LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand
MINISTRY FOCUS: Shania has a TESOL certification and is currently tutoring Thai children between the ages of 10-12 at a Saturday school program partnering with a local church in the Sathorn area of Bangkok. She also works as a Campus Volunteer with the Imagine Thailand Foundation team in Bangkok under the direction and guidance of their Executive Director Zachary Wylie. She aids in serving, discipling and mentoring the 99% of Non-Christians in Thailand where this organization seeks to work in areas of Education, Development and Discipleship with the purpose of building strong communities. She participates in collaborating, contributing and even creating avenues of ministry with their many partners such as Spiritual Leadership at Student Christian Centre, Worship Coordinator and Women Discipleship Director at All Nations Church, Small Group/ Alpha Group Assistant at Oasis Church, as well as spear-heading quarterly city-wide collaborative events such as ONE Worship Night with 6 partnering Christian organizations and churches of various denominations in Bangkok.
YOUR IMPACT: Through your partnership, I will be launched into ministry in a cross-cultural setting, ministering to university students in Bangkok and reaching children through my language classes.
MINISTRY HISTORY: I grew up in a Christian home on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, where I served in various capacities in children's ministry and administration. As I grew in my love for people and understanding what intimacy with God looks like, I began to preach in my local young adults group and lead weekly Bible studies with the church congregation, under the leadership and mentorship of my pastor. My mentor pushed and encouraged me to venture into preaching on Sunday mornings and through this I realized my passion for being vulnerable when teaching God's Word and making it personal and practical for living. I never saw myself in a ministry leadership position growing up, as I had hopes of being a criminologist when I moved to Canada to study. However, after following God's powerful call on my life to become a missionary, my desires is to continue to live in obedience and faith wherever God may lead me.
PRAYER REQUEST:
- Prayer for God to continue to humble me and teach me to love His people as He loves me.
- Prayer God provides the strength, wisdom, partners and finances to fulfill His vision and reach His people.
- Prayer God continues to work in the hearts and minds of those we are walking with daily that they will take the next step in their faith!
- Prayer for people of Thailand to come to know Jesus intimately and prioritize Him.
- Pray that I am able to plant seeds and water them in preparation for God to grow them in knowledge and love for Him.