We are currently experimenting with automatically posting news updates to Facebook. Now, keeping up with what we are doing and praying for us is much easier. Thank you so much for your prayers! 2 Corinthians 1:11

Thank you so much for all your prayers and special gifts. God has so blessed us.

Matthew finished his Bachelor Degree in Information Technologies from Florida Institute of Technology last Saturday. We had a surprise party after church on Sunday. It was amazing that he never even guessed that something was up. Many extra people came (mostly English students and people we have been witnessing to) to congratulate Matthew. It is a very special milestone for us. We have home schooled Matthew from kindergarten through high school. Now, he has a full degree done completely over the internet with a highly respected school. He graduated magna cum laude (top 5% in a university of 8,000 students). We are all very proud of Matthew. Please pray for him. He is planning to continue his education by doing a Bible degree as well.

Please be praying for our Christmas activities this week. Tuesday starts the week with the Christmas program at Phecharawit School (7th to 12th graders). That school has around 800 students that will get to hear the Gospel. They also have tentatively given me permission to teach a class on Christianity in the school next school year. The government requires all public schools to teach about the major religions of the world. It is a great opportunity to present the Gospel. Once I get in one school with this program, it may open the door to other schools as well. Please pray that it will work out okay.

On Wednesday, we are doing our Christmas program in the local jail. We will have around 50-60 prisoners attending that meeting. Only the prisoners that have good behavior and are not new can go to extra activities.

On Thursday, we are doing our Christmas program in Mai Ngam School. It has around 50 students.

On Friday, we are doing our Christmas program at our church. We usually have around 120 people come to our Christmas program.

None of these activities will have any fruit if we do have bathe them in prayers. Please be praying with us for God to work in the lives of these people.

We hope each of you have a wonderful Christmas! God bless you!

Yours for Thailand,
Richard & Kristi Guay

Please be praying these next few day. From Wednesday through Saturday, we will be handling out tracts and other literature that explains the Gospel at the local Loy Krathong Festival. This festival is the biggest event each year here in Tak, Thailand. We usually average around 5,000 tracts handed out each year. The local government gave us a free location to set up a table to hand out tracts and other literature. We will also have balloons and games for the kids that come by. Please be praying for us to have a good opportunity to witness, and for God to mightily use this outreach to open people’s hearts to the Gospel.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

Yours for Thailand,
Richard & Kristi Guay

We just posted our latest prayer letter on the website, email update list, Facebook for me and Kristi, and on Twitter. You can view it at http://www.tenforthais.org/prayerletters/201110October.pdf. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Richard & Kristi Guay

Thank you so much for your continued prayers. The danger seems to be over for us, but not the rest of the country. The river level has dropped, the water in the water treatment center around us is dropping, and the water is lessening around the church. The Lord has really blessed us and kept us from the danger. Thank you so much for your prayers. As a precaution, we are leaving our flood preparation in place until the raining stops. We are having rain at night still, but the days are very clear. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Those that are south of us are still in danger. Several areas are being evacuated and temporary shelters are being established. The low lying areas most likely will not drain off for several months. Much of that area is below sea level and hard to drain off. Bangkok is preparing to receive the waters that left us and the yearly tidal surges from the sea. They will need your prayers very much. Please be praying for the Thai people.

Yours for Thailand,
Richard Guay

Thank you so much for your continued prayers. Please keep praying. We woke up to a bad storm this morning, but the rest of the day has been very clear and sunny. Even though it was so hot, the water is still right at our gate. It has gone down a little. The forecast is still calling for thunderstorms for the next two weeks. The river is at the same height. The neighborhood behind us is doing better.

The danger is not over until the rain stops. Please keep praying for us. Some of our church members still are without electricity and water is filling their first floor. The army is still moving people out of Ayutthai. The last retaining wall broke today and flooded an industrial sector. The damages are mounting greatly across the nation. Please keep praying for Thailand and the Thai people.

Yours for Thailand,
Richard Guay

Thank you so much for your continued prayers. Please keep praying. I never thought that I would do it, but I canceled services for Sunday. The road to the church is completely flooded. There is a foot of water around most of the church. It would be dangerous for people to try to come here. Also, one family we pick up live in a very flooded area where the bridge is flooded. Another family said that their road is closed. Most of our town is dealing with flooding. So, we just encouraged everyone to stay home and pray for the country.

The dam is still releasing water as fast as it can, but water is coming to it faster. It is to capacity now and growing. Another dam in a different province is at 138% capacity and still holding. The water can not be released fast enough. The forecast is for rain the next three weeks! We need a miracle.

The river overflowed into our neighborhood down stream from us. The river is less than a meter from overflowing into the main city. Everyone is filling sandbags, making retaining walls, and doing anything else they can to stop the water. We now have the front of the house totally sandbagged (we only have 5 doors!). Our neighbors and landlord do not believe it can come in behind us since we have a large retaining wall. We are putting all the appliances in the highest area of the house on concrete blocks. We are doing the best we can and trusting the Lord to do the rest.

Many places are flooded much worse than Tak, especially Ayutthaya. Please continue to pray for Thailand and the Thai people.

Yours for Thailand,
Richard Guay