An Update on the Centre

The Centre moved to a new location in March this year. Since the move, our team noticed that it’s really easy to develop deep relationships with students. It seems like their hearts are opening more to the Gospel, and recently it is not hard for the team to tell them about Jesus. Many times it is so good to just hang out with the students and get to know them more. Once trust is built, the love of God is shared. Deep relationships were built and Jesus shared with them. Many of the students have become Christians. Below are a couple of testimonies…

My name is Supap Bunkird. I’m studying to earn a Master’s Degree in Chemistry at Chiang Mai University.

Before I became a Christian, I knew a little about Jesus but I was not interested, until I came to The Centre to study conversational English. At that time I got to know my teacher, Junior. He tried to tell us about Jesus for 2 or 3 weeks, but I didn’t understand what he was trying to tell me. I thought in my mind, “What does he want to tell us? I don’t understand! I want to learn English.” But then he asked us “What is the meaning of life?” That question made me stop and start to think, “What am I doing right now? Why?” It was a very hard question for me.

On the last day of class before Junior left he asked Opal to come to the classroom and explain the Gospel in Thai. That day I opened my heart to Jesus and accepted Him into my life. The next day I was reading the Bible but I could not understand it. I prayed that if it was God’s will that I know more about Him, He would have Opal call me. Then I went into the other room. When I came back I saw that Opal had called! When I went to see Opal on Monday I asked her, “Am I crazy right now? I feel like someone is always looking after me and protecting me.” After talking to Opal and reading the Bible I realized I am not crazy, that this feeling comes from Jesus. I asked Opal to mentor me so I could learn more about Jesus and am now attending church. I know that Jesus is with me all the time. He looks after me and protects me with His love. I feel so good!

My name is Golf. I grew up without a mother, but I was okay with that because my father was a very good father and I had a good stepmother. However, sometimes I felt sad because I did not have a real mother, especially on Mother’s Day. I always tried to do everything really well so that I could make my dad happy and proud of me. When I got older I first wanted to study in Bangkok, because it is close to my home and I could continue to take care of my dad and my brother. I did not know why at that time, but instead of Bangkok, I ended up studying at Chiang Mai University. But now I know why I ended up coming to Chiang Mai, it is because God had a plan for my life.

While studying at CMU I learned about The Centre and began coming to The Centre to study English. I found out about God there. I felt like the things they told me about God could fulfill my life. I also found real relationships with people there. I found out about God’s love through the friendships that developed at The Centre. Before I accepted Christ I went to church many times with my cousin. While at church I began questioning whether I believed God was real or not. I decided I wanted to find out the answer to all of these questions myself, so I invited Jesus into my heart to reveal Himself to me. That day I felt like someone reached out and touched me while I was riding my bike, so I stopped. As soon as I stopped a big truck pulled out quickly that would have hit me if I had not stopped! God had protected me from getting hit and this was when I really started to believe in God. Another thing that helped me believe was that every time I read the Bible before I went to sleep, I would dream about the Bible and feel really good when I woke up in the morning. This did not happen with any other book, only the Bible.

Before I accepted Jesus I had many questions, but after I came to know Him Jesus began giving me the answers I was looking for. Now I know that believing in Jesus is the only way to have eternal life! Right now Wat and Tim are discipling me.