PrayerLetter

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid
to them that are lost: In whom the
god of this world hath blinded the
minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them. II Corinthians 4:3-4

Dear Loved Ones In Christ,                                                                                May/June 2008

Greetings from everyone here in Thailand. We hope that everyone had a very Blessed Easter.
And we wanted to wish every Mom & Dad a very special   Happy Mother’s Day   and   Happy Father’s Day!!!
You are all in our hearts and Prayers everyday.

The Leper Home
Well, as you all know it takes more time to remodel something than what you think. Our project did this too but, we remodeled
it the best way we could. We think the lepers deserve the best after all they go through. We Praise the Lord it is all remodeled
now and we Thank God for this. There are pictures on our picture page for you to see the process. Through the remodeling
process we were also very busy with having funerals. 3 of our lepers went home to be with the Lord. They had been with us for
a while now. But just think because of your help and prayers they are now in heaven with no pain or suffering.

We wanted to share with you the story of one of the lepers who went to be with the Lord. Her name is Maui, she was 76 years
old. We want you to know where she came from because as you know lepers are outcast here and people are very mean to them.
Sometimes they even kill them. We rescued Maui out of a village where people abused her and treated her worse than you can
imagine. They put her in a room no bigger than 3 feet by 3 feet. Littler than most closets. They only gave her food 1 time a
day. Only enough to keep her alive. She had no bathroom, so she told us she would wipe her species on the wall to keep from
having to sit in it. We don’t know exactly how many years they did this to her, but we can tell you when we got her she was in
bad shape. Her body was already drawn up and humped over from where she could not stretch her legs. She could not walk.
All I could think of is how could anyone do this to another human being? God would always remind me how many people
were dying and going to hell. But by giving her love it nurtured her back for a while. It put a smile back on her face. She
knew now she had a room and a bed to sleep in, a family that loved her, and food to eat. I can only imagine the mansion God
will give her in Heaven. What a Blessing it is to serve God. We could tell you so many stories, but there just isn’t enough
paper. We included some pictures of what the new lepers looked like when they came to us. You can see in the pictures how bad
there feet were.   All this because no one would take care of them.

Correspondence Courses
We now have 766 people studying the Bible with us. Please keep praying for them to be saved. Remember this work in your
prayers as it continues to grow.

Easter Service
We had a wonderful Easter Sunrise Service. It was a great time of worship in the Lord. There wasn’t a dry eye. It was the best
Easter Service we have ever had. And we Thank God for this.

Project Down South
There hasn’t been enough time with everything going on at the Leper home to get down south yet. Please keep praying for
this.

New people & New programs
We have brought in a new handicapped, his name is Pong. And we have started a new program as well. We have an early
morning devotional over the telephone. Where you can have as many people on the phone at one time and have Bible Study
together, sing songs, and pray for one another. This allows many handicapped who can’t get out of there villages to be able to
hear the word of God and receive encouragement one from another. We currently have about 15 people listening. Please pray
for this.

Prayer Request
We always desire your prayers. We have Vacation Bible School coming up. And many programs we want to start. Please pray
for this and for our health, safety, and God’s hand upon us always. Also please pray for our Financial Needs. Until next time,
thank you for your prayers and support we couldn’t do it with out you.   We Love you all and are praying for you. As we Labor
together for God. God Bless.

Love In Christ,

Mike & Heather Ivey

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