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Dear friends and family,

It has been too long since my last update! So much is happening and I don’t know where to start so I keep delaying.  The last post was not about events happening but about the spiritual battlefield we are on, so on this one I’ll try to stick with the events going on here.

So, what have I been doing? 

Carson helping Ps. Tirason build
a door for the new well house.

First, our Myanmar coordinator and pastor, Carson, moved to Chiang Mai to study at the University in June. We are so thankful that he was shown favor and was granted a full scholarship to study Social Development and we are sure he will have a significant role in this very important transforming time of Myanmar. He is very positive and diligent in his studies. Please keep him in your prayers as his wife and daughter are in Myanmar to stand in his place while he is studying. So while he is missing family he also has to study and live in a foreign country where he does not speak the language! Talk about challenges! But he is doing excellent!  The study is very thorough and I am learning a lot just helping him the little bit that I can.

                Next, I have moved out of the Empower office and into housing that only God could have provided for me. It was very interesting how He connected me to the owner who is Christian. I won’t go into the whole story but the summary is a nice house in a safe, convenient location, for inexpensive rent! The only catch is… I have to buy the furnishings and no air-conditioning! :-o I thank God we are coming into the cool season so I will have some time to save up for air-conditioning units.

               Besides moving, helping with transportation and study needs of Carson, Thai language study, going to Faith Village, Bang MaPa, and MaeToh to see what the needs are there… nothing. Well, except making time for my own fellowship and study of God’s Word and developing relationships! The days go by very quickly and many times I feel like I am not accomplishing everything I want to but by the end of the month I can look back and see that God has been moving us forward and it is hard to see the starting line from where we are.

                                                                 The old house.

Projects?

We are buying a truck for Ps. Tirason and his children’s home in MaeToh so anyone who feels like they can help with this project will be such a blessing!  My parents have been very generous and together we have contributed $7000 of the total $25,100. All we lack is $18,100! I will clarify when I say “truck” I am talking about a vehicle just like a Toyota Tacoma as in the US. Here it is the perfect versatile vehicle when they have a carryboy on the back so they can haul rice and also  people in the back. We will purchase this truck this month as Ps. Tirason has requested but as of now we will have to finance the remaining $18,100. This truck will be such a blessing to Ps. Tirason and the 15 children under his care. For 10 years now he has served the Lord and taken care of many children. The last 4 years he has been praying for a truck so that he may take the children and villagers to the hospital, which is 2 hours away. As well as to take the rice to and from the field and the mill, and even more important than that... to GO into the surrounding area and reach the lost. They will use this truck for Church projects like the one in the pictures you see as well.

They are building a house for a poor family whose father is paralyzed.  Other projects include building bathrooms and showers in poor areas where there are no facilities.  Besides being a carpenter, Ps. Tirason is such an amazing evangelist and when we have the opportunity to help them GO, along with the children, speaking at events around the area they reach so many people! But if they had a truck of their own they can do so much more such as outreaches, bible camps, and taking the villagers to the hospital when they have no other means to go which saves lives. God is our provider and He will provide us with the tools to do what He has called us to do. If you would like to be used by God to provide the tools this pastor needs and be a part of what his church is doing I will be glad to tell you how to go about it. Just email me (jmcadams72@yahoo.com).

                This is just one project that we are in the midst of and there are many we are praying and believing God to make a way in His timing. If you would like to know about more projects you can help with please feel free to email me and ask.
               
               So, although I didn’t get to go into detail about many events happening this time, I think you can get a picture of what I am doing… especially if you keep up with me on Facebook. There have been so many fantastic events I want to go into detail about so I will write another blog soon and work hard at keeping you up to date better!

                The Future?

                 I have seen so much good fruit coming forth from Empower International and cannot think of anything better to do with my life than serving on this team. Therefore I have committed, at least, the next 3 years to working with Empower to help advance the Kingdom of God!

               As for this month I am making preparations to go back to America to help my dad with corn harvest, connect with friends and family, sell all of my belongings there, and make some presentations at a few churches.  I will be in the US October 9^th through November 19.

Thanks for your time and God bless you!

 

Servant, ambassador, and son of God,

-John