"My heart's desire and prayer to God... is that they might be saved."

*Souls of the Thai People
*Churches in Udon Thani and Khon Kaen
*Rodney Burdette on furlough
*ICP Literature Translation work in Udon Thani
*New work with the Heart to Heart Foundation in Udon Thani

What's been Happening this Month
After many months of travelling throughout the States and reporting to churches on our furlough, we are finally back home in Thailand. We had all been homesick and ready to end our deputation travels after over 100 appointments and almost 40,000 miles, but I didn’t realize how much we all missed our home in Thailand until we got back. It was good to see familiar faces and get back to work in the churches here. It took a few weeks to get everything back to normal, once we got home. Our first day back was interesting… The radiator blew out in my Ranger on the way out of the airport, and Bro. Tim Sims towed us back home with his truck. When we got to our house, there was a power outage in the village, so we spent the night with the Sims. The next day the power was back on, but we had no water. The pipes had been clogged with leaves falling into our reservoir. Slowly, I’ve been plugging away at fixing odds and ends and getting our lives back into working order. The churches in Udon & Khon Kaen are doing great. We will be traveling to Chiang Mai to finish up the foundation paperwork for our new visas next month. We are working on the office for the foundation at the Udon church, and will be moving the ICP translation ministry and English classes there. I am very excited about our goals and prospects for the future of the ministry here in Thailand. Please pray for us as we continue our endeavor to reach the lost of this land for the Lord.

Khon Kaen Baptist Church
On May 8th 2007, the first service of the Khon Kaen Baptist Church was held in a building we have leased for one year in the heart of the city of Khon Kaen, a metropolitan hub of commerce in the Northeastern region of Thailand known as Isan. Khon Kaen is approximately 150 KM south of Udon Thani where we currently live and work. This new work was selected as the mission goal for the National Women's Aux. of the American Baptist Association for 2008. The NWA has collected several thousand dollars towards the building and land fund for the new church work. We hope to continue raising support to purchase a permanent facility to meet in. We will need approximately 2.2 million baht or about 64 thousand US dollars to purchase a building in the city. Please consider giving to this goal by sending your offerings to our sponsoring church at the address below Be sure to earmark your offering to "Khon Kaen land and building fund."
Westwood Missionary Baptist Church
Thailand Missions Fund
3210 Ave. G N.W.
Winter Haven, FL 33880

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