Planting the One Thousand Rubber Trees

Through a donation of a believer in the United States, we were able to purchase 1,000 trees, that can later be used to make rubber items, as an investment for the future. If God's willing, we hope that one day the profits from the rubber trees can help the Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation so that we can continue our ministry in furthering God's Kingdom. Below are some of the pictures of the planting of the rubber trees as well as the making of the little rest shelter. Praises be to our God! Thank you for being a part of our ministry through prayers and financial support.

God bless,
Somboon


Two truck loads of Rubber Trees...ready to be planted.
 












 

Praises and Prayer Request: Former Witchdoctor and Family accepted Christ

Today, a Hmong Laotian came to the hospital here in Chiang Khong. The sick person is a witch doctor from a village close to the Laos/China border. The sick person has been demon possessed and the demons are making him sick. His children did the prescribed ceremonies and sacrificed many pigs and cows like the demons requested. But the witchdoctor didn’t get any better. The demons wanted even more sacrifices. The man almost died. He and members of his family decided to become Christians. Today I took Kia and the girls at the girls’ house to visit him and his family at the hospital here in Chiang Khong. They told me and the girls that they have no recourse left except to accept Jesus as their Savior! We prayed with them and they prayed to receive Christ! Five people, including the (former) witchdoctor accepted the Lord! Praise God! I would like to ask you to pray for the former witchdoctor, that God would heal him while he’s at the hospital. Pray also that they would stand firm and steadfast in their faith. The son of the sick man used to be a teacher in Laos and now he works for the Laotian government. When he decided to accept Christ, he will have to leave his work, all of it, because the government officials in the district where he lives don’t like Christians. Please pray for all of them.

Thank you and God bless you.

Pastor Somboon

Visit to Luang Prabang Province, Laos - March 24-27, 2010

These are photos of the brothers and sisters we visited in Laos March 24-27. We went to Luang Prabang Province. Travel was difficult because the village we went to was deep in the forest. The trail was very steep and the village was the last village on that road. It was actually the highest peak in Luang Prabang. But when we got there, we felt very คุ้ม because the Christians there love God and we really felt the presence of God there.

The village we went to was Khai’s village. Khai is a former Bible student at the Bible Training Center here in Chiang Khong. When he returned to his village after studying Bible, his grandparents were not believers. His grandfather was a witchdoctor in the village. Upon his return to the village, Khai stayed at his grandfather’s house, and slept close to a spirit altar. Every night Khai prayed that his grandfather would accept the Lord, but it looked like that was impossible because his grandfather was not interested in the gospel at all. After that, the spirit altar that was set up right in the middle of the house would fall over on the floor almost every night for no reason. Then Khai’s grandfather got very sick. He felt like someone or something was pinching his heart, making it very difficult to breathe. He was sick like this for many days. Khai’s grandfather then decided to accept Christ. At the exact moment that he prayed to receive Christ, he was healed instantly. Khai and his parents then burned the spirit altar and all spirit paraphernalia and the entire family has been well since then.
There are many demons in this village. Every day a demon spirit appears in the village and someone gets sick. After Khai and his family moved back to the village after Khai had finished studying Bible with us, Khai and his family prayed and battled with the demon spirits. Many non-believers in the village are recognizing that since they returned, the demon spirits don’t bother them nearly as much as they used to.

Khai is now married and his wife just gave birth about 2 months ago. And, there are many people in surrounding villages who want to accept Christ. Khai and his father are receiving phone calls from people who want to accept the Lord, but due to travel difficulties are unable to come see them.
Please pray for me as well. I really want to help the Hmong in Laos. The villages are far, really far. Children from 4th grade up need to leave their house at 5 AM in order to get to school on time. In some villages, some children are walking up to 4 kilometers without shoes. Some of the children are also afraid to walk through the forest. Please pray for Khai and his family’s ministry there. Don’t pray for things to be better, more comfortable because when we are comfortable, we tend to not be on fire for God. But pray that God will protect and take care of those in Laos who belong to Him.

God bless you.

Somboon

PISHON CHURCH

It has been 4 months since we started Pishon church. Each of us here at the foundation has a part in serving God at church. Many of the students come from families that are not believers. Those that do come from Christian families come here with the understanding that a church is the sole responsibility of one person – a pastor. The idea that the body of Christ is made up of many members, all with spiritual gifts, who are to serve God by serving each other is a foreign concept to many Hmong people here in Thailand. Therefore, from the first Sunday, we have given everyone an opportunity to take part in the church. Some serve by singing in the choir, while others serve as greeters. Some play drums and guitar while others are responsible for collecting the offering. Everyone helps clean. We want Pishon Church to be a light in the darkness. We want to see God raise up mature believers in Christ. Susan has been teaching English as an outreach of the church in an effort to expose many Thai Buddhists to what a church is. Otherwise, many would never be willing to attend. She has had many opportunities to share about the One True God who created the world and who loves us with an everlasting love. Pastor Somboon is giving private guitar lessons as an outreach of the church as well. We are also doing a lot of teaching about one-on-one sharing and evangelizing with friends, family and co-workers. We want God to bring people who are hurting and who are in need that we can minister to. Please pray for this new church plant.

TEACHING A CHILDREN CLUB IN A HMONG VILLAGE

The 7 girls who live at the girls’ house have been doing a children’s club at Baan Muankan, a Hmong village about 30 minutes from Chiang Khong. They go twice a month on Sunday afternoons. They have been doing this for almost 2 years. They sing worship songs, teach a Bible story, color a picture, teach a memory verse and play games. There are about 20 children that come on a regular basis, but there are always more children who come sporadically on any given Sunday. The children are divided up into 2 groups and each of girls at the hostel has a responsibility to prepare lessons, teach a song, lead games, etc. At first, some of the girls at the hostel were very shy and refused to do much of anything, but after a few months, they looked forward to spending time with the children. When the club time is over, many of the children refuse to go home and climb into the truck, not wanting Phee (older siblings) to leave.
At the same time that the girls are teaching the children, Kia, a staff member, goes to a Christian woman’s house in the same village and spends time encouraging her and a few other Christian women from the Word. This is a special time for these women as there is no church in this village and any Christian teaching/encouragement is few and far between. These few women are God’s light and they are sharing God’s love with those around them. Please pray for them as their lives aren’t easy. Pawn, one Christian woman, said she wants to be in a place where people don’t like her and where living a Christian life is difficult so that she can be salt and light to those around her. Please pray for her and the other Christian women in this village.

Somboon's Visit to China 2009

Some of the Team Members:



Hello,
Thank you for all your pryrs and support. I was blessed to be a part of the team that went to China this past summer and would like to share Father’s work in China with you all. Even though the ministry that I’m involved is here in Thailand, for a long time now, I’ve pryed for Father to open doors for me to go to the surrounding closed countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, and China. Praise the Lrd, this year, Father has given me that opportunity. Our team, which made up of people from the United States, China, and Thailand, was there for about two weeks from July 15th - August 2nd, 2009. It was a very humbling experience. We visited a lot of poor Hmong villages. Some of the Hmong villages have no water supply. They either depend totally on the rain as their main source or get their water from man-made ponds for cooking, drinking, washing, and feeding the animals. Some Hmong houses are made from red dirt because it was free. However, more than the physical poverty is the spiritual darkness they are living in. Almost all of the Hmong we met had either never heard of our Father or even knew who Father's Son JC is. While we were there, one young man accepted Father's Son JC and another went to church with us for the first time. Praise the Lrd! Even in the short time that we were there, Father has allowed us to see His hand at work. There are so much work to be done and very few workers. If Father wills, I would like to go back in the future to encourage them through His words. Pry with me for the Hmong people in China as well as those in Thailand that they will come to know our Lrd JC.

God bless.

Somboon





Water used for drinking, cooking, washing, etc.

House made out of red dirt:

August 23, 2009: 8 Students Accepted Christ

Hello,

Praise God for the worship time we had Sunday (yesterday) morning. God blessed all of us and touched some of the students' hearts as well. Eight students accepted Jesus into their lives! We believe there was great joy yesterday in heaven as the students prayed to receive Jesus. May God bless all of you who have had a part in praying for us here and in supporting us. Please continue to pray for these 8 students in this picture, that their faith will be strong. They are: Tong, Sai, Mai, Pin, Peace, Mone and Newt and Qia. Please pray for these 8 children. May God bless all of you in your work and may you love God more and more each day.

Somboon (Kaub Yaj)


8 Students Who Accepted Christ:

















Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation Group Picture: