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…
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 Directors Faa, Melissa, Jim,…
Great news! GROW was approved for the newly required “Foster” home registration. We are the first ministry to receive this approval. I am so proud of our staff here who are so organized and are keeping such great accounts and records of everything that the government awarded this approval in just four months instead of…
Faa is a woman of short stature but mighty faith. When you meet her, even casually, you cannot help but feel elevated — her joy in Christ is contagious. But she can also be a pesky little woman. When she sets her sights on something, she moves as an unstoppable force. I watched her in…