The Last One

I will miss my home here in Thailand greatly this upcoming year. But I hope, that I will not forget this experience for as long as I live. I hope to always live by the example that my parents have set before me. “For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain!”

Dear Friends,

This is my final day in Thailand. Tomorrow, I begin my long journey back to the states. We finished up mobile clinics last week, and were blessed to see many come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior. What a great blessing to be reminded yet again of how great a God we serve! 

My Thai Aunts 

Last week my mom was too sick to come with us on Mobile Clinic, and my sister took on a new section of the clinic by working at taking everyones vitals. With them both being busy elsewhere, I suddenly became the liaison for the english team and the Thai helpers. Now NORMALLY this means I would take on my mom’s part and lead the english songs we have for the kids, “entertaining” them for at least an hour. But of course, my mom’s voice and my voice are comparatively very different... I tend to croak like a frog when I’m handed a microphone, and she sings like an angel. Soooo, instead of doing the song part for the entirety of the normal hour, we lessened the hour by half, and sang for only about ten minutes, and then split right into the smaller groups. For the first few days, I dreaded the morning. Even ten minutes of me leading songs made me want to run and hide behind the nearest tree. But, as God often plans, I got to learn a great lesson through my “difficulty”. In addition to the change in songs I lead craft during small group time instead of sports. This meant that instead of being out on the “soccer field” (more like just a field or patch of grass), I was right across from Ba Oye’s (Aunty Oye’s) gospel sharing group. So, each and every day I got to see her share about the love of Christ with a small group of kids who seemed to be hanging on every word. With this new line of sight, I began to feel God tell me “Remember... remember, this is why you do this.” Humility and joy fill me each and every time I heard His voice and saw Ba Oye’s eyes lighting up with her passion for Him. I was not here to teach english. I was here to spread God’s Word as best as I could, and if that meant I had to sing sounding like Scuttle on the Little Mermaid in front of hundreds of kids, then I would do it. Hundreds of people heard the Good News of Jesus Christ last week, and it was so great to be a part of it, not matter how small! How great it is to do the tasks He has given us!   

The Team

Yesterday, we stayed at a hotel to drop off the team at the airpot and my dad decided to take the entire day off to hang out with my sister and I. But then, while we were headed to a mall in a taxi, my dad just started talking to the taxi driver about God. I smiled as I thought about how my dad truly is a person who looks for every opportunity to talk about the Father he loves so much. And then! In the middle of the conversation the taxi driver reached into his glove compartment and pulled out several tracts that he had already been given by other people! Even though the taxi driver (Mr. T) is still not so sure about the Gospel, I was amazed at how many times God had seen to it that someone had talked to him about the Good News. And even though it’s sad that his heart is still lost, I was so thankful to each one of those people who gave him those tracts. My dad isn’t the only one who has a heart to share about Christ with others, there are so many more, and the amount of tracts that guy had in his car was just a small testament to the large family we have... So the next time you give a tact to your taxi driver, or share the Gospel with a friend, be encouraged. Even though they may not respond the way you want right now, your action may be a blessing to another believer down the road who gets to pick up where you left off! 

“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

Forever His,

Becky Derbyshire

Prayer Requests:

-Safe journey back to the states tomorrow!

-Pray that Mr. T (the taxi driver) might eventually find the truth of the Gospel

-Pray for my sister and I as we begin this upcoming semester, Pray that we will remember the reason why we are here is for Christ. 

-Pray that my dad and mom will continue to be blessed with many fruits for their labor here in Thailand