Build with us as we build God's Kingdom!
Past:
The original property was purchased in 1995. One building was finished in 1999, a second building was finished 2007. A third building was started in 2011.
Current Situation:
Our community has grown from just a handful of people to a larger truly multi-cultural community made up of Asians, Australians, Europeans, Latin Americans and North Americans. Over the past few years we have sent out long-term missionaries to different parts of the world, including Northern and Southern Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Ethiopia, Uganda, Cameroon, South Sudan, India, Nepal and Bhutan.
We are currently facilitating different training programs with the goal of sending people to the nations. Among our programs are the Discipleship Training School (DTS) for English-, Thai- and Chinese-speakers and the School of Biblical Studies (SBS). We will also be hosting a Leadership Training School (LTS) for Asian leaders from around the region and starting a School of Frontier Missions (SOFM) in 2015 to send missionaries to the remaining unreached places of the earth.
Our increase in the number of training programs that we run every year has filled the current buildings to overflowing, forcing us to rent houses off-base to sustain the growth. Currently we are renting four separate houses and they will soon not be enough.
God’s solution:
“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes." - Isaiah 54:2
When we have a problem, God already has the plan of solution. God has led us through His word to seek out more land to expand into. The land directly beside us is owned by another ministry and they have recently decided to sell it to us. It’s just more than 1 rai of land (1,650m2). This addition will give us enough room to expand our facilities and increase our ability to serve and reach out to the community.
The vision for this land is to construct a large building that would have multiple purposes:
- Classrooms/Community Center (We are designing this part of the building to serve our YWAM schools with classrooms in the mornings and serve the neighborhood with a community center in the afternoons/evenings - teaching the children & youth practical skills like languages, music, sports, and computers, consistently witnessing about Jesus while we serve them)
- A large meeting room (We’re designing a large room that would be able to host 300 people for both meals and community times together)
- Staff/Student housing (We are planning to design simple apartments that would serve small families, young couples or singles, giving them a home on the base)
Testimony:
41 of us spent a day fasting and praying for this expansion project. After worship and prayer we took up an offering. God miraculously provided more than 418,000THB ($14,300USD) through the offering. And more than 80% of it came from ASIANS!
Land Purchase and Preparation Budget
Purchasing the land
- Remaining amount to pay on contract ($23,000USD)
Preparing the land for building
- Level the land for building and field area ($5,200USD)
- Build retaining walls for land leveling ($8,300USD)
- Security fence/wall ($20,700USD)
- 3 Security gates ($10,400USD)
- Build Driveway ($7,450USD)
- Build drainage system ($3,450USD)
- Lay grass for sports field ($5,200USD)
Administrative Costs ($7,500USD)
TOTAL = $68,200USD
We invite you to come and be a part of seeing God glorified through what He is doing here:
- You can commit to supporting this vision with a financial gift
- You can commit to praying regularly for God’s dreams and plans to come about concerning this vision that He has shown us
- You can share about this vision with the people that God has put in your life
- You can commit to helping us raise awareness, financial support, and prayer support
- You can come and use the strength and gifts that God has given you to help develop and build upon this land
How is God leading you? Let us know!