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From: Marshall Huang <umarsh07@gmail.com>
To: visionsings@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, Jul 15, 2009 5:11 pm
Subject: {FECA Vision Choir} Trip report 16
July 16 – Last night at dinner with 5 BH church leaders and 9 (or was it 10?) youths was a blessed time to praise God for the great things he has done. We had dinner in a restaurant very close to the guest house, actually the same place we were invited to 3 years ago by the BH church. After dinner, Marshall had a chance to share with them a little of FEC's history and the similarity between our churches. Namely, when FEC started, it was a family church (BH is primarily two large families), its emphasis on student and youth work, its emphasis on missions, and the strong lay leadership. But in order to grow, FEC had to become more inclusive and share leadership with people outside the family, give up control, and actually put into our by-laws a forced sabbatical for both pastors and lay leaders. The BH leaders expressed privately their appreciation for this insight into their church structure and their desire to change their governing structure and become more awa re of how God is calling them to change. Dr. Apithan on behalf of the BH church thanked Vision for giving them new direction into ministries they can do and told us how much they appreciated going with us on ministry, while Marshall told them that their incarnational thrust of bringing church to the unchurched was so Biblical. The kids couldn't bear to part but it was late and they have school in the morning but several of them promised to meet us at the shopping mall in the afternoon. Gifts were exchanged and hundreds of photos were taken. We sang "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" in the Guest House parking lot and finally parted ways at about 10 PM.
In a couple of hours, we will be checking out of the Bangkok Christian Guest House, so this is definitely our last report from Thailand. Our plan today is to have the minibus that we rented take us for a short tour around Bangkok, then drive us to a mall Sue calls cheap and good for lunch. We will then spend a few hours where everyone can "shop till they drop", join up with some of the BH youths, eat dinner, and then board our minibus to the airport, getting there around 9 PM to check in for our 12:30 AM flight for Inchon, where we will transfer to the plane for LA. Fiona will be leaving us mid-afternoon to catch her plane to Hong Kong where she plans to spend a few days. Ben and Nadia are staying overnight at a hotel near the airport to catch an early f light tomorrow morning for Indonesia where he will be joined by his wife from LA and son that he left there. Sue is staying another week here. It has been a wonderful 2 weeks here in Bangkok and we thank God. Soli Deo gloria!
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