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Visit in Baan Nai Rai

Last week we went to the South and I visited Baan Nai Rai. We gave a big amount of the donations for the Tsunami relief to the rebuilding project in this village.
Baan Nai Rai is a muslim village below Kau Lak beach. The people live from fishing or work as day workers. The people of Baan Nai Rai lost mostly everything. They all survived except an older women. When the Tsunami hit the village was nearly empty except of some women and children. Most of the people were at work or in school.
I met with Benz and Yui. They lead the rebuilding program and are also leaders in the Phang Nga church. To evangelize openly in Baan Nai Rai is not an option and to start a church in a traditional sense is not possible. This a work where the love of God is being shown in a very practical way without strings attached. The love shown through service goes deeper and a environment of trust is being build. This is the foundation to share Jesus with the people. There is no instant church-planting, but hard work.

Donation for tsunami victims

Today I checked the list of donations that came in for the tsunami victims. Totally we received 81,181.60 swiss franks. Most of it we invested to various projects in the south of Thailand. In the middle of August we are planing to go down south to check on one more building project. There we want to give the rest of the money. The rebuilding of lives and communities is still on the way and  will take many years. The suffering that came through the tsunami, the pictures in the minds of the people and the loss of family and friends will stay much longer. Many organizations, churches and missionaries are involved in helping to rebuild lives. God's love is being shared in a very practical way and many have opened up to Jesus Christ. Organizations, churches and missionaries work together under WeLoveThailand