Tong* was born into a big family where everything went well until his parents divorced. His parents moved to different cities. At a young age, Tong moved to live with his aunt and cousins, hoping to find acceptance there. For a few years, it was a good time, till one of his cousins got married and before moving to the house with his wife, he asked Tong to leave and to move somewhere else.
It was not easy for him to accept the new reality with all these changes. Tong was in middle school when he started to live with his relatives in a big city. During all this chaos, God was there! Not far from the place where Tong stayed, was a Church. Tong started to attend the Church and learned about the One who loves him. Tong learned to play guitar and made new friends. But it didn’t last long. After a year he needed to move and he started to live with his grandparents, where the whole family stayed in one room. His sleeping place was under the TV. God didn’t make a mistake this time either. That was the place we met Tong. He started coming to Church and made new friends. Despite all rejection in his life, God accepts him and he tries to live his life for Him. Since he loves to play guitar and joined our worship team. He shines when he plays for God. God gave him the talent to write songs. His biggest dream is that one day his family will be together.
Your prayers and support help young people like Tong, Few, Tiew, and many others, to see the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, to accept Him and grow in knowing Him more and more. When we talked with our youth we asked: How do you see your life in 5, 10, 15 years? Tong answered that he would like to be a policeman, learn the law, protect Christians and support the Church, that Og (our other young men) wants to open up in the mountains, where there are not many Christians.
During this time when young people have a lot of free time, we were able to purchase some digital learning programs, and they can come to church and learn guitar, piano, ukulele, typing on the computer, and more. They also learn the Word of God and find wisdom for the Christian life.
Thank you very much for your prayers and support, we can see God’s hand in it.
Please pray for every young person in our church to grow in the faith and make the right decisions and for the project “letters from God” which has been created for every child to learn about the bible through the mail. Please pray for us as leaders, we need God’s wisdom and guidance.
Ministry in Avoda, Thailand – San, and Anita
* Names have been changed