October 26, 2009

It is Well with My Soul



ขนาดตัวอักษรServing and Finding Joy

In the past few weeks, I have been serving with teams from different parts of the world - YWAM Kona, Hawaii, YWAM Amsterdam, Holland, YWAM Muzenberg, South Africa, and Montana (an estimated130 teams that come through YWAM Thailand each year). I help with their orientation into Thailand and prepare them for working short-term in this nation. I share about Thai culture and the worldview here, and give them some perspective and a glimpse of life in Thailand and the ministries here. We send the teams out with different YWAM Thailand ministries and each week we have to make sure that the teams are doing well spiritually, physically and emotionally. Our goal is to see the teams are achieve in their ministry and for them to reach out to the Thai’s effectively and successfully. We want them to really enjoy their outreach here and learn about the Thai culture and people.

A week ago I had a chance to sit and talk with a team and was able to come along side them and help them out with some issues within their team. I was so amazed how God used me through my counseling skills that I have learned from my counseling school, and I got to pray with them. It all worked out and the team situation has been solved and they are ready to go on with their ministry. I am so blessed as I am able to help encourage the teams. God takes me by surprise in the way He chooses to use me and how much He is using me……more than I realize sometimes!

Bringing HOPE to Those Male Sex Tourists

I have been working voluntarily with the MST Project lately.

MST Project is a ministry that reaches out the male sex tourists who come to Thailand for the sex industry. MST also raises the awareness of justice and human rights.

We meet up and intercede, worship and keep ourselves accountable to God and head to RED-LIGHT district in Bangkok at night around 9 pm until 1 am. We hand out surveys to the men and ask them some questions on why they are here etc, this is a tool to try to initiate and build relationship with the men. Our goal is to look for an opportunity to impart some hope and love into these men’s lives that can be found in a relationship with God.

I felt so touched being among my brothers and sisters who share the same heart for those men and women who are just so lost in this dark world and to work humbly and accountability before God to shine the light among the darkness.

FYI: http://www.mstproject.com


On Board to Malaysia

Yes!!! I went to Malaysia! I have not flown about 2 years now so I was so thrilled, it was like I had never flown before. God knows my desires and I just want to assure you that He knows your hearts desire as well if things that we want are right with Him.

Chris (My leader from OTD Dept) and I got invited to YWAM Penang to help and share some ideas and thoughts with them about to partner with them in helping set up the Outreach Teams Department. We have met many leaders and shared about our ministry and the future possibilities of being partnered with each other.

So Chris has challenged Peter and his family to come to Thailand for the OTD training so in the future they will be able to set up some good hospitality and able to serve the up coming teams that we will send to their base in the future.

I enjoyed meeting and learning from different cultures and the richest of the foods! (That is the best part because I like to eat)! It was great to be able to see some old friends from Kona there as well. I felt like the world is getting smaller when we are with YWAM!

On top:Peter and his lovely family.
Below:Me and Chris are enjoying the Indian foods with our bare hand and you are only allow to use your right hand!


Body,Mind and Soul

Beside from being suffered from the flood, I am doing much better and better now with my body,mind and soul.(It was flooded where I live a week ago).I felt so blessed to have Chris back and also Keith (a friend from Kona) and Tyler who are working with the MST Project which is Chris is leading. We’ve spent some good quality time together and to help keep ourselves accountable to God, I have felt more home and not fighting all alone any more. My time with God is getting better and I’m growing closer to Him, I trust Him with every step that I take as I am sure that He will make my path straight as said in Proverbs 3:5-6.



Experienced with a smelly and dirty flood in Bangkok

Finance Report:

God has been so good to me and so faithful. The financial support is coming in little by little and so it helped me to continue my work here with YWAM for His Kingdom.

I now have people promised to support me monthly about $110 ,so praise God for that. As you know that I’m trusting God for $ 600 per month to meet up with my needs here so I would like you to pray and partner with me to come along side me through walking this journey and to live out the dreams God has given me. I am praying that 60 people will come alongside me and support me $ 10 a month. Please would YOU consider and pray about being one of those 60 people. But more than anything I need your prayers, please continue to stand with me in prayer as I trust God for a huge release of finances to continue with my ministry!

If you would like to support me financially either monthly or with a one of gift, please contact me or you can do this online (plus with tax deductible) at:

http://www.ywamthai.org/onlinedonations.php

Thank you all so much for your prayers, encouragement and support. I am truly blessed to have many wonderful friends in my life and who trusted and believed in me.I never could have come this far without you.


With Much Love and Blessings, (-:

Paul Kanjanasuwun




2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing Pornsak. It was great to hear what God is doing in your life. You are a blessing and an inspiration! Hopefully some day Seung-yeon and I can come and visit you!!!

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  2. Hey Mike,
    Thanks for your comment too.Its meant a lot to me!
    I miss you and Seung-Yeon so bad.You guys are really faithful friends to me.For sure I would love to see you guys here in Thailand someday so soon.Miss you guys ton,my sweetest friends!I miss those times in India.

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