The Mitchells
I know James Mitchell, and his wife Air, through our church. James is a few years older than me and I always respected him for his faith. He trusts in God, and God has seen him through a great deal of trouble and pain.
I can only imagine that a year before writng this (writing 2004), James reached a point where he saw what God was doing with his life - all of a sudden he was married and was finding new use for his gifts - and was amazed! So what was his response? He moved with his wife to Thailand to help build up her home church, and to minister around Khon Kaen. Here's a message from James:
Hi! My name is James Mitchell. I am not a missionary as such but I am an evangelical Christian living in a country that is 96% Buddhist, 3% Muslim and less than 0.5% Christian. In fact Thailand has one of the lowest percentages of Christians in the world and the area that I live in - Isaan - has even fewer Christians than the rest of Thailand. This is quite extraordinary because Thailand is a free country for evangelism. But for most Thais being Thai means being Buddhist and becoming a Christian means leaving your culture behind. I live in Khon Kaen a city of about 200,000 people in the north east of Thailand - the Isaan region. This is the poorest part of Thailand and relatively few missionaries have worked here. I am married to Air - a Thai citizen - who has worked with Churches in the Isaan region for the past nine years. We moved to Khon Kaen in January 2004 and have settled into life here, working and ministering at Air's Church and in other Churches around Khon Kaen. Meet the Mitchells (top)
About Khon Kaen and Thailand (top)
Their First Ten Prayer Letters (top)
James and Air's plans include a few years in Thailand to establish themselves, and begin to prepare a place to live followed by a year or two back in Australia to gain funds and support before moving permanently to Thailand. (Currently they're in the 'Australia phase'.) You can read their first prayer letters below and if you'd like to receive their updates, email them at their address below to ask to be included.
Receive Their Prayer Letter (top)
You can recieve the Mitchells' Prayer letter in your email by emailing them (address below) and asking to be included. They have great accounts of God working through and around them, and have a great need for support.
Contact the Mitchells (top)
You can contact James and Air via at mitchells@1way2god.net
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