Rescue Children From Poverty and Its Consequences - July 21, 2010

Poverty, low education, sickness and disease lead to many Thai children without a responsible person to care for them. Children are at great risk as child trafficking has reached pandemic proportions. Sometimes parents or caregivers will become so desperate that they wind up selling their children at a very young age. Many parents are living with HIV and/or have heavy drug habits and neglect these precious ones for whom our Christ died.

One of the ways that NTIM is responding to some of these problems is through our children’s home called Baan Oon Rak, or translated means “Home of Warm Love.”

MINISTRY SUMMARY – Baan Oon Rak is one of our “rescue the children” type of ministries. All of the children that we care for at Baan Oon Rak are from very poor broken families. We currently care for 13 precious girls, ages 4-12, and 1 boy age 5. What are some of the things that we do for these precious children?

*Protect them from the additional consequences of extreme poverty, abuse, and abandonment.
*Give them an opportunity to receive a good education.
*Provide them with a warm loving Christian home with care givers who love Jesus and who love and care for these kids.
*Teach them to love Jesus and love others.
*Bless them with a church family where they are loved and trained to be salt and light for Jesus.

MINISTRY PROJECT NEEDS – The initial funding for getting Baan Oon Rak started came from the savings and personal funds of Pii Bow (who also serves as the director of Baan Oon Rak) along with a few other friends. Those funds are long gone and we are operating on a less than adequate shoe string budget and are therefore in need of significant monthly support. We are in need of individuals, churches, and organizations who want to help provide hope and a bright future for these children through donating $35, $50, $100, or $200 monthly toward “Rescue the Children” project.  Donating $2,000 would cover the whole project for 1 month.

Be one of the first to step up to the plate for Jesus and for these precious children. On our own, we each can make a difference in the world, but collectively as a team we are a force for good that exponentially surpasses what we can do alone. You can make a difference by sending your donations to NTIM, P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA or by giving online at www.gontim.org
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NTIM is a non-profit charitable 501(C)(3) status in the USA committed to connecting people in need with people who care. We are focused on taking the love and message of Jesus into the heart of Southeast Asia where poverty is high, education is low, needs are great, darkness is everywhere, and the message of the gospel is needed to transform lives.

There are 6 key things that NTIM does: 1) sends “laborers” into the heart of the 10-40 window, 2) builds bridges to the lost through teaching English, 3) rescues children from extreme poverty and prevent human trafficking, 4) feeds & educates street children, 5) cares for those affected by HIV/AIDS, and 6) makes disciples, trains nationals and facilitates church planting.