THE THAI CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION

EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR STUDENT SCHOLARS. SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE (CCI), USING MODERN AND TRADITIONAL ART FORMS TO COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL IN WAYS EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE THAI PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE MODELS FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE. STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS IN SUPPORT OF THE RESTORATION AND THE ONGOING MISSION OF THE CHA-AM MISSION COTTAGES. VISITED AND PROVIDED MEALS FOR THE DEAF SCHOOL IN CHIANG MAI. SUPPORTED CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SUGERIES AND SPEECH THERAPIES. ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT FURTHER PROVIDED BY WAY OF NEW PROSTHESIS. WE PARTNER WITH THAI LEADERS THROUGH ZERA MINISTRY:. THEY CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH THRIVING MEDICAL MISSION, MUSIC MINISTRY AT CHESHIRE HOME, AND MANY COMMUNITY AND CHURCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL CHURCHES ALONG THE THAI-BURMA (MYANMAR) BORDER WHICH INCLUDES PASTORAL CARE AND OUTREACH TO CHURCHES IN THE UMPHANG, BUENG KLUENG, SAW MAE AND LAYTONGKU AND SEVERAL OTHER VILLAGES. ENCOURAGEMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF CHESHIRE HOME FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, THROUGH MUSIC MINISTRY, SPECIAL ACTIVITIES, AND HANDICRAFT PROJECTS. LAO SONG, SAM YEK, AND NAKHON PATHOM MINISTRIES ARE EXPERIENCING RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AMIDST THE HARD TIMES, AND WE REMAIN A PART OF THE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH THERE. SUPPORT QUARTERLY FOR THE HOUSE OF BLESSING IN THAILAND WHICH TAKES CARE OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE IN PRISON; PROVIDES A HALF-WAY HOME FOR AT RISK YOUTH; ASSISTS PEOPLE COMING OUT OF PRISONS THROUGH VOCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOSPEL TRAINING, AND DIRECT JOB PLACEMENT; PROVIDES IN PRISON PROGRAMMING AND VISITATION FOR PRISONERS AND HAS A GROWING DYNAMIC CHURCH BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE PRISONS. SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK PROGRAM, "BORN FREE AND EQUAL". LOCAL CHURCH SUPPORT FOR A CHURCH THAT HAS BECOME MULTI-ETHNIC WITH THAI, CHINESE, PA-OH, SHAN, LAHU, LAWA-WA, AND AKHA.