He is a 13 year old boy from the Hmong tribe. He is studying in the 6th grade. He came to the GROW home because of the family violence happening in his home. His dad uses drugs and was beating his mom. He lived in a village without electricity or water with his six siblings….
Dear Friends, Greetings to you with a heart of love and thoughts of blessings! I would first like to thank God for His love and mercy to me personally. I am grateful of the opportunity to visit the U.S. at Christmas time with one of my girls, a GROWalumnus. Thank you for opening your home…
She is 14 years old. She has lived at the GROW home for about 10 years now. She is an excellent artist, gifted and talented in all she does. She is very smart in her bookwork at school. She is friendly and has a beautiful singing voice. She still has a very challenging relationship with…
On November 5th, Melissa Lemon, GROW Board Chair, Joyce Atkins, Sending Hope International Co-founder, and Jeana Harley, GROW U.S. Executive Director met at Taggart Law Firm to sign the documents transferring SHI to GROW. “This is a good thing,” said Joyce. Today, we officially welcome SHI supporters to the GROW family where we promise to…
October is the most beautiful month for me in the States with the trees changing so many colors. This is my favorite time there. I hardly know how to write this update because my eyes cannot stop seeing all the lost things from the flooding here in SE Asia. My heart goes out to the…
She is 17 years old and from the Lahu tribe. Shortly after she was born, an older pastor couple found her on the side of the road in a puddle. They knew who the mother was, but she had disappeared from the village that morning. This couple took her in and raised her and an…
GROW Board Members Meet with Sending Hope Staff WHAT is God doing?What IS God doing?What is GOD doing?What is God DOING? Well, we have some exciting news to share that answers this question no matter where you place the emphasis. A year and a half ago, we were approached by another children’s ministry in SE…
He was born prematurely to a set of teen parents
It is our joy to announce that this fall, GROW celebrates 15 years of rescuing children in Thailand. In honor of this special anniversary, Faa will be visiting the United States this Sept/Oct accompanied by a few children from the GROW home. With limited time and so many places to go, we hope that each…
My heart has been full of hope to the point of tears during the process of researching and reviewing the applications since November 2023 for children to come this year. Some of the children have been on our list for years. In January we started visiting the children where they lived to see for ourselves…