Wayne, Tammy, & Rebecca

Brown


Serving in Thailand, Asia Pacific


Account #2939171

Srichiangmai Post Office PO Box 11 337 M.1
Pran Prao, Srichiangmai
Nong Khai 43130 THAILAND

Reaching – Planting – Training - Serving

Christ said that the opportunities for the harvest would be great, but the workers would be few, and this has never been truer than it is today in Thailand. The harvest is great...but there are so few workers. Lord, send us workers for the harvest.

We see our purpose in Thailand to be facilitators of the Word through an array of programs reaching the never-reached, planting churches where none exist today, training up a new generation of missionary and Thai church planters and disciple makers, and serving compassionately those who are at greatest risk in our community. 

Prayerfully consider joining our team, either as a prayer and financial supporter or as a member of our ministry team in Thailand. A month, a year, or a lifetime, whatever the length of service, your presence with us in Thailand will have an eternal impact on the Thai people you serve.

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  • 1. Pray for Mrs. Fon and her son. She accepted Christ this week and is the first Christian in her unreached village. Pray that she grows in her faith and that her son also professes Jesus as his Lord and Savior.


  • 2. Pray for our other outreaches in Srichiangmai this Christmas season. Pray that "Christmas is a time" when more of our neighbors will commit to following Jesus.


  • 3. Pray for Hannah as she completes her Missionary Associate term in December. She is applying to be a career missionary with training meetings in March, followed by a year of fundraising.


  • 4. Pray for Daa as she prepares to take a comprehensive exam to complete her undergraduate degree.

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Christmas is the time for Christmas songs. 
Christmas is a time for love, hope, and giving. 
Christmas is also the time for giving your heart to the Lord. 

This past Wednesday, our church planting team was invited to join Pastor Pranee for an outreach in a village near our home. Although Pastor Pranee lives about six hours away from our district, she heard from one of her church members that people in this community were receptive to the gospel. Our team joined her to host an impromptu Christmas outreach in this unreached community.


One of the community members at this outreach was Mrs. Fon. Following a gospel presentation, Ms. Daa, a church planting team member, had an opportunity to pray with Mrs. Fon. As Tammy observed these two Thai women, one Christian and the other Buddhist, join in prayer, she saw a dramatic change in Mrs. Fon. Mrs. Fon had just prayed to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Her old life was done, and she was now a new creation in Christ.
Please join us in prayer…

  1. Pray for Mrs. Fon and her son. She is the first Christian in her unreached village. Pray that she grows in her faith and that her son also professes Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
  2. Pray for our other outreaches in Srichiangmai this Christmas season. Pray that "Christmas is a time" when more of our neighbors will commit to following Jesus.
  3. Pray for Hannah as she completes her Missionary Associate term in December. She is applying to be a career missionary with training meetings in March, followed by a year of fundraising.
  4. Pray for Daa as she prepares to take a comprehensive exam to complete her undergraduate degree. 

As Assemblies of God missionaries, we depend on prayer and financial support from individuals, families, businesses, and churches. We work in partnership with donors in the USA and the family of believers in Thailand to spread the gospel throughout Thailand. When you support our work with a financial gift, you become part of our ministry team, reaching the unreached with the good news, bringing light into spiritually dark places, and providing real hope to those who've never heard about Jesus. You can donate to our ministry and/or set up a recurring monthly donation and faith promise on our donor management page at https://give.thevitalmessage.org/. For Happy English Community Center project donations, please visit https://tinyurl.com/HappyEnglishProject.




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Today at Happy English, we had a "Thanksgiving Sampler" for our students. We served everything in small cups so the students could get a taste of a traditional Thanksgiving meal. The ham, of course, was a big hit. At the beginning of the program, we asked each student to write what they were thankful for on a fall-themed leaf. One of our students who has been expressing a growing desire to know Jesus wrote “Thank you Jesus” on his leaf. Praise the Lord for the small steps of faith our students are taking.

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Please join us in prayer…


1.   Pray for our students as they continue to explore what it means to follow Jesus.


2.   Pray for our upcoming Christmas outreaches in Srichiangmai so that those we reach will receive and respond to the story of Jesus's birth.


3.   Pray for Hannah as she completes her current Missionary Associate term in December and returns to the USA to transition to a career missionary appointment and to raise funds for her next term in Srichiangmai.


4.   Pray for Daa, our Thai national team member, as she prepares to take a comprehensive exam to complete her undergraduate degree.


As Assemblies of God missionaries, we depend on prayer and financial support from individuals, families, businesses, and churches. We work in partnership with donors in the USA and the family of believers in Thailand to spread the gospel throughout Thailand. When you support our work with a financial gift, you become part of our ministry team, reaching the unreached with the good news, bringing light into spiritually dark places, and providing real hope to those who’ve never heard about Jesus. You can donate to our ministry and/or set up a recurring monthly donation and faith promise on our donor management page at https://give.thevitalmessage.org/.

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On Thursday and Friday, November 2 and 3, Tammy and several of our Assemblies of God missionary ladies in Thailand will be hosting a special event in Bangkok. Attendees will include pastors, church leaders, and congregation members from churches across Thailand.


Please join us in praying for the upcoming Bloom Women’s Conference in Bangkok, and for all who are attending.

1. Pray for the health and safety of all who are traveling this week to attend this conference. Many will be traveling up to 12 hours each way to attend.


2. Pray for the Holy Spirit’s anointing over each of our special speakers.


3. Pray that many will experience a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirt and be empowered to minister to others in their church community.


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This past weekend was Thailand's annual Mother's Day, and we were blessed to join a distant Assemblies of God church in their celebration. Because there are no churches in our area of Thailand, we had to drive two hours to Ban Nong Noi Church for this year’s celebration. Pastor Phat asked Tammy to pray for all the moms in the church. Tammy also prayed for Mr. Tein, a man who told us that his family had disowned him since he became a Christ follower. We told him we would pray for his family to know Jesus soon. 

Please join us in prayer…

  1. Pray for healing in Mr. Tein's family as he continues to follow Jesus despite his rejection from his family. Pray that his family will also follow Jesus. 
  2. Pray for Pastor Phat and her community of believers at Ban Nong Noi Church; may they be powerful witnesses of hope and salvation to all who live in this village.
  3. Continue to pray for Hannah as she is still experiencing health challenges.
  4. Pray for our team as we work to bring Jesus to the people of Srichiangmai and other never-reached villages in our area.

We continue to raise funds for our new Happy English Community Center and outreach programs. God blessed us with resources to remodel the community center and launch the educational outreach programs earlier this year; however, our budget did not include funding for the ongoing operations of this ministry. 

We currently need about $12,000 in additional donations to cover the operational costs until we return to the USA for itineration in fall 2025. Please scan the QR code or visit https://tinyurl.com/HappyEnglishProject to donate. Donations can be one-time or monthly recurring. Also, check out Tammy’s video update at https://youtu.be/wfBQu6K6gfY.

As Assemblies of God missionaries, we depend on prayer and financial support from individuals, families, businesses, and churches. We work in partnership with donors in the USA and the family of believers in Thailand to spread the gospel throughout Thailand. When you support our work with a financial gift, you become part of our ministry team, reaching the unreached with the good news, and bringing light into spiritually dark places, thereby providing real hope to those who have never heard about Jesus. You can donate to our ministry as well as set up a recurring monthly donation and faith promise on our donor management page at https://give.thevitalmessage.org/



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A Great Start - May 2023

The Brown Family in Thailand – The Vital Message, Year 19, Number 1

It is crazy how fast the time is flying by as we launch our new outreach programs and prepare to establish the church among a completely unchurched village in northeast Thailand.


Our new outreach program is called Happy English. We spent much of the fall and early winter season remodeling a building to turn it into a multi-purpose training center. Then, in January, we launched our first semester of Happy English.


In the starting of this new outreach program, we were blessed to have every available student slot filled for our three levels of training. Classes included beginning English for children, conversational English for youth, and an entrepreneurship training class using baking as the first business model.


In addition to English and career training, we are also passionately focused on the eternal prospects for our students and their families. Towards the end of the first semester, we started integrating Bible stories into our lessons and the children were fully engaged with these stories.

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The Happy English Community Center was not on our radar when we returned to Thailand in 2019. God has blessed us with resources to remodel the community center and launch the educational outreach programs. However, our budget did not include funding for ongoing operations of this ministry.

Here are several ways that you can pray for us:

  1. Pray for our new outreach, Tea Time with Bible Studies.


  2. Pray for our team as we engage in weekly prayer walks throughout our village.

  3. Pray for Hannah as she has experienced a few health challenges this year.


  4. Pray for team unity as we continue to build this ministry.


Thank you for your prayers and your support for us as we work to bring Christ to the people of Srichiangmai.

As Assemblies of God missionaries, we depend on prayer and financial support from individuals, families, businesses, and churches. We work in partnership with donors in the USA and the family of believers in Thailand to spread the gospel throughout Thailand. When you support our work with a financial gift, you become part of our ministry team, reaching the unreached with the good news, bringing light into spiritually dark places, providing real hope to those who’ve never heard about Jesus. You can donate to our ministry as well as set up a recurring monthly donation and faith promise on our donor management page at https://giving.ag.org/donate/600001-293917.

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This three-minute video shares many images of life in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, especially focusing on the unreached region of Thailand know as Isaan. The Brown family, through their leadershiip of APSAI, send students throughout Thailand to share the good news and to inspire more to go into the ripe harvest. #Compelled2Go #MissionaryLife #Missionary #Missions #Unreached #LeastReached
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A special Valentine's Day greeting from Wayne and Tammy.
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