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Update From Boonlerd Chomphukeeree -- ARM Prison Chaplain in Thailand

August, 2005

Church Mission: On July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2005, we had our normal worship in my office. On July 10, 2005, there was one member whose wife has not yet become a Christian, came to ask us to pray for her because she was under the consideration to be fired from her work by her boss. So we prayed specially for her. The Lord answered our pray, she is not fired from her work and can continue to do her work. This makes the wife of that member interested in the power of the Lord Jesus and she came to join us in the ceremony and finally she has faith in Jesus the Lord and becomes Christian on 24 July 2005.

Prison Mission: On July 4, 18, 25, 2005, we went to the Juvenile Home. On July 25, there were 5 young people who started to have faith in Jesus the Lord and two of them came to tell me that they wanted to do the work to serve God and they wanted to study the bible after they are out of the Home. At the moment, the gospels of God have had a very good response in the Juvenile Home both for boys and girls.

On July 11, 2005, we went to the prison in Phayao Province. We went to announce the gospel of God in the zone of the prisoners who are drug addicted and who are under the treatment. Everyone seemed to be excited when they came to listen to me when I preached. We hope that what we did today will have some results in the future. Moreover, on that day, we had the opportunity to go visit the library of the prison there and we went to see the corner for Christian books. Although it is not finished the work completely, everything looks fine. We hope that the corner for Christian books in the library in this prison will be the "media" in bringing the gospels of God to the prisoners there.

Let us pray for the prisoners who will be released from prison too, because from August 12 to December 5 of every year, many prisoners will be relieved from the prisons.

Zao (Laos) Evangelism:

The Lord Jesus has answered our prayers because now there are many officers that give help and support to the refugees who came to Thailand. There are about 7,000 refugees. Let us hope that the Love of God will bring peace and happiness to this world. May God receive the highest honor in all the missions we serve Him.

Love in our Lord Jesus Christ -- Boonlerd

July, 2005

        On 5,12,19,26, June 2005, we assembled for worship in our office. There were ten people participating. We spent two hours in Bible study and teaching, then had lunch together.

         On 6,13,27,June 2005 I and team went to prison of Children. There two people believed in Jesus Christ and many children are left from the prison. They went back home so blessed.   On 20, June 2005 we went to Phayao Province prison, Thank God there 5 persons believed in Jesus Christ and some new persons come to study Bible with us.

Zao Evangelism Mission -- I would like you to pray for many from the Hmong tribe in Lao that refuse to live in Thailand.  They are the poor, no food , medicine for treatment, nor money or shelter.   Glorify to God with our work as service of God. With Love, Boonlerd

June, 2005

On 2, 16, and 23 of May, the volunteer team and I went to the prison for children. To make the Bible easy for the children to understand, we took a video of the 10 commandments that teach about Moses' life. They very interested through this teaching and this month we tested them about God's word and how God created the universe so many children can get good score. We hope that if we change our strategy in teaching in many ways we can make the children interested and that they will pay attention to study God's word more and more. This month there are many children believing in Jesus Christ our Lord. May God guide their life.

On 17 May 2005 volunteer team and I went to prison in Payao province. We appointed one to be a leader of group to take care the group that come to study God's word with us and to bring them to worship God on Sunday when we can't go to join them. We required the group to worship God on Sunday to make them grow up spiritually until they are strong in faith.

On 18 May 2005 I went to visit woman prisoners in Chiang Mai. We had many people to worship with us -- about 250 persons. I preached about "the death" in 1 Corinthians; we also shared some books, Christian magazines, and Bibles with the prisoners. There are some prisoners to be released who are looking for jobs and some wait for vocation training. May God lead their life to get blessing and God's love. Everyone wishes them to start a new life, to be good people in society, but the important thing is to give them opportunity to have new life in Christ. Please pray for us -- we are considering how to enlarge our mission in 2005.

April, 2005

On February 1, 7, 14, 21, 2005, we went to the Juvenile home. The children there asked us when Brother Joe would come back to see them again this month. (He was with me in January.) There were two children ready to leave the Juvenile home. They told us that they would like to continue their study. One girl said that she would like to study to become a beautician and the other wanted to become dress-maker, but neither had funds for their study. Let us pray for them.

On February 28, 2005, we went to Phayao Prison. There was one prisoner who came to talk to me. He said that he would leave the prison soon and he asked me if I could find him a job. Pray for released prisoners to find work.

February 2005

On 10,17,24 January 2005 and 1 February 2005, we went to Juvenile Home Chiang Mai Province. This month there is a girl who has a little child and she is pregnant with another child. Her husband is also in prison. Please pray for them also.

On 1 February 2005 Bro. Joe Garman went with us too. We would like to thank God that 9 persons make confessions of Jesus Christ.

On 31 January 2005, we went to Payao Center prison, We went to the men and woman departments. Bro. Joe taught God’s word; it was very interesting and comforts us very much. I hope that God’s word that taught today will make the prisoner repent to God and trust in God to receive eternal life.

The work of announcing the gospels of God in Laos: A believer in Laos wrote a letter to me and asked us to pray for 15 families of Vietnamese people -- that they might find refuge from Vietnam and be able to live in Laos. They are confronted with great poverty.

January 2005

I traveled to the Detention Center for girls on December 1, 8, 22, and 27. We also organized a Christmas party for the girls, celebrating the coming of God’s Son to earth. They were very excited and full of joy. On December 24, I went to the Phayao Central Prison to share God’s Word. We also held a Christmas party there and all of the inmates enjoyed celebrating Jesus’ birth.

We are still planning on doing the Bible seminar for the Laotian people but we have decided we must postpone it until we can obtain the Bibles and materials necessary for the project. We are hoping to have 200 Hmong Bibles, 100 Laotian Bibles, and 50 English Bibles.

November, 2004

On November 3, 17, 24 I went to the Home for the children, girls section. There were few girls who were released from the Home this month and some more will also be released on December 5, 2204. May God bless them and protect them and give them love and wish them good life in the future. On November 26, 2004, I went to the Prison at Phayao. I met an old man there who told me about his failure in his life and all the mistakes he had made but now he wanted to change to a new person. Let us pray for him and hope that the Lord will give this man the blessing, love and he comes to know Jesus the Christ.

The work of announcing the words of Jesus Christ in Laos: On November 8 and 15, 2004, two young Laotians came to me and told that they would like to study the Bible. So I took them to attending the bible study at the center for bible study for a short course. Let us pray for these two young people (one boy and one girl). Moreover, let us pray for the budget in organizing the bible study for the Laos people in January 2005, as we still need a lot of funding. If we do not have enough funds, we may have to postpone this training. Let us pray for printing our brochures, lessons, and textbooks, as we still need more budgets.

November, 2004

On the 6th and 13th of October, I went to the girls detention home. Several girls had done their time and were allowed to return to their homes this month. I taught them about the birth of Jesus Christ. Everyone seemed excited when we talked about celebrating Christmas Day. We hope that everyone will be happy and joyful on Christmas Day.

On the 15th of October, I went to the Central Prison of Phayao Province. We have been going there to announce the words of Jesus Christ for several months. May God bless our brothers in the prison. We think that we will celebrate Christmas Day on December 24, 2004 there.

We had the opportunity to teach God's Word in Laos in October. We organized a Bible study for the Laos people at Nong Khai. There were 10 people attending the training. We spent more than 12 hours a day studying and answering questions about the words of the Lord. Everyone was eager and attentive to study the teaching of the Lord. We hope to organize one more session in January 2005. This time we will organize the leaders of the youth group.

October, 2004

On the five Wednesdays of September, I went to the girls' section of the juvenile home. Two girls there have faith in Jesus the Lord. After October, both these two girls may be released from the Home to return to their own homes. Let us pray for their future life. On September 1 I distributed 76 Bibles to the children there. They were very happy to get the Bibles.

On September 20, 2004, I went to the Central Prison in Phayao Province. There are now 16 people, 4 women and 12 men, who are seriously studying the gospel. Let us pray that these people will have faith in God in the future. I distributed 250 Bibles to the prisoners on that day.

September, 2004

On 4, 11, 18, and 25 August, I went to the Home for Children, girls section. I taught the gospel of God and asked them to memorize Bible verses (they tried very hard to do it.) I taught them some short hymns, some guitar, and some basis English. On August 4 we made papaya salad for lunch and ate it together.

The girls have begun to have interest to know more about God, and some have tried to pray by themselves. Some have tried to practice reading the Bible by themselves.

On 23 August, I went to the Central Prison Phayao Province. I was very excited to have the opportunity to teach the Bible smoothly and entirely because I had divided the prisoners attending the activity into several small groups. Everything went smoothly and things were more in order than before. My plan for the future is to ask permission to go there two times a month so that I will have more time to teach them the Bible.

I received letter from our brothers in Laos that there are some Vietnamese people who have faith in Jesus Christ and have immigrated to Laos. These Laotian people have asked us to pray for these Vietnamese people who have fear, are poor and suffer a lot. I have the intention to go visit these people in the future. We will have the Bible study seminar for the brothers in Laos on 8-10 of October 2004.

God bless you. Boonlerd

On July 5, 2004, I went to the Girls Detention Center. I taught from Genesis about the Garden of Eden and sin. I also gave them some lessons on cooking, teaching them some practical skills. I could see that they enjoyed it very much. So my plan in the future is to go there more often in order to teach them more about the Gospel.

On July 19, 2004, I returned to the Girls Detention Center. I taught them 1 John 4:7-21. One group of girls is Burmese. They can not speak Thai at all. They are detained because they entered the country illegally.

On July 21, 2004, I went to preach at Phayao Prison. I preached from the passage in 1 John 4:7-21-- "God is love." It was the first day that we organized a smaller group of 70 people . There were 10 women prisoners who joined us. Some other groups are interested in the Gospel of Christ. I ask that you pray especially for them.

Report From Boonlerd Chomphukeeree -- ARM Prison Chaplain in Thailand

Since this is my first report as an ARM chaplain, I want to introduce myself. My name is Mr. Boonlerd Chomphukeeree. MY wife is named Ketsaraporn . We have three children, two sons and one daughter. Our eldest son is now studying electronic courses in a private vocational school. Our younger son is in early secondary classes and our daughter is in primary classes, both in a government school.