Ministry Tour

This particular day was a very special one. We spent about 6 hours driving around Bangkok visiting a few of the twenty-some ministries that YWAM Thailand oversees....amazing!

We started at the YWAM Thailand National Base. This is where Phil and Cindy work. This building is a light in a dark place. We walked through the entire base...they've got offices, kitchen, dorm rooms, lecture hall, worship room, media-design room, lounge hall, conference rooms...and much more. It is a five story building and they rent most of the space. They have purchased a few spaces in the building, but the grand vision is to own the whole thing! After taking a short walk down the street, we saw other buildings that house some of their ministries, like an impoverished-child sponsor program, a coffee shop designed to minister to local students and their worship/music recording studio.

Before leaving, we had a chance to meet Brittany (on the left) and Tukta (on the right). Brittany is a 23 year old who felt called to come to Thailand and serve people living in slums. God gave a her a strategy to help women who need to stay home and cannot work. She had a relative who taught her how to make purses out of...you'll never guess...plastic grocery bags. Click on the picture to your left and take a closer look. Green-friendly, very creative and amazing to look at. She is getting connected with some friends in the States to help sell them in America. The money made from the sales will help bring an income to these needy moms. She has another friend in the States who is trying to get a professional documentary filmmaker to come to Thailand and tell her story. Check out her website at: http://thaisongfairtrade.org/


The woman pictured here (standing in the center) has a very similar vision...and she calls it "Hope Cards." She is also trying to help women who are trapped in their homes in the slums where working is difficult. She hires them and then sends them home with a box full of materials to make these greeting cards. I know these pictures won't do it justice. They are AMAZING. Each one is hand-made and they all have such depth, texture, color and creativity. She shared a simple vision in her heart..."Most people start a business and the goal is to make money. I wanted to start a business where the goal is to make disciples." Isn't that awesome!














Check out the testimony about "Hope Cards" on YWAM Thailand's site:
http://www.ywamthai.org/bangkok/cards.htm

And then support the ministry by buying some of their handiwork :) Just in time for Christmas!
http://www.hopecards.net/card_styles.php