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 Sharing Heavens' Grace of Jesus Christ with the impoverished and orphaned  children in Thailand.   
                                                                   
 "Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me." -Matthew 18:4,5                           
                                                             
Wilai Wilkerson, Teacher, Missionary

North Thailand Life

7/4/2011

3 Comments

 
Wow!  It is hot in Texas!! I cannot believe that in the Fort Worth area, it is already above one hundred!!  It is not even August yet!Here in Thailand, Alathia and I are in the heart of rainy season.  It is in the 80's and has been raining off and on during the day and also at night.  We have not seen sunshine for 3 days now.  But I am thankful that there was not a storm or flooding, just soft pitter patter of the rain.  Not so in some parts of Thailand, as they are facing flooding threats.  The only draw back to this wonderful rain is that hanging clothes to dry takes forever and there are no dryers anywhere. After one month in Chiang Mai, I have learned to be accustomed to the local life style. 
 I have a daily routine that was set in placed partly because of my childhood memory.  At my grandparents' house, we would rise and go to sleep with the sun.  They lived in the country in northern Thailand way back when there was no electricity and no running water.  We used kerosene gas in condensed milk can with cloth wick as a lantern. Drinking water came from our own dug wells.  Of course, that was over 40 years ago.  
Being back in Thailand now, I find myself naturally getting up with the first morning light. I start the day at 5:30-6:00 a.m. The outside light from my bedroom window wakes me up.  I never turn on any light in the house in the morning, as I begin to unlock all the glass windows and open all the curtains.  There is enough light to read by, in my living room. I can enjoy the cool morning breeze as I have my quiet time and read my Bible.  At about 7:00 am, I go next door to feed my neighbor's cat, while she is away.  The cat's name is Wan (sweet in Thai)  She belongs to my teacher friend from Grace International School, where I will be teaching in August. After spending sometime feeding and petting Wan, at about 7:30 am. I begin to do my morning house cleaning, including washing clothes.  I enjoyed washing by hand, as long as its just my daily, one person load.  (When Alathia comes on the weekends, we use the washing machine.)By 8:00 or 8:30, I try to rush to the computer, so that I can email or skype my family back home.  I have to get ready to start my English and Thai tutoring at 10:00 am.  My teaching schedule has been very nice,a slow and steady pace thus far.  On Mondays and Tuesdays, I get picked up by an American housewife, whose husband works for a Christian organization to help the natives in church planting.  I teach a group of Thai girls in their household conversational English and Bible Studies.  I also see a missionary couple from Singapore to help them with conversing in Thai and help some Thai friends with their English in the afternoons.  When I am not tutoring, I go to Grace International School, the Christian school that I will be teaching in the second grade.  I am still in the process of setting up the classroom.  Oh my, but it is a beautiful classroom, with lots and lots of wonderful tools and materials for the children's learning!  I can't wait to get it fixed up!!  As we look at the first month in review,I have so many things to be thankful for God's abundant grace and provision.  God is so good to provide for us a lovely home the very first week we arrived.  Though a little rough start at the beginning, by the second week, Alathia is strong in her handling of so many new changes of living in an unfamiliar country.She is  adjusting so well in starting over as a student in a new school, adapting to a foreign dormitory life and learning new languages and new cultures.. God has given favors with people and friends to help us.  Alathia made many new friends that share her hobbies and interests in singing, drawing and playing the piano.  God gave me an instant bond and friendship with Seangla, a Christian house cleaning lady.  We would get together to do English lessons over lunch as well as Bible Study and prayer.  She is such a kindred spirit.  She gave me rides to the market, the post office, the school and where ever I needed to go.  She took me to purchase a new Honda motorcycle that I am having so much fun learning how to ride it. I am actually going to ride it for the first time to the school today!!! 
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Samuel
5/21/2012 03:57:06 pm

Wilai:

I can't believe I found this.

I hope you are safe and that the Lord is taking good care of you. I am very sorry to here of Bill's passing. It was a great shock to me and I was saddened to the point tears, even though I know where he is at now. See, Pastor Bill was always my pastor. Even when I was in the Fort Worth church. I had always put off coming back to God, but I really felt in my heart that one day, I would come back, and Pastor Bill would be there.

I miss the relationship I once had with God. I got myself into some pretty bad stuff in the last two years (running from the Holy Spirit), and now I find myself in the belly of a great fish. I lay down at night in my darkness and cry out to God. I believe, even now, that He will bring me back.

I have given up all blatant sin but still find myself outside the body. I spend a lot of time on youtube and yahoo answers fighting atheists and blasphemers. I witness to people, but the power is gone. I don't have that zeal I once I had.

When I learned of Pastor Bill's passing, I immediately thought of Enoch, and how the Lord took him. I thank God for the time I knew him, because he demonstrated Christ to me. I got to see Christ even before I leave the Earth. That is how I feel about him.

I see you are still going strong for Jesus. I heard you are back in Thailand now, but in no way did I doubt for second that you weren't serving God. I now see that you are active in Missionary work, and that is just awesome. A lot of really starving people over there, just hungry for God.

It was a real blessing being able to see this.

Samuel

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Wilai Wilkerson link
7/15/2012 05:29:20 pm

Samuel, I am so glad to hear from you. Sorry that I am late at my reply. I have thought of you and your family quite frequently, especially your Mom. Please say hi to them for me.
Samuel, I want to encourage you just do it. It is never too late to come back to God. He is always waiting for his prodical sons to return home. The Arlington church is on Cooper St. not far from UT of Arlington. I believe you can start again fresh for God.
Just as God had prepared a way for me here in Thailand, He will do the same for you. We are all His children, those who believe in Him, He loves us all the same.
It was very sad for me and my family to loose my dear husband. But I am also at peace knowing that God is in control. Thank you for your tribute to Bill. It meant a lot to me.
God bless you as you continue to see Him,
Wilai

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Samuel Rosenbalm
8/14/2012 12:11:06 am

Thank you for the reply.

You don't know how encouraging it is to hear from you and to see you working for the Lord. I will give my family your regards.

Religion don't cut it - I need the real thing. I going to serve the Lord.

I am praying for you and your family,

Samuel




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