Thanks for keeping up with us during these two weeks so far! Please watch this video and pray for our students. Keep in mind that about twenty-five of them are not Christians.
TSP Video (first few days) from marc lewis on Vimeo.
Most of this video comes from our service day in Chaing Mai, Thailand.
privilege and sacrifice from marc lewis on Vimeo.
I was asked to share briefly about privilege and sacrifice to help students as they consider missions.
This short video is the fruit of thinking on the different aspects of sacrifice and privilege and how they are different yet go together for every believer.
When I refer to the privilege that Jesus had as our redeemer it has less to do with us and more to do with his divine joy in doing the will of the father.
The small crying in the background is coming from my 3 year old daughter Sophie Mei. I made this in our little hotel room during our Thai Summer Project in Chaing Mai, Thailand right at bedtime in order to send this out to my friend.
TSP Day 2
I will be highlighting a couple of things each day to help you see what we are doing during the TSP and to give you an idea of how you can pray for us.
HOPE DVD
We are showing this DVD to 30 students that are not Christians. We show about 15-20 minutes of it and then have a time of discussion. This mornings discussions were very good. The great thing about this video is that it is a walk through the bible and it has been adapted into the Thai language with Thai actors/narrators.
“There is a source of hope and help for you and me, a book unlike any other in the entire world. It is the most quoted, most published, most translated book in human history. Known as the Bible, this book was written by more than forty people from different walks of life, living over a period of fifteen hundred years. Yet, as if its authors were guided by an unseen hand, there emerges from its pages one story of eternal proportions, centered on one extraordinary character…One who would deliver the world from death. Created in cooperation with motion picture producers and distributors around the world, The Hope brings to you a powerful dramatic overview of this incredible story…a story many have called the greatest ever told.”
Bible Study Methods
As you know there are many ways in which a believer can spend time with God in his word. We are trying to help the believers that have joined us to use observation, interpretation, and application. Today our focus was on observation.
These are just two of the things that we are teaching. Please be in prayer for these awesome students!
I just finished reading Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller a few days ago and would highly recommend it to all believers. Keller uses his cultural understanding of many passages to show us how different people throughout the bible were enslaved to idols, set free by the gospel, and refocused on God. The much needed chapter on love is worth the price of the book. The final chapter reminded me that we are to be disciplined in the basics not out of mere duty, but because spiritual disciplines practiced in faith will help us to joyfully dig deeper into the glorious riches of our God, and in doing so usurp the counterfeit gods that seek to master and destroy us. As this continually happens we can truly love God and others.
Flower of Death from marc lewis on Vimeo.
This Saturday we will be leaving for our first two week Thai Summer Project(TSP) in the mountains of Chiang Mai, Thailand. There will be about 80 people from our staff, families, North Eastern and Khon Kaen Universities coming together to learn more about Jesus and the Christian life. Twenty-five of the students are believers and about thirty are not. This gives us the great task of being evangelists and disciple-makers.
We are asking God to draw many to himself as we share the gospel with the lost and encourage the believers to grow closer to him. We hope that many of them will begin to possess a Spirit filled desire to labor back on their campuses. Just like a ping-pong paddle rests in the hands of the one who uses it, we long to rest in God’s hands to use us for his name and renown. (TSP also happens to be a ping pong paddle manufacturer) Our theme is “The Reason”…which has nothing to do with the picture above I found online earlier today that had the letters TSP. Please pray!
I have made this post for those of you interested in helping us share our lives and the gospel in Thailand through financial giving. Please consider getting your church, sunday school classes, small groups, schools and families involved with us and the mission here. We love interacting with the global church and are greatly encouraged to know about your lives as well. We know that God may not lead you to give financially to us, but please pray for us!
Six minute glimpse into our ministry:
Retreat video from January 2010 with our students and some friends from Australia. The majority of the Thais you see in this video are not believers.
Friends Forever (video/slideshow 6:07) from marc lewis on Vimeo.
Here are the different ways you can help us financially:
1. One-time gifts
2. Monthly
3. Quarterly
4. Annually
5. We also have an electronic giving option. Let me know if you would like to give in this way.
All gifts are tax-deductible.
Send a note of your commitment and check (made out to Campus Outreach with Marc and Sherry Lewis in the memo line) to:
Campus Outreach
P.O. Box 43737
Birmingham, AL
35243-3737
Follow us on:
Twitter: marcusjlewis
Facebook group: Marc, Sherry and Sophie in Thailand
For more information about Campus Outreach please visit campusoutreach.com
Feel free to e-mail me at marcusjlewis@gmail.com
Grace and Peace,
Marc for the Lewis family
Romans 8:32
Sophie Mei Lewis (3 yrs old, January 19)
Please pray for us as we travel. We will board our plane in Atlanta around 11:00, travel to Korea and then Thailand.
Pray for an uneventful journey of peace, sleep, good conversations and laughter.
Our time in the states with friends and family has been extremely valuable for us and our ministry in Thailand.
We love you!
Marc, Sherry and Sophie Mei Lewis
In the morning we leave for Thailand. It has been a great 30 days back in the states.
We love our family. Jesus is better.
We love our friends in the states. Jesus is better.
We love our culture and roots. Jesus is better.
We love our church. Jesus is better.
We love our students at Salem. Jesus is better.
May the gospel go forth. May the world know that Jesus is better than all and everything. May we love all the good gifts of God in life less than we love Jesus and more fully because of him.
Here are 10 ways you can join us in our mission to share our lives and the gospel in Khon Kaen, Thailand.
1. Follow us on Twitter for daily updates, thoughts, and prayer requests. (marcusjlewis)
2. Join our Facebook group for pictures, videos and prayer requests. (Marc, Sherry and Sophie in Thailand)
3. Pray for us daily, weekly, or monthly. Let us know of your commitment.
4. Get your small group, discipleship group, Sunday school class, Church and family involved with us by praying, e-mailing, Facebook and SKYPE.
5. Financially support us one-time, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. (contact us through Facebook or Twitter)
6. Let us know how we can pray for you.
7. “Adopt” a new believing student by praying for them, facebooking them, and sending them letters.
8. Share with us your faith stories and funny stories.
9. Send us your Christmas picture for our fridge.
10. Come visit us and increase your vision for global and local missions.
