Stories of Hope

Frontier Christian Kindergarten—Hui Bong Village, Mae Chaem District

In Frontier Christian Kindergarten with classes held from Monday to Friday, there are 41 children, from two to six years of age, a supervisor, two teachers and one cook. On Saturday, the school holds a special program called Frontier Child Development for some 88 children with four teachers. Half of the children are spirit worshippers from Hui Pak Kuk village, but they are willing to attend our Christian school. They are taught school subjects, health, social development and spiritual living.

These children are now able to read the Bible, memorize scriptures and have a good knowledge of their school subjects and culture. They evangelize as a team, witness to their parents, sing and lead the worship services in the church. They also attend competitions in sports, sing, memorize scriptures, study the Bible, learn cultural dances, perform traditional music and sword dances, and participate in competitions in rice bread making and other traditional sweets. The children grow vegetables at the school for self support. They are happy, healthy, and full of spiritual life. The villagers of Hui Bong and other neighboring communities are very pleased with the Christian school.

Needs:

Electricity for the school
Water tanks and filters for the school
Computers for the school

Christian Dormitory—Abundant Grace Home, Mae Chaem District

In the Christian dormitory, there are 27 children and young people, aged eight to eighteen, and two dorm parents. They come from remote villages where there are no schools available. Some of the children come from homes without Christian faith, but even the Christian children need the discipline and spiritually training as well as academic studies in a good environment. In the evenings, the dorm parents hold prayer meetings with the students who study the Bible, memorize scripture, and many learn Christian songs and evangelism. On Saturdays, they go visit non-Christian villages and witness to them. On Sundays, they lead worship in more than five different churches. In 2011, six graduated from high school and are going on to university. Another dedicated his life to serve the Lord full-time and will go to Bible college.

Needs:

Food expenses for Home–8000 baht ($267) per month, less than
$10 per child

New Dawn Boarding School—No Hong Tai Village, Mae Chaem District

In New Dawn Boarding School, there are 35 Hmong tribal spirit-worshipping children, eight to twelve years of age. These children have no other place to live or go to school. The pastor teaches and leads the children in studying the Bible, learning Bible verses and singing Christian songs. Now, they have a very good church building, and the dormitory was painted last year by a team from U.S.

Needs:

A short-term mission team visiting Thailand to improve the dormitory and assist in teaching

Abundant Life Center

ALC provides spiritual growth for students, with evening devotions from the Bible. These students are learning new songs, practicing special songs for church worship services, and prayer. When they are not studying, the students also work hard helping to grow vegetables, raising pigs and chickens, and caring for cattle.

Recently, seventeen students came from the Akha tribe and one girl was from Lahu tribe. They all went to Witayakom Doi Saket School and Mae Dokdaeng in Doisaket District.

Bible Seminars

A Bible seminar was held from in April 2010 at Taunggyi, with 40 to 50 people who came to study the scriptures in the Bible seminar.

Sponsorship & Sunday School program

Poor children can attend school and Sunday school programs in three locations. The parents of these children become acquainted with the Gospel, which ultimately stops the sex trade.