[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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 … Continue reading →
[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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, … Continue reading →
[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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. .
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 … Continue reading →
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, … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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 … 
[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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, … 
[Home of the Swallow - mother and baby home] 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. .
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 … 
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, … 
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 … 
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 … 
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 … 
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 … 
