The kids all visited the dentist for checkups, cleanings and repairs.

The kids all enjoyed a special treat, Western-style fast food at the "Lucky Seven" restaurant.

The kids enjoyed a day of fun at a park near the Cambodian Royal Palace in downtown Phnom Penh.

The kids enjoy a snack by the Mekong River.

The kids enjoy learning music and dancing, which they incorporate into school and church productions, and into performances for guests.

The children are learning to repair bicycles.

The younger kids were thrilled to receive four new bikes.

All of the kids enjoyed hanging out with guests from Crossroads Church (Mansfield, Ohio).

Pisey teaches the girls how to make bracelets.

The kids enjoy ice cream during an outing at a local shopping center.

The children enjoy delicious roasted corn.

Savorn Khmer noodle soup is a favorite meal for many of our kids.

The children enjoyed spending time with the visiting team from Crossroads Church (Mansfield, Ohio).

The staff help the girls with their hair and makeup before a dance performance.

The kids enjoyed their time with the visiting team from Crossroads Church (Mansfield, Ohio).

The kids received gifts from a team visiting from Singapore.

The children enjoyed an evening outing at a city playground.

The kids pose in front of statues at a park near the beautiful Mekong River.

The boys enjoy catching frogs at the pond.

Sarom, our nurse, administers vaccinations to the kids.

The kids were delighted to get a day at a local swimming pool.

The kids enjoy a day at a local swimming pool.

The children bravely endure vaccination shots, administered by our nurse, Sarom: not nearly as much fun as a day at the pool...

Ron Biddle, Asia's Hope board member and pastor at sponsoring church Crossroads (Mansfield, Ohio) plays with the kids at a local swimming pool. The visiting Crossroads team paid for all the kids and staff at our five Battambang orphan homes to enjoy this welcome break from the hot Cambodian sun.

The kids practice dancing, one of the most cherished shared activities.

The children enjoy Coke -- a special treat -- along with their meal.

All of the children were thrilled to receive gifts from their sponsoring church.

The children enjoyed an outing to a local swimming pool.

Girls pose on the playground at the main Battambang campus.

The kids perform a dance at a Sunday morning church service.

These girls are members of a jewelry co-op organized by ministry partner Trade Justice Mission. They're earning money and job skills that will help them in the future.

Directors Vando and Seyla pose with the new sewing machine and laptop computer they received from donors.

The kids from Battambang 1 enjoy a cool dip at a local swimming pool on a hot Cambodian day.

The kids enjoyed learning "corn hole," a game taught to them by the team from Crossroads Church in Mansfield, Ohio. The Crossroads team also provided the materials to make the game sets.

The kids gather to worship and pray at night.

Thanks to the generous contributions of donors from Montreal, we were able to begin construction on a much-needed security wall around our Doi Saket 1 campus in Thailand. For months, we had been having trouble with trespassers and even a few peeping toms.

After trying a number of other security measures, and after numerous calls to the police, national director Tutu Bee concluded that a permanent perimeter wall would be necessary. God answered our prayers for provision, and we were able to raise the $20,000 necessary to build the wall.

Our staff and kids report that they feel safer and sleep better with the wall in place. Thank God!

Lew had one four-hour-long surgery to repair her two broken hips. The surgery went well, but she will require more surgeries, and has a long road ahead of her, physically speaking. She will be bedridden for at least a month. Kelapaw has not had surgery yet; they're still evaluating her.

Neither of them know yet of Duang's death. Please pray for a miraculous level of peace as these next few days unfold.

Dear friends,

Please join me and all of the staff and children from Asia's Hope in Thailand in mourning the tragic death of one of our dearest staff members, Duang, whose motorbike was struck by a truck today in Thailand.

Please also join me in urgent prayer for his wife Lew and daughter Kelapaw, who were also injured in the accident. They have been transported to a hospital near Chiang Mai, and we are unclear on their condition. Mike Flinchum (ministry advisor), Tutu Bee (country director) and David (Tutu's son) have rushed to the hospital to be with them.

As you can imagine, the children are devastated. Duang started with Asia's Hope as a cook, and his wife Lew began working at our early childhood center. Duang and Lew then became the parents at one of our dorms at Doi Saket 1, our largest orphan home.

Duang was heavily involved in almost every aspect of the home's operation -- he led worship, drove the kids to school, helped to maintain the facility -- but most importantly, he was a father and brother and friend.

Please pray for our kids and staff, they are devastated. 

Please pray for healing for Kelapaw and for Lew. Also, please pray for their older daughter Neracha, who was on a separate motorbike, and was uninjured, but saw the accident. And please pray for little Bang, the young boy who Duang and Lew raised from infancy at the early childhood center.

May God have mercy on our staff and kids as they endure this horrible tragedy.

Duang and Lew, pictured with Bang. 

We recently discovered a "lost" directory full of great pictures of our Early Childhood Center, taken over the last year. What a gold mine: better late than never!

I received this message from Tutu Bee, our Thailand director regarding a young boy at our Doi Saket 4 orphan home.

Dear Every One,

Please keep pray for Kirisak a boy from Home 4 or DS. 4.

One of our small boys at Asia's Hope (Home 4) has an inguinal herniathat is protruding into his scrotum. Our nurse of Asia's Hope took him to see the doctor last weekend and we will check what the cost of surgery will be. Please pray for him. Today our staff at DS. 4 took him to the hospital again and the doctor said he need surgery for sure. No choice. His younger brother also lived in DS. 4 too. Cute starting to speak Thai little bit now.

Thank you so much for all of your generousity for God's kingdom among these children who records all of your love in their hearts forever and more than that we know that they will thankful God in their lives as they know our Truly God in their lives.

May God bless you and with you.

Sincerely love in Jesus,

Tutu

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