{"id":4259,"date":"2010-08-16T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2010-08-16T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:36:49","slug":"perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2010\/08\/16\/perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4260\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/08\/dee-and-shy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4260\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/08\/dee-and-shy-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dee and Shy and their family\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dee and Shy and their family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you found that the third time is the charm?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not so sure about that saying myself, but I know perseverance is good. And I think that\u2019s why Dee and Shy are making a third attempt to share God\u2019s Word in another Prai village.<\/p>\n<p>Dee and Shy are believers among Thailand\u2019s Prai people group, which Julie and I plan to visit in October. A family invited the two to come and teach, but it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n<p>Getting there requires a long trek by foot. Excessive drinking, especially by teenagers, helps makes the village a wild and dark place.<\/p>\n<p>The number of people showing up to hear Bible lessons has dwindled since they started in February, but there are reasons for hope.<\/p>\n<p>Three people from one family have heard the Gospel and embraced it, trusting in Jesus. Two young men have not yet made a decision, but are coming to almost every lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Pray that Dee and Shy remain faithful to the task and that the hearts of the villagers are softened to desire God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you think it\u2019d be great to interview Dee and Shy, so people can hear their story and be inspired to help expand the reach of the Gospel? That\u2019s one thing Julie and I hope to do when we\u2019re in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/thailand\/\">Find out more about our trip, and learn how you can help &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you found that the third time is the charm? I\u2019m not so sure about that saying myself, but I know perseverance is good. And I think that\u2019s why Dee and Shy are making a third attempt to share God\u2019s Word in another Prai village. Dee and Shy are believers among Thailand\u2019s Prai people group, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1511,2107,1262,35],"class_list":{"0":"post-4259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-photography","8":"tag-prai","9":"tag-thailand","10":"tag-video","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}