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…
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…