TMM missionaries Carol and Vicki were just beaming when they
told us the story of Bo, who is a member of Almighty God UMC, the church that
worships at Blessing Home Isan. Bo is a
19 year old who comes from a family of subsistence farmers. Her parents sacrificed greatly to provide for
her to graduate from high school and she was a top student in her class. Bo was admitted into nursing school (the Thai
equivalent of an LPN degree and certification), but her family had no way to
pay for her to go. Bo and her family
were devastated that she would not be able to go to college.
But we just received a mission team of United
Methodists from South Carolina and Kentucky called Team Thailand. Two Team Thailand members who are members of St.
John UMC of Aiken, SC brought a financial gift to be used for Blessing
Home. This gift came just in time to
send Bo off to nursing school to help pay for tuition, books, board, food, and
uniforms. Bo is the first in her family
to go to college, and this will change the life of her and her family for
generations. All Bo and her parents kept
saying was “Thank God! Thank God!”.
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| Bo received a Blessing Home scholarship for the nurse assistant (LPN) program at the Panomwan School of Health Technology. |
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| Bo's mother cries as she helps Bo unpack her belongings into her dorm room. |
Bo is the second student to receive a college student to
receive a college scholarship from the Blessing Home ministry. We could not do this without your prayers and
support. Thank you and special thanks to
the generous Christians at St. John UMC of Aiken.
TEAM THAILAND 2014 was a great blessing to us and the
mission. They painted the second and
third floors of Blessing Home Ground Zero, lifting the spirits of the staff and
Pastor Banya. They taught English to the
teens at Blessing Home Isan. They
visited and uplifted members of the Pattaya Akha UMC who live in the most
humble of circumstances yet have victorious spirits. The team helped to pour concrete at the Ta
Phraya church near the border of Cambodia.
And they lifted up the spirits of the TMM missionaries. They worked hard in the tropical heat and were a great help to us. TMM missionaries and the staff of both Blessing Homes thank them for their service and we hope to
see them again.
We will be sending information on next year’s mission team opportunities some time in the future.
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| TEAM THAILAND members help Carol and Vicki teach English at Blessing Home Isan. |
One of the TEAM THAILAND members will be serving as a volunteer at Blessing Home Ground Zero for the next two months. Shelby Gillespie is the daughter of our good long time friends, Darren and Paula Gillespie. Darren is an Elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference serving at Radcliff UMC. We have known Shelby since she was a baby, and it is a great pleasure to have her serve here with TMM.
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| Shelby leads the older Blessing Home Ground Zero students in fun English songs. |
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