English camps

Thursdays Full-day English camp

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Our team in Bangkok is leading a busy but very fulfilling existence. We are now in full swing with teaching English. At the Touch Thailand Centre we all serve alongside the existing missionaries as they teach. They are very professional and we assist by being the valuable native- English speakers who will have conversation with their students.

The resident missionary team

We have also now done two out of three English Camps in local schools. Yesterday and tomorrow the “Camps” are for three hours Today was all day – and it was just great fun and fulfilling for us all. Working with kids has to be in our hearts as we teach them.

Chez and Bec with creative art:

Anthony with Games

An English camp consists of 7 activity stations which the students move through and we instruct them in English. There were games and singing and work sheets and word puzzles – all great opportunities to help with their English Our prayer is that in each of these schools we shall be the aroma of Christ, the light of Jesus to them.

Sarah with "Colour Me Beautiful"

A most memorable happening was the theft of Janice’s camera today. We had finalised our sessions and were having a final presentation – each group doing their "cheers” and presentations when Janice could not find her camera in her bag. She searched back upstairs on the fourth floor and couldn’t find it – checked her bag, searched again and then notified Gerry, the resident team leader here that the camera was missing. He notified school leaders and they each searched the floor and the toilets and couldn’t find the camera. Then it was announced to children the camera was missing and they were asked to look for it – meanwhile the school gates were shut and all bags searched. THEN the camera was located in a toilet – and guess what – there had been one photo taken!

The UNAUTHORISED photo!!

The children triumphed in finding the camera. The school directors had been concerned that if the camera was not located we would not return. This is a NEW school today for teaching English. They have asked for teams to return again. Truly there is a wide open door for teams to come and add to the ministry of the resident missionaries here by teaching English in the local schools. We were treated like royalty – given lunch and snacks and presented with gifts from the directors and notes of appreciation from the kids. We all feel so privileged to be here.

Please pray
Friday night we lead a Thai Cell group at the Touch Thailand Centre – these are students who come to hear about Christianity and not all are yet believers.
Continued language teaching at Centre
Thanks for good health and great fun together as a team.