if not the highest, rates of cancer per capita in the country.
So, leading up to the anniversary of our arrival in Thailand there was a lot of talk of prayer and transformation. On the actual day God gave me a dream and an answer to prayer that was so powerful it left me a blubbering mess. Just as the rains transform this region from a dry and dusty valley into a picturesque sea of green, God’ s plan is to transform the people by his love, to heal them by his Spirit and set them free from the powers that keep them in fear and poverty.
Please pray with us, just as Jesus instructed, that His Kingdom would come and His will would be done here in our valley and in your local neighbourhoods, just as it is in Heaven.
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