Sa Wa Dee from Thailand

UTurn, the high school team from Eastside Church in Bothell, (our home church), visited Thailand on a short term missions trip Feb 10-21. They are an amazing, talented group and ministered to hundreds of kids and adults. What a blessing!

Burmese Kids Have Ears to Hear

The Eastside team did a great job teaching English and sharing love with the Burmese kids at Elpis School.

Elpis is in Mae Sot, on the property of the Foursquare Church, pastored by Pastor John, President of Foursquare Thailand.

Slum outreach in Pattaya

The Eastside UTurn team helped with a KidsQuest outreach to kids from a slum community outside Pattaya.
Kids of all ages received Christ, including the older woman in the back of the photo below.

Praise Report- How shall they hear unless we go?

We went to a village where people had never heard the gospel, and lived in constant fear of evil spirits.

The Eastside UTurn team joined with us on Feb. 20, 2009, to visit a hill tribe village in northern Thailand. There was not even one believer in the village.

We drove up in 4 wheel drive trucks with Pastor John, President of Foursquare Thailand, and did an outreach for the village children for several hours.
Then after dark, the village turned on a few lights outside, brought a microphone, and we had a full-on evangelistic night meeting.

The UTurn worship team played music and gave testimonies. Brandon preached the gospel, then Gary preached some more, then finally Pastor John preached and invited the village to receive Jesus. About 30 children immediately responded, as did about 30 adults, including a leader in the village. The adults were given Bibles in Thai, which many could read.

Pastor John was overjoyed and will return regularly to teach these 60 new believers. Amazing!



3 preachers, Brandon, Pastor John, and Gary.

Youth Prison Outreach "Drug Free"

"Drug Free", a KidsQuest drug prevention show, was performed at the Youth Prison in Pattaya on Feb 25, by a KidsQuest team sponsored by World Vision Thailand.

After the powerful drug prevention message, an evangelist from a local church came and ministered to the prisoners, who were from 13-17 years old. About 250 (of the over 600 prisoners) prayed to receive Jesus and were given Bibles. The church group will come each week to the prison to teach them.

A group of Thai government officials were present at this outreach. Later, they approached us to thank us and invite us to do outreaches at more youth prisons in other areas. Over 80% of Thai youth prisoners are in jail due to drug related crimes.

Helping Children at Risk

Celebrating Children is an 8 Module course designed to help, and minister to "Children at Risk". It was developed by PhD educators from Viva network. It is being taught for the first time in Thailand throughout the year of 2009. We, (Gary and Paula), taught Module 1 and will also teach Module 5.

This photo is of the children's workers who are attending the Celebrating Children training. Simon Dong, Thailand Assistant Manager for KidsQuest is holding the sign at the top, and Gary is holding the heart. Others are from World Concern, World Vision, and various NGOs and Thai churches.

Unity Conference, Bangkok

Our Home Chapel, Worldbase Thailand, hosted a Unity Conference led by Beth Barone, March 23-27 in Bangkok. Foursquare leaders from 25 countries attended and enjoyed a wonderful time of fellowship.

Phuket Kids

Thai and Burmese Kids in Phuket (southern Thailand) hear the gospel and pray to receive Jesus into their hearts on April 10, 2009.

Compassion International Thailand team

KidsQuest team from many different churches and denominations, all of which partner with the Thailand branch of Compassion International.











Dale Larson, President of KidsQuest International is 2nd from left.
Koko and JeeJee are in the center. (There are a lot of Kokos and JeeJees in Thailand now!)

Thai Kids Praying, April 2, 2009

Kids in Pisanalouk, Thailand pray to receive Jesus after a KidsQuest outreach.

Compassion International hosted this team and outreach.