English Club Revival

The snack store in the corner of the street going to the church was made of grass roofs, bamboo posts and bamboo table. The middle-aged woman was selling delicious noodles and finger foods that were delicacies from Myanmar. The foods were delicious so Narlin and I would usually make a stop there when we were hungry and eat while chatting with the woman. This was a rare opportunity when we practiced our Thai language and got corrected and laughed at with our bad pronunciation. This woman we found out later is our link in the community. Her daughter and her daughter’s friends were Narlin’s first students in our English club held in the church last summer. She was responsible for making us popular in the community.

We never thought that we were very popular. A Filipino couple who passed by the neighborhood in their old motorcycle were not worthy of notice at all. Until… one day when I was about to make the turn to the church this woman stopped me. Parang pumapara ng jeep. With her were two young ladies. I didn’t know what the reason was until one of the ladies spoke with me in broken English and tried to tell me something which I did not understand. So I thought maybe they want to see the church or the pastor. I brought them to the church and there we found out that one of the ladies wanted to learn to speak English. Apparently, our English club and DVBS last summer had far reaching effect in the community than what we thought. These two ladies wanted to attend our English club which had stopped for a while because the students were busy with their schooling.

So last night we went to the church, Narlin was expecting and prepared to teach one or two students, but to our surprise more than 20 people showed up. Children and young people came with their parents. Narlin was unprepared to teach that many people. These people come to the church to learn English. They never even want to be near a church much more inside it before but they came and we were grateful. We are praying that through English club they will learn about the story of Jesus and come to know him as the true God.