HOW CAN WE PRAY?

The are an ethnic group A popular festival is Songkran which Ask the Holy Spirit to use living in , , , Burma, marks the new year on the Buddhist the awareness of sin in their and who speak a Tai language. calendar and is celebrated in April. As lives and their need to be part of the festival, people splash water forgiven to bring the Tai Lue part of the Dai ethnic group who live in over each other, symbolizing the cleansing to salvation. (ACTS 2:38) the southern province of , China. of sin from the previous year and a fresh The Tai Lue people spread south from start for the new year. Pray for Christian workers China to the surrounding nations of Laos, and believers who were Thailand, and Cambodia where The Tai Lue people in the villages formerly they adopted Theravada . can recall the stories told by their Buddhists to be fruitful The Theravada tradition of Buddhism grandparents of people who came riding disciple makers. developed in Sri Lanka and was brought in on elephants long ago in the 1800s; (MATTHEW 28:19) to Southeast Asia by monks where it they traveled from village to village sharing stories about Jesus. Some of their Pray blessings on the Tai emphasizes spiritual transformation stories were even translated into the local Lue people. Be inspired by languages, but most of the people have EPHESIANS 1:17-19 through meditation, and ideally through continued to follow Theravada Buddhism. life as a monk. However, there are many festivals that are enjoyed by the whole community.

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