A Little Background:
To reach people here in the Ubon province of Thailand is a complicated undertaking. The villages and communities are very resistant to Christ and Christianity. Village life surrounds the Buddhist temple of each village. If someone becomes a Christian they are cut of from the temple, community, and possible kicked out of the village. Mercy Foundation was created to establish a Christian Community infrastructure for believers and to help serve and love the community with Christ's love.
To accomplish this there is an orphanage for needy children. They have also built a radio station that broadcasts into the surrounding villages and even the neighboring country the message of Jesus. There is also Mercy School which provides a Christian education for children from about 3yrs to 5th grade.
Today:
We built up some muscles this morning as we moved the Mercy Orphanage to its new building. Its hot here...real hot... and living with bugs and geckos seems like home now. After lunch we went out to the village of Kammerat where one of the daughter churches is located. We helped the church family there distribute about 500 Bibles to the people living there. Most of these people have literally never heard the Gospel and have never touched a Christian. It doesn't get much better than standing outside the gates of a lavish buddist temple in a little wooden shack telling someone about a Savior who is alive and who has come to love them.
-until He Comes- Erin
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