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. She 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…
August was parent training month. This was a wonderful time of sharing God’s Word, many tears of healing and praises to God. Not every family can come due to safety policy issues. Many came with younger children who enjoyed time on our playground. Many parents are illiterate, but we can educate them on understanding how a family can be…
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…
Many Thai parents, especially those from the Hill Tribes, have very little education, and often they cannot even read or write. This causes a cycle of poverty where the parents have little to no income, and they cannot afford to send their kids to school. This also creates a very vulnerable situation for the young children, where the parents…
Since we kicked off our 10 Year Celebration, so many things have transpired. The list includes: GROW hosts pastors’ worship and training time, outreach to local public schools with visiting U.S. teams, anti-drug march, four children graduate from junior high school, summer camp, passports and visas for 10 children were secured, plans were made for the U.S. tour, our co-founder,…
Hello Friends, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ to you from Lititz, PA during my fundraising trip in this super cold weather welcoming the holiday season. I am so excited to see the snow fall out of the sky onto the ground. I said out loud, “Thank you,” to God for this opportunity to see snow…
In the mountains of northern Thailand hilltribe families in abject poverty often have multiple children. To facilitate day-to-day communication, sometimes they simply number their children—1 to 12, for example. It’s not that the children don’t have names, but they essentially live as if they didn’t. Every time someone needs something, all they need to do is yell a…
Our first two children have started college. One is studying accounting at a vocational college in Wiang Pa Pao about 20 minutes from our campus. Her dream and hope is to be able to help GROW in the future. The other girl is studying Chinese Language at Mae Fah Luang University. I am so happy to see these…
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…
