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
