Below is our recently snail-mailed prayer letter. There are new pictures on our web site from the Christmas caroling. hopefully I will have video up soon. Take care and God bless... December 2010 Merry Christmas! Three of our four children are able to be with us in Chiang Mai and for that we are thankful. God has continued to multiply the work in Chiang Mai thanks to your faithful prayers and the faithfulness of the members of New Life Baptist Church in Chiang Mai. New Life Baptist Chiang Mai. We are currently in the midst of a campaign to print newsletters that we hand out in the area of our church on a monthly basis. We print and distribute 3000 color newsletters each month. Each newsletter addresses a question or obstacle that is typical in Thai culture. We have had several visitors because of this, and we are looking forward to more fruit as the new year starts. These are expensive (about $350 a month). If you would like to help with the printing of these newsletters you can make a contribution to BWMOM for “Newsletter Printing.” We had our last baptismal service of the year where we baptized two new believers who were recently saved. One young man and an older woman were saved as a result of the faithful witness of members in our church. It is great to see how the Lord multiplies our efforts, and we see II Timothy 2:2 coming alive before us. Our church expansion is finished! We have doubled our capacity and praise the Lord for opening this opportunity just in time. We are still saving to purchase land in the future, but the Lord hasn’t opened that door of opportunity yet. Bible Institute: Mike is currently teaching classes in English in the evenings. Classes will start for a new class of Thai’s in January. Right now there is one student committed to attending. We are praying for 2-3 more. Women’s Ministry: Francis is doing a great job leading the ladies of the church. She often plans outings with them. She does a great job of leading by example and encouraging the many single mothers in the church in their walk with the Lord. Children: Matthew is graduating from a local International university in March. He is tentatively planning to stay in Thailand and work for a few years while he continues to attend Bible Institute. Josh is finishing his first semester at a Bible college in the USA and is enjoying his classes in graphics arts. Hannah is halfway through her sophomore year in high school. All of our children are a tremendous asset to our ministry, and we recognize it is only through a team effort and the Lord’s grace that inroads are being made to the glory of God. College Ministry: The Missionaries that attend our church (the Sullivant family and the Angeles family) continue to teach at the student center. It is a slow process, but we are praying for students to be saved. The Angeles family will be teaching alone while the Sullivant’s are on a short furlough in Canada. Village Ministry: The village ministry, under the leadership of Sakhorn, is continuing. He is thankful that we have entered the dry season so he doesn’t get soaked on the two hour drive to the village. Though work there is very slow, Sakhorn is a faithful servant. He continues to apprentice at the church in Chiang Mai while working at the village church and is doing a good job in many phases of the ministry. Christmas: This year we are breaking out of our comfort zone. Because of a missions team from our home church, we felt encouraged to try and do a Christmas concert this year. We will be performing at the Big C (a Walmart type department store) on Christmas Eve. We have been practicing since October and feel almost ready. Michael and his wife Maureen Sullivant have been diligently trying to teach us to sing in parts. It has been rough, but we are sounding much better. This is a great opportunity to sing for and witness to the thousands of weekend shoppers that will visit the store. On Christmas night we will celebrate Christmas at our church with the members and their invited guests. Please pray for these coming events. Prayer Requests: Please continue to pray for our family and the members of New Life Baptist Church (Chiang Mai and Wang Mai). Pray for Mae and Bhun who are really backslidden and are dealing with serious sin issues. Pray for Ahm and Lii for spiritual growth and for Tom and Matthew, as they study in the Bible Institute. Continue to pray diligently for our college ministry that it will grow and reach many students and professors with the gospel. For Christ in Thailand, Mike & Francis Frederick BWMOM, Thailand