We hope this Sunday school type of approach will expand into a worship service for young people. The Baan Ruam Jai Children's Home is located just outside of Chiangmai City. Missionary Meister and his wife have been visiting the 40 residents there for over two years. More recently, Heidi Loescher, Anne Press, and Missionary Workentine have also visited. The visitors also share their faith with the children, ages 8 to 18, by singing Christian songs in Thai and English.
Most children come from hill tribe villages and poor or broken families.
The reception that our workers receive is always cordial. There are signs that some of the children receive with joy the Bible message brought to them. The unique aspect of this ministry is that Missionary Meister teaches just two men, and they in turn go back to their home villages and teach other people. In the northwestern part of Thailand, close to the regional center of Mae Sot, there is a remote, undeveloped village called Baan Ruam Thai 9. This Hmong-speaking village is a few kilometers from the Burmese border.