Today we’re going to visit Thailand, a nation in Asia, where our missionaries have served for many years. One of those missionaries is Dr. Doug Derbyshire, a medical doctor.
Dr. Derbyshire uses his medical skills to treat medical problems and prescribes the Gospel of Jesus Christ for spiritual problems in central Thailand. Several times a year Derbyshire brings in teams of physicians from the United states to hold free medical clinics in villages where medical resources are limited. They may see 100 or more patients a day. In one recent clinic, seven people committed to follow Christ and 25 others want to learn more about the Gospel.
The ministry of Dr. Derbyshire and all these efforts in Thailand are possible because our church and thousands of others give through the Cooperative Program.
Let’s pray now for this missionary doctor who is reaching people in a distant place we probably will never see. And let us pray for the believers who have met Jesus and are growing in their faith.