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There are several areas that I'm involved with in serving the Akha tribal people in partnership with Akha Churches of Thailand (ACT). Teaching and preaching in Akha villages -- Working with an Akha drama team is great fun and one that the Akha tribal people understand because their culture is based an oral communication. For the last few years, I've worked a lot with Akha opium addicts, but this activity has changed recently and will slow down in 2007. Northern Thailand agricultural development -- I'm partnering with one of our American Baptist Missionaries in northern Thailand, Mike Mann, in doing coffee planting in villages that are higher in altitude than most. The goal of this project is that by helping in this way, we might show God's love to help those with very little income. Then we often have an open door to speak about Jesus. Akha village leadership training -- I'm working with Akha leaders of the ACT to reach out to Akha villages that are weak in leadership development is one of my primary on-going activities. |
Scholarships for Needy Chiang Rai and Northern Thailand Students through ABC-IM STEP Pledges -- There are many children in Chiang Raid and other areas of northern Thailand for whom education is not a "given". With the help of sponsors who pledge money to the American Baptist Churches - International Ministries "Student Tuition Expense Program" program, children here in northern Thailand have the opportunity to study in grades K-12. STEP funds are used exclusively towards their educational expenses and give them hope for a brighter future. Providng Income to Akha Women through Akha Crafts Program -- One of our ministries has been to help generate family income for Akha hilltribe people in northern Thailand by working with village women to produce hand-stitched home items, purses, handbags, vests, personal accessories, cards, and other items sold through the Thailand Tribal Crafts Store in Chiang Rai and the Akha Crafts Internet Store. All product sales go the Akha women who do the stiching in villages, and to the Akha and Thai product-assembly staff in Chiang Rai who do the final sewing. Click here to go to the Akha Crafts Internet Store website. |
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