The countdown to my visit to America!!!

I have been terrible at updating my blog lately. I should be better at it because I can't tell about everything that has happened since I last wrote or you would be reading a novel. I guess I could include some highlights :)

1. We have another new believer at Canaan Baptist Church. A lady named Poon became a believer about 3 weeks ago. She is being discipled every Sunday morning before church starts.

2. 1 University student who became a believer in the summer of 2008 has recently been coming back to church faithfully. I am discipling her every Tuesday and watching her grow--it is exciting!

3. 1 believer at Canaan (who was once a leader at the church/before I arrived) has recently come back to church after being away for almost 2 or more years. I have been blessed with building a friendship with her and watching God work in her life. There is still a long road ahead but Praise the Lord for the first few steps she has taken in the right direction.

4. I am continually meeting new students at Sripatum University every week. On an average I meet about 7-10 new students per week and most of them are through my current contacts which makes it easier to meet up with them again.

5. I just recently started a Bible study at church on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 for all of the girls at my church who don't have a cell group/Bible study group. The first study had 4 girls (which is pretty good considering the church as a whole only has about 20-30 people).

6. I am helping to disciple Aajaan (professor) Lek at SPU every Thursday morning and am loving it. Jill and I are training her how to share her faith with others and she is doing it! A. Lek has been sharing with family, neighbors, and some of her students.

There are always some discouraging things too that need prayer.

1. Kwang ( a new believer at SPU) started studying the Bible weekly with P'Pom and me for about 1 month and then told P'Pom that she couldn't study this month and now she has no contact with us. She stopped coming to church and has cut off all communication. Please be in prayer for Kwang. It is heartbreaking. Pray also for Kwang's roommate Yui who is not a believer. Pray that Kwang will share the Good News with Yui and that Yui will have an open heart to receive it.

2. Pray for Canaan Baptist Church. I love my little church here but we definitely need a lot of prayer. We average about 20-30 people on a weekly basis (about 10-15 of them faithful believers and the rest are floaters. It seems like we have about the same number of people every week but other than the few faithfuls the faces change. Pray for the believers to desire to have fellowship with other believers weekly.

3. Pray for my Thai language!!! I understand a lot more but can speak very little. I am working on memorizing Bible verses in Thai also so I can share the Good News with others in their Heart Language. I often think of all of the things I could do if I only spoke the language fluently or at least almost fluently.

Now I will finally write about what the title of this blog post means!!! I will be going to America for 2 weeks next month to see my family and can't wait!!! Since time flies here in Bangkok I am sure it will be here quickly. I am looking forward to so many things about coming back to America even if it is just for 2 short weeks.