Kumrod Family in Thailand Jan 2023

We thank God that Stamp and Maprang, Burapha University students, seated in left and right in the beach chairs, gave testimony to their faith in Jesus and were baptised! Our neighbor friends Pui, Moo, Faro and Noah also joined us and heard a clear proclamation of the gospel! Thank you for praying with us for whole families to know and trust Jesus!

Four hundred neighbors and friends in Manikheow nieghborhood heard the good news of Jesus on Dec 18 at our Christmas Outreach Party in our neighborhood park and five people responded with interest in learning more about Jesus. We thank God for five other churches, a team from Canada and many generous neighbors who all served together to make it a very fun evening! Please pray for us as we follow up with the new believers.

We were excited to welcome four new neighbors to our TLC Sunday fellowship. These are people who attended the Christmas Party in the park and raised their hands to believe in Jesus. We called them and invited them to come to a Christmas Party at our house where we sang songs, shared the Christmas story again, exchanged gifts through a game and ate lunch together. We also celebrated Ezra's sixth birthday. Fun Day! Thank you, Jesus!

After Ozz shared the gospel with his dad, Jaising Kumrod, on Jan 1 at the Lighthouse Church service in Mae Sot, Thailand and then asked him if he wanted to believe, he said, "Yes!" We have been praying for him for more than 12 years! Please pray he can connect with a church near his home in Pitsonalok. We pray for the salvation of the whole Kumrod family. Kumrod in Thai means "joyful salvation."

God blessed our fellowship at the Intern's Conference in Chiang Mai on October 3-5, with MB churches from all over Thailand coming together. A leadership team for Thailand MB Church Association (TMBCA) was elected and Ozz was chosen to serve as the President of TMBCA for a four year committment. Please pray for this team as they meet monthly to give leadership and encouragement to the MB churches in Thailand. These pictures are from their Jan 17 meeting.

Our ten year old son, Elijah joined Ozz and Joon as they represented TMBCA and visited churches in Nan Province who are interested in joining TMBCA. They listened to vision and testimonies and a highlight for Elijah was tasting wild pork, squirrel, and monkey meat that they prepared for them in one mountain village.

I am planning to invite these two neighbor friends to the MB Women's Retreat on Feb 3-5 in Rayong. Please pray they can come and it would be a meaningful time of experiencing Christian love and community. Praise God that I've been able to have more spiritual conversations with my friends Moo and Tiw and sense an openness in their hearts to keep learning about Jesus. Thank you for your prayers for our neighbors by name!

• It is still our hope and prayer to create a Missionary Advocacy Team (MAT) to meet with quarterly through a Zoom call. If you are interested in learning more about MAT, please let me know! I look forward to the encouragement, accountability and prayer support this group can bring to our family and hopefully be a mutual blessing to each person who joins!
• Praise God for all the churches and individuals who are part of our team that allowed us to reach our Phase One budget goal by Dec 2022 and thus made a way for us to come on salary with Multiply! Now we are 61% of our Phase Three goal. I"d love to make an appointment to share our powerpoint presentation about our calling, lives and ministry in Thailand through zoom. Please let me know if you would like to connect! We are trusting God for more monthly supporters; if you'd like to partner with us financially, you can click here to support us through Multiply. https://multiply.net/global-worker/wanchai-ozz-and-sara-fast-kumrod. Our project number at Multiply is C0830. Our account with Friends of the Great Commission was closed in Dec 2022.
  

• Jan 28-29: The Tabor College Worship team: For His Glory will join us for "Music in the Park" Outreach and help us teach English at our English Kids Club. David and Lillian Martens are leading this team. Lillian is my cousin and I am so excited to welcome them to our neighborhood and church.
• Sharing Bibles with new believers and friends in Manikheow Neighborhood.
• Ozz as he continues to prepare for teaching the next module for MLT (Missional Leadership Training) and for a visit from Vic Wiens, representative of ICOMB (International Community of MB) on Feb 17-19.
• Continued partnership development through zoom appointments
• Trusting Jesus for the future as we believe some transitions are coming up in our ministry. Proverbs 3:5-8

Visiting an Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang

Ozz, Sara, Elijah, Ezekiel, Ezra and Elisha

Email: saraf@multiply.net
Location: Chonburi, Thailand
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