Thailand & Cambodia

It's official.  I will be taking a team with another staff person to Thailand and Cambodia.  We will be leaving very close to Christmas, possibly the 22nd.  We now have 9 students who will be with us to make a total of 11 people.  I think the flight from Brisbane is a pretty long one (about 10 or 11 hrs?).  We have only met as a team once to talk about what it will be like over there and what to expect.  Though Thailand and Cambodia border each other, I am under the impression that they are very different countries.  Cambodia has more poverty as they do not have the tourism or natural resources that Thailand is able to have.  Cambodia has about 14 million people and 95% are Buddhists.  Cambodia has a huge youth population.  About 50% of he population is 21 and younger.  Thailand has  over 65 million people and a greater land mass than Cambodia.  Thailand has many more large cities than does Cambodia as well.  Thailand is also the prostitution capital of the world.  

So far we are looking to do some very practical outreach ministries.  We have opportunities to work in orphanages, help build houses, play soccer with youth, and various other ministries to share God's love to people.  Please pray for our team as we prepare to go over there.  It is important that we understand that this trip isn't about our wants and needs.  Please pray for our team to have a servant's heart.