To our family in Christ Jesus, supporters, friends and family!
I am Florence from Supporting Heart.
Pray for Lung Frank (Uncle Frank)
We want to Thank GOD first and then thank you all. We appreciate your prayers! Please continue to join us in praying for Lung (Uncle) Frank. Because of your prayers, Frank feels better but is not 100% yet. He is still being treated via medication by a local heart specialist doctor. We're praying Psalm 103:2-5.
Pray for Kai Pi
Please also pray for one of our leaders-in-training, Kai Pi, in our boy's discipleship program. On the 30th of December, 2017, his father was found dead, burned by fire in the cemetery. His father had lived at the Christian cemetery for over 25 years, looking after the cemetery. He had been drug addicted for 20 years, but after we (Supporting Heart Ministry) met with him, he opened his heart to Jesus. We are so upset about his death but happy he is with our Father in Heaven - no pain or suffering any more for him here on earth.
Kai Pi (the boy in the red jacket below) was so sad because he believed his father's death wasn't an accident. Our team is praying and comforting him and his brother and sister.
We're continuing to visit the cemetery and to visit street families, sharing the LOVE of GOD. We believed God is moving among the street families as they are more hungry and interested in opening their hearts to God. Praise the LORD!
Pray Against Drug Use/Addiction
One of our biggest prayer requests is against the stronghold of drugs in our extended family and youth. A couple years ago, one tablet of Yabaa (a local drug), costed 180 baht. As of today, the cost of one tablet is now down to 5 to 7 baht, making it so easy for anyone to buy and quickly become addicted to the drug.
Now, Yabaa is less famous, but unfortunately heroin is easy to get and buy. The more the Government works to clean up drugs off the streets, the easier it is to get and buy them. We believe prayer is powerful and need your prayers for our extended family, youth and street family. Our team visits and prays for them every Friday.
"Where the spirit of the Lord is there is FREEDOM."
Sponsoring Schooling and Tutoring in Myanmar
In January, every school gives prizes to the students in ranked the top 10% for the 2016-2017 school year.
In primary school, 41 of our children ranked in the top 10% - 39 school-sponsored children plus 2 of our safe house children.
In secondary school 33children got Top ten 20. We thank God and you for your care. Because of your love and support, children can do more than just attend school - they can get the crucial extra tutoring they need to rank in the top of their class and earn prizes.
Of the Safe House children, 12 attended in the 2016-2017 school year and earned top ranked prizes. All 12 children ranked top 10%. The school also gives prizes to the top 3 students, of those one of our Safe House children earned a #1 and two children earned #2 spots! Praise the LORD!
Thanks to you, our street children are off the street, in school - not just struggling to learn, but excelling and leading their classes.
Our children also earned prizes for support. We are so proud of them thank the Lord for his help. We're also so thankful to our sponsors.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Purchasing of two acres of land
The team found a 2 acres lot a little outside of town in a good area at the asking price of 4 million Thai Baht (around $161,018 AUD at today's exchange rate). We continue to pray.
Government ID for the Kids
We are still waiting for the process to finalize. Please cover us in prayer. Your covering is always needed as we are always under attack in more areas than I could even get into in one newsletter (or safely publish).
Pastor Jonathan's health is good! He has been on medication for a long time, which created negative side effects in his eyes. We found out his left eye has been going blind for a year. So, please keep him in your prayer for healing.
James 5:15
The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well.
We all pray for you and thank you and cannot do ministry without you.