Recently, Faa sat down with him to ask about his goals for after high school. He gave her that kind of smile that starts on his lips but comes out through his big,
bright eyes too.
At GROW we’re working hard not only with the
children, but with the families too. We believe God’s heart created families to live together, and we believe healing begins with family.
Praise God and thank you so
much for your prayers. At the
end of July, our staff couple
retired.
Our child spotlight girl is eight years old. We introduced her during our Rewrite Their Future event in April 2021. She is half-sister to another child who shared her story that evening. She lived homelessly with her single mom. No one wanted to help them. Finally, an uncle allowed them to live in a small space in his house, but they were not really welcomed. “Every time I saw her, she asked to be…
The walls inside are finished. It is now time to clean up the grounds and furnish the rooms with furniture. Soon, the older girls will be moving in!
In 2012, we began praying for land to expand the ministry. Faa invited people to pray over the land to which she believed God was leading her.
In Wiang Pa Pao there has been heavy rain these past few weeks. Last week we had a very bad rain storm, and most of the area in WPP was under flood waters.
I have been meeting with architects the past few months, and we are very close to start building the new girls’ home! We have been delayed in construction since 2020 because of Covid, but now we can finally consider bringing new girls onto the GROW campus! As you can see from the blueprint, instead of…
She is the youngest of three girls, her two older sisters have been at GROW for about nine years. The girls’ father is currently serving a life sentence for drug trafficking, a crime with strict sentences in Thailand. He was arrested when she was still a baby. But her life changed when she was nine years old.
Our first homes were built in 2013/14. Right after we moved in April 2014, Chiang Rai area near the border of Myanmar saw the most earthquakes ever. Over time we have noticed that there has been damage to the roof and walls of the homes. During rainy season now, water drips from the ceiling in both the…