Team Possible Holiday Update

It is so hard to believe that this year has gone by so quickly. We feel so blessed to be where we are and are thankful for such a great group of supporters that are surrounding us.

Merry Christmas!

We want to take a moment thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement this past year, it has meant the world to us. We have had the opportunity to touch so many lives because of your staying closely in touch with our prayer needs and we know that we couldn’t possibly do all that we do without your participation!

We just love this time of year, as it give us the wonderful opportunity to reflect with our family why we celebrate, and offers us great opportunities to take our eyes off of ourselves, to focus on others and to give to those in need.

Christmas Outreach:
One of the ways that we have focused on others this year is spending time at the Hope House, Home for Children. Every opportunity that we could, we went to the base of Mt. Inthanon where the Hope House is located. When we visited, we tried to bring things that were needed, but more importantly, spent time playing with the kids. This Christmas our family will be spending time (usually reserved as “family time”) to go and bless the children at Hope House by bringing some new dishes, soccer balls, and a badminton set. We also purchased colored pencils, a drawing pad, eraser, pencil sharpener and candy to give in a gift bag for each of the kids. We plan to play games, give the gifts, and bring a traditional Thai dinner of Chicken and Sticky Rice (not what most of you will be eating this holiday, but special to the kids) . These gifts are being given because of the generous gifts from some of our financial supporters. We will also be bringing along some of the things we Americans associate with Christmas like cookies, popcorn, hot chocolate and hot apple cider! We hope the kids will enjoy this Christmas with our family as the directors of the Hope House will be out of the country for the first time since they started the Hope House ministry. Please pray for the light to shine through us, and that these kids and the host family will have a Christmas they can cherish as a memory for years to come! For some of these kids it will be the first Christmas ever!


Upcoming Ministry Opportunities:
Next month Troy will be traveling to Baan Tong Chai (a remote mountain Hmong village) to look at the property and begin making plans for a church that we will be building with the help of a team coming from the U.S. Troy is excited to be working with teams again! There are also other projects he will be working on, so please pray that we find teams able to come and help. Cheryl is busy running TLC Java and helping at the kid’s school and being the mom of our 2 ½ year old. She is praying about some ministry opportunities that have her really excited and we will fill you in on details as things become more clear. Please pray for God’s leading and guiding as she steps forward.

Praise Update:
Last month we were given a generous financial gift that should help us out for the next few months. God has done amazing things providing for all of our needs – and are thankful to those who are giving financially – we couldn’t be here without you. Our support giving is still down almost a $1000/mo, so if you could please pray for us in that area, we would really appreciate it.

TLC Java is running beautifully. We have seen an increase of customers and are having wonderful opportunities to get to know people and share. We know that God has big plans for this ministry and are thankful for all of your prayer support. Please continue to pray that our customer base would continue to grow and that we would have an increase in volunteers to help fill the need that we have for workers.

If you or anyone you know would like to keep up to date with our ministry on a more regular basis Cheryl and I have a Facebook ministry page called “Team Possible Network” that anyone is free to join where we try to consistently post pictures and tell of upcoming events!

Thank you for all you do. We pray for God to pour out His blessings on you this holiday and hope you have a WONDERFUL Christmas!

The Scott Family
Team Possible
Your Missionary Builders to Thailand

Thanksgiving Praise and Prayer Update

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we just want to take a moment to say that we are so Thankful for your faithful support of our ministry. We are grateful to have such a great team behind us and feel blessed to have you as a part of our ministry family. May he bless you beyond anything you could imagine for yourself! We love you.

Praise Update:

Recently, we (Troy and Cheryl) have been tag teaming the Coffee Shop ministry. Having Troy join the TLC Java team was a necessity at first, as Cheryl got very sick with no one to fill in for her. Once Troy was trained in, he found that enjoyed the interaction and conversation with the Thai students and joined the team full time. This has been a great burden lifted from Cheryl as she spent most days and many evenings at the coffee shop and away from the family. We are still praying for more workers. Cheryl may not have to carry the burden alone, but it still means valuable time apart and lots of time away from the family.

We have been excited to see what God is doing at TLC Java. One former college student in particular (Rot – pronounced Rote) approached Troy the other day asking if he could volunteer at the coffee shop. When he first started coming, several months ago, he told us that he didn’t have very many friends, and that he wanted to get to know us better. Since then, he has joined the English classes that TLC offers and comes to visit us in the coffee shop almost every day. He has found a new family at the TLC, and wants to be around us more. Because he is Buddhist, we are not sure how to incorporate Rot, but know that God is doing something. Please pray for wisdom for us as we find a way to make him feel like family, and still keep a standard for Christian workers in the coffee shop.

Troy hasn’t quite finished his language learning, but has began the process of making contact with people who want to bring teams to this area. There is one team in particular that is planning a trip out in March to help build a church in a Hmong village (Baan Tongchai), about 6 hours south of Chiangmai. This is a remote village out in the middle of nowhere. This will be a traditional building made of teak that was harvested on the land that they will be building on. There will be no hotels, electricity, running water, beds, McDonalds J, so, pretty much - no luxuries whatsoever. We know that this kind of trip isn’t for everybody, but the team that is coming is very excited to have this kind of experience.

We are blessed to have so many opportunities to minister here in Thailand. God is faithful and can’t wait to see what He has in store for us.

Prayer Requests -please be in prayer for us in the following areas;

• Our financial situation is still dire. The money coming in monthly is $1,000.00 less than the amount committed to us when we came. Fortunately, we had a fund that was large enough to supplement us for this first year and a half that we have been here, however it has quickly diminished. If the additional funds do not begin to come in, we may be forced to return to the states earlier than planned to raise support again.
  

1. Please be in prayer that those who committed to give to us, will be able to follow through with their commitments. And/Or
2. New supporters would join our team so we won’t be forced to return to the U.S. earlier than planned.

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• TLC Java.

1. More Christian Thai’s would volunteer for this ministry.
   
2. Those volunteering would grow in their walk with God and learn how to be a witness by their actions, not just their words.
3. More people would come to the coffee shop, and bring their friends.
   
4. We would have more opportunities to share about Jesus and to show God’s love with those who are already coming to the coffee shop, Like Rot (pronounced rote)

• Short Term Teams

God will send teams interested in working in this region.

1. Construction
2. Children’s Ministry
3. Teaching English
4. Evangelism/Outreach
5. Compassion
6. Orphanage

• God would direct us to finding the right projects for each team
• God would provide all the physical and financial needs of each of the teams that come.

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Again, Thank you so much for all you do – we are blessed to have you on our team.

Happy Thanksgiving,

The Scott Family

Full, but fulfilling

This week has been a busy one for our family. Everyday, Monday through Friday, Troy and Cheryl alternate working TLC Java, and incorporate their Language learning. With the many hours that are necessary for one of us to be there daily, we found that having our Thai teacher come to us is vital to our language learning process. In the midst of all of that, we have family coming this week for Thanksgiving, so we decided to take on the task of repainting our living/dining and entry areas. The decision came rather quickly as we noticed the beautifully handwritten markings of our 2 1/2 year old daughter on almost every wall. :D At any rate, we have crammed in a weeks worth of paining into 3 days - making our lives hectic, but our home nice and cozy!

In the midst of the busy week, we found the coffee shop short on coffee - so a quick trip to the mountain village to buy coffee became a necessity. Taking Natalie, Troy journeyed up the mountain making a quick visit to the Hope House Orphanage. The kids are so great, and just love Natalie - it is fun to watch their faces light up whenever they see her. The trip was short trip, (5 hours) but a good one. Troy had a great chat with the Father that is caring for the 19 kids that are living at the orphanage. God is doing great things there and we can't wait to see how God is going to use us at the Orphanage in the future!

Blessed by Him!
Team Possible

Communication

Today we had another great day of discussions and prayer with our team here in Thailand.

Our main topic of discussion this morning was the importance of communication and learning to connect with those who are of a different generation. These days there are so many ways to communicate; newsletters, e-mail, skype, facebook, etc. Some people like lots of information, others say they don't want so much. Hmmmm. We know that it is impossible to please everyone, but we sure would like to try.

As we focus on the needs of this community and try to communicate with those who are giving and praying for us, our goal is to be effective in all areas.

What do YOU think? Do you like to hear from us often? Do you like to hear all the details? Do you prefer e-mail or paper via snail mail? We would love to hear from you. If you have a facebook account, join the Team Possible Network and tell us what you think. Or you can comment on this page. We will try to determine the most popular form of communication and see if it is effective.

Looking forward to hearing from you...
Team Possible

Day of meetings and prayer for Thailand

Today was a day of meetings and prayer spent with other workers here in Thailand. It was a great opportunity to find out what everyone is working on and to focus on our future Goals. It is exciting to see what God is doing here.

God is really stirring His people and moving in incredible ways. Some of the ministries that are happening here are; outreach, college ministries, church planting, leader development and training, children ministries and more.

One of our personal ministries is focused on college student outreach. Almost a year ago, a team from from 2 churches in the U.S. came and built us a beautiful Coffee Shop for our ministry inside of the TLC Center. The coffee shop is open Mon-Fri 11am - 8:30pm. and is located just blocks away from Chiang Mai University. It is a beautiful area that has room for large and small groups to congregate. We are hoping that people of all walks of life will love to "hang out" with their friends. As always, we hope for opportunities to "show" the Love of Christ in order to open the doors for opportunities to share about Him.

Please pray for volunteers for this ministry as well as people to come in and enjoy this wonderful space He has provided. God is good and we are blessed to be called His!

Blessings,
The Scott Family

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Team Possible Update

Greetings from the Scott Family!

It is hard to believe that our family has been in ministry for almost a year and a half here in Thailand. It has been an amazing time for our family and we are so thankful that God has used us in so many ways. This is just a brief overview of the past year and a half.

• March 2008 – Moved to Thailand, searched for housing and started Language School.
• May 2008 : began the process of starting a children’s ministry at our Thai church. The ministry grew quickly , consisting of nursery for newborns to 2 year olds, Sunday School classes for children 3-5 and 6-11, having 15 – 25 children weekly and 12 volunteers. This ministry headed by Cheryl, but helped by Troy and occasionally Nathaniel and Naomi. (In April 2009 Cheryl handed over this ministry to a Thai National)
• June 2008 began teaching English as a Second language to children ages 5-9 as a ministry outreach to the local families. This ministry was started by Nathaniel, with Naomi, Troy and Cheryl’s help. (This ministry continued through the school year and ended when summer break began in June 2009)
• August 2008 – First outreach to the Karen Hill Tribe people on Doi Intinon, and the Hope House Children's home. Our family was able to play games, sing songs, teach some English and buy some coffee from Karen Village.
• October 2008 – Hosted a couple from the states along with overseeing our first building project to the Hope House Children’s home (ceiling, lights and fan in girls dorm room) which was funded by the couple. (The Martins)
• February 2009 – Hosted our first team from the States and oversaw several large building projects for the team. The first 2 large projects were to 2 dorm rooms for Bible Students, as well as building a coffee shop for a ministry to College Students at the University of Chiangmai, as well as several other smaller projects. The third major project was to build a dorm for the boys at the Hope House Children’s Home complete with bathrooms!
• April 2009 – Began coffee shop ministry at TLC (ministry to University Students).
• June 2009 – Third outreach to the Hope House Children’s Home (met the 10 new kids that were able to come because of the new dorm) and a trip to the Karen village to buy Coffee. (We want to bless them with our business).
• July 2009 – Led worship at AGMF Conference, and began preparation for future teams.
• August 2009 – Spoke at Thai church for Thai Mother’s Day, Troy continues to work towards taking his 6^th grade equivalency test in Bangkok.

Items of Prayer:

Ministry:

• Continued service here in Thailand, the ability to do whatever He calls us to and to do it well.
• New teams that are planning on coming out this year and next – finding the right need for each team and the funding necessary for each member
• Coffee Shop Ministry – opportunities to build relationships with the students and to share Christ with them.

Personal

• Continued health and safely.
• Our Children – spiritual growth and opportunities for them to show the Love of Christ to others.
• C. Balance – For us as parents to have time to do our ministries (and to do them well), along with making time for our kids AND to have time for fun!

Thank you for all that you do for us, prayer and financial support. We wouldn’t be here without you. We love you!

The Scott Family
Team Possible