Many of you have been praying for Sureepon Aretit, who is the mother of Best, one of our children at Blessing Home. When Sureepon, who is now just 19 years old, was pregnant with Best, her boyfriend tried to kill her. While she was fleeing, he shot her in the back of the head. Although she and her baby survived, she is now brain damaged and cannot use one of her arms. She has been in need of surgery for a long time, but could not afford the bills. Because of your financial support, the Thailand Methodist Mission was able to pay for her surgery so she can begin her process of healing and recovery.
Sureepon had brain surgery this week to remove part of her brain which is damaged and to get a new plastic skull cap. The surgery was successful, and Sureepon is now home, after spending most of the week in the hospital. Sureepon has a long path of recovery and putting life back together, so please continue to pray for her and her son Best.
On another note, Pastor Banya informed us that Naet’s older sister, Loh, will be getting out of youth prison at the end of August. Naet’s whole family is in prison for selling drugs, including her 84 year old grandmother, who used to be her guardian. Two minors in the household were sent to jail as well, her 16 year old sister Loh (who was 14 when she was sent there) and her 10 year old cousin. Although Loh and her cousin were forced to sell drugs by Naet’s uncle (beatings and deprivation of food were the punishments for not selling the drugs), they were still sent to prison.
We made a promise to Loh that we would help her when she got out of youth prison, because she has no one now. There is a school nearby that trains young women to be certified beauticians. We are checking out the price and logistics of sending her here to study (Loh is very interested). This will give Loh a good trade and there are members of Life Center UMC in Pattaya that own beauty shops that can help her after she graduates. Again, it is because of your compassionate generosity that we can give this young woman a chance to escape those who had enslaved her in child drug trafficking (many, many times the child traffickers are family and relatives).
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