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| Hmong village girls rescued from the "Industry" |
Hello everyone and thank you!!! Thank you so much for loving and caring for us and we are so encouraged by your prayers. So much has happened in our lives, and to update you on all the Lord is doing through CHF is- well almost, unbelievable! The Northern Thai region ministries the Lord has allowed CHF to come alongside of grow stronger daily. The new locations introduce us to new people, needs, opportunities, work, workers, etc… The “Impact Zone” is: children rescued from neglect, abuse, slavery, and sex-trafficking; villages without education; pastors that have no way to financially provide for their families; men that sacrifice the right of survival to preach and share the gospel, and many that come to the Bible Institute at great personal expense. This is just a snapshot of the daily happenings there. What a blessing it is to be apart of their lives, yet compared to the opportunity to share the love and gospel of Christ to those without an eternal hope, it seems so small. Upon returning from our survey trip of the Thai region Lacy and I were so excited and tried ever so earnestly to communicate with our supporters, build-up our contact list, build relationships with potential new supporters, and create a sense of urgency to return to the field within our hearts, our children, and with you. It seemed the harder we peddled the further behind and more discouraged we got. The last few months have been difficult for us. Our hearts feel lost in a vortex of two worlds; the one in which we live and the one we so rapidly adapted to. Now, I know that, letters like this are supposed to be positive, encouraging, full of all the stuff we have done and the affects of our labor; however, for us that has been quite tough. Since August of last year we have experienced one extreme change after another and due to the newness of CHF, the lack of clarity of our function there, no clear return date, assisting in the immediate needs of The Pure in Heart Conference Ministries with Susan Henson (Mom), serving in several conferences, and the summertime has seriously affected our Support Development. Resulting in a lose of monthly support and we are down to a monthly income of about $1,100. This month was our first month to dip into the red for our monthly stipend, because of this Lacy and I have begun seeking alternatives to provide for our family. This has been a difficult decision to make because we have worked so hard to recover from the loss of support. Within the last 3 months, I have spoken to or contacted many different individuals, businessmen, and churches. Trusting in our Lord, yet with dismay I report 36 no's, unable to's, or no replies. As bad as this sounds, it is such a liberating journey because, I, we are learning to trust in the provision and protection of our Lord God. Our journey over the last two years has been life changing. We are in a good place in the Lord and learning to possess what he has already.
We have been used of the Lord to bring the gospel to Chiangmai and Ubonratchathani, Thailand, relief and encouragement to the suffering church. Since our return to the states; we have helped with many of the legalities of the foundation of CHF, assisted in launching into Northern Thai region, the meeting of the Avrit’s, who became CHF partners there, the meeting and serving with many key Christian leaders and businessmen in - initiating our business as missions, the recommendation from Lacy and I of the Somboon’s, a beautiful and trusted Thai family, to help found and serve as President and Director for CHF of Thailand, the reopening of several children’s homes the youth development and community center, the Bible Institute, the opening of an English Language School, and the commitment, formation, and beginning process of opening a Christian Academy, the connecting and encouraging of twelve apostolic, native leaders that we believe God desires to use to bring His Kingdom and reconciliation through, and much, much more has kept us really busy here at CHF.
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| Harvest Center(s) |
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| Somboon Family |
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| House of Refuge |
As a result of your eternal investment we have had the opportunity not only to participate in what Christ is doing there but assist in how He plans to bring the Kingdom there. What an amazing and unbelievable moving of the Spirit there, it is almost like we are living in the movie ACTS of GOD. CHF was able to lead a missions team trip of several ladies and their daughters last month. The women lived with the girls in the girls home for many days. The young Thai girls were so impacted that they shared with the team that, “no one has ever cared enough to come, visit, live with, give us gifts, and take us on an outing to the mall”. The team got to pray with and personally lead several of the girls to Christ. It was such a precious site. There are so many other stories and life changing experiences that occur daily our whole CHF team couldn’t blog, FB message, email, newsletter, and tweet about to keep up with. We would love the opportunity to share with you all that has happened and all that the Lord seems to be planning. The ministry opportunities there are incredible the Kingdom is expanding and the potential to change the eternal destination of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people in seven+ countries is real. A spiritual mentor said, “The Great Commission is DOABLE; thus we are RESPONSIBLE!” We know that we have been called into the ministry of Jesus’ mission, His ministry of reconciliation, His eternal plan of taking back the world for His/our Father. I know that all cannot go. So, some go, but I know that all are called to function as one Body, one Army for the purpose of bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. Yes, all cannot go, but those that stay are to send those that are called, willing, able, and live “Go”. There are many needs and many ways for others to touch the lives of our impoverished and/or suffering brothers and sisters. Here’s how to help!
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Monthly
· Will provide room, board, and an education for one month for a teen boy or girl
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) Monthly
· Will feed an exiled family in
· Will care for the child of a martyr
· Will put a student through Bible College in Thailand, , India or the Philippines
· Will provide care for an orphan
To Donate visit the Donate page on this blog page or compassionatehope.org.
To SPONSOR our family monthly call me at 615-243-2640, send funds to
CHF∙111 Gloryland Ln.∙Antioch, TN 37013, or visit compassionatehope.org to use the PayPal account button (memo Tolars).
What if this year you changed the life of an abused, impoverished, exploited, or persecuted child. Prevent them from starvation or rescued them from poverty, or restored them to a life of dignity. What if this year you changed a life forever? Join us and become apart of a movement where we are breaking the silence… We are speaking for those without a voice, We are protecting the powerless and offering hope to the hopeless…. 
