Ed and Sue Danneker

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Prayer Letter/Ministry Update

December 2011

The Floods
The floods that have ravished Thailand for the last several months are finally starting to abate. The waters have been in and around Bangkok for more than a month and are quite putrid. It became common to see hundreds of cars parked along elevated highways to escape the floods. People barricaded their homes and businesses with sandbags or cinder block walls in an almost futile attempt to keep the waters out. Praise God, many areas are finally drying out and clean-up has begun. Although some communities, especially in north Bangkok, still have a lot of water in their homes. The waters continue to slowly be drained into the sea. We are very thankful that the flood waters never reached Mahachai. It is good to see the stores once again at almost full stock. Please pray for those still suffering and for the incredible clean up and repairs that need to happen.

Open Doors to Teenagers
The teenagers are coming! And God is using music to draw them in. It started with Pastor Somkit offering to teach guitar to a few interested teenagers. Some wanted to learn keyboard, so Sue started helping out there. The church organized a five day teen event during the October mid-year Thai school break, using singing, guitar, keyboard, English, crafts and games each day as a platform to build relationships and share the good news of Jesus. Praise God, 12 teenagers joined us each day. By the end of the week, they were able to play the chords to a beautiful Thai worship song that speaks of God’s incredible love. The Gospel was presented each day in a way to introduce these ”not-yet Christians” to the Savior. The teen outreach has continued formally each Saturday, but the teens drop by church fairly often. Praise God, three teenagers were ready to trust in Jesus on Nov. 1.

Because of the floods, the schools were closed for another three or four weeks. But since Mahachai was dry, there were a lot of kids with a lot of time on their hands. So the group of teenagers that have been coming to our church to learn guitar, keyboard, and practice their band started dropping in almost every day. And the teenagers invited their friends to come to church and “hang out”. It stretched Pastor Somkit and his wife Suda who live on the third floor of the church’s store front building, but they embraced the young people with open arms. Pastor Somkit and Suda have been able to disciple the new believers: Ploy, Gick and Pet, all in ninth grade. The kids finally started school on November 21. Several of them still stop by the church after school to hang out a bit before heading home. Please pray for each of these precious teenagers, that each one will come to saving faith in Christ. About six of them come to church each Sunday.

Joe
When we returned in June, God led us to rent a house on the same street where we had lived during our previous term. Our former landlord, Joe, was now living in his own house. He greeted us like old friends and said that he would like to meet Ed for lunch sometime to talk about God. During the month of July, while we were busy with transitioning back to Thailand, Joe had a massive heart attack and almost died. In August, when we learned what had happened to Joe, Ed began calling him and visiting him in earnest with the men of the church. Joe’s spiritual heart was softened and finally accepted the invitation to come to church. Joe has brought his family to church several times. Pray that Joe and his family will soon put their trust and faith in Jesus alone.

Family News
Our daughter Laura will be finishing up her student teaching experience in December. She will be graduating in May 2012 with a music education degree, qualified to teach K-12, general music, band and choir. Pray that God will lead her to a teaching position after she graduates.

Our son Nathan has applied to three colleges in Pennsylvania. Pray that God will lead him to the best college for him to study mechanical engineering after he graduates from high school in June 2012.

We are very thankful for your partnership with us through both your prayers and financial support as we continue to serve the Lord in Thailand. The work of God’s kingdom moves forward as we pray. We receive our support through the Great Commission Fund (GCF) of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. If you are not able to give to the GCF through a local C&MA church, please prayerfully consider giving directly to our support through this website. We deeply appreciate those who have already sent special gifts for our support.

May God bless you this Christmas season and throughout the New Year.

Love in Christ,

Ed and Sue Danneker

Prayer Requests/Answers to Prayer

December 2011

Prayer Requests
1. We will be partnering with the other area churches in a joint outreach to the technical school on December 14 and the local high school on December 16. The teens that come to our church attend the local high school. We expect over 2,000 school students to attend the special assemblies. Pray that many will embrace the true meaning of Christmas and respond to Jesus.

2. Pray for our church Christmas outreach on December 25.

3. Pray as we join the other area churches in a joint Christmas outreach at the local prison on December 29.

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