We Love Isaan
Si Saket
There's an unfortunate cycle keeping families in the grips of poverty. Jobs are hard to find in the villages scattered throughout rural provinces like Si Saket. One of the first thing parents are inclined to do is have their children leave school to help earn money for the family. Leaving school like this is almost always a sure bet for more trouble in the future.
Young women and single mothers often resort to the option of prostitution to support themselves and their families. While young men often turn to substances and prostitutes for immediate pleasure in the midst of their continuous struggles. What can be done? What change can happen to help lift families and whole villages out of this cycle of poverty?
We Love Isaan (YWAM Si Saket) started in March 2008 with the vision to see hearts filled with the love of Christ, lives transformed out of physical and spiritual poverty, and the Isaan people begin to live out the dreams God has for them.
We have a three-fold mission to fulfill this vision:
- 1. Encourage youth to stay in school
- 2. Create employment opportunities for mothers and provide skills training when possible
- 3. Discipleship and Counseling: helping parents and youth know God and know who they are in Him
What we are doing NOW:
- 1. Teaching English in the city of Si Saket
- 2. Tutoring in English and mathematics in two rural villages
- 3. Making and selling women's shoulder bags
- 4. Supporting one single mother to begin a new career
- 5. Supporting and counseling local Christians
What we plan for the FUTURE:
- 1. After school tutoring activities in more areas throughout Si Saket
- 2. A coffee shop and Internet cafe in the city to connect with students
- 3. A dormitory in the city for students
- 4. Safe homes for single mothers and women at risk
- 5. Discipleship center for young men
- 6. Supporting more women through job and skills training
- 7. TESOL training for local teachers
We need you!
Come be a part of YWAM in Si Saket. If you have a heart for the young people of this world and seeing their lives transformed through a relationship with Jesus Christ, come and join us! If you are a teacher (or someone who likes to teach), if you can sew, cook, bake, and/or pray; there's a place for you here in Si Saket. If you have a good business mind, know how to make coffee, or design web sites, there's a opening for you in Si Saket. Come for a few weeks, a few months, or a few years; it's up to you!
We also need more groups and individuals to partner with us financially to see these future plans become a reality. If you would like to help fund rent for one of our locations throughout the province, or if you would like to help support our job training with young women and single mothers, there is a need. We also need some partners to help fund the tutoring projects in the rural village. Please contact us for more information.
We need prayer partners!
Pray for:
- 1. The children we teach and spend time with every week
- 2. The young women who are continuously at risk of exploitation and prostitution
- 3. The local church and local Christians
- 4. Finances for future ministry opportunities
- 5. People like you!... to come and join us in furthering the Kingdom of God in Si Saket
Thanks again
so much for your prayers and incredible friendship,
Casey, Piyarat, and Psalm Wright
YWAM
Sisaket - We Love Isaan
P.O. Box 23
Kantharalak
Si Saket
33110
Thailand
