Thailand has a population of over 62 million people. Ninety five percent of the people practice the religion of Buddhism. Only half of a percent of the people are Christians.
For the last two summer, Pacific Islands Bible College sent a team of students to the northern part of Thailand to help share the Gospel of Christ.
In 2007, we sent two teams of 5 people. One team went to partner with Campus Crusade for Christ at Chiang Rai and Mae Fah Luang Universities. They built friendships with the students, led bible studies, organized fellowship nights and shared the Gospel when opportunities arose. The other group focused on teaching ESL in coordination with the Open Mind Project to elementary students in Nong Kwai. They also spent time with the children and taught them about Jesus through music and stories. They also had opportunities to share Christ with their host families and neighbors.
During the second year a team of eight students again partnered with Campus Crusade for Christ. In addition to using activities from the year before, they also added teaching English as a Second Language and sharing about Micronesia to help build relationships with the students. This was very interesting since many people that they meet have never even heard of Micronesia.
This year a team of 8 students and two staff are scheduled to go again to the northern part of Thailand to partner with Campus Crusade for Christ. This year we will spend approximately 8 weeks this summer sharing with the students. However this year the team will focus their work at another university, Chiang Mai University.
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