2nd Letter from Thailand

Dateline Bangkok
March 15,2009



Hi June, Doreen, Ate Eileen, Frances, Anne, Ate Beng, Lourraine,John Mark, Jerusalem, Joanne, Kent and Dianne, Tim and Nancy,Medy, brethren, brods and sisses and everyone !

We are in Bangkok. The city seems peaceful. It's Sunday. There are no demonstrations.

We are waiting for the bus which will take us to Crabi, a coastal town opposite the internationally know Phuket - the counterpart of Boracay in tourism.

Yes, from Crabi, we will take a boat to Phuket.

King Bhumibol is revered here in Thailand. And so are monks.. Thailand is a Buddhist country. Vietnam and Cambodia
are also predominantly Buddhists.

Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei are Muslims, with small Christian populations.

There is trouble in the south of Thailand, near the Malaysian border. Two teachers were killed by Muslim separatists in the area just recently. Maybe, it was a message to Buddhist Thailand by the Muslims not to interfere with Muslims. We will do our best to avoid trouble when we get there, but we need your prayer support.

For those who know Christ's Great Commission, however,
no barrier or difficulty seems too great. (Matthew 28:18-20)

The three countries we have gone to - Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand - are all affected by the global recession.

But for God's children, this global recession reminds us of the Lord's assurance in Matthew 24 :

"When you see these things begin to happen,
rejoice for your redemption is drawing near. "

This Babylonian System will eventually collapse. Thus,
the angel in the Book of Revelation shouted:

"Babylon is fallen!"
He meant the Babylon web of commerce, politics,religion, culture and everything from which the whole world presently depends on.
This system will fall. Babylon will fall !
And a new era will begin - the Millenial Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Those who cling to this present Babylon system will wail when it falls!


Norbert L. Mercado