Attaway's On Mission: Family Reunion in Bangkok

Greetings everyone,

We hope you are all doing well and we pray for you daily. God has blessed us this month with the reunion of our family. Sidney and Ashley arrived in Bangkok on May 5 and stayed until May 27. These three weeks were a wonderful time for us to catch up and enjoy being together again. We were able to go on a family vacation to one of the beautiful beaches in Thailand. It was refreshing being out of the city life and to be able to witness God's natural beauty. One of the church members at Muang Thai Church offered us her condo to stay in while visiting Puckett, which was a tremendous blessing for us. God is good.

One of our prayer requests for the visit of Sidney and Ashley was for their eyes to be open to God's call upon our lives to serve in Thailand. In addition to enjoying the coast, we also just experienced "life" in Bangkok. They were able to see the malls and markets, and also the darkness of the red light district. A missionary took us on a prayer walk through the district, it was very eye opening for all of us. We witnessed the need for the light and hope of Christ in a way perhaps we never have before. All of us are in prayer about what the Lord needs from us, to be his hands and feet in this country and to help shine his light on the darkness here.

Arrival in Bangkok, 12 am

We asked the Sidney and Ashley what they wanted to do while visiting us. One of the of the things the two of them both asked to do was to travel to Roi Et, 7 hours Northeast, to see where we are praying about serving as English teacher and kingdom builders. We took a bus ride to Roi Et where we met with Chris and Dora Barbee and the other members of the team, Kat and Mot. We were able to help serve at worship on Sunday morning at the Christian Learning Center and were able to see some of the kids we had made relationships with earlier at camp in March in Bangkok. Noah was especially happy to see some of his friends, it was a special time. We all enjoyed being in the countryside and anticipate serving full time with the team in this area. The Northeast is the most impoverished area of Thailand and we have read that 90% of children trafficked in this country come out of this region. Please join us in prayer about serving in this area. Refer to the link at the bottom to see about the unreached in this area.

Sidney helping the Roi Et kids draw a group pic

Ashley playing the alphabet game with students

Hannah Grace celebrated her 10th Birthday while we were in Roi Et, with all of us together. It was special, she even got to feed an elephant walking on the street. Her choice for a present was a ukelele which she is already learning to play pretty well.

Hannah Grace's 10th Birthday

Thailand is now under a military coup and many things are changing politically. There currently is a curfew from 12am to 4am and we have been told to steer clear of certain areas. Please keep this county in your prayers and for the gracious, kind Thai people who love Thailand. We are safe and stay aware of what is going on around us, please continue to pray too for our well being and discernment and wisdom in this process.

Thank you all for staying on this journey with us. We need your prayers continually and your financial support in order to be the salt and the light in this part of the world.
We love you and are thankful for what you are doing for us and his kingdom.

The Attaways

Please go to the link for a depiction of the unreached in Thailand.

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