{"id":23802,"date":"2022-12-06T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=23802"},"modified":"2022-12-06T11:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:59:40","slug":"luke-10-exploration-trip-thailand-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/news\/luke-10-exploration-trip-thailand-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Thailand: How You Can be Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends,<\/p>\n<p>The eighth Luke 10 Exploration Trip in 2022 is departing tomorrow, December 8!<\/p>\n<p>EFM has been planning ten Luke 10 Exploration Trips to ten different country\/people group destinations in 2022 as EFM discerns where new mission fields will be launched as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal! Eight of the first Luke 10 Trips will be completed in 2022, with two of the first trips being planned for early 2023. EFM gathered for a Luke 10 Think Tank on November 2 in Wichita and heard reports on what each team has seen for EFM&#8217;s CAN GO Criteria. They also took time to discern next steps, including further Luke 10 Exploration Trips to promising sites in 2023. See more information here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23803 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Thailand-and-Laos-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Thailand-and-Laos-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Thailand-and-Laos-11x12.png 11w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Thailand-and-Laos-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Thailand-and-Laos-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The purpose of the Luke 10 Exploration trip to Thailand is to meet with the Friends leadership team in Thailand (registered as The Way foundation), which is lead by Charlie Kunakorn and Solomon Sangking. The team is will explore future work in Laos, Burma, Vietnam, and China. They will be based in Chiang Rai and will visit surrounding villages to meet with church planters and future missionaries from the Lahu tribe, who have a calling to go to those countries. They will also be exploring the possibility of a trip to Laos next year.<\/p>\n<p>Team members include: Ben Kibbe (Damascus Friends Church, EFC-ER), Scott Calhoun (Canton First Friends Church, EFC-ER), Rusty Savage (EFC-ER Director of Multiplication), and Stan Leach (EFM Executive Director). Additional team members include: Solomon Sangking (The Way Foundation, Thailand) and Charlee Kunakorn (The Way Foundation, Thailand).<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #002868;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Please pray for the team and for these requests:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">We thank God for EFC-ER\u2019s significant involvement in discipling the Lahu people through The Way Foundation (TWF) in Chiang Rai, Thailand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For insight to understand the opportunity in Thailand as we listen to leaders of TWF share the needs of Lahu people spread around the region (Southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam), and their growing vision to reach them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For discernment about our potential involvement as we listen to each other, TWF leaders, and the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #22283c;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>How Can You Join?<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>To learn more, visit\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/five-year-goal-go\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0or fill out this\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoXwry0NRYUUVOskq1Ux_LSc1UMEZKU1Y4Q0VYRDVWWDJVRU5OSFZCMjVQTy4u\">interest form<\/a>!<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, The eighth Luke 10 Exploration Trip in 2022 is departing tomorrow, December 8! EFM has been planning ten Luke 10 Exploration Trips to ten different country\/people group destinations in 2022 as EFM discerns where new mission fields will be launched as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal! 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