Movie Night: The Nativity.

Wanted to update everyone on some neat things that God is doing here in Thailand. We had thought of doing something in our home, opening it up, to help build relationships with some of the young people in the church (mostly college age). So we invited anybody who could come to our house for dinner and a movie. Ya thought of inviting the students from the Surawittayakarn School as well. That was really God's doing because I didn't think they would come at first. So we tried out our new grill. Well, that was an experience. Needed a little help from our kind landlady, Pin Nit, to get things started! Once the fire was blazing, we grilled marinated chicken, BBQ chicken, and nicely seasoned steak. It was quite fun and everyone seemed to really like the food. Leah whipped out some Italian fixings for the asparagus, and everyone DESTROYED the stuff. They loved it. Well, then we were trying to decide what movie to put on. We decided on "The Nativity", and I think it was a very good idea. As the students watched the account of Christ's birth and how everything came together for the coming of the Messiah, they asked tons of questions. Orowan and Ya were very busy trying to answer all the questions that flew their way. So... if you are reading this, please pray for these kids as we try to show them our Savior. I believe they are curious, especially one guy named Korn. He was asking lots of questions, they said. We plan to do this again, and show one of the movies about Christ's life and death. It was a very good avenue to get the gospel into their minds so they would think about it. One thing I liked, is that the movie was the gospel, but they were all Jewish people. It wasn't the "western" religion. And I think that makes a big difference, it is helpful if they can see the gospel as something that is for the whole world, not just Americans or Europeans.
So, that was our "movie night". It was a wonderful way to meet people and build those integral relationships needed to do anything here. But it was also a great way to present the gospel itself... that God became man, dwelt among us, and ultimately sacrificed His life for ours. Incredible.