Scott and Tan are jointly appointed missionaries of International Ministries and Mission to Unreached Peoples. From their home in Chiang Rai, they engage in holistic leadership development ministries among the minority peoples that inhabit the hills of northern Thailand and neighboring countries. Scott is the founding director of the Mekong Minority Foundation (MMF).

Scott writes: Our big news is that our Chiang Rai International Christian School is now officially open! We had the Grand Opening on Friday, 20 January.  Each of our three kids participated.  Though Tan and I are involved in the school, we thought we would be pretty much just observers at the event.  But at the last moment, I was given the task of translation from Thai to English and English to Thai for several of the speeches.  So, in the end most of the Coats family helped out at the event.  

We thank God for each of you who have given so generously to make this place a reality.  It’s just a miracle.   Chiang Rai now has a quality Christian English medium school that’s legally approved by the Thai educational authorities.  God is so good. 

• Pray for Scott and Tan as they minister among the hill tribal people of northern Thailand.