The music team practiced long hours nightly for an entire week. Flowers had been ordered and church members made gorgeous floral arrangements to brighten up the room. The speaker’s flight arrived at the airport on time. All was ready. There was excitement in the air. In 2 days of services, around 90 – 100 people (each time) came to worship.
The church history told of the early days with their struggles of being one of the first churches in a town of around 80,000 people. Pictures were shown of the shophouse where the services were held and the young pastor lived. In recent years the church helped during the tsunami by building coffins for western bodies, distributing disaster relief of food, fishing nets, helping outlying communities and presenting satellite dishes to schools in areas where there are not enough teachers. Those in attendance also heard about the yearly Christmas program where the church hosts the community. (The program gives a clear presentation of the birth of Christ and how Jesus can lead those that believe to salvation.)
A. Prayoon, the guest speaker from Bangkok, did a great job humorously talking about our duties as Christians and the priorities we set in our lives. Some government officials, who came as part of their job, enjoyed A. Prayoon’s message so much that they stayed the entire service and didn’t leave after they gave their official greetings. Everyone was pleased as we went out on the lawn to eat food. Thanks for praying for all the preparations and the celebrations.
Scriptures that A. Prayoon read from the Bible, his good humor and prayers were repeated on a radio station in town. His words were also quoted at a provincial meeting praising Christians and their views. Praise God for Krabi Baptist Church being a lighthouse in a dark place for 15 years.
