| Kids' Stories |
| Touching stories of the Bamboo School residents' past lives and current comments |
| Video Clips |
| Some video clips of the Karen situation and some from the Bamboo School |
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About the Bamboo School
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As an answer to prayer, in 2000, God gave an opportunity for service in the remote village of BongTi, on the border of Myanmar and Thailand. This mission post composes of a medical ministry, mobile clinics and ambulance services to the Sai Yok hospital; a school for language (Thai and English) and Bible; and an orphanage for displaced children.
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History of the Karen Hill Tribe People
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| During the 1940-45 war in Asia, the Karen tribe worked with the Allies, fighting along the border of Thailand. They were overcome by the Japanese, and punished strongly by the Japanese when the British withdrew from Burma. However they were engaged in the fighting again when the British returned, just prior to the end of the war. Again the Karen people strongly supported the British. When treaties were signed, some how the Karen were not mentioned on the documents between the Burmese and the British. From this point onward, the Burmese have tried to displace the Karen group, forcing them to a narrow strip of land along the border. Some 50+ years later, the fighting continues today. |
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Our History
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In 2000, a young student of Chiang Mai Academy suggested that a working party of students should go to build a Global Mission church in Bong Ti. Twelve young people traveled to the area, assisting local village men building by day, and undertaking evangelism programs by night. Amongst this group was a New Zealand missionary teacher, Catherine Riley-Bryan.
Later that year after resigning from the Thailand Adventist Mission services, she returned to Bong Ti to live. In the first year a dormitory-kitchen-classroom block was built from bamboo. The next year a classroom block was developed, then a library, Every year the students have learnt building skills from the expansion.
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Our Purpose
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| The school is to show the love of Jesus to these unreached people. Faith is an action word, the Word is a way of life, and the future is the Kingdom of the God. The main subjects taught are Bible Study, language studies in Thai and English, and first aid/ nursing training. |
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| Shoes in a Sermon |
| Here's an MP3 audio file of a sermon Cat gave on Jan. 15 in St. Helena, California entitled "When You Cannot, He Can" |
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