The Journey - Moving Toward the Heart of God
Posted on Aug 08 2006 | Tagged as: faith, faith in action, thailand project
In March of 2005 we began a conversation about transforming the hearts of our WCHS students. Our hope was that we would all begin to have hearts that break for the things that break Christ’s heart.
The result was a trip that turned into a journey… it is ongoing.
We have returned from the trip, but our hearts still ache for our new family in Thailand.
You see, we have fallen in love with the children and staff of Grace Ministries. These are children of extreme poverty, some are orphans, and all were at risk of exploitation. These children are inspiring. They are passionate to become leaders within their country and to change the future for other children.
What happened is they changed us. We came with a lifestyle distracted by entertainment and over indulgence (we still struggle here), now we see Christ much clearer and desire to be captivated by Him. We don’t want to be ordinary, we want to be extraordinary.
While on the trip a vision emerged. We could see very clearly that out of our admiration and love for one another we could develop a partnership that would be mutually beneficial. We would love them like brothers and sisters and tell their story to anyone who would listen. The result of our story telling has been that people feel compelled to respond. Children are getting sponsored and new buildings are being built. More children are being saved.
Grace Ministries is becoming a hub for this kind of work. They will train others to start similar types of work and more children will be saved and groomed into leadership. We will keep telling the story and churches and organizations will be compelled to support these new works.
We also benefit from this relationship. We get to go back and live with them each summer. We get to love them and be loved. We get to learn to put ourselves last.
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on 19 Aug 2006 at 4:35 pm 1 Eva said …
Hi, Andy ,
God is good to have you here in Thailand.by the way Im Eva from the Philippines and residing here in Chiangdao District Chiangmai City .Im a full time missionary having started year 2001.by the way Ive been inspired by these vision that came into reality which was the same as ours .for now we have and orphanage center located here in Chiangdao ,it is called CHIANGDAO CHRISTIAN STUDENT CENTER,WE STARTED MARCH 27,2005 WITH 15 STUDENTS.My husband is a tentmaker also the Director of our center.we loved the hilltribes children like the lahu,lisu,musee,and others.
For now we want to expand these vision from a small english learning center into an orphanage center,a church and now praying for another house for the palong tribes.by the way my son is our interpreter during our service or bible study though we too speak THAI language now.
Hope to see you in the near future and discuss how we can expand more in these ministry that GOD entrusted us.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR TEAM,
EVA