Kim’s work includes who are coping with the problems caused by AIDS, disabilities, and migration from their traditional villages to urban slums through the ministry of Integrated Ministries for Ethnic Minorities Foundation (IMEMF). The Thailand Karen Baptist Convention sponsors these ministries: The House of Love is a home for women and children. This includes women who had been sold into prostitution, AIDS orphans, and children taken out of their homes by the Social Welfare Department because of abuse. Some of the residents do not have Thai citizenship and have few rights in Thailand. The Christian Center for the Development of People with Disabilities reaches out to families who are caring for disabled in tribal villages. The disabled are often hidden away. This project is designed to help the disabled reach their full potential and be accepted within their families and communities. The House of Blessing Day Care Center provides a safe place for children who live in the slums to come during the day. It prepares children to enter Thai schools, and also works to strengthen their families.  

She writes – Did you know anniversaries don’t just have to be celebrated in decades? The Christian Center for the Development of Persons with Disabilities (CDPD) had a special time of thanksgiving on Feb. 17th, marking the completion of Finland’s support of the CDPD. This partnership over that past 17 years has been key in the CDPD growing and serving so many in northern Thailand. It was a wonderful reunion of supporters, volunteers and friends of the project as well.   

Praise and prayer 

• And continuing on the theme of celebration-let’s celebrate 6 more graduations for the House of Love (HOL) students! Thank you for praying and supporting our students!  
• And we are also heading into our hot season break, which means that we at the HOL are preparing for our annual camp. We again have a team coming from the USA, and on March 28th-April 4th, our House of Love family will focus on how to have a daily relationship with Jesus. Please be praying for camp preparations and international travels for our friends.  
• And one more prayer need for the HOL: we are looking to welcome 4 boys into our HOL family. We would like to have the paperwork and other things completed by the end of the month, so the 4 boys can join in the annual camp. It is a fun time to get to know one another, and please be praying for the process of having them come to the HOL.  
• We are planning for our next batch of House of Blessing (HOB) children to graduate later this month. I am pleased to say 13 will be finishing their time at the HOB and getting ready to enter Thai public school. 
• Please pray as I complete an annual report for the CDPD and also a 17-year one that covers all of Finland’s support of the CDPD. I know it will be a time of thanksgiving as we count the number of people who have been blessed in different ways by the CDPD-but it is a lot to count! I am grateful to have colleague Marianne Liljestrom here for the process. 

• Thank you for praying for the interviewing process for a new ethnic minority director IMEMF. We are moving ahead with our choice, and I value your prayers in this matter.