At Blessing Home, when we help save
and protect children from trafficking, we also help the guardians and families
of the children. We want the children to
know Christ and their families too.
Some of the guardians and family
members of the children of Blessing Home are so touched by the love of God that
they experience through the members of Life Center UMC in Pattaya that they
want to learn more about Jesus Christ and receive Him as their Savior and Lord.
One that comes to mind is Sungwieng,
a 68 years old seamstress who ekes out a living by herself. Her daughter died and there she had to take
care of her two grandchildren, Mickey and Nobita. Sungwieng was in great distress, because
there were no other family members to help her and she could barely afford to
feed them, and it was impossible to send them to school. When she found out about the ministry of
Blessing Home, she found hope that she could receive assistance that they
desperately needed. The older brother,
Mickey, was one of the first 10 children we received at Blessing Home. A year later, Nobita also started to come to
Blessing Home.
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| Sungwieng with her two grandchildren, Mickey and Nobita. |
Sungwieng was deeply touched at how
well her grandchildren were nurtured and cared for. She saw Christians who loved her and her
grandchildren, even though they were not related to her and didn’t know
her. So when church members at Life
Center UMC invited her to come to a Bible study, she was very interested to get
to know more about Jesus, the Lord of these Thai Christians. It was not long before she heard the
testimonies of the Thai Christians and how Jesus Christ gave them new life. After only a few months of attending Bible
study and Sunday worship, Sungwieng gave her life to Jesus Christ. Sungwieng will be baptized this summer and
become a full member of Life Center UMC.
If you ever visit with us at Life
Center UMC, you will be sure to see Sungwieng.
She is at church whenever the doors open, with her joyous smile that
comes from the love of Jesus in her heart.
Sungwieng says, “I only regret that I
didn’t know God before now, I should have known the Lord much sooner in life.”
