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Ranong, Thailand

Val Yoder, Collier Berkshire and myself traveled to southern Thailand to visit Michael Stoltzfus and David King October 24-28. These young men are studying the Thai language in preparation to minister to the Moken sea gypsy people. These people were a despised and rejected people group that lived in poverty and very primitive conditions up until the December 2004 tsunami. After the tsunami physical aid began to pour in and numerous missionary organizations began to work among them to bring them the Gospel. One of those missionary organizations is STAMP based out of Malaysia. Michael and Dave are working with this ministry. We would love to send some IGo students to work along side of Michael and David in the future on their ministry trips. The vision and passion these two young men have for the Lord and and his missionary work is something our IGo students need to experience. These two young men can teach by example which is far better then instruction. 

L to R - Raymond Burkholder, Michael Stoltzfus, Collier Berkshire, Val Yoder & David King

Traveling On A Long Tail Boat With A Moken Village In The Background

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Posted by raymond5052 on Oct 29th 2008 | Filed in Archive | Comments Off

Teaching Old Testament Prophets at IGo

We are presently in the last full week of the fifth term here at IGo.  We certainly have a great group of students who want to go deep with God. Last week God did a deep work in most all of the students hearts. We had a sweet visitation of the Lord. There were many confessions and spiritual stakes driven for the Lord. It all started when a native Muslim young man, who was recently converted, had to go in hiding due to his new found faith in Christ Jesus. About the same time, one of the young men who is a student here at IGo, was soundly converted. This caused all of the students to look inward and become transparent before the Lord. Rejoice with us, God has wrought a great victory for His Kingdom work and for His glory. Blessed be God. Thank you for your ongoing prayers.

Teaching at IGo

Fifth Term IGo Students

Posted by raymond5052 on Oct 3rd 2008 | Filed in Archive | Comments Off