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International Council 2015 - Thailand

Christine Platt - Wednesday 01 April 2015

I'm back from two weeks in Dolphin Bay Thailand. A beautiful place I shared with 48 GRNers for our four yearly council meetings.

I was encouraged and inspired by my colleagues, many of whom live and work in very difficult places: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Bangladesh.... We heard stories of entire villages coming to Christ in Nepal, helping typhoon Haiyan survivors in the Philippines and sharing the good news with hundreds at the same time, over 170 groups using GRN resources in Malawi to grow in their faith, of progress in making recordings after a decade or two of persistent prayer and effort, of workers dealing with death threats, bombings, terrorism and epidemics. It's a real privilege to work with these brothers and sisters and to be able to support them in their work. It's wonderful to know that the work we do in the Australian office allows their work to be effective.

From Australia we provide prayer support (please sign up and join our prayer team - it's a vital part of the work), technical support, training, equipment, encouragement and money (you can also sign up to help out financially). We also design and manufacture the Saber - a robust hand wind mp3 player which doesn't need batteries and can easily be heard by a group of 100 listeners. Nothing else works for large groups in truly remote locations where little cash is available. It's encouraging to hear first hand how our work has enabled people to hear God's word and come to faith in Christ.

The meetings were also encouraging because of the good will, unity and shared purpose and vision we shared. The meetings were long, and big decisions were made which will affect how GRN operates in the future. It was all done with a sense of trust in the Network's leadership and an understanding that changes were necessary. I am very thankful to be part of a Network which is united and seeking to work together.

So I left Thailand very happy that the meetings were over, very thankful to be a part of what God is doing through GRN, and very thankful for the way God is choosing to use GRN Australia.