Praise Reports
"Come and see" John 1:39 and 46
Spoken by Jesus, Phillip, and what I've been saying and praying for over 20 years, and people are now coming - praise the Lord!
1. Lots of people & traveling in a short period of time, filled with many blessings - the Lord answered our prayers for many fruitful times & open hearts for helping Karen through Jack & Lindsey, Sarah & Hannah, Katherine, Mark, Astrid & Julie, who came to visit, pray, seek, serve & provide - praise the Lord!
2. Klee Moo Gay, Law Wah & their daughter, Deborah, have joined the Bible school staff in Pa La U! Klee Moo Gay was head of the girl's dorm before she married Law Wah 6 years ago - now her whole family has returned! Deborah just recovered from being in the hospital with dengue fever, & both Klee Moo Gay & Law Wah have suffered with health problems for years. It is a joy & blessing to be able to take them to specialists to research their situations now!
3. Celebrations of God's goodness & life - Juty & Klee Moo Gay's birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! Thanksgiving & Christmas celebrated early because most are gone on evangelism trips during the traditional dates! Klo Thaw's revival trip was a praise to the Lord - thank you so much for your prayers!!
4. A new bamboo house at Pa La U for the coming hot season - Pee See & all the staff & students are helping!
Prayer Requests
"Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him....pray....." Matthew 6:8 & 9
1. Please pray for Htoo Gay & the Bible school students, who are on their IDP evangelism trip now, and for my upcoming IDP trip. Please pray for the southern Karen state - the news is they plan a full on attack in the summer (the next few months).
2. Please pray for the health of all - many of those left at the Bible school are sick, including the children. Lay Lay Sha just finished an I.V. because of dehydration from vomiting, etc.; Klo Thaw & Joy Christi's son was in the hospital with dengue fever, along with many others, & their village pastor's son died from dengue fever. Please also pray for healing of Klee Moo Gay & Law Wah's health situations. Please continue to pray for Carol through December - she is doing well in her chemo treatments & they cannot feel her tumor anymore!!
3. Please pray for a successful surgery for Moe Moe Aye on December 4th - it is major & complicated! I've been told her situation is like spina bifeda in the USA.
4. Please pray for Katherine - for the Lord to guide and direct her on how He wants her to serve the people of Burma.
It's been a great month of introducing others to the Karen & their plight - all have been very encouraging and generous in giving of their prayers and resources - PTL!
Thanksgiving Day was spent with Paw Lu Lu, Nandoe, their family, and all at the Children's Home and Home for the Elderly. We had a wonderful time thanking the Lord for all of His many blessings in the midst of their continuous struggles! I especially thank the Lord that even though Nandoe was sick in-between, the Lord gave him strength to teach at the Bible school in the morning (even though he called & said he couldn't make it), and join us with lots of thanksgiving sharing in the evening. The Lord gave him the strength he need for what He wanted him to do - PTL:!
The next day we were blessed to meet the children at a new IDP school for whom Paw Lu Lu is seeking support. They are precious - please pray for the Lord's provision - thank you!
Many ask how I do everything I do - all I know is everything is by God's grace & strength, and the results of your prayers! Your prayers are what keep me going and I am so thankful for each one of you! Praying you had a blessed Thanksgiving Day and will be totally blessed by the Lord as you celebrate His birth and life for you!!
By His grace,
Sharon
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