Thailand update

I can't believe another week has passed us by! In a little more than 4 weeks, I'll be on my way back to the states.
It took us a few weeks to finally get into our primary ministry, but the ball is finally rolling. Hopefully God will do some amazing things in the remaining few weeks. This week, my partner Hector and I began teaching English at the Lighthouse church. Although we only had three students at our first class, it went very well. Two of the students, Phii Gan and Phii Noi, had never been to the church before. They were both laughing and smiling the entire time. At the end, they said they enjoyed the class a lot and would invite their friends to join us for the next class. I was so thankful that God had blessed us with a good start, but I was a little worried that too many people would show up to the next class. But lo and behold... NO ONE showed up to our next class. Well, Phii Gan showed up... at 4:30PM for our 4-5PM class. Such is the way of the Thai people.
Ajaan Vit believes there might be some spiritual warfare going on here. He reasoned that other people must have prevented Phii Noi from coming to our second class, because she had enjoyed the first one so much and wasn't busy. Please be praying for our non-Christian students Phii Gan, Noi, and Boon, that they would continue to come in spite of their suspicions about the church and other people's opinions. And pray that we would find ways to incorporate the gospel into our lessons and build geniune relationships with our students.
Aside from these English classes and our Saturday morning kids' program, my partner and I feel busy yet unproductive. Twice a week, we accompany Phii Vit and his intern Phii Tuay to Bangkok Christian College where we spend the majority of our time sitting awkwardly and reading our Bibles because we can't understand anything people say except "khao jai mai?" (do you understand?)
I've also been a little disappointed that I don't really get to minister to the poor, but right now I really just want to do something. Please pray for more spirit-led opportunities to share the gospel-- whether that be with the rich or the poor. But pray that I wouldn't be hasty and instead to wait on God and follow His plan.

with love,
rebecca