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THAILAND is always a top ten best tourist country in the world! And certainly when you factor in cost, you get more days or weeks for your money than many other places like Hawaii, the Caribbean, Japan, or anywhere in Europe. Most people who visit Thailand will go to 1) The turquoise islands and beaches of…
Sorn is doing freelance video
Sorn, 25, (Lahu tribe) is our oldest and longest-time resident and has recently moved out. He was at my house for over four years, all through his education at North Chiang Mai University. He has just finished his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Technology. In November he had a wonderful graduation ceremony (see photos.) Sorn is…
Visitors, Fellowship, and Activities
We’ve had lots of regular visitors at The Next Step ministry house the last two years. We love having ‘drop-ins’ for BBQ cookouts, soccer-watching, movies, or just eating dinner and talking. Both of Night’s older sisters, Fai and Sai come to visit and for now we let Fai have a room out in the cottage…
Petro registered for Tech College!
Petro has been with us since October 2017. He was in a Lahu dorm that was so poorly run it was shut down by the social welfare department. A teacher at his school (New Zealand friend of mine from church) knew about The Next Step house and now… he lives here! Petro’s mother died when…
Our NEW student, Kaow!
We welcome Kaow (Wanchai) to The Next Step ministry house. He is 20 years old, from the Hmong tribe, and his big news is that he just graduated from Payap Technology College where he studied computers! (I will be putting some of his graduation photos here soon.) I am excited that he is from the Hmong…
Ministry House Overview
The Next Step house is my house (Bob Bowling, now living in Chiang Mai) opened up for Young Adult tribal people to have a Christian home-like environment in which to live. Their normal choices are either to 1) remain at the high school dormitory program – often with grade school kids running around, too –…