AUGUST 2009 ISSUE

7 Weeks in Asia!
A grouop of young westerners have gathered in Southeast Asia for this exciting annual mission trip!
The team has already traveled across the nation of Thailand, and are currently in Vietnam! Next they’ll head to Cambodia for children’s ministry before they head back to our home base in Sriracha, Thailand. Sawang and I will be going into the Northern Thai jungles with the team to minister to hill tribe villages across the region.
FOLLOW THE TEAM FOR AS-IT- HAPPENS NEWS:
log onto http:// www.continuummedia.com/7weeks
to follow the team; find out how you can be part of this exciting missions experience next summer!
Read the articles and get first hand accounts of life on the mission field, and see photos of the trip so far.
We encourage you, especially our partners, to watch the videos; see your money at work in Asia!

Get Involved in Missions!
Thank you sincerely to all our partners; we could not do any of the ministry or traveling we do without you! To God be the glory, yet His will is that His Body work together to expand His Kingdom on earth.
What may seem like a small donation to you really could make the difference! We’re looking for people to partner with us $10, $20, or whatever God wants you to give. It is a biblical pattern to send missionaries out financially, and God will reward you!
PRAY FOR PAKISTAN: Mobs have attacked our Victory family; please stand in prayer against this senseless hatred. For more information go to: http:// www.continuummedia.com/news
CANADA: Send a void cheque to: A & D World Missions Canada, Box 26010, Lethbridge, AB, T1H 6H4 adworld@telusplanet.net signifying it is for Lee-Anne & Sawang Treetippitak. They’ll set up a monthly debit with you, or you can give post-dated cheques. One-time donations are accepted.
UK: Contact the UK Missions Director Vera Lightfoot at missionvciuk@live.co.uk , she will give our bank details to you to set up direct debit at your bank.

What’s Ahead For Summer 2009!

Sawang & I were hoping to come to Canada this summer to visit family and connect with new partners; unfortunately we just could not get the money together in time. Some thought maybe that was a sign from God that we should come off the mission field, but we know better. Sawang and I are right where we need to be and are not letting circumstances dictate our future. Thank God for His Holy Spirit, and His Word, which have been faithful to guide and comfort us in time of need.
Though some plans did not work out, we are excited for all God is doing in the nations of Asia! In Burma, our contact John and his team have just finished building their Pig Farm (see main photo, above). This will help Cyclone Nargis victims, once on the brink of death, now move forward in their new life in Christ. The Pig Farm will generate income for Bamar village families, and will provide funds for John & his team to begin restoration in a new village. Praise God for men and women who are sold out to the plan of God; many lives have been restored because of those who went to Burma, and those who gave sacrificially to help this project.
At the end of this month we will also be starting our annual “7 Weeks in Asia” mission trip! We are leading youths from the jungles of Northern Thailand to the worst slums in Cambodia; from the underground churches in Vietnam to our home base in Sriracha! Log onto www.continuummedia.com for weekly reports and video on this ministry.



We want to thank our partners who are helping us advance God’s kingdom in Asia! BUT WE ASK YOU TO PARTNER with us in reaching the world with the gospel. Please prayerfully consider financial partnership; we need your help! We are looking for people to partner with us $10, $20, $30, or whatever God wants you to give.

CANADA:
Please send a void cheque to A & D World Missions Canada, Box 26010, Lethbridge, AB TIH 6H4 adworld@telusplanet.net signifying you are giving to Sawang & Lee-Ane Treetippitak. They will set up a monthly debit with you, or you can give post-dated cheques.

UNITED KINGDOM:
Contact the UK Missions Director Vera Lightfoot at missionvciuk@live.co.uk and she will give you our bank details so you can set up a direct debit at your bank.

You can also contact us at gottawearshades@hotmail.com and we’ll forward our details.
We thank God for you, and all you are doing for His Kingdom!


Together in Christ, Sawang & Lee-Anne

APRIL 2009 - SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP ISSUE

BE PART OF THE BLESSING!

RESTRUCTURING OF UK VICTORY
Victory Churches of the UK has been a great blessing to the ministry in Asia and plays a vital role in mobilizing us personally into God's Great Commission call on our lives. Due to a restructuring of Victory Churches organization, they will no longer be supporting us financially. The leaders of Victory Churches will continue to provide sending oversight but request that we raise our personal support from individuals.
As we face this sudden drop in financial support, we are urgently appealing each of our friends & family to pray and commit to a monthly amount. Our faithfulness and commitment has been well proven by 6 years of serving this ministry and we simply need to know how you can help us to continue and expand our effectiveness. There are many things you could give into, but sowing finances into the Kingdom will reap benefits for eternity. Any fruit we bear on the field is fruit to your account as well.

WHERE DO I START?
WE NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP TODAY!
What might seem like a small donation to you really does make the difference!
Pray about a financial amount God wants you to give monthly.
Next, if you are in Canada, send a void cheque to A & D World Missions Canada (details below) signifying you are giving to Sawang & Lee- Anne Treetippitak. They will set up a monthly debit with you. You can also partner by post-dated cheque.
In the UK contact missions director Vera Lightfoot (see below) and she will give you our bank details so you can set up a direct debit at your bank.
Together, we will reach Asia for Christ! May He bless you richly for your sacrifice in giving!
Sawang & Lee-Anne Treetippitak

PRAY: Pelase continue to pray for us as
we stand in faith to come to Canada for two months this summer. If you know of a church or home group who would like us to share at, email gottawearshades@hotmail.com

GIVE: If you would like to partner with us monthly and you are in: CANADA: A & D World Missions
Canada, Box 26010, Lethbridge,AB Canada T1H 6H4 adworld@telusplanet.net UNITED KINGDOM: Contact UK Missions DirectorVera Lightfoot missionvciuk@live.co.uk or contact us at our email gottawearshades@hotmail.com
& we’ll forward our bank details.

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9 september 2008

As drops of rain begin to pelt my face, I breathe a sigh of relief. The welcome shower cuts through the burning heat as we walk between two villages in eastern Thailand, searching for the sick, the lame, and the broken.

My husband Sawang and I have left the ministry base in Sriracha, Thailand, to trek through these dusty back roads with a local pastor for one purpose: to see the Kingdom of God push back the oppression holding the villagers in bondage.

As the drops of rain turn into a monsoon in seconds, my thoughts turn towards the video camera in my hand and I run for cover. But cover in these parts is hard to come by, and we run clear to the next village to find shelter under the tin roof of a local shop.

I can hardly imagine living in a place like this full-time: the houses are nothing but a few wooden slabs with sqat toilets and a bucket of water over the head for a shower. As we head back to the church, I thank God for Pastor Nui, once a successful shop owner, now the witness for Christ in this poverty-stricken region. Nui has given up her business, and her former ambitions, to obey the will of God and be His servant in Non Dang Village. Nui told me the primary reason for her surrendered life is because Jesus healed her of AIDS. Several years ago Nui's husband died of the disease, and as she lay dying in a hospital bed a missionary came and prayed for her. She was healed and has the report to prove it.

Nui met Victory apostolic leader Boonden Witchaipa soon after her healing, and has been with Victory ever since. Boonden's boot-camp training program helped Nui grow in the Word and in her relationship with God, preparing her for the life of sacrifice that has followed. After a short stint in a nicer church, Boonden asked Nui to pastor in Non Dang, far from the comforts of home.

For the past four months, Nui and a helper have been preaching the gospel from hut to hut in this village and in neighboring La Lun. Since Thailand's national religion is Buddhism, her task hasn't been easy. Nui said the only way people are giving their lives to Jesus is when He heals them. I've heard this said about places all over Asia. As Sawang and I ministered from hut to hut with her , we came across several people who reported God had indeed restored them to health. One man who could barely walk has fully recovered; another who was severely brain damaged by drugs talked to us while he cooked dinner. A girl known to the whole village for shouting at everyone and stripping naked, was delivered and is a changed person.

Yet the process of growing in revelation is slow. Just as it was in Jesus' day, a healing doesn't automatically make a disciple. But it does make people more open to the gospel.

On our first Sunday in Non Dang Victory Church, seven people showed up. All of them were new believers, who had limited knowledge of the gospel. I took the opportunity to share who Jesus is and what He came to do: grant forgiveness, give freedom, and produce faithfulness in us. After the preaching we prayed for several who wanted to surrender completely to the Lordship of Jesus, and for others who still don't have a clue who Jesus is and just wanted healing.

After the service pastor Nui shared her desire to see 30 people born-again and plugged into the church by year's end. Not very big by some standards, but her task in this region is great. She must pioneer the way for the gospel in a place steeped in poverty and deep-rooted superstition, where people struggle so much to survive this life, that they don't have time to care about the next one.

But Nui is committed: this is what challenges me the most. Nui is not moved by numbers or success, but by the Spirit of God. And Nui is here for the long-term. Her desire is to see Non Dang Victory church as the head church in this region, planting new churches all over Eastern Thailand.

31st January

I'm a bit lonely today! It's midnight as I write this, and I am thinking of Sawang. He is away on a ministry trip to Cambodia. They are having their second annual Victory conference in Cambodia this week, which is amazing, considering 3 years ago there was no Victory churches in Cambodia. Sawang is filming for our missions TV show that airs in Canada, or you can download the free podcasts on the continuum site, below. Anyhow, he's gone, as is my brother-in-law, so Sawang's sister and me have been hanging out here and missing our husbands!

We are also gearing up for several more trips coming right up, and we are also beginning to prepare for our "7 Weeks in Asia" short-term missions trip in the summer. Anyone that wants to go on this trip can apply, watch our website at www.continuummedia.com for more details and to download the form!

Countdown to UK: 3 months; Countdown to Canada: 4 months

I've uploaded a photo Sawang created for someone, I think it's great and wanted to share it with you!

24 January 2008

Sawang and I are starting a whole new season in ministry. It's funny, because we really have 2 new "seasons" in a year; one in January, one in September. God always speaks to us about direction, about the ministry, and about what we need to do to prepare for the next move of God.

In this next few months there are several ministry trips coming up; we want to use wisdom in which ones we go on. We are also standing in faith for tickets to go back to UK to connect with our supporters and churches, and we also need to get to Canada so my family can meet Sawang for the first time!

In light of those two immediate needs, we know we cannot go on all the trips, although we need to go on a couple because we are needed; also that is why we work in this ministry! We are called to minister God's Word to the nations of Asia!

Faith is a good thing to have; it gets for us the things God promises in His Word! What an exciting way to live life!

check out www.continuummedia.com to view the ministry's website, you can also download episodes of Continuum TV, a missions program about what God is doing in the nations of Asia!

you can also contact us at gottawearshades@hotmail.com if you want to partner with Sawang and I for the ministry, or just to drop us a line and tell us how you are!

HAPPY 2008!!

As 2007 has come and gone, Sawang and I have seen many changes in our lives. The biggest, of course, is our wedding in September, followed by house and roommates and ministry and lots of new beginnings. But in 2008 we believe we will see the biggest breakthroughs yet. The bible says we will prosper as our souls prosper. How do our souls prosper? When we receive what we need from the Word of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Sawang has been a great friend, and an even greater example of the love of God in my life. I praise God every day that I have him.

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