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:

Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation (HDQLF)- June 9, 2009

Students at the Hostel at HDQLF, - June 9, 2009

Hello,

Praise God for the students that God has brought to us this year. There are some students from broken families and from families that have problems. (Some students come from families whose father sells drugs, and one girl's father is currently in jail for selling drugs and her mother wants her to get married now.) Some are from families that aren't Christians, while others are from Christian families. There are Hmong in Thailand who give lip service to being Christian, but don't understand what it means to be a Christian. They aren't really Christians. When they accept Christ into their hearts, they don't necessarily want Jesus, they just want freedom from sacrificing to the spirits. Please pray for the students that are living here with us this year. It's not easy. We need to rely on God's wisdom, love and patience in order to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Right now, the weather is changing and many students are sick. They are: Chai, Pu, Tong, Mai, and Kowit. Please pray for these students.

As for the girls, they are all doing well. Please pray for God's protection over them. Many Hmong girls in Thailand get married very quickly, about 12-15 years of age. This is too fast. They get married, and then have marriage problems and that leads to more broken families. Pray that the students here would put God as number one in their lives and that they would see the importance of an education in their lives. The reason that I am saying this is that last year one of the female students here left to get married. She was very young.

May God bless you and thank you for your prayers and support.

Somboon

June 9, 2009

Raising Pigs: April 10, 2009

Hello,

This year, I have a plan to start raising pigs. We have bought 5 pigs. Last night it rained really hard here. One of the pigs died in the rain last night. Maib has already cooked the pig for us to eat. These pigs are not regular domesticated pigs, but they're wild pigs. They're different in that domesicated pigs are physically not as strong. Pork from domesticated pigs is cheaper. Wild pigs are not as easy to raise as domesticated pigs because you can't really teach them anything. Wild pigs are also smaller, but there is more meat on them, and the meat is more expensive. But the wild pigs that we're raising right now we're not planning on selling or anything, this is just a tryout, a test if you will, to see how it goes. We don't have a place to keep the pigs and the area where we're keeping the pigs right now isn't very big. These pictures are of the pigs and a few of the children that are going to be living with us this year. It's now Songkran here.

I will send you another email after Songkran letting you know which students will be living with us next year. God bless you.Somboon

Raising Pigs