Today was a tough day at Home of the Swallow. One of our Moms told us that she was leaving our Home today. She decided that her life would be better if she returned to her village and got back into drug trafficking with her brother. Our hearts broke for her and her newborn baby. She told us that her house in the village is set up as a casino, even though gambling is illegal in Thailand. They also traffic drugs from the house and run an illegal cock fighting ring. She used to earn up to 60,000 baht (2,000 Dollars) per week selling drugs. She was just released from prison, where she gave birth to her son. It was a very, very hard day thinking that she will likely be back in prison before the end of the year if she walks out of our doors. What would happen to her 3 children? and her? We are praying that she reconsiders her decision. Please pray with us too. Tough days at Home of the Swallow.

Please help God. It has never hurt so much. Please God, reunite us. Every day the pain gets worse. Each day I love him and miss him more.
God I pray to you every day unable to stop the tears. I ask that you please bring the man I love back to me. Please show him how special what we had was, how there is nothing our love cannot conquer, and that you sent me him because I am the best woman for him, will be the best wife, and will be the best mother to his children. I ask for a quick reunion so we may start our re-bonding process, so he strays no longer, and so we can continue together on the journey we started.
God I pray for a second chance with the man I love. Please send him back to me so I can help him be a better person, like he once helped me. I know you brought him into my life to save me and I know now it is my turn to save him. God please break down his walls so he will let your love in, and also mine. Please God give us a second chance to serve you together as a couple, and let us be a blessing to our families and friends. Please rid him of this anger and coldness that has taken over him and fill his heart with the goodness of what once was. Please remove the fear from his heart and hold him accountable for the promises he made to not only me but also to you Lord, and please guide us on our way to marrying and creating the family and future we always planned on.

Hello,
I am a college student in Chicago, and I just want to ask if you could be praying for my friend, Bronson, please? I am confident that God has been telling me to pray for him since last summer – I am sure of it. My heart hurts so badly for him that if I take time to meditate on it and churn it over in my mind, it makes me literally sick. I’m just begging God to intervene to do something – anything to change his heart. If my heart hurts this badly from Bronson not knowing/loving Jesus, I can’t imagine how God’s heart must be breaking. Please beg God to change Bronson’s heart as quickly as His good and perfect will will allow.
Thank you so much.
Your sister,
Katie

Please intercede with the Lord for a hedge of protection around Susan and for the restoration of the years that the locusts have eaten.

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On Friday, we welcomed a new mother and baby into our home. Unfortunately for our new Mom, the road she has traveled has been less than ideal. She is only 17 years old and has a 1 year old girl. She has just been released from juvenile detention for drugs charges and has a history of being involved in gangs notorious for drug trafficking, human trafficking, crime, and prostitution. We ask you to pray for this family that they may settle into our home well, because we know that it will be a very tough time for them and they will want their freedom more than anything else. Also pray for safety and protection of this family and for God to work in Mom’s heart so that she will want to change her life and her child’s life forever. The grandmother is very sick and slowly dying of HIV AIDS, so our Mom has little to no support networks at all. Very sad life that we pray will be transformed by the loving kindness of our Lord.
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We have been blessed by P’Ae and the PHJ [PH Japan] organization that has helped 2 of our special needs children. Somchai attends our Nursery and his parents are very poor as they work on construction sites and earn as little as $7 per day for their work as they are from the Thai Yai Hilltribe. Eh also has had problems with bone formation since he was born to Mom Song, and we are not sure whether he will ever be able to walk. He attends our Nursery during the days as well as Somchai.

The PH Japan organization has been a continual support for our 2 special needs children. P’Ae from PHJ comes to visit each month to provide emotional support to these 2 families and also financial support to attend Hospital appointments and buy special needs equipment. Last week Somchai received special walking shoes to help him be able to stand and keep his legs straight. Eh has previously received a back brace to help keep his back straight so the bones form better. We are very thankful that PHJ covered the financial burden of this to allow Somchai and Eh to develop.

PHJ also takes the families they help out on field trips and both our families were able to go to the Elephant Camp last week. All the children and parents had a wonderful time and were blessed by the fellowship and community. Everyone is very thankful for the support and blessings provided by PH Japan.
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We want to again thank jT/ASH (Thai-Japan Association of Supporting Health and Welfare) for their generous hearts in supporting Home of the Swallow. We are thankful to receive a donation of rice, Piegeon baby bottles and baby wipes. We look forward to your visit again next month.
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As time dwindles down at The Life Center, we have decided that this last week will be a fun week. Starting the week off at the Taemekerlah KBC meetinghall, we picked up trash as well as helped to cook food for other workers. On Tuesday we decided to go fishing! Karen style, upon reaching out destination in the woods we found a half dried creek filled with tadpoles, bugs and small fish! We fished all day and in the early afternoon we decided to settle down, and prepare for lunch. We started a fire and degutted the fish and the Tadpoles. After that we boiled water in a pot slowly adding food that we caught through out the day. Finally we added spice and our meal was finished. We ate, shared stories about the day and took pictures. What a wonderful time to spend among friends, and now family. We have grown so close in 4 months it will be difficult to leave, but all good things must come to in end in order that better things can come to light. Coming back to worship we shared testimonies of our time here, blessing one another and sharing tears. What a beautiful picture, and reminder of our unity in Christ.

As the students prepared for our annual evangelism outing you could see the excitement in their eyes. During their time at The Life Center, students learn how to the basics about the bible, as well as how to play the guitar, sing songs, and share the word of God with others. This would be their first time traveling to another village and sharing the word of God with people they did not know. The Village that was chosen was Busajoe, a very remote and poor Karen village in Mae Hong Son. The Busajoe church is young and without a leader, or a pastor. So the people were eager for a visit. Along the way we stopped and snacked before heading out again. Joined by a volunteer by the name of Danielle we traveled 2 hours into the mountains before finally arriving at the village. As we visited different houses around the village we took turns sharing about God’s love, encouraging the people to continue to press on. We prayed that God would send a servant to tend to the people of this village, please be praying for them as well!

As 4000 excited Karen people descended on Teameklerah Village this past week, Tatupa and his students quickly helped prepare for the visit. Tatupa was put in charge by the Karen Baptist convention of designing the meeting area that those participating could come to sit and enjoy the conference. Government officials as well as many local community leaders came to the conference, it was exciting to see so many Karen people from all over the country come and participate in a week of worship and preaching. Students worked with different area representatives to set up booths, certain areas presented issues of concern or sale outside of the meeting area. I met many old friends as well as making new friends. At our house in Teamekerlah we had about 20 people stay, and at The Life Center, another 20 people stayed for the duration of the meeting. After the meeting students, Tatupa as well as myself returned to the field to pick up trash as well as deconstruct the meeting area. Praise God for an exciting week!

Spring Semester in Thailand students had an opportunity to visit Witoon in Bala Village this past month. 29 students 2 helpers and 3 translators Mike and Ann Leming (Directors) traveled to the village on the 22nd of march and stayed until the 30th. Students in the 2012 SST group planted 500 banana tree’s alongside farmers. This year students worked hard to plant 1009 Banana tree’s with local farmers in our banana group. The students had the opportunity not only to learn about Lahu and Akha culture but also had a chance to understand the reality that many local farmers face in addition to being exposed to change in the midst of a broken world. I firmly believe that lives were changed and visions were cast by students fascinated and passionate about the world they live in. Our hope for them is that their experience could be lifechanging and eyeopening that one day they can commit their lives to serve those less fortunate than themselves! What a great week for the students and the villagers!

For the second year in a row, our friends from Yamagata Prefecture Japan have volunteered their time to come and join Witoon in Sustainable Agriculture Project. Whether working in the field or spending time in the village our volunteers had a chance to interact and build relationships with the local people. In the field our volunteers worked to create a dam from water slowly streaming down from the mountaintops. As most of the land has been burned and destroyed by chemicals some of the top soil has washed away. Some land cannot be used anymore because it has been utterly destroyed by overuse of chemicals and pesticides. We appricaite our dear friends visit and hope to bring more groups from Japan to join with the local farmers and work to build a more sustainable future through local grassroots initiatives like Witoon’s Community Development Project.

The Restore Initiative has been coming along wonderfully so far. Farmers in Pai, in Bala Village as well as Teemekerlah are well on their way into the program. 4 months in and Ajaan Suriya, who chose to raise chickens will be selling his 90 Chickens in late May, early June. The 5 Bala village farmers who chose to invest in Passion fruit have planted their seeds, built their trestles and await the fruits to grow. In Teemekerlah village farmers have invested in pig feed for their pigs. It is exciting to see community interest growing in all three locations, it will be great to watch this program as it grows. The local committee will meet later this month on how to better tackle some of the issues as well as add more structure to the program. The goal of this initiative is to see local farmers having the resources to begin to make a sustainable income through their existing agricultural occupations. As this small program grows we will continue to pray for God’s good guidance.

Students are coming up on their last few days at The Life Center. After 4 months of living together we have come to be like a family, working together, cooking together, playing together, and even crying together. This experience has been truly life changing for them as well as life changing for Tatupa, Tatumo and myself as well. After spending time learning the bible, learning English and learning life skills, students have become much more confident in themselves and also in their relationships with God. Nawgeay, which means beautiful in Karen, has experienced much growth in her walk. Upon coming to the Life Center she shared with us that Demons had tormented her for years, in the past her family would engage in animal sacrifice to the spirits, but upon coming to the local community they have come to accept Christ as their savior. Nawgeay herself has shared that her life is truly changed and she feels much closer to God. She has gained confidence and I believe she will be a future learned in her new home village of Ban Den.

In Late January Spring Semester in Thailand, a semester abroad program headed by Michael and Ann Leming based at Chiang Mai University stayed at Tatupas Life Center for a week. The 31 students all ranging from a variety of colleges and majors had a chance to do life together with students of The Life Center. This was an exciting visit for the students and exciting experience for the Life Center students, many of whom have never had a chance to interact with foreigners before. The students exchanged, language games and fun with The Life Center students, learned Karen culture and worshiped together. Local community members also joined the event. The Teemekerlah Village choir even came to show Karen Dance, Sword fighting and culture. Community elders joined in the fun to teach about how to play the Karen blow horn. The Life Center students were left with a great sense of appreciation for the foreign exchange students. After spending time singing songs, going out in the jungle to catch fish and enjoying the culture SST students also had a great time. In fact, 3 of these students will return back to the Karen villages in May to join the Adopt- a- Village program which encourages locals and foreigners to build meaningful relationships based in Christ.

In early January a group of 25 St. Olaf Students led by Ryan Sheppard decided to spend some of the week with Witoon and the villagers in Ban Bala Village. Part of a St. Olaf January Program students learning sociology engaged in studies involving various topics from Culture and Society to Religion and Social Economic problems in the Hilltribes. Witoon had an opportunity to share his vision with students inspiring them to follow their calling and pursue social justice. Students had an opportunity to learn about the social and economic issues facing local Lahu and Ahka villagers in Bala Village as well as the surrounding area. Near the end of the program students had an opportunity to join local farmers in building trestles for Passion Fruit vines to grow upon. These farmers have joined the Restore Initiative which aims to encourage farmers to integrate their farm with various cash crops. Although students only came for a short time they were able to be apart of the solution, joining local people who themselves are fighting for change! Thank God for a great week!

The HUG Project main mission is to prevent and protect children from violence, exploitation and abuse. We, as a foundation, believe that any abuse cases or crimes against children shall be reported to related agencies. One of our main task is to conduct fact finding in regards to child abuse, this lead to successful protection of children who were in difficult situations and where their voice cannot be heard. These children are now protected under the care of the government. Please continue to pray for the staff as we are assisting and working alongside of the children while they are going through prosecution process. Continue to pray for the children as they are going through a long term restoration plan, and pray that some of them would grow in faith and their love for Christ as he is our sole rescuer and savior.

Ban San Rak‘s Children Home organized a trip to Ob Luang Natioanl Park for Children and staff at the home during the Thai summer break. We had a great time playing in the water, fellowship, eating and singing together. Thank you God for allowing us to have this special time together. Please continue to pray for our children as they are entering the senior year in high school and for their preparation for the university examination.

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Thursday was so much fun! We took all of our Home of the Swallow staff, mothers and babies out to visit Mommy Daow in her village. Baby Sara has grown so much and is cuter than ever. Malee was at school so we missed seeing her cute face! We took out bags of rice, soap, talc, toothpaste and cooking supplies for Daow to use for the month. We were blessed to be able to collect bags of mango and jackfruit to take home with us! For a Mom that has next to nothing… she has an incredibly generous heart. Cannot wait for next months visit to encourage and bless this beautiful family!
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On April 1st we were so happy to have a new Mom and Bub join our Home of the Swallow Family. Mommy Morn and 3 month old baby boy Pun are from the hill tribes in Northern Thailand and have faced many struggles in their lives. Morn has experienced much hardship and rejection in her life and was in an unsafe relationship which she had to flee from. After seeking help at a local Hospital and staying at a government refuge, she was able to come and live here with us. We are so glad that we can care for this beautiful young family and see them come to know the love of Christ in their lives and receive the healing they need. Please pray for Morn and Pun’s safety whilst they are with us for the year and pray for wisdom for our staff as they seek the best way to help them.
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Last Monday (April 1st) we welcomed Mommy Didi and gorgeous 2 month old baby boy Siam into our Home of the Swallow family. Didi’s story is similar to so many of our other girls… abuse, neglect, lack of support, rejection and more. We are glad to have Didi and Siam in our home and look forward to see them growing into a lovely family. Please pray for them as they transition and receive some much needed love and care from our staff this year.
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Family Connection Foundation (HUG Project) in collaboration with Wattanaprat Foundation and Cornerstone Counseling Foundation organized an Attachment Training for organizations working with children. The training aims to help an organization’s staff to understand children with attachment disorders and how we can provide best care for children especially those that are traumatized and abused. We would like to thank God that we had total of 40 attendees signed up for this training and we had to at least 10 applicants because we were out of space! Please pray for God to continue his blessing and wisdom for the participants that they can utilized the knowledge gained from this training in developing their child care system.

For more pictures, please visit https://www.facebook.com/hugprojectthailand

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How blessed are we?! Look at this amazing new green grass. We have been so used to the kids playing in dirt out the front of our house, that we forgot how beautiful fresh green grass can be! A wonderful team from Canada came this morning to bless our home and worked incredibly hard in 40 degree heat (Celsius – that is about 100 degrees Fahrenheit)   to give our children a beautiful new play area out the front. Pat & Flora and Ryder & Beth from The Light Church Chiang Mai helped to lead the team and bless our home so much. Now… just to keep the kids off it for enough time so that it grows nice and lush. So blessed!
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On the weekend a freak storm hit the Church of Power where our girls and staff worsip. Apple our Project Manager is the lead Pastor there. It was very scary for the church people that were there when it happened. They said they just were still and prayed, as they were all there preparing for church the following day. Apple said that the office and children’s room were destroyed and the roof was blown away. They have no budget to fix it as yet but if you would like to contribute to the costs, please donate through out “Donate Page” and email us at hosadmin@thaiconnections.org so we can let the Church know they can begin rebuilding.
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I was suspended 31 January 2013 from my employment without pay on allegation of “gross incompetency in the performance of my work”.
I am currently employed as an Executive Director in a bank and have been working for the past 39 years and 11 years for the employer who has suspended me. Shareholders / owners of my current employer changed in March 2012 and I am one of the two executives from the previous regime still in the employment of my employer. The change in ownership of the company resulted in the appointment of a new managing director and board of directors. The allegation was fabricated when I refused to accept an exit/severance pay package, which, in my view, was inconsistent with my contract of employment. The allegation is false and malicious and is intended to fix me for refusing to accept the employer’s terms of employment termination which are designed to financial prejudice me. I attended the initial disciplinary hearing (court) to answer the alleged misconduct on Monday, 18 February 2013 , which has since been adjourned to 19 April 2013 at 7.00 hours (GMT) and this may result in my dismissal from work.
I was suspended without pay three (3) months ago and because of the long period of suspension I have now exhausted all my savings, as a result, I am now failing to pay my bills and my daughter’s tuition and residence fees at a foreign University. I have massive legal fees to pay the attorney who is representing me in this case.

I am, therefore, asking you to pray:
- For justice and fairness to prevail in this trial;
- For the hearing officer (judge) to be honesty and impartial;
- For the truth to prevail;
- For God and the Holy Spirit to defend and protect me against those who are fighting and PERSECUTING me in this case;
Ask God to defend me against this false allegation;
- Ask God to expose corruption, favoritism, bias, dishonesty, fraudulence, lies and falsehood in this case;
- That I be acquitted because I have done nothing wrong but I am being persecuted and victimized for standing up for the truth and being ethical;
- A peaceful resolution;
- A quick resolution;
- A mutual and fair separation; and
- For my lawyer and his team to be guided by the Lord and the Holy Spirit in their preparation of my defense outline.
Thank you and God Bless
Farayi James Mabasha
15 Knowetop Drive, Harare, Zimbabwe. Phone No. + 263775260122 and +263772406023

Urgent
Pray for zara’ s operation tomorrow
Pray for Pete and Cheryl for finances
Pray as a viral video of me evangelising please help the lord get the glory and let me know what it is and pray that can the teenagers come to know Jesus as I think it is not of glory to god
Pray for Neal as he has had a heart attack
Pray that I will know jesus loves me in the area of relationships, church and finances
Pray as I so desperatly want a church and to learn greek and hebrew
Pray as I have lost hope in myself and in God, pray that I can sort out things in Lucienes church and with Luciene as it seems like everything is lost
Pray as I feel like scum in Gods eyes
Pray for Reese that he can become a christian and that he can find a christian girlfriend, or that his girlfriend can become christian
Pray for Hamid as because he is a converted muslim he is getting ridiculed because his wife and daughter are ill, pray as his daughter is going blind due to diabetes and his wife has had two strokes and cannot move her arm, they are saying that is the curse of Ala because he converted to christianity
Pray for work that I can have the energy and strength and work three days a week, pray that I can mix things up correctly
Pray that I will get anything whether it is unforgiveness or sin in relationships that is stopping my prayers reaching heaven, pray that I will know exactly what it is
pray that I will know what God said to me last so I can obey him
Pray for my chefs course that I can get a good grade synoptic test, pray that I can get a hand mixer and some proper scales and have all the things I need

Evangelism
Pray for conversations, pray that the youth will be open and not degrade Jesus so much and I will have answers to the jesus myth questions and there personal life questions
Pray that I will not get hindered by things delaying me when evangelising
Pray for the Muslims and Mormans and the constant Jehovahs witness and Hari Christna presence
pray for a new phone as I use it for evangelism and ipad mini
Pray for more people like the women of the well
Pray that i can get a tract printed
Pray for a female evangelist who is about my age to evangelise with me pray as I feel so depressed when non christian girls ask me out and hinder my evangelism!

Relationships and Church
Pray as I feel like I have been flung from church to church and have no home church. pray that I can find somewhere that I can call my home. Pray as I do not mind if it is in London.
Pray for a godly spouse as each week I am tempted by non christians, pray as each week I am tempted by non christians and I get people really hurt me in this area that I do not want to go out evangelizing again, pray that God can increase my faith, Pray as each week I get the mick taken out of me because I am single whilst evangelizing and because I am a virgin
Pray as the devil continually tells me I will never get married and I am worthless, pray as I never have enough money, pray that I can be content
Pray as I get so many non christians ask me out and I so want to have a beautiful christian spouse who is my age and who the Lord wants, who has black hair and who loves Jesus, loves books
Pray that I can rent somewhere in London as it is so expensive
Pray as I cry about having a godly spouse and getting married and I find it so hard to find that God loves me in this area , pray that I will be able to support my spouse physically , spiritually and financially with a car, somewhere to rent and a stable job
pray as I cry over Luciene and pray that she will talk with me as I cry day and night about her 
Pray for Lou and Sandra 
Pray for Keith M
Pray for Dave Lay 
Pray for Joy and Wendy 
Pray that God would reverse the Gay marriage in the house of Lords 
Pray for Jon that he can get married to his girlfriend
Pray for Christi that she can get married to her boyfriend

Godly Spouse 
Pray for Tim Hurst, Jono, Michael Virgo ,keith miller, Andy Guilder,dave lay, Philip, me for a godly spouse and the finances to support her and pray that we can have enough money for a house and a good job
Pray for the finances to get married and that I can support my spouse physically spiritually and mentally

Couples
Pray for Clayton and Jesse 
Pray for Melissa and James 
Pray for Richard  and his wife that they can have a baby 
Pray for Anita and George 
Pray for Fatima and Jay that I can come to there wedding

Family 
Pray for Dad, Dan, Me for work
Pray for Phillip for work
Pray for Esther for a godly spouse and that she will have a permanent job  
Pray for Sam and Jenna and Olly 
Pray that esther can get more people at Zumba and that she can find work
Pray for Nathan and Abby
Pray for Susie with the Youthgroup
Pray that Nathan will become more godly 
Pray that Daniel and susie can get more sleep and enjoy nathan and abby more 
Pray for Daniel for work 

Pray for jack and Harriet 
Pray for Manda and Rob 
Pray for TOm and Anna 
Pray for Nona and Patrick 
Pray for Alex and Denise pray that they can talk with the family again and that things can be reconciled 
Pray for Corrina and Chloe 
Pray for Susan and Robin
Pray for james and Katy 
Pray for Felicity 
pray for Phillipa and Dave 
Pray for Jake, Joe and Alice
Pray for Graham out in Portugal 
Pray for my Grandma that she can keep the house and that I can take my future spouse out there and to France with my nonas house 
Pray for more family reunions 
Pray for Salvation for them all 

Canterbury Christian Union Friends
Pray that I can see more of them 
 

Dads workers
Pray for favor with antony hen and that dad can help him with his truck, pray that he can get more work from him
Pray for Darren and hamid 
Pray for Nicky Stuart that he can truly become saved 
Pray for Reese 
Pray that I can work with dad at least three days a week
Pray that they can have more money
Pray for christian music on site 

New Hope Fellowship 
Pray for John G and Mayette 
Pray for Noel and Chrina 
Pray for the Brasteds
Pray for Steven Glen 
Pray for a new youth group 

Bridge Lane 
Pray for Pastor Tony 
Pray for Q1 
Pray for Natalie and Elle 
Pray for George and Anitas baby 
Pray for Mary and Betty 
Pray for Joanna 
Pray for Jay and Fatima and there wedding 
Pray for Carmel and Bernard 
pray for Daniel and his wife 
Pray for Michael west 
Pray for the iranian girl and the romanian 
Pray for more young people 

Andy Coombers Group
Pray for Andy and Kathy 
Pray for David who goes to China
Pray for Kevin and Lou
Pray for Benny
Pray for Betty and Mary
Pray for more young people 
Pray for Bobby

Neal and Gladis Group 
Pray for more younger female members 
Pray that I can study at a more deeper level 
Pray for Keith and his wife 
pray for Neal and gladis
Pray as we desperately need more people to our group

Stretham Baptist Church 
Pray for Pastor Phil 
Pray for Luciene 
pray for Denise 
Pray as I so desperatly want to talk and hear from luciene

Cancer and Diseases 
Pray for, Howard, Pam Kloss who have cancer 
Pray for my Grandma who has cancer  
Pray for Dave Ivory for a full recovery 
Pray for Zara who is going blind due to diabetes
Pray for Denise who is in a serious situation , pray that I can see denise

North church baptist Church 
Pray for Dave Russell and that the church would be alot more friendly and loving
Pray for Nigel Brown and his wife 
Pray for Dave and debbie
Pray for Tomy and sally
Pray for Mark and his wife and that his wife can become a christian
 
Sunrise Fellowship 
Pray for Andre and Camilla 
pray for Pastor Eddie and Schlane 
Pray for Ondre and his wife 
Pray for Vanessa and Joshua 
Pray for Jordan 
Pray for more young female members of the church 
Pray for the holy spirit in the church

Israel 
Pray if God wants me to go to Israel he will give me the money to get there 
Pray as I really have problems with israel because of Lou pray that i can sort them out 

Kettlebells friends 
Pray for Rachael 
Pray for Lewis 
Pray for Tiffany 
Pray for more people at the class 
Pray that i can share the gospel and practise and get more weight

Dayspring Dancers 
Pray for David and Sandy 
Pray for more younger dancers preferably female 
Pray for Dave and Christine 
Pray for Joe and Anna 
Pray for David 
Pray as we barely have any dancers pray for more
Pray for more shows

Evangelism
Pray that I can evangelize twice in a week and pray that I can street preach
Pray for conversations and that I can go to speakers corner
Pray that I can learn Greek and Hebrew 
Pray as I would so be free to evangelize on the trains if I had a spouse 
Pray that I can write my own tract and have the energy to get it published 
Pray for new shoes 
Pray as I so need a new phone as I use it for evangelism
and a nexus 7 or an ipad mini would be useful
Pray for Dean that he can become friends with Michael
Pray as driving would be so useful it means that I would be able to go to different cities 
Pray a testimony in the area of marriage as it would be great if God could do something like this as I have struggled with images on the internet so much
Pray as the area of relationships is an area that stops me going out on the streets evangelizing and finances , pray as I so want for God to get the glory in this situation 
Pray as i get hindered by small girls pray that they come to church
pray that I can get married so I can be free to evangelise more as it makes me depressed as there is no suitable christians in church and I feel god does not love me in this area and I get tempted by pornography

Michael Virgo
Pray for his trading , pray that he will show him something else if it not his will 
Pray for the RDS system that he can sort that out 
Pray that he can move out his family home
Pray for his Mum and Dad 

Jerry Goldfinch
Pray as he is in a mental institution and he asked me to look after his keys i am afraid of him, Pray that God can sort out his mind, pray that god can sort his situation out

Way Inn Bookshop
Pray as the shop desperately needs a new computer system, pray that we can get a touchscreen android system
Pray for Peggy that she can go onto more christian bookshop retreats
Pray that the shop stays afloat
Pray as there is a retreat that people can learn about the christian book industry
Pray for new young Christian female volunteers 
Pray as I so want to read 4 bible commentaries and books in a day but I always get distracted 
Pray that no more catholic things will be in the bookshop 

Hebrews 11:6 KJV
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is , and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Matthew 6:33 KJV
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Personal Things 
Pray as I so want to drive and get a new car so that I can evangelize round the country , pray as I have wanted to drive since I was younger 
Pray as I need £30 for the driving test and then £60 for the actual test and then I need a certain amount of money for a car
Pray as my weight as I am always thin 
Pray that I can get onto level 2 of my chefs course and find work and pray as I always seem to do badly on grades even thou working so hard
Pray as I so want a spouse and the finances to support her this is probably the thing I want the most and a church with good teaching and the holy spirit 
Pray that I can get on a open university course and sort it out and transfer my credits 
Pray that I will know what Gods will is for my life and that I will know clearly as people manipulate me 
Pray for a new phone as I use it for evangelism and it would be nice to have a nexus 4 and a nexus 7 or an Ipad 
Pray that I can do websites and do an Iphone and a Android App 
Pray that I can sell websites for a living and earn money 
Pray that I can finish my portrait and learn my guitar 
Pray that I can go on a holiday somewhere with Oak Hall 
Pray as I so desperatly want to move out as the rent is so high and pray that I will have enough disposable Income 
Pray that I can kick my ass into gear and learn Hebrew and phone the open university people and get funding , pray that I can take level 2 cooking aswell and get a job in industry 
pray that I can finish my painting of Polly and get it finished quickly and do some per week

Pray that I can have the holy spirit in more of my everyday life 

Jdg 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Jdg 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said,  How shall we do for wives for them that remain,  seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said,  It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Psa 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Pray for a godly Beautiful spouse and Jdg 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Jdg 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said,  How shall we do for wives for them that remain,  seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said,  It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Psa 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Pray for a godly Beautiful spouse as i have been sowing in tears for along time and that I will have the finances to support her, pray that I will know that god loves me, as I have cried so much about this , pray for a testimony in my life so I can glorify god especially in this area and pray that I can speak to luciene and get her gifts, learning to drive 
Pray as I find it very hard to even know that Jesus loves and feel that he has abandoned me in other relationships, pray as I sometimes feel he is not faithful 

Church 
Pray as I desperatly want a church 
Pray for a church with young people and a church that has the holy spirit and theologically sound and a church that I can serve to my full capicity 
Pray that i can go to lucienes church and that the situation can be sorted as the situation with the pastor

Pray for Hamid for his wife and his daughter, Pray as they are saying that his daughter and wife are ill because he converted to a christian and his daughter and wife are ill due to a curse from Allah
Pray as his daughter has diabetes and is going blind, Pray as his wife has had a stroke and cannot move her arm, thyroid problem.
Pray for Neil who just had a heartattack
Pray for work tommorow for a good night sleep and that I can pray for all the needs people have
Pray for a godly spouse
Pray that I will know God cares for me in this area,
Pray that I can learn to drive
Pray that I can sort out my relationship with Luciene and her church,
Pray for the energy to work tommorow
Pray for a deeper love of Jesus
Pray for work on site that they can get all the bricks round, pray for reese and darren
Pray for swimming pray for conversations about Jesus and pray for godly music at work
Pray desperatly for a church
Pray for Nathan and Abby that they will be good and that they will be at peace

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Tom Miyakawa was one of teachers at BLT.

The LCCC staff send a week to go through all questions and answers of LCCC No. 1-10

Schedule in April
This April I plan to have a Retreat in which all of my staff will be a part of. I feel this is a very important event for our staff, BLT alumni, and other friends to be a part of. The reason I feel that it is so important is that the purpose behind the retreat is to focus on family, and if my staff are married, they are required to come as a couple. The topic of the study is “The Family in the Bible”. The retreat will be a time to rest and spend time with your spouse. We are pleased to have 4-5 Lahu families come from China who are friends with our Lahu Literature Project students that we taught last year. The purpose of their visit is to come and learn more about how we do our ministry here so that they can better there ministry in China. This retreat will be held in Mae Hong Son Province and we plan to be there for four or five days, with a fairly easy schedule of Bible study in the morning and fishing or other types of relaxing things in the afternoons. Please pray with us as we prepare for this retreat and pray that it will be a great time of fellowship, rest and bonding with our friends and as well as with our spouses

Boom, Jume and Victoria from the HUG Project, and Ban San Rak Children’s Home accompanied one of the children from the program to visit her family during the Thai school break. One of our goals is to ‘keep the families together’, and working with other network in order to provide for the children and their families. Ban San Rak was established to provide long term restoration programs for children aiming to strengthen each child to meet their full capacity holistically.

From the picture: While we are working with the children, International Justice Mission (IJM) has been working with the family and help them with career training through raising pigs and small investment that suit the local needs.

We were blessed to witness the excitement which was shown from the mother’s face, and how proud she was to show her daughter the two happy pigs that she has been raised and which will eventually become the income for family. Please pray that God will continue to bless the family, and pray for the full restoration of the children and their families in our programs.

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We are attempting to ‘Go Green’ at Home of the Swallow and are looking for donations of quality cloth diapers to use in our home. With all the mother’s and babies we have living in our Home, living in the Transition Home and the mothers that we help in the villages… we know that we can save hundreds of dollars each month! Currently we are using disposable diapers but it takes so much of our budget away from other important needs such as staff wages, medical supplies and education, that we want to make the switch to save money and to help save the environment.

If you would like to help our Diaper Drive, we have supporters in the US and Australia collecting them for us who will bring them over when they visit in July. Please email hos@thaiconnections.org so we can put you in contact with them.

Family Connection Foundation commits for its staff/volunteer/members to attend a yearly child protection training. This training was provided by Boom from the HUG Project and Jume from Baan Sanrak. All of Family Connection Foundation staff must sign our comprehensive child protection policy and attend our child protection workshop which will be organized yearly. Special Thanks to Penthai Thewin from Wattanaprat Foundation ECPAT Foundation, and Ace Diloy from Stairway Foundation .

Boom and Jume from the HUG Project attended the Multi disciplinary team training for protection of human trafficking victims organized by the Chiang Mai Office of Social Development and Human Security. The goal of the training (held March 19th, 2013) was to build capacity of the multi-disciplinary team members in protecting of the rights of human trafficking victims. Boom was also the MC for the workshop.

The HUG project was established to prevent, protect and care for children who become human trafficking victims and abuse in the upper region of Northern Thailand. The project works alongside of the Thai government and NGO’s aiming to combat human trafficking issues in Thailand.

For more picture please visit https://www.facebook.com/hugprojectthailand

Dear Sisters/Brothers,

I am contacting you to ask you to pray for me as much as you can. I am being attacked by an evil entity that has been physically attacking my body and brain for almost a year. It attacks me repeatedly and I am a very weak person and have not been able to fight it off. I beg you to pray for me to be saved from it as it has claimed it wants to make my brain bleed and blind me. Very few people believe me apart from my partner, but it initially posed as an angel and then began to destroy me. I very much appreciate any prayers you can offer me and if you have any information about exorcism I would greatly appreciate it. Much love and blessing to you all.

Dawn Mellowship

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There is still another 292 days for you to be part of out 3.six.five fundraising project for this year. We are looking for 365 people to donate $100 to sponsor each day of 2013. This will enable Home of the Swallow to keep the home up and running in 2013. If you want to donate, please head to the website our Founder, Amanda Slinn, has set up online www.gofundme.com/project-3sixfive or donate via the Family Connection Foundation Donation Page here http://www.thaiconnections.org/hos-donate.

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On Tuesday March 12th, our Project Manager Apple was able to take our girls out for lunch, to relax and enjoy some special time together. We are thankful that our wonderful nursery staff took care of the children so that our Moms could have a few hours rest and relaxation. The girls ate and ate and ate… it was a buffet lunch! There was also lots of Karaoke singing. If you know Thai Karaoke well then I am sure you can enjoy a laugh and light hearted moment with us now. Here is a photo of Apple letting loose on stage and enjoying the limelight. We are so glad the girls and Apple enjoyed some quality time together. They deserve it! They are all so wonderful.

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God is moving in Home of the Swallow. We are entering a time of great change and transition and we praise God for opening the doors to new opportunities for us all. Next week 3 of our mother’s and babies will be moving out of Home of the Swallow into the Home of the Swallow Transition Home. We have been praying for many years to have a transition home to help the mom’s that are ready to leave us but have no family to go back to or want to stay living close by our family. We have secured a townhouse to rent just a few streets down from our home and the mom’s will be completely responsible for the place. We have received some funding to furnish the house with mattresses, fans, gas stove, wardrobes and more so the girls will have a comfortable place to live.

Please pray for our girls as they transition. Pray that their fear and doubts would turn to joy as they see the Lord leading and directing their steps. Pray that they would grow closer to God each day, learning to rely on Him for all things. God is living on the inside of them and so we know He will continue to love and take care of them no matter where they live.

As these 3 mother’s and babies leave we will be welcoming 3 new mother’s and baby’s into our Home of the Swallow family in 2 weeks time. Please also pray for their transition as they come from difficult backgrounds. We pray that God would use us to help them transform their lives for the better and see them grow and flourish into responsible young mothers.

[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] This month we wanted to take time to share about our wonderful staff here at Home of the Swallow. We are blessed to have such caring, compassionate and driven staff. They lay their lives down daily for our children, for our single mother’s and for the families in our community. We are very fortunate that all of our staff love the Lord and are united in Christ. From our house parents to our administration staff, to the wonderful women that work in our Nursery… they all have such servant hearts! God has called them to this ministry and we pray that we can provide them with opportunities to learn, develop themselves and grow.

If you would like to sponsor one of our staff members please go to our Donate Page or email hos@thaiconnections.org
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