Apart from raising up a team to partner with us in both prayer and finances, Kiki and I are also thinking about who we will invite to join our team in Bangkok...Much of the decisions are already made in this area, we will possibly have a team of 6 single Americans as well as 7-10 Thais on our staff in the Bangna area of Bangkok. However, most of these are short-term and will be transitioning in and out of the team at different times.
Pray for us, and pray for our church New City Fellowship Church, as we begin and continue to think through who we invite to serve with us. In the next couple of weeks, Kiki and I will be meeting with most of these people over dinners, coffee, and at church. Pray for wisdom as we begin to think through gifting, needs of the church, and staffing different ministry needs in the next 4-5 years and even further out. Recruiting is what I love...and it takes having an eye on the present and the future, on people as they are now and as they might be in a few years, and on what the church needs. Of course, I'm not in a position at this time to know (completely) what the church needs...so...do you see the problem? A know-nothing, unproven, seminary student is trying to recruit for service in a place where he doesn't fully understand all the needs of the church, but in order to get people there, he has to do it anyway. Quite the conundrum. But, we serve a great God, a sovereign God (I don't know that I could do missions without the doctrine of the sovereignty of God)...who is able to work these things out. So, pray for us.
Thank you for your service to our Lord through prayer, leadership, and recruitment. I have been thinking and praying for your new role a lot recently. May God be your wisdom and give you what you need...as he gave Joshua, Elisha, and Moses when He asked them to step forward for Him!
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