Richard & I were having lunch when we saw Nong Ruang our neighbor waiving. She was with a lady who lives at the end of our road. She wants her three daughters ages, 11, 15 & 18 years old to study English with us When I said, YES, we will fit them in our schedule, she was so excited. This is our life here in the village When we decided to migrate here and teach, we were imagining that we will do a lot of legwork to introduce ourselves to the neighborhood, but PRAISE GOD! It was the opposite.
This ministry has about a dozen kids who come regularly and since we have set up our second bedroom a month ago, we pray that we can accommodate more kids. We are also involved in two outreach programs in the depressed area of Bangkok, where we teach arts and crafts, we usually have 20-30 excited kids enjoying the art lessons. We even taught an entire school near the border with 250 kids!
We had two handfuls of supporters which were just enough for our monthly allowance of $500. This pays for educational and art materials, utilities and immigration fees. Then Covid19 hit, understandably people have their priorities but last month, we hit our all-time low bank balance Our giving dipped to $170, so we need to raise $330 a month to maintain our regular operation. We are hopeful that we can continue to serve.
Our prayer is that our new students like Ay, Aim, India their entire household and our current students will continue to have a quality English instruction and most of all know JESUS. I have this fervent desire to have a small art studio which we can open to all our students but we have to put this in the back burner and focus on the more in demand ESL program.
I have been meditating on 2 Corinthians 6:4 “In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind” and this verse always give me peace.
Can you please pray earnestly if you can be one of our regular supporters or give a ONE TIME gift, M1040 Ministries needs you right NOW.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING M1040 MINISTRIES A REGISTERED NON PROFIT ORG. with EIN 83-3544379. All donations are tax deductible.
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In Christ,
Richard & Julie
PS. One-time support of $50 or monthly support of $20 will enable us to teach 15 kids and serve their families.
