We can tell you are praying for Thailand NOW. March was a month of rejoicing!

Sherri and I are always aware that you are praying for us and the Thailand NOW mission. We feel it every day. And we see it too, because the Lord is working through your prayers to do great things. God is good! Every year in the month of March, we give praise to God to be able to send a large amount of support to all of the Blessing Home Centers so that the directors can purchase school uniforms and supplies and pay other school fees for the Blessing Home kids. It gives us great joy to see our kids in their school uniforms, because a child in school is being developed and protected from traffickers. It would not be possible without people like you. Most of our children receive three types of uniforms so they can go to school: a regular uniform, a scouting uniform (all Thai students are scouts), and a physical education uniform. You can see the pictures below to see the three types. The new school year begins in May, and Thailand NOW missionaries Allie and David Houle are busy traveling to all of the Blessing Home Centers to do interviews and home visits with prospective new Blessing Home scholarship kids. We try to choose those who are at greatest need and at greatest risk for being trafficked. Your prayers for the Houle's as they prayerfully select children to receive Blessing Home scholarships.

March was also the month that five of our Pioneer Pastors graduated with their Doctor of Ministry degrees. Pastors Banya, Wassana, Peter, Warin, and Somsri all worked hard to earn their doctorate degrees. We give praise to the Lord, because the abilities and resources to train Thai pastors and Christian leaders has increased. When you pray, give praise to the Lord for these five Pioneer Pastors!

Finally, we give praise to God that Phase One of construction of the Abundant Life Training Center has begun, and the retainer wall is being built. This is an answer to our prayers. Below are some pictures of the construction. Please pray for two of our Thai staff, May and Teddy, as they and their four children move with us to Buriram, where the Abundant Life Training Center will be located. Moving children from one school to another is very difficult in Thailand. Public schools in Thailand are not obligated to enroll children who live in their geographical area. When they applied to schools in the town where the AL Training Center will be, they were told that the school was filled and would not receive their children. They found another school down the road, but they will not know until the first week of May if their children are actually accepted or not. This is a critical situation for them, so please keep them in your prayers.