[SBCRprayer]The Spann Family

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:01:32 -0500

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<html><div style='background-color:'><P>This from Terri Kulbeth regarding her family overseas in mission field.<BR><BR><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" size=5><FONT size=3><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" size=2><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black">ladybug - linda<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"></SPAN></SPAN></P></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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From: <I>"Terri Kulbeth" &lt;terrigloverkulbeth@hotmail.com&gt;</I><BR>To: <I>ladybug_lh@hotmail.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>FW: May newsletter</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:30:31 +0000</I><BR><BR>
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<P>Linda,</P>
<P>Could you forward this to our church's prayer chain.&nbsp;This is a newsletter from my sister and family serving as missionaries in Thailand.</P>
<P>Thanks,</P>
<P>Terri<BR><BR></P>
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From: <I>"ERIC SPANN" &lt;spanningtheglobe@msn.com&gt;</I><BR>Subject: <I>May newsletter</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 08:43:10 +0700</I><BR><BR>
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Greetings from Nakhon Sawan!!!
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Our house church was different this month than in the past months. &nbsp;Schools went back into session this month, so we were a bit curious how that would affect our church attendance.&nbsp;&nbsp; We had 30 or so two Sundays ago so we were pleasantly surprised!&nbsp;&nbsp; The children continue to come and listen to the Bible stories..&nbsp; The adults come, too, and I believe learn a bit each week about what being a Christian is all about… (We study English through bible verses….)&nbsp; It still gives me chills to hear the Thai’s saying out loud, “Jesus loves me just the way I am”…
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This past Sunday, however, we w<IMG height=126 hspace=12 width=166 align=left>e<IMG height=130 hspace=12 width=172 align=left>nt to a gathering of four to five churches who, annually, get together in another province and have a joint baptismal service.&nbsp;&nbsp;We work with A. SamLit a great deal in this community, and he asked Dana and me if we could take a number of baptismal candidates to the worship service since none of them have automobiles and would, most likely, find it very difficult to get there.&nbsp; (They only get one chance a year to be baptized)&nbsp; Also, he wanted us to share in the experience of great joy in the celebration!&nbsp; We had a great time celebrating with them 
(kids and all).&nbsp; We managed to fit about 18 people into our van and sing and laugh and chat all the while!)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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We are still working on the plans for New America Singers to perform in Nakhon Sawan.&nbsp; Dana and I met with the mayor and asked permission to use a public theater and were given permission, pending a ‘formal’ letter asking for the use of the space.&nbsp; We have received word from the group that they do, indeed, plan to perform here, so Dana and I plan to go to the mayor’s office tomorrow to give him the letter and take care of other details.&nbsp; (Since this writing, we went to the mayor’s office and dropped off the formal letter… he was out of town.)
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The video project is coming along well.&nbsp; Our project is to make a video that will, in some ways, show the average Thai (religious) thinking and life.&nbsp; With the help of many people, the interviews went well and hopefully we got all of the footage that we need.&nbsp; Jim Larson is still planning on finishing the project by early June; when he returns to America for several months.
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The ‘songtow’ advertising project is moving along.&nbsp; A “songtow” is a truck with a tall top on the bed of it and benches on the sides; used as a taxi in our city.&nbsp; There are hundreds of them that have distinct routes that they drive each and every day.&nbsp; We are renting the ‘sides’ of them and plan to have signs put on them!&nbsp; We hope to have our first set of slogans on the songtows by the first of July.&nbsp; (Ambitious, but perhaps doable.)&nbsp; If not in July, then perhaps mid August.&nbsp; The signs will introduce God to them through a series of ‘truths’ that they will relate to, then on to Jesus.
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The June plans we had to teach English in two different neighborhoods (houses) have all but fallen through.&nbsp;&nbsp; We were working with SamLit to gather together individuals at two different homes by teaching English Bible lessons.&nbsp; A couple of things occurred that made one house unavailable, and the other house unlikely.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It had been suggested that we move the lessons to a local school and continue with the plan, but I began to have a bad feeling about it, so I pulled out altogether.&nbsp; Our goal is to foster ‘house church’… not ‘school church’ (government property).&nbsp; Since making the decision to pull out, we feel much better about moving on in cultivating the idea of house church. 
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Samlit and I had great visits with the directors of four different schools in planning for volunteers to teach during July.&nbsp; We drove to and found&nbsp; (…an event in itself!) two grammar schools and two middle schools (?) where it was explained that volunteers from America were coming and would like to, free of charge, spend half a day at each school in order to teach English (with Biblical content) to the students.&nbsp; All in all, it would be an estimated 1500 students.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We were very grateful to SamLit for doing all the prep-work beforehand, which made the meeting go very smoothly and with a flare of confidence and integrity.&nbsp; We look forward to those 
events being carried off well, which should continue to boost “Christianity” in this area of Thailand.
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We have enlarg<IMG height=208 hspace=12 width=276 align=left>ed our sitting area on the street in front of our house.&nbsp; (This may have been part of last months report also, but even if it was, we are still seeing results of it this month)&nbsp; Our old sitting area was not nearly large enough to accommodate the people who venture our way each night.&nbsp; Our routine has been the same since we moved into this house.&nbsp; We go outside in the late afternoon, then come inside for dinner at 5pm…then go back outside from then to 7pm.&nbsp; Often, there are people sitting and waiting on us to come back outside.&nbsp; We tripled the brick area 
and added another matching Thai bench.&nbsp; Naturally we had to add plants and things to complete the area… but it works for us.&nbsp; We are so pleased when we see people from the neighborhood sitting on our benches and talking with one another.&nbsp; They know that ‘our benches are their benches’ also.&nbsp; Dana and I are so flattered to be a true part of this community.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;We have also seen some of the parents become more playful with their children; we never saw this 5 months ago.
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We are still praying about other work in Nakhon Sawan.&nbsp; There is so much more that we can be doing…but we are waiting on God’s timing.&nbsp; We are continuing to make friends/acquaintances with the groups of people we are calling ‘construction workers’.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;There are at least 5 different areas (some very close to one another) where houses are being built and the workers live there under tents or in temporary thrown-together houses.&nbsp; They are just sitting and WAITING for someone to bring them hope!&nbsp; In them, we have a captive audience.&nbsp; I know that I am not the one… but we are praying for ‘the one’ to be shown to 
us.&nbsp; The one who will relate to them and, more importantly, them to him/her.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe we are getting closer to finding that person.&nbsp; Please keep praying for this area of ministry, as it is heavy on out hearts.
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There are others areas yet to be tried, but all in good time.&nbsp; I still have a burden for many other areas, but am waiting for a more clear vision on how to engage them.
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We were happy to find out, this week, that two of our stories are going to be featured on IMB.ORG website.&nbsp; And also that Sophie is going to be the featured MK for November 2006 MK Calendar… Although recognition is never something we seek, it is a confirmation that God is watching…&nbsp; Sort of a splash of hot fudge on top of the already wonderful ice cream!
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Each day brings a personal challenge… How many sweets can I ingest without gaining too much weight…?&nbsp; How much IS too much weight!!&nbsp; (The middle-age bulge is an ever-present factor around us newly 40-year-olds…ARG!@#@!#)&nbsp; 
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Dana and I constantly evaluate all that we are doing to insure that we are making the most of our day and following God in every way possible.&nbsp; We call it being ‘spiritually vigilant’……&nbsp;
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We are loving life and enjoying our days in Nakhon Sawan.&nbsp; We see, daily, our purpose in Christ.
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Thank you for keeping up with us!&nbsp; We still, quite honestly, thank God for all of our wonderful prayer warriors!
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God bless!!!
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Eric, Dana, Sadie, Sophie, Sealie, and Simon
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