Jameson is in Thailand!

This is Jameson. :)

Jameson is Christopher's younger brother. He's 22 years old and he just graduated from College of Charleston in May with a degree in Biology.

He has actually decided just recently that he wants to go to nursing school and eventually to get his masters in nurse anesthesia, like Christopher is doing. He will begin classes to get his BSN at Francis Marion in the fall. (I tried to talk him out of it. :) Nursing...yuck!)



While at College Of Charleston, Jameson became involved with a Christian organization called Campus Outreach. Last summer, after his junior year, he had the opportunity to participate in a summer missions project that Campus Outreach calls "Summer Orlando Project" where college kids commit to spend the summer working in Walt Disney World in Orlando in an effort to share their faith with their coworkers, who are people of all ages, from all over the world. Jameson specifically worked as a janitor in one of the water parks at Disney World, which I'm sure he will tell you, was a humbling experience for him. :) During their project, they go through discipleship training in addition to just working at their jobs. Project (and of course God:) completely changed Jameson.



This summer, Jameson was invited to spend the summer on a Cross-Cultural Project through Campus Outreach. Only a select number of students are asked to go - and this particular year, the group went to Thailand. Jameson is now living on a college campus and buidling relationships with the students there in order to share Christ with them.

God has already been so gracious in the short time Jameson has been there. First of all, He provided the funds that were needed for him to go, which when we all started talking about it a few months ago, it seemed impossible! He raised over $5000 in support and was even able to use the little bit of overage that he had to help other students who were not able to raise all of their support. Second, He provided safety in travel overseas for all members of the team to make it to Bangkok, Thailand and then to their final destination, which is a name that I can't pronounce. :) Third, Jameson has been able to communicate with us via cell phone to alleviate our fears and to let us know that he is okay. I'm sure that his parents would like to talk to him more, but we're still sketchy on the details of this Verizon to Verizon situation. :) So the few short conversations we have had with him have been satisfying enough. :) Also, he is able to e-mail us and keep us up-to-date that way.

I'm asking that you would all pray for Jameson and his team while he is in Thailand. He won't be back in the states until the very end of July, so he still has a LONG way to go!


Please pray that the Lord would give them all safety and good health. Being in a foreign country is stressful enough, but it is difficult to feel your best when the food and water is different, and I imagine sometimes unsanitary. Having a healthy mind is also a part of feeling good, too. And it's hard to minister and share with others when you are homesick or fretful about events that have taken place back home. So please pray that they would all be clear in mind and in spirit!




Please pray for the people of Thailand. As I understand it, the religion is mainly Buddhism. Pray that the people that they are ministering to would have softened hearts, that are open to hearing the Word of God - about the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ - about the recognition of innate sin that we all carry and our need for God to forgive us of that sin - about the grace that God provides to keep us from living an eternal life apart from Him - and about the love that God lavishes us with when we are people that don't deserve that love.

Also, pray for God to break down any barriers that may exist - language barriers, any mistrust of Americans, or any cultural differences that would keep someone from hearing God's Word.

Please pray for their families back home. Pray that God would comfort their parents, brothers and sisters, boyfriends and girlfriends, and their friends while they are away. Even pray that God would use this time to help those people back home reflect on their own relationships with Christ, and that through these students making this sacrifice, that someone back home may even come to know Christ.


And finally, please pray for Jameson. :) Graduating from college is such a difficult time...you feel as if you're supposed to know what you're going to do with your life and sometimes it just doesn't work out that way! Pray that God would reveal himself to Jameson this summer in a new and evident way. Pray that God would give Jameson the boldness to share the Gospel without fear. Pray that God would give Jameson new knowledge to come home and share with his local lost friends. Pray that Jameson will be forever changed by this experience and that God would bring him back home safely to us.



Thanks so much!! :)