As the wind blows - Ministry Update

Hello there guys!

I realize that it has been some time since I last let you all know what I am up to!

The crazy summer is quickly coming to a close. It has been a great summer filled with incredible heat humidity and good times.

Our next Discipleship Training School begins in 3 1/2 weeks and so we are working on scheduling the school, organizing all that needs to happen and processing applications. There is still time to apply so if you know of someone or yourself are interested in DTS please let me know!

The summer began with a lot of recruiting for the DTS which meant a lot of travel. We traveled all over Wisconsin going to different churches and organizing events

from the Soul Garage to the terrifying "Hodag" (which you can see to your right).

I also spent a lot of time working on our new Summer Camps but unfortunately we had to cancel but we're putting the work into next year's camp!

Recently I just helped organize and event that we call "Set Apart". A two day conference that we offer for free where many youth groups and locals come to experience teaching, worship and discipleship. This was our largest Set Apart event to date, with over 150 people in attendance. I was one of the worship leaders and the sound engineer for the event.

I have also been leading worship a few times a month

at a church in our area. Last year I was the full time worship leader until I went on outreach last winter. I hope to be working in worship ministry throughout my life.

God is good and I continue to be amazed as I learn more of His character and His heart for people. The harder I try to grow a heart after God's own heart I realize how amazing He really is. When it is hard for me to love, to serve and to sacrifice I understand more of how Holy our God truly is.

My girlfriend Cheyenne Clark and I are also doing very well! We have big plans for our future together and we are excited for it! God has truly blessed me to have her in my life working with and supporting me.

Prayer Requests: That I will have a heart to learn. That I will serve God well during our upcoming school. That our students will experience something truly life changing in the coming months. And that as our Thailand outreach in January approaches, that my back (I have a herniated disk) will be strengthened and ready and that God would provide the funds to continue His work in Thailand.

I love you all,

Thank you for taking the time to read this update and also to continue to pray for me. I would love to hear from you for reals. How you are doing and how I could pray for YOU! Send an email to lukieneraasen@yahoo.com or find me on www.facebook.com/lucasRSN

For funny singing cards, or financial support send it to W14580 County HWY D, Weyerhauser, WI 54895. Or if you would like to come VISIT! Just put "ywam northwoods" into google maps.

God bless

Lucas

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Another Year A Comin'!

Hello all,

Well, another year has ended and a new one has begun.

First I want to thank you all for your prayers and support over the last year and while I was in Thailand. Thank you for standing beside me in bringing the gospel of hope and life to Thailand. I can't thank you enough. I felt your prayers with me over this last year.

We left for Thailand on the 31^st of December and now I am finally resting. I just want to tell you guys some of what happened this year in Thailand and in my year with ywam.

Thailand: If you remember, last year there was a girl named Lamud, who came to Christ. We have been praying for her throughout the year and hoping that she would be a part of our team. This year when we arrived in Nahong, we found out very disturbing news. She had lost some of her memory and was not feeling well. Her mother had taken her to the temple and to 'wise men' who told Lamud that when she gave her life to Jesus it was not her but a spirit that had come into her. Lamud was fooled by the wiseman and believed it. She forgot all of last year and her conversion to Christ.

That is when the praying started! Our team went to very hard intercessio

n for this girl and we began to visit her in hopes to pray with her at her house. Her mother gave us that chance! We prayed with Lamud and her mother. The next day Lamud told us she had never known such joy! The following day she remembered her love for Jesus and asked her mother if she

could give her life to Him. Mother approved!! So God healed her and she is holding bible studies with kids in Nahong while we are gone.

God did so much more and 8 other kids gave their lives to Christ. They are doing bible studies now and learning more about who God is. There are also a number of adults who have heard the gospel and are now considering the fact that Jesus is their savior. The church has started in Nahong!! Pray that it grows even str

onger!

I've learned a lot over the last year. So much that by the time I covered it in the letter you'd be bored to death (if yo

ur not already.. writing is not my gift). But the primary thing that I have learned is the importance of humility, unity and forgiveness. I have a long way to go but I know with God I will continue to be taught and learn. I've also learned reliance on God. There have been so many times in the last year that only reliance on God got me through. Through exhaustion, hard emotional struggles, financially struggles and hardships on outreach. I ran out of human strength so many times but God gave me what I needed to get through and handle the task at hand!

This next year: As of now I will be working at Ywam for another year. I am going to be doing a lot of student recruitment this summer as well as setting up the next Discipleship Training School which starts in September. I'll also be helping ou-

t our School Of Biblical Foundations whenever it needs help. I'll be very busy traveling to churches, concerts, conventions and camps doing recruitment for the school. I also am a worship leader at ywam and so my life usually consists of playing at a lot of different places and times. I'll be staffing the next DTS and helping lead the 2012 Thailand outreach.

I ask you to please pray and consider supporting me financially. I trust that God will bring in what I need but I am currently living on around $75 a month after paying rent and utilities. Please pray about supporting monthly. Even small amounts truly help me very much.

Thank you for your prayers. I really love you all! Please don't hesitate to ask me more questions if you have them. It's impossible for me to contain everything in this letter. I'd really love to hear from you. If there is anything you would like pray for please let me know. I know you're praying for me, I want to know how to pray for you! God bless,

Lucas Email: lukieneraasen@yahoo.com Facebook: Lucas Neraasen Phone: 612-247-9437 Ad: w14580 cty hw D weyerhaeuser, WI 54895

Hello from Chiang Mai Thailand!

I really can't contain all that happened or describe what emotions are going on inside me through mere words in this update. But, I must try to do my best.

First I want to thank you all for your prayers and support over the last year and while here in Thailand. Thank you for standing beside me in our effort to bring the gospel of hope and life to Thailand and to Nahong. I can't thank you enough or really tell you how much your prayers mean to me and have helped me.

Yesterday morning was a sea of emotion as we left Nahong. Even though I'm coming back next year I really did not want to leave. Here is a list of the people who came to a faith in Christ or are very close. They're all studying the bible. Keep them all in your prayers! Lamud, Baby, Pawn, Bob, Sam, Peem, Urt and Urt's mother. All of these people have either come to Christ or are at least studying the Word. Keep Urt and Lamud especially in your prayers as they are the strongest and will be attacked by temptation and persecution. Here are people who have heard the gospel and continue to process it: Kru Euw, Kru Taweeb, Kru Nueng, Urt's father, Pii Sak and Pii Lie.

I love the people of Nahong very much and it is hard to leave them. There is a small fire burning in Nahong and there are logs that are close to being thrown into the fire. But there will be great seas and winds to try and put the small fire of believers out. Pray protection for them and that our Lord Jesus Christ would cover them with His blood.

I praise God for all that HE did this year. It wasn't our team. We are not English teachers but God gave us what we needed to teach well. We ran out of human strength again and again but Christ strengthend us. To Him be all glory, honor and praise.

Now we have gone into our "debrief" time in Chiang Mai. The team leadership for debrief falls to myself and Cheyenne. Please be praying for us this week. We are noobs, haha.

I miss you guys and I am excited to see you and hear about what has been happening in your lives since I left two months ago!

Blessings from Chiang Mai,

Luke

Last week in Nahong!

Hello all,

Well a lot has been happening here in Thailand! We are now doing a bible study with 9 kids. All of which have asked for Jesus to be their God! Please pray protection over them so that they can continue to grow in Christ!

One of the boys is a boy named Urt. He's very serious about it and he has lead a couple bible studies himself! After the first few days of studying with him we asked him what he had learned. He replied "Jesus came as a man but was God and he came as my redeemer."

We are all very pumped about what is going on here. We are praying that some disciplers will be able to come back before next year to be able to check on things and continue the ministry. I believe Nahong is very close to exploding for Christ!

Yesterday after the bible study we we're able to have the kids pray for each other! This was a huge moment that really brought joy to my heart. Just pray that they continue searching, finding and following Jesus Christ. Thailand is a very hostile place spiritually so pray for great strength in these kids. And pray for their families. Many of which have heard the gospel!

I'll see you all soon! God bless

~Luke

Nahong Update 2.0

Hello all,

There has been a lot of happenings in Nahong since my last update. The last you heard I asked you to pray for a girl named Lamud. She is a 6th grade girl who gave her life to Jesus last year. This year when we got here we found out very disturbing news, she had lost some of her memory and was not feeling well. Her mother had taken her to the temple and to 'wise men' who told Lamud that when she gave her life to Jesus it was not her but a spirit that had come into her. Lamud was blinded to the truth and believed the wise men. She forgot all of last year and her conversion to Christ.

That is when the praying started! Our team went to very hard intercession for this girl and we began to visit her in hopes to pray with her at her house. Her mother gave us that chance! We prayed with Lamud and her mother. The next day Lamud told us she had never known such joy! The following day she remembered her love for Jesus and asked her mother if she could give her life to Him. Mother approved!! As of tomorrow afternoon Lamud and some of her friends are starting a bible study with Cheyenne and Joanna!!! We hope to move the study to Lamud's house before we leave.

Now I'll tell another story about a teacher at the school whos name is Cru Nung...

Cru Nung was telling our team leader (Tom) that she was moving into a new house and that she was afraid of ghosts. She asked Tom if he was afraid of ghosts. Tom told her he wasn't and there was the openning. Tom went on to tell her why he was not afraid of ghosts, because of Jesus Christ. Since then Cru Nung has prayed to Jesus and we are continuing to disciple her!!

Another teacher Taweeb (formally Batime hee) has been told the gospel and really wants to talk about it in detail this week. GOD IS MOVING!!!

In other team news..

On Thursday this week our team (minus Tom) went to the Chiang mai zoo with the students! Itwas a gruling trip for sure but it was fun. We left for the 3 hour drive at 5am and got back to our house at 9pm (the teachers partied a bit).

The zoo was fun because they don't have cages like we do. I was 6 in away from two hippos which was sweet!

Yesterday we went with some Nahong friends up the moutain to see a natural sprig. The trip was quite the adventure! We ended up 5,000ft above sea level trecking through the jungle!!

So its safe to say that our spirits are high and we are PUMPED about what God is doing! it's also safe to say we are TOTALLY wiped out.

I love you guys and miss you all!

God bless,

~Lucas