Medical Treatment and Visiting Church Members at Ba Wo Village

Dear sisters and brothers,

Thank you for your prayers. Rebecca’s cold has fully recovered. She said it was the fastest recovery she’s ever had. Thank you! Praise God for His kindness. We all had a good rest on our first night. The hotel we’re staying in is the same one where Lily and Allen joined us on our very first mission here. When we arrived, we immediately recognized the place — and the memories came flooding back. Lily had been startled by a gecko in her room, and Allen, so excited on the last day, woke up at 4 a.m. to head to Chiang Mai airport. It brought back so many good memories.

On our first mission day in Ba Wo Village — a Chinese village whose name means “to seize every chance to share the gospel,” as Pastor Zhang taught us — the team provided medical treatment, including acupuncture and physical therapy. The morning was quiet. A few women and elderly villagers came for treatment, but most were working since it was a weekday. Common complaints included lower back and shoulder pain, along with numbness in joints and knees.

Ken prayed for each patient: for believers, that their faith would grow stronger; for non-believers, that they might one day know God’s saving grace. Lee chatted with patients to learn more about their lives and offered words of comfort. Rebecca was an excellent assistant — recording cases, taking notes, cleaning equipment,

checking timers, and removing needles.

In the afternoon, we visited church members. Some were helping prepare for Wednesday’s thanksgiving feast. They had bought a pig and butchered it themselves — a tradition to express gratitude for a major family blessing and to invite neighbors to share the meal. Most families we visited were “left-behind” households: only elders and grandchildren remained, while sons and daughters worked in tourist cities or ran small businesses to support the family. Some even go to Korea to work

in restaurants or on farms, sending money home to build better houses. We saw several aunties who had come for treatment that morning. PY and Ken prayed blessings over them — for the elders’ health and for the children working far away.

After visiting, we returned to the church. Brother A Hua was there helping with cooking (in white shirt with a big cooking spatula in last picture). He’s a deacon — very young, but suffering from kidney disease. Please pray that A Hua will soon be matched with a donor kidney and begin the transplant process.

For dinner, we enjoyed the fresh pork. Before heading out, we debriefed the

day and practiced worship songs for tomorrow. Please pray for the team for the coworker training on Thursday, Children camp on Saturday and worship service on Sunday. Thank you!