thursday mp

[Lisa Kim]

HI JOY THAILAND

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THOSE WHO R INTERESTED TO COME OUT TO THIS THURSDAY'S MP.

SEE U THERE. IF NOT, SEE U TUESDAY.

LK

[Shirley Kim]

Hello all~

We were wondering who could make it if we had the meeting TOMORROW instead of Tuesday.  We need to act fast so we can prepare for a bomb diggety presentation*

please reply promptly.

thank you!

s*

[Somp Souannavong]

I'm down wit it...I miss you crazy peeps...more than you know...so sad

[jennie park]

i can meet tomorrow night.

[Somp Souannavong]

Hey guys!

 

A thought just occurred to me. Our work is not done...we still have to move the rest of our church body in regards to what this mission trip was about. I feel the enemy is still lurking...regards to illness, fatigue and what not. Please keep this in mind as we get together to work on our presentation and scheduling days to meet. As we know we are a rather large group and it'll be tough scheduling things to accommodate everyone. Please consider really asking yourselves what is most important and asking God what His priorities are instead of what our own priorities are. Still continue to pray for unity in this. I feel like the enemy is still attacking our unity...just makes me more aware that this mission trip was God's doing. Please keep this in mind...He chose us...let's finish strong together!

 

Your faithful sister

 

Somp

 

[Lisa Kim]

amen!

[Somp Souannavong]

Hello my beloved Thailand team!

 

I know I've been a bit of a recluse and I apologize. Just have a lot of things I had and still have to battle through with God. As I knew, the enemy would attack and I feel like I'm not the only one. We've been back home and some of us have fallen back into our normal daily lives. For a while I didn't feel like doing much but just resting. Dropping a lot of my ministries, even dropping hanging out with friends. Then it became not praying nor reading the bible. Circumstances arose that made me believe God was taking all these things so that I would spend more time with him. Too bad it took me a while to realize this. So in the beginning, I spent the time not being very productive and instead did a little too much thinking, which sent me spiraling down a hole of depression, thought too much about why certain people did the things they did and made me angry with them when I really had no reason to be because I don't know why people do the things they do. Anyways I don't want to get more longwinded than I have to. Through prayer, I've come to recognize that I allowed the enemy to get to me as I had warned you guys against in the email I attached this email to.

It seems like the enemy really is trying to attack the whole team in different ways. Probably now because everyone is off guard and perhaps not praying and spending as much time with God since we've come back to our normal lives. Not sure if everyone is feeling this as strongly as I have, but I just felt lead to address it before we allow the enemy to take away the blessings we've received so far in this trip.

Instead of addressing individual matters, I thought it may be worth it for the whole team to just focus on battling through our prayers individually. I think we need to realize that we should be aiming our attacks at satan and not each other...seems different members of the team are being used by satan as bait and others as accusers and has driven a huge wedge in the team that only God can remove. So I'm asking each of you to really pray against this. We all were so incredibly blessed by this trip and I'd hate to see satan take it away from us by leaving a bad bitter taste in our mouths. I started going to MP again after a long time of not and it was very encourgaing to see some of you there as well!

I guess I just wanted to remind you all to be on guard and watch for attacks from the enemy... and to also encourage you to pray for yourselves, for the team members and for those that touched our hearts in Thailand. For God loved us so much, He wanted to move our hearts so He sent us to where His heart is. He didn't want to leave us in our complacent stubborn ways. He showed us so many signs and miracles to grow our faith. Lets not be like the Stubborn Pharaoh in Exodus, as many times as God used Moses to show the pharaoh His might and power, he refused to believe and submit to His authority. Let's desire it in our hearts to just worship and obey Him.

I think the most blessed time I had with the team was when we worshipped and prayed together. I pray that God redeems our team and that He softens each of our hearts to hear eachother out and that all things that are not from Him to be shielded from our eyes and our ears. I know a lot of us are tired and exhausted, but i also know that that comes if you're doing works without having your hearts fully in what you are doing and allowing the spirit to guide. So let's ask God to realign our hearts as one again and that we can draw strength from the love that He gives to us so freely, so that we can stand before Him in wide opened wonder, amazed at His glory. Ask Him to reveal His purpose in each of us as we cry out to Him. Can we all do that?

Sometimes may not seem like it but you all are still in my thoughts and prayers. You've each touched my heart very deeply in your willingness to serve in God's Compassionate Army for salvation...I hope we can all still serve together in His good works.

Your sister in Christ,

Somp

[Shirley Kim]

thanks for that Somp.
it was so encouraging and I am committed to continue praying for you all for today, tomorrow and our lives going forward wherever God may lead it.
please pray also that God convicts some of us and opens the door and opportunity for us through people in Thailand to return in December.
you rock, sista*

sk*

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keep spreadin' the love,
shirley*

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting."       - e e cummings

[jennie park]

somp... thanks for sharing! things have been chaotic and strange for me too since i've been back... but yeah, we should continue to pray so the enemy doesn't have any hold on us, our lives, or the people we love. :)

 

when am i going to meet your "son"? i'm getting more and more suspicious... SOMP!

 

[Clara Kwon]

somp's "son" is making me play video games with him..  hahaha

 

-clara

 

[Richard Ro]

me too...whats on tuesday?

[Julie Chung]

Hello saints!

 

Thanks Somp for the real and encouraging email ;)  The reminder to continue to pray for the missions team members is a good one.  I have been so focused on TLC that I didn't think too much of the missions members; just the ministries that we visited.  Also, our TLC is interested in adopting a child and I do need to follow-through on that.

 

I pray that our soften hearts for those in need in Thailand will also translate into extending grace to one another =).  And that as a result, we will grow our intimacy with Him.  

 

In Christ,

Julie

 

P.S., Jennie, come out to MP and you will see the Son!  =) and the 'son'.