Pastors hand in hand

Two months ago our team in Way Te Loo talked about the vision for our ministry and what we want to see happen the coming years. One of the things we talked about was unity among the Christians and the different denominations. We decided to work towards meeting with pastors in the different Karen churches for regular prayer and our goal was to get started by July 2010. But God’s ways are higher and better than our ways.

One day in December a missionary from one of the Karen congregations came to our house and invited us to a meeting. A lot of pastors were gathered to receive information about a TV-campaign with Billy Graham here in Thailand. The missionary that came wanted the group of pastors to get together the same afternoon and talk about how we can reach every village in this area by working together and so we did.

We had our second meeting the 9th of January to make the big decision; do we want to stand together both in prayer and in ministry or do we want to continue working separately like before? Very few people arrived at our YWAM base here in Way Te Loo which was the location for the meeting. At first we all thought it would be a fruitless meeting were we wouldn’t be able to make important decisions because the main leaders hadn’t arrived. But a few minutes into our meeting some of the key leaders in the area came and the talk we had became very positive and fruitful. The result of this meeting was that we will meet together regularly for prayer and we will also look into the possibility of doing some outreaches together. What a breakthrough!

God had been working in both our hearts and other leader’s hearts to bring His plans for the Karen church to pass. God’s heart truly is unity and the body of Christ standing together fulfilling the great commission instead of wasting time and energy disagreeing about unimportant issues. The last months events have really showed us how God is at work, and that He can do much more than what we hope for.