Team Report from Thailand

Ensenada 2009

Hey everybody, just thought I'd let you all know about a great opportunity to get involved with YWAM and Impact ministries! From November 22-27 team members will be building houses for selected families and will also share in a Thanksgiving Dinner! Interested families and individuals please contact Cathy Laird at claird@bellevuewa.gov
Cost: TBD

Bob's Ride For Impact

From June 6 to July 28, 2009, Bob Horn will ride 3,800 miles by bike from San Francisco, CA to Portsmouth, NH to raise support for IMPACT Ministries. You can join him in this ambitious goal

Why would someone do something this crazy? That’s an excellent question. As a long-distance cyclist for the last 8 years, Bob has always dreamed of taking a cross-country tour. About six years ago, he set a goal to do it before he turns 40. Now it’s time. To add more purpose to this goal, he is riding to raise money for IMPACT Ministries. His goal is to raise $20,000.

Click HERE to go to his website.

Click HERE to give to support Bob Horn and IMPACT.

Click HERE to go to his Facebook group.

Missionaries to Thailand

Gary and Paula Hays, Foursquare Missionaries to Thailand, are now the latest partners of IMPACT serving overseas. Their sending church (which also supports them as missionaries) is Eastside Foursquare Church.

Their ministry, called "TORCH-LIGHTERS",focuses on 3 areas: Children's Evangelism and Discipleship, Leadership Training, and Worship. They are based out of the Good News Foursquare Church in Bangkok, Thailand but their ministry extends all over Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, and Laos).

Here is some of the latest report from them:

"A large Christian school is about to order 1.5 years of KidsQuest evangelism/discipleship curriculum for their students (only 1% of the students are believers).
We are part of a Christian NGO (Non-Government Organization) network that is now building their own KidsQuest teams around the country
NGOs include World Concern, World Vision, Compassion International and others
We just trained the Drug Free program in Bangkok (churches from 4 denominations, a Christian radio station and Pattaya World Vision) and Chiang Mai. This program will go to schools around Thailand.
We are actively training and teaching a program called Celebrating Children. We will organize this program this year to be the first DVD-based interactive holistic training program for churches in Thailand. It will include how to effectively work with kids, at-risk kids, develop in-church evangelism/discipleship for kids and using kids as young leaders. We should be ready with a complete course by November.
Church business consulting:
Along with Bangkok Foursquare, I am consulting for a district of Assembly of God churches. The national president of AOG and his wife (Thais) are friends of ours and I am advising him on developing some small businesses for his new church. In trade, we receive training facilities for multi-denominational KidsQuest training at low fees...Our biggest hurdle, of course, is money. Once our grant money runs out in a few months we'll have to get real creative. We will apply for another grant this cycle...and pray."

Contribution can now be made to the ministry of Gary and Paula Hays, through IMPACT. They thank-you for your prayers and support!

Bags of Joy 2008

New things for IMPACT

IMPACT welcomes the addition of Bryant and Patty Sabandal as missionaries to the Philippines with Foursquare Missions. They will be moving to the Philippines in January 2009. On September 23rd of this month they will be doing a scouting trip to make plans for their relocation. Please keep them in your prayers:


Please pray with us:

• That our hearts continue to break for the things that break the heart of God.


• That we could be used mightily as Kingdom builders in the Philippines.


• For our family here in the states.
  
• Provision.
  
• Health.
  
• Cultural Understanding.
  
• God's direction in all things.

Bryant and Patty have journeyed to the Philippines many times over the past few years as short term missionaries. For more information you can contact them at: sabandal5@aol.com. IMPACT is already able to receive tax-deductible donations to support Bryant and Patty.


IMPACT has also entered into a working relationship with Maggie Josiah, missionary to Uganda with African Hospitality Institute. AHI has been incorporated and is in the process of obtaining its own non-profit status. She has an exciting ministry that is blossoming there and we look forward to seeing how this partnership develops. Kathy Laird and Brandon Brazee have led teams there during that past twelve months which have deepened our connection with the needs and the impact of this ministry.

Upcoming Opportunities

Ensenada Thanksgiving Missions Team, 2008. This team is already being formed. Join it now for a Thanksgiving you'll never forget. November 18-23. For more information, contact Cathy Laird at claird@bellevuewa.gov.