THAILAND 2011 - Slum Ministry

Pattaya, Thailand

Friday, March 11, 2011

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Slum Ministry

This morning a handful from our team walked to one of the Tamar centers to assist YWAM in their ministry to the poor in the slums of Pattaya. We met their staff and then led some worship songs in English and Thai as the poor gathered inside the ministry center. Then Lonnie spoke to them a bit and we had a time where they could come for prayer. Our team prophesied over them and we saw the Holy Spirit really touch each of them. One man, formerly a transvestite who had already come to Christ there in the past was baptized in the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues as we prayed for him. It was such a neat time of ministry.

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We had a team meeting at Hard Rock Cafe and enjoyed fellowship with eachother. We discussed what IRIS Ministries in Thailand would look like in the future. Then our team had dinner with a group from Xtreme Prophetic. I was able to connect with Rob Hotchkin, who my friend Bart Hadaway had connected me with before I left for Thailand. What a great guy. On our way back to the hotel we heard about the 8.9 earthquake in Japan and our hearts broke. Yonnie, who is co-leading our team is also the director of IRIS Taiwan, Asia and IRIS Relief. She called Heidi and Rolland to get the okay for some of the team to fly to Japan from Thailand as a "first response" team.

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Christian Young