First, I want to thank everyone who prayed for us during the past few weeks while I (Mike) was in the hospital. If you had not heard, I had to get rushed in to the hospital because of an infection that became sepsis. The first 48 hours in the hospital were critical, because the sepsis affected my heart and breathing. And then God's people prayed, and I have been getting better every day. I have been at home for a week now, and I still have several appointments with a cardiologist and with the internal medicine specialist. Sherri and I have been showered with encouraging notes and calls, meals brought to us by awesome neighbors, and powerful prayers of healing. We are very blessed!
Next, I want to thank you for your faithful donations to the mission throughout the COVID crisis. Thailand has avoided the spread of COVID for many months through hard lockdowns which have destroyed the economy. During the first lockdown in the summer of 2020, Thailand NOW mission was able to provide food relief to our Thai brothers and sisters in the urban churches where people could not work because of the lockdown. With your help, nutritious meals were provided to sustain over 500 families.
Even though last year's lockdown was effective for a while, COVID eventually started spreading in Thailand in March 2021, and a second hard lockdown commenced. This second lockdown is worse than the first, because many in the urban areas had to move in with relatives in the rural areas, where people were already doing subsistence living only. Now both rural and urban communities are in crisis.
Because of your faithful giving, Thailand NOW has had the resources to provide special food relief to both rural and urban churches where people are in crisis. The food relief packages include protein in the form of 3 dozen eggs and/or 6 cans of fish, cooking oil, rice, ramen noodles, and fish sauce (an essential for cooking Thai food). We have focused the food relief towards families of Blessing Home children, abandoned seniors (ones who receive little or no support from family members), and seniors who take care of children but do not have income.
The top picture is Pastor Santi, a Pioneer Pastor in Sukhothai province, providing food relief to a grandmother who cares for her two grandchildren but did not have money for food.
The bottom picture is of Pastor Det, a Pioneer Pastor in Sakaeo province and Co-Director of Blessing Home TaPhraya. Pastor Det is bringing food relief to abandoned seniors in his county.
2 Ways to Donate: By Mail or Online
Checks can be mailed to this address:
Thailand NOW
P.O. Box 56
Mannsville, KY 42758
or Give Online at: https://thailandnow.org/donate/
