How we thank God for each of you who stand in the place of intercession on behalf of the work here and the workers. Please don’t stop! Carolyn Chambers is still in the hospital at this writing. So far she has mystified the Drs’. They ran an additional battery of tests today for which we should know the results tomorrow. At this point however, they are simply treating her symptoms and controlling her fever. Her abdominal pain has subsided.

We will update you again concerning this situation as many have already expressed their concern via e-mail. Please pray!

Tom and Krinny Gaudet

Thank you for standing with us in the place of intercession. You will never know what it means to all of us here. Please forgive the long Update…

In many ways, the past two months have been very hard. Several of our co-workers as well as Krinny and I have experienced oft-times severe health problems. Additionally, there have been several back-to-back instances of unusual expenses, mostly related to the ongoing work and personal needs of our co-workers and families. I will not go into it all here but suffice it to say that we are keenly aware of the work of the enemy.

Earlier Updates mentioned that the owner of the facility we rent for our office has put it up for sale. We asked prayer as an unscheduled move would be so disruptive and expensive. Just yesterday we were introduced to the new owner! As only the Lord can work it out, she was very happy to have us stay! All of our co-workers are delighted as moving would have impacted each of them in a big way. Now, instead of a huge bill for moving and setting up in a new location, we only need at this point to come up with around $450 additional to secure the contract, to be signed this Saturday.

Normally this would not be a serious problem, but the past two months have stretched us financially for around $2,500 in unbudgeted expenses as mentioned above. Also, over the next 10 days we are facing nearly $2,700 additional expenses (again unbudgeted) related to the work in Hmong, Karen, Urdu, as well as securing the contract for the office.

Also, the container spoken of in earlier Updates is due to arrive in around 10 days. Some offerings have come in so we should have enough on hand to clear the container from customs, but we will be short around $4,500 for trans-shipping of the Bibles to those who have requested them.

We have some other co-worker related prayer requests which will need to remain “unspoken” at this point, but are important nevertheless. Please hold up each one of our co-workers in prayer. They are precious to us and to the work.

As Krinny and I looked over these daunting figures, we were reminded of the fact that many of you pray faithfully for the work and in many ways are as invested in it as we are. Please intercede over these next days. Our Lord is faithful.

Tom and Krinny Gaudet

Please continue your intercession as both Krinny and I recover from the respiratory problems aggravated by smoke in the air as farmer’s burn their fields. Just about the time we think it will clear up, it hits us again.

The immediacy of the situation with us having to move our offices seems to have lessened as our landlord has been unable to sell. Pray with us that we will be able to stay in the facility until our contract runs out early next year. It will be month to month until then but we do have a plan of action if it is quicker. A move like this will be very disruptive and expensive so we hope to avoid it.

The 40′ container mentioned in the last update has now been shipped. Please pray as it is due to arrive in May. Lots of preparation needs to be made however before its arrival. We have had several requests for Bibles and this shipment has a good number in it.

One of my closest Thai friends is a pastor here in the area. He just shared a great testimony with me concerning a husband and wife who have been studying with him long distance. The husband was a Buddhist monk for 9 years before becoming a Christian. They are preparing to move here to continue studying the Bible with my pastor friend. He told me what a blessing the new believers’ studies and Bible Institute material have been as he has worked with them. It was such an encouragement to hear of materials produced in our ministry being used in this manner.

On many fronts we have seen the enemy trying to disrupt the work and discourage the workers. Thank God for victory however. We are grateful to each of you also for your part in intercession and financial support as we continue on. Thank you!

Tom and Krinny Gaudet

The family from our sponsoring Church mentioned in the last update were a blessing to us. As we requested prayer, we were able to make the shipment as scheduled. Thank you for praying.

Our Pastor and Wife are here with us now. Since Monday evening both Krinny and I have been basically out of commission with respiratory problems and fevers. I am on the mend, Krinny a bit slower. Several of our co-workers have also been sick. Even our Pastor has symptoms. Please pray. This was certainly not how we had envisioned our Pastor’s time here!

We hope to travel to the border ASAP. One of our co-workers is there now meeting a pastor who has come to pick up literature. Please pray for that shipment and for us to be able to make the trek. A rental car sits in the driveway awaiting…

The other matter we would like to bring to your attention is we were informed this week that our landlord is putting the facility we use as an office and house on the market for sale. Moving an office with workstations and server itself is a daunting task, but doing it at a moments notice will be more so. Please pray!

Tom and Krinny Gaudet

We would like to ask you to intercede specifically for a few situations. It is such a comfort to know that many of you care, and pray.

A family from our sponsoring Church in TX is visiting with us now. Please pray for their time here. We will be traveling to the border on Monday and plan to return on Wednesday. It worked out perfectly to have this trip at this time.

One of the pastors for whom we have been holding Burmese Bibles has things sorted out to get them from us. Some circumstances have hindered this being done until now. We plan to make this shipment during the trip. Please pray for this shipment as well as all our travels.

This shipment marks the end of the Bibles we have on hand. Even this week we had to turn away a couple of requests for Bibles. The need remains as real as the day we completed the re-typesetting in 2010.

In an earlier e-mail update, we asked your prayer concerning the finances for hospitalization of one of our coworkers. As of today approximately 1/3 of it has come in. We are rejoicing for God’s provision. Please continue to intercede for the remainder, approximately $2,000.

Also please pray for a unique situation in the family of one of our coworkers. Their elderly mother has been denied a visa to remain in Thailand and must return to her home country. Her homeland is a conflict area and not at all safe, which is why she was in Thailand to start with. Not thinking this would be a problem, there is no provision either for her returning or even the cost of travel. Please pray about this matter.

The translation and publishing work we are doing requires people. We have learned if you have people working with you, they must be cared for. Most of them are not from Thailand and have only limited family and resources of any kind to sustain them here.

Three years ago I had nerve damage to my arm when I tripped and fell through a glass door. I had a surgery then to repair that damage, but have continued to have increased pain. In fact, this e-mail has taken me more than one hour to type. It may be necessary for me to have another surgery. Please pray.

Thank you so much for reading this long e-mail. Please intercede.

Tom and Krinny Gaudet