Prayer in Phrae

~ withelen

Wit and Helen in Doi Inthanon 

I lift up my eyes to the mountains –where does my help come from? Ps.121.1

Prayer in Phrae

After 3 weeks in Bangkok, settling in again to life in Thailand, we flew up north to Chiang Mai to pick up our vehicle and to spend a few days with Wit’s brother and his family. Finally last week we drove east, through the mountains, to the province of Phrae to begin our new adventure. Phrae is aptly named, for what better place to start but in prayer.

We have found a one-room apartment to stay in for the time being whilst we pray and explore to provinces of Phrae and Uttaradit. Our plan to begin with is to follow God’s leading to find a community where there is no Christian presence as yet. The first day we arrived we met up with Ajarn Thaworn, an old friend of Wit’s, who is the pastor of a large Presbyterian church in Phrae city, and also with the chairman of the 4th District of the CCT (Church of Christ in Thailand). They were able to give us a good overview of the various districts of Phrae and Uttaradit and made suggestions as to where we should begin our search.

There is one district in Phrae that has no churches at all, so we decided to go and have a look there first. In Thai it’s called Nong Muang Khai, which translated means ‘Purple Pond Egg’ but we’re not sure why it was so named! Several of the sub-districts there had the kind of close-knit rural communities that we are looking for and we were attracted to one, Nam Rat, in particular. The main sub-district of Nong Muang Khai is quite developed with primary and secondary schools, a hospital and a 7-11! However, it’s early days and we have a lot of places still to visit before we make any decisions as to where we will settle.

This week we’re planning to make initial visits to the districts of Song, Rong Kwang and Long which are all in Phrae province. Then the following week we’ll venture into Uttaradit province to visit the districts of Tron, which has no church at all, Phichai, Tha Pla and Laplae.

So will you join with us in prayer for Phrae… and Uttaradit?

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  1. Hi Wit and Helen

    Lovley to read your blog, God seems to be acting as your guide but letting you make your own choices. I feel sure you will know the place to settle when you see it!

    My family and I are getting so excited with the oncoming wedding of my son Will next Friday 4th March so as you can imagine we are really busy. Please pray for us that day.

    I think and pray for you and trust in our dear Lord to take care of you both.

    Gods Blessings Inga x

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