PAST STORY: This boy was living in a very unstable situation. His father and grandparents drank a lot and used drugs. His father abused his mother until she finally ran away. Due to their Hill Tribe culture, she was not allowed to take her son with her. This left him in a very desperate situation…
PAST STORY: This girl comes from a very high-risk family because she is from a homeless family of all girls, perfect targets for the unscrupulous to prey upon. In addition, her father used drugs and abused both her and her mother. Her family often had to live without food while her father continued his drug…
PAST STORY: As this young lady reached her pre-teen years, the chances of her being raped by a villager or relative or forced into marriage grew to 90%. Her mother was in the habit of disappearing for months at a time, and now as the girl reached age 12, her mother had been gone a…
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Girl, 12 Years Old She has two siblings, an older and younger sister. She comes from a very high-risk family where her parents had all girls. She came to the GROW home about three years ago when she was just nine years old because her parents were homeless which put the girls at great risk. They were staying with…
15 year old girl She came to GROW seven years ago. Her home was full of abuse from her father. Her mother was one of seven wives. Opal grew up very confused about relationships in this situation. Her culture was confusing too as her father was Thai, and her mother was Karen and Akha. She saw her father drunk…
5 Year Old Boy I have known his parents for over ten years, even before they were married or he was born. His mother had him when she was only 18, and his parents were divorced shortly after that. His mother has a mental disability and was unable to care for him, so he was raised by his father…
13 Year Old Girl She is now 13 years old. She came to the GROW home when she was 9. She comes from a village that still has no electricity or water system. She has four siblings, all girls. I learned about this family, her village and her desperate situation by visiting often. Her village church of about…
We’re blessed to have time together for artwork. Since 2015, the children have been asking to paint the wall again. I promised my beloved children that the next building project, we will have paint left over they can use it. During the cafeteria construction, we didn’t use paint. The children were asking where are the…
April 2017 – Cafeteria Update Thank you so much to everyone for your generous giving to our cafeteria / multipurpose building fund. That project is officially fully funded and construction began in February. It is exciting to see what once was just a drawing slowly become a reality! GROW Board of DirectorsFaa, Melissa, Jim,…