As the Months Rolled By

The primary cause for global warming is probably due to the fact that the earth is getting closer to the sun, and that would explain why days and weeks and months fly by at such a rapid pace. Maybe I am wrong but it would help to explain why this blog has not been updated in ages.

Here at a glance is what has happened since April.A new school year began in May, with a few new students in the vocational school program.

The number of kids in Namjam increased as well.
May helped teach English to the Vocational school students during her Summer break.

Meanwhile a new generation of artistic scholars are emerging in the Linchi Orchard.


In July we were saddened by the death of Loong La. He was the Shan community leader who welcomed us to begin our work in the Suan Luang neighborhood. Many hundreds attended his funeral.Several of the youth in our program helped with the funeral wearing their traditional Shan costumes.
In late July we had an excellent team come from Elphia's church in Singapore. They spent time with both the children and youth and even organized a mini one day camp in Mae Sai.



They also organized an Special English Program at Nam Jam school. It is evident that the kids in that school are really making progress in their English studies. The regular Thai teaching staff make our teams welcome and everyone benefits.

Then came August and our first Mother's Day celebration in the new meeting hall at the Shan Family Center.