Last Full Day at By Grace School

It was a beautiful morning for our last full day at By Grace School.

We started out our day in God's Word with our team devotion time. Shelby led this one and, as always, God met us and spoke to our hearts as we studied His Word and prayed together.

This was our last Activity Day for this trip. In Museekee, we had about 40 children. At BGS, we planned for 140 children!

We started out with praising the Lord in song complete with all the motions!

The kids loved playing "soccer" with an American football during Game Time!

And had a great time creating a craft with Traci and getting into God's Word with Veena!

Before the day was through, we said "Thank You" to Gaw Po, our primary translator for the past two weeks and to Paul and Lois, of course, for hosting us!

Our trip would not be complete without visiting the pigs at BGS! They are so cute! :) Plans are under way for adding more pigs soon!

We also saw the garden where the students are learning to grow beans, fruit trees, eggplant and much more!

Before heading back to our guesthouse, we took time for our team photo with our FBA team shirts on!

Tomorrow, we will be involved in Kids church and "Big" church before heading to the airport for our mid afternoon flight...the first leg of our long trip back to ATL. 

THANK YOU for joining us on this journey and for your "partnership in the gospel" (Phil 1:5) in Thailand. We look forward to sharing more with you face to face soon!

English Language Day at By Grace School

After two days of travel from Museekee to Maecharim, we arrived at By Grace School for our much anticipated English Langauge Day! 

By Grace School is the only Chistian school in this district of Northern Thailand and as such, is a strong lighthouse for the gospel! One attraction is having native English speakers come to help the students learn and practice their English. 

Our team taught students in Grades 1 - 6 using topics of interest to help them learn new English words. We also taught the Bible story from Mark Chapter 4 and our main theme verse, "Even the wind and the waves obey Him." (Mark 4:41b)

Pat and Traci used the "Hokey Pokey" song to teach "directions" to the children. The children had a great time! We did too" :))

Veena and Lusa taught about "people groups" and where they came from around the world.

Paul and Eddie used math to teach numbers in English.

Shelby taught English words used in cooking. She used a homemade chocolate pie recipe!

Tony and Connie used architecture to teach words like "roof" and "door."

And Dede used music to teach English words in praise songs complete with all the motions!

Of course we couldn't have done any of this without the help of Paul and Lois and the teachers at By Grace School!

To close out English Day, all of the students gathered for a special program and we shared our "Emotions" skit. The Lord is using this powerful drama to show how the "sweet aroma of the knowledge of Christ" (2 Cor 2:14) can and does transform hearts and lives!

We praise the Lord for the opportunity to be a part of what He is doing at By Grace School. And we are not finished yet! More updates coming soon!

Please keep praying! Thank you!!!