This home at Hot Springs serves 15 children, and is sponsored by Highview Community Church in Kitchener, Ontario. To read stories from Highview's trips to Thailand, check out their travel blog.

Unlike many of our other homes, Hot Springs was "adopted," rather than foudned by Asia's Hope. Director Suradet and his wife Yupa had pastored a village church for years, and had simply opened their church to a few orphaned children in the neighborhood. Over a few months, more and more children came to live at the church. 

Suradet and Yupa eked out a meager existence, hunting, growing and gathering whatever food they could find, working extra odd jobs to pay for the kids' food and medical needs. When our country director Tutu Bee introduced us to the couple, we were deeply moved by their faith and their dedication to the kids. We immediately gave a small cash gift to meet urgent needs and quickly located a church to help pay the bills.

For updated information about these kids, check out the tagged articles in our news section.