Sawatdee Kaa…Greetings from Thailand

First, I want to thank each of you for your prayers and support for the mission team. We felt your prayers each and everyday. During the 16-22 days that we were gone, we had team members with 3 different itineraries flying between 8-12 flights on 4 different airlines, with a total of up to 22 pieces of luggage on 8 different modes of transportation while interacting with 8 different ministries. At the end of the trip we all got where we needed to be safely with everything we needed. PRAISE GOD! We felt God above us, behind us, before us and beside us.

We started in the Northwest in a Red Karen Hill Tribe village and worked our way South to Bangkok . We slept under mosquito nets in the mountains and in guest houses and hotels in the cities. Our food ranged from rice and noodles to curry and spices to an occasional french fry and coke. I saw God stretching and molding us as a team and as individuals.

We rejoiced with the believers and sang praises to God in several different languages. We prayed with any and all to whom God directed us. We wept for the hurting, for the lost and for those we came in contact with who didn’t even realize the real love they were missing. We ministered to the young and the old, the educated and the less fortunate, the believers and those living with hope in false gods. We taught English to teachers and children, we scrubbed down walls covered with mold, we brought supplies needed by our missionaries and helped pass out toothbrushes and school supplies to those in need, but most of all we prayerfully followed God’s lead and loved and encouraged all He put in our path.


Through all that we saw and experienced, we were encouraged by the passionate men and women of God who are serving and sacrificing for the Lord. Their vision and desire to fill their country with believers in the one true God was inspiring. I hope you will go to our website blog and read our daily encounters with God while in Thailand . http://rivervalleycommunity.org/thailand

I would also like to personally invite you to come and hear first hand what God is doing in Thailand on Wednesday, July 14th at 6 p.m. at River Valley Community Church , 1655 Bowman Drive , Aurora . We came back with specific prayer requests and specific needs for each ministry. We will share these opportunities with you so you can join us in continuing to partner with these ministries both prayerfully and financially.

Thank you again for your prayers and support. Together we can accomplish great things for the Kingdom.

Yours in Christ,
Sherilyn Kingsbury – Team Leader