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	 <title>THAILAND (Karen tribe)</title>
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	 <pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 CDT</pubdate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[ <p>Two Karen believers are planning to be married Monday. A traditional Karen ceremony requires rituals involving the spirits of the family clans. The couple's families are discussing the ceremony with missionaries. &quot;Our desire is for a Karen wedding that glorifies God and is not associated with the spirits or spirit worship,&quot; wrote Richard and Wendy Rees. Please pray for wisdom.</p> ]]></description>
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	 <title>THAILAND (Prai tribe)</title>
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	 <pubdate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 0:00:00 CDT</pubdate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[ <p>A new believer is viewing her move to another village as an opportunity to draw others to Jesus. Pray that Deet and another man place their faith in Christ.</p> ]]></description>
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	 <title>See saw opportunity</title>
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	 <pubdate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 0:00:00 CDT</pubdate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[ <p><a href="http://www.ntm.org/thailand/news_details.php?news_id=10230"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://www.ntm.org/uploads/news/thumbs/newsAP(10230)_img.jpg" alt="See`s father, and See with baby Nay." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>When See, a young mother and a fairly new believer had to move to another village to care for her ailing father, missionaries to the Prai people in Thailand thought she would have a difficult time being separated from other believers.</p><p>Instead, See has taken her move as an opportunity to minister for Christ.</p><p>&quot;God must have brought me here for His purposes just like he sent Joseph to Egypt,&quot; she said as she recently greeted missionaries Dave and Fran Jordan.</p><p>See has been sharing God's Word with a young man -- Deet -- whose mother was shot and killed a few months ago by a deranged alcoholic.</p><p>Another young man, the son of a spirit doctor, has also shown interest and See is hoping to teach him as well.</p><p>Please pray that God will use See as she shares God's Word with those around her and that Deet and others will come to know the Savior.</p> ]]></description>
	 <author>David Bell</author>
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	 <title>THAILAND (Isan tribe)</title>
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	 <pubdate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 0:00:00 CDT</pubdate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[ <p>A village leader has been a huge help as Martin Schumacher studies the culture of the Isan people of Thailand. Thank the Lord with us for his willingness to share with Martin.</p> ]]></description>
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	 <title>Knowledge that you can't see</title>
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	 <pubdate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 0:00:00 CDT</pubdate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[ <p><a href="http://www.ntm.org/thailand/news_details.php?news_id=10162"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://www.ntm.org/uploads/news/thumbs/newsAP(10162)_img.jpg" alt="Po Sit has a lot of insight and a gift for explaining Isan culture." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Po Sit to the rescue.</p><p>After missionary Martin Schumacher lost his language helper, Po Maen, a few months ago, God provided a very knowledgeable replacement.</p><p>Po Maen's father, Po Sit, a village leader, offered his services so that Martin could continue learning the culture and language of the Isan people in Thailand, as he prepares to clearly present God's Word to them.</p><p>Po Sit &quot;has a gift to explain things and he has a lot of insight as a village headman which he is willing to share,&quot; Martin wrote. &quot;During the last few months I discussed different topics with him like kinship relations and kinship terms, the rice planting cycle, a whole funeral with all its steps and different ceremonies, etc. </p><p>&quot;For the third stage of language and culture study I needed exactly a person like him. Somebody that is willing to explain the things that are not observable anymore but are common knowledge to the villagers, that knowledge which is passed on from generation to generation.&quot;</p><p>Please pray for Martin and Po Sit as they work together to give Martin the knowledge and abilities in the culture and language that are needed to clearly present the Gospel to the Isan people in a relevant way.</p> ]]></description>
	 <author>David Bell</author>
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