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from Daughters of Ruth - Thailand

June, 2008

The DAUGHTERS OF RUTH range in age from 8 to 18. They suffer from abuse, distrust, embarrassment, fear and shame. They do not have family or friends to support them and no clue how to start over. They come to us from a life of corruption and exploitation, yet it is amazing to see the transformation Christ makes in their hearts and minds when they become Christians. Thank you for faithfully including them in your mission outreach.

The progress our girls have made speaks volumes about what could be accomplished if we had more room. At present, we have 21 girls with 27 waiting to get into our program. The director of juvenile prisons for northern Thailand is willing to release more girls and transfer them to us providing we have capacity to care for them. When I was in Chiang Mai last month the staff and I discussed what someday, by the grace of God, will be.

We have one acre of land in a beautiful location, close to the primary and secondary schools. We have $18,000 in our building fund … not much but a good start. We have been told it will cost approximately $135,000 to build a dormitory for 50 girls. So at this time we lack only $117,000. All we need is to find 117 Christians or churches willing to donate $1,000 to turn this dream into a reality. We are the only mission of our kind in all of Thailand.

Their rooms are crowded (they currently live in a three-story townhouse), but the girls are grateful to be here. In this secure environment they are afforded every opportunity to become emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually adjusted so they can return to society. After they leave our home, our staff and volunteers follow up on them. The girls want to step out of the curse and into the blessing. Our mission is to teach them how to do that.

The girls who come to us lack resources, self-esteem and the skills to end their vicious life cycle, but at the DAUGHTERS OF RUTH home, bricks of character, integrity and maturity are laid one by one. Like Ruth, they are living under a curse, but not one that God has placed on them. Thank you for helping us reach out to these Christian women of tomorrow! Jesus said, “Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to Me.”
 

Think of the hearts that will be changed in this chapel as they learn about their Savior!

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