Day 4 in Bangkok

They started the morning with prayer and worship as a team preparing for their last day of ministry in Bangkok. After that, they discovered their “Love Challenge” for the day which was the annual “Go on Your Own Challenge.”

Each Mystery Trip the Interns participate in this unique outreach where they have the opportunity to come up with what their ministry for that day will look like.  The purpose of the “Go on Your Own Challenge” is to create an atmosphere for the interns that is much like the reality of a missionary who lives overseas. On short term missions, we are so use to the luxury of having the day to day ministry set up for us in advance by the trip leaders. But since we are all called to be leaders, the “Go On Your Own Challenge” provides them the chance to take the tools they’ve been given as they are led by God and put action to their creative ministry ideas!

This year, The whole team broke up into groups of 4 people with a budget for food, transportation and ministry. The teams prayed together and brainstormed about their plan for the afternoon, then headed out to reach the people of Bangkok. With a clear vision in mind and a unified goal in their hearts each team carried out their unique ideas differently to make the biggest impact with what they had. One team interviewed the young people of Bangkok by asking them relevant questions and learning about Thai culture and also encouraging them in what they are doing in their lives right now. Another team bought journals for a few Thai people to write down the dreams that are in their hearts and the things they’ve always wanted to do. They added their own encouraging words in the front of the journal, written in Thai, as a special note to the people they gave that memorable gift to that day. One of the other teams met a young lady from India and took her out to lunch, learning about Indian culture and spending the day with her forming a relationship.

Watch the video below to see a bit from one of the team’s time as they went to a city park to build relationships with the people there, encouraging them as they shared their faith.

After the “Go on Your Own” challenge, the interns rejoined and shared their stories from each team. Following that, they had the chance to go to the English exchange school for the last time. They all loved the opportunity to teach English and build relationships with the students there.

To finish the night they went to dinner with some of the students at a beautiful restaurant on a rooftop overlooking the city! It was a great way to end the ministry time in Thailand.

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