On the 12th of August each year, the people of Thailand celebrate the birthday of Her Majesty The Queen Regent Sirikit. On the day before, The River Team went to encourage the medical staff and their patients at Hangdong Hospital. A loving touch of a child of God You are loved On The Queen’s Birthday,…
It is truly exciting to report that the Thai members of The River Team are now running running SHINE! They are expressing their own creativity in making the sessions different and interesting for the local teen girls coming from broken homes of the local communities. At SHINE the girls are on a journey of discovering…
One of The River Team’s weekly activities in the community is to support the English Department of the local Government. This is accomplished by teaching English at local public schools, by running English camps during school breaks as well as by holding teacher training seminars for the entire district. With our current capacity, we are…
The River Team met Nong Earn for the first time when she was about seven years old. Nong Earn lived in a dilapidated lean-to hut with her great grandparents. Due to unfortunate happenings, including deaths in the family, Nong Earn became the sole carer of her great grandparents. Her great grandma’s Parkinsons disease was progressing…
The River Partners Conference 2012 brought together well over one hundred leaders from most of our target areas! The time spent together empowered and strengthened us all greatly! The momentum of praise has continued to increase! Our River Worship Team excelled in their untiring exuberance and sensitivity to God’s leading. Everyone was involved! The spirit…
Last week the River Kids Club had its annual 3-day Summer Camp at The River! The camp was all about FUN, FUN, FUN, while at the same time targeting team building, working together and building character. The timing of the camp was right after the Thai New Year, so everyone was in a party mode! …
In March, our women’s leaders gathered together for the annual River Women’s Conference, this time, at The River Convention and Training Centre! Although the main meeting hall was occupied by another event, our team creatively transformed the Kid’s Club facility into nice venue for the women. Delegates came from most of our target communities. The…
The school year has just finished for kids in Thailand! We are so proud of the way our River Rescue House Kids are improving! Nat (photo: right) is in the Government High School and Fon (photo: middle) and Ganya (photo: left) in a small Christian Elementary School. It is wonderful to see these girls becoming…
The River Training and Convention Centre is operating in an increasingly productive way! Apart from our already active program, we also have opportunities to host international training! On the second week of March a large number of delegates from the surrounding countries gathered for training funded by Fida International. This was a forum where delegates…
Birthdays are not usually celebrated in the communities of Thailand. A child is often only reminded of how much pain his/her mom endured during childbirth. The kids, who come to The River Kid’s Club, learn to know that they do not have to feel guilty about being born. Instead, they discover that their birth was…