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วารสาร คริสเตียนสงเคราะห
Volume 2-2009, Issue.22 เดือนกรกฏาคม-ธันวาคม 2009 a half year publication of the Lutheran Diakonia Department
DIAKONIA NEWS
ไทย-English
คําทักทาย –1- 1Greetings from Director -2 ผูรวมงานใหม –3– New worker -4- ผูสูงอาย ุ-5- Old people -6– สถานเลีย้งเดก็อมิฯ -บานสรรเสรญิ –7– 32 Year ofDN/HP
Greetings again from Lutheran Diakonia Department. On this sec-ond issue of the year, it is a pleas-ure that Immanuel Day Nursery celebrated its 32nd year anniversary with a newly-established branch, the Home of Praise. We are also happy to introduce three new staff members coming to work for God in Home of Grace, Family Devel-opment Project and the AIDS Sup-port Center. Besides, the Ministry among Elderly People held Senior Day, where there were watering and blessing to the senior citizens as in the Thai tradition. Apart from that, you will be informed with news on the operation of different ministries to meet the needs of people of all ages and all groups, who have social problems, with the cooperation of the local con-gregations, preaching places, and other ministries under the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church of Thai-land. We would like to welcome the new Board of Directors which in-
cludes 1) Evt. Wandee Wajanatha-wornchai, Chairman, 2) Evt. Yo-han Trakoonmeesuk, Vice-Chairman, 3) Rev. Prapan Na Chiang Mai, member, 4) Evt. Su-dajit Sornpan, member, 5) Ms. Sriphan Anochai, member, and 6) Director of the Department, Secre-tary. The Board will manage the work of the Lutheran Diakonia De-partment under the principles of the Department. The time goes so fast and we are coming to the end of 2009. Chris-tians are being called to serve our neighbours with love through the deeds, which is a way of present-ing the Kingdom of God. Also, we are called to show our status as children of the God, which is a challenge for us in the current so-cial situations with various prob-lems. We can review times when
we show the love and provide help to a person without hoping for a return, as in John 15:13, “Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Nuntawan Sae-tang
Vice-Director of Lutheran Diakonia Department
Projects leader meeting Mrs.Nuntawan Sae-tang Vice-Director of Lutheran
“Thanks the Lord for leading me to work with the AIDS Support Center. I have worked here for over two months and I hope so much that I can take a part in the development of ca-pacities of beneficiaries through new activities operated by the Center. Be-fore coming here, I have had different experiences like working with chil-dren and youth, working for the envi-ronment, and taking part in advocacy of the free schooling policy for Thai ethnic children in the upnorth . I think that my father has given me the first motivation to enter the devel-opment work. I have grown up in the family of God’s servants working for the development. My father often brought me along in his work, whether it was refugee camps for Khmer migrants, or installation of water supply systems in mountainous forests or in areas of minority people. Going with my father, I could learn from real doing. The experiences have become a part of my life and my fam-ily. My father often says although we may go to work in other places, time will come when we should come back to develop the place of birth. As we have got the chance, we should come back to work with the hill tribe people and use the God’s gift efficiently and correctly in the way of God.” Miss Yorisa Yodkhiri said.
“I am 53 years old already. I only have a daughter named Kesorn Thongnok. She is now studying at high school Mor 2 level in Dan Sam-rong Temple. I came to work as a house-keeper in Bangkok at the time my monthly wage was only 100 baths a month. At the moment I am still a house-keeper, but I have never thought, even have never dreamed, that I would work in Home of Grace. God has led the way really. I feel un-explainably pleased and proud now that I can serve the Lord. I used to work in factories and stayed with various people with different thinking. Therefore, I can sense the feelings and the thinking of women who experience problems and come to stay here. I will try my best to do my work. I feel I am worthy. Thank God for leading me and preparing a work for me to really serve Him. Although working here is just a small part, I am proud that I can help those young women. I will also try to listen and understand their feelings, try not to create problems for them, and try to keep the building tidy as much as I can.” Mrs. Sawai Thongnork said delight-edly.
“I am a Norwegian missionary. My husband’s name is Atle Mydland. We have two daughters, namely Ida Maria, 9 years old, and Adelin 7 years old. I finished my bachelor degree of Social Work from Sta-vanger University in 1996. Then I worked with the Children and Fam-ily Protection Organization where I used “Marte meo” method which is using video as materials for training. I came to Thailand as a missionary in 2007. After I learned Thai language for one and a half year, I started work with the Family Development Ministry in 2009. I have worked with the Family De-velopment Ministry for four months in Mukdahan Province. I hope to help poor unemployed parents of scholarship children, because if we help the parents to be employed, they will have an income. They will be proud if they can support themselves. I will try to work as well as I can. However, my speaking and under-standing of Thai language is still problematic, because the local Isarn people tend to speak Isarn language more than Thai. I understand only some words.” Mrs. Astrid said with hope.
Miss.Yorisa Yodkhiri works at the AIDS Support Center
Mrs. Sawai Thongnork works at Home of Grace
Mrs. Astrid Veum works at the Family Development Ministry
For the last six months, the ministry has visited, given encouragement and supported a part of the daily living costs for the elderly people in differ-ent communities in Bangkok and other provinces. Apart from that, aged people who are in need have also been provided with food and items for per-sonal use. For the last six month, 42 elderly people have been visited, 15 have been provided with some money for daily use, and various jobs such as help in funerals have been done. On 9 and 10 March, the ministry staff par-ticipated in the seminar “Christian Families” at Luther Seminary of Thai-land. On 30 and 31 March, we visited an elderly member who moved to Rayong province from Zone 4. On 7 April, Senior Day was organized for the continuing of the tradition water-ing and blessing the elderly in Cholprathan. 43 elderly people in the
community were given encourage-ment, love, and concern. The day was full of joyous and happy smiles as the old people could gather and do activi-ties such as singing, doing physical exercising, and listening to the mean-ing of Senior Day. The Director of Lutheran Diakonia Department, Leena Helle held a picture guessing game. Before leaving, the elderly were given presents and shared a meal together. On 19 May, there was an-other event with churches and preach-ing places in Region 4 at Phahuan Congregation. 118 elderly people joined the event. The event was full of warmth and smiles of happiness. Another event which we are im-pressed was on the 20 and 21 May at Banbu Congregation. There were some language differences which made it like in a foreign country for us.
However, the elderly cooperated so well that everybody still enjoyed the singing and physical exercising. The elderly were serious about the games. It was the most impressive that the village headman joined the activities until the last minute. 61 elderly people participated the event. A number of churches have requested us to organ-ize such events in their churches. I would like to thank God form the ministry where I can do God’s servant work to help the elderly people. This allows me to share the burden for the underprivileged people. May God bless you for praying for the elderly.
Mrs. Puta Thowannang Staff member of Ministry among
Elderly People
“Time to listen elderly people” Ladprao Congregation giving Mother’s Day flowers to the respected mothers
“Mrs.Anutaraphat Chanpan is New Staff member of Ministry among Elderly People
Mrs. Phuta Thowannang “Ladies like to have visitor”
Time to drink milk to grow up. Students at Immanuel day care nursery.
Immanuel Day Nursery, established in 1977, has served different communi-ties in Khongtoei District for 32 years by receiving children from 2 years old to 6 years old. 4 classes are operated from Monday to Friday from 7.30 to 15.30 with a school bus to pick up the children. At the moment there are 10 employees including 6 teachers, an accountant, a house-keeper, a cook, and a driver. The fee for normal chil-dren is only 800 baths and the fee for children under social work project is 200, 300, and 500 baths a month or 10 to 20 baths a day. “I have worked as a teacher for 28 years. I started as an assistant teacher. I am very proud of doing this job I am pleased that God has used me. I am happy to be with the children.” Besides that, the Head Master also talked about the secret in the admini-stration of 10 more employees, “We work together in the way of God’s family. When someone has a problem, we talk together like between relatives or family members.” She also talked about the strong point of the service that helps to gain the trust of the par-ents in sending their children to the nursery. “We maintain the intimacy between the teachers and the children. We take care of all the children as they are our own children. This is the point that makes the parents rely our ser-vices." Mrs. Chommanad said with pleasure. Then Home of Praise was opened in 2002. The new day nursery is located in a slum area where there are many poor families, with a high need of tak-ing care of children. From the beginning number of 5 to 10 children, Home of Praise now takes care of 32 children from 6 months old to 3 years old from the Nongmai Com-munity in Klongtoei to develop them at all the 4 fields. There are two classes, one of which is for children from 6 month to 1 year, with 2 nannies and 6 to 7 children; the other is for older children with 3 teachers. There is one house keeper and always 2 or 3
volunteers from Norway who come in short term successively. The educa-tional activities for children include different games. Daily schedule for activities are planned for the whole year. A school year is divided into two terms for child development of all the fields. The picking up and sending children, the timetable, the activities and the parents are under the similar system of Immanuel Day Nursery. The only different is Home of Praise chil-dren do not wear the uniform which is provided by the nursery, but wear or-dinary clothes. The parents pay the fee of 10 baths for each day. Apart from that the parents don’t have to pay any more. The parents of those children mostly work with hireling, or other uncertain jobs. Some have family problem; some have few experiences in bringing up, educating, and caring children. Furthermore, these children stay in an unhealthy and risky community, espe-cially with drug. Mrs. Chommanad Wongkaewmoon
Leader of Immanuel Day Nursery
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Home of Grace: pulling down wall and expanding kitchen
Finnish Godmother granting new bicycle to scholarship student
Ruampraporn : repairing toilet and bedroom for elderly woman
Mrs. Chanarat Oiwan, Leader of Home of Grace Ministry reported on the progress of the expansion of the kitchen in Home of Grace from Janu-ary to March, “We thanks God that Finnish Christian have donated for the building of the kitchen. We have pulled down the wall between Maria and Martha rooms to make one room. Besides, we have repaired and painted all the three buildings of Home of Grace. Now we have a more spacious, more beautiful and cleaner kitchen. I hope that we can welcome visitors in
the time to come. Please pray for us in this Home of Grace, too.” The reason for the repair work in Home of Grace is because the build-ing has been deteriorated and worn out with the pain falling off and the kitchen is too cramped. The total cost is 1,303,303.25 baths.
In the afternoon of 1 August, Mrs. Paivi, a Finnish supporter of Family Development Project together with Samrong Congregation staff and the project staff visited a scholarship boy from Samrong Congregation Thirapol Chaitonthuoc who has now moved to Chonbury Province. The supporter has bought him a bicycle for encour-aging his schooling. She told us, “I like him to choose what he needs on his own. When he chose a bicycle, I
was very pleased. I hope that he can study to higher level.” Thirapol said, “The old bicycle has been collapsed, so I’d like a new one. I am so pleased to have this new bicycle. I would like to thank the supporter who bought the bicycle. I promise to take good care of the bicycle. When I use the bike to go to school, I will lock it with a chain to keep it safe.”
First, we lifted the bedroom up to avoid the flood from rain water. On August 8. we repaired the toilet. It was cooperation between Ruam-praporn Congregation and Ministry for the Elderly. The total cost of mate-rials was 7,500 baths, of which 5,000 baths was supported by the Ministry for the Elderly, the rest 2,500 baths was given by Ruampraporn Congre-gation. Somkhid, the house owner who is an elderly widow, said, “Previously, I couldn’t sleep due to the flood when it rained. Now I can
sleep easily and go to the toilet com-fortably because I have new good bedroom and bathroom. Thanks the church for giving help. I wouldn’t have been able to do this alone.”
Mrs. Nuntawan Sae-tang, Vice-Director of Lutheran Diakonia De-partment said, “ELCT Committee has approved the proposal and budget of the construction project of Boy’s Im-manuel Hostel, which will be a 2-floor building and capable to shelter 18 boy students. It is estimated that the total cost will be THB 2,400,000 (two million four hundred Thai baths). However, we haven’t been
able to start the construction because it is still under the process of detail designing and asking for construc-tion permission from the Phibun Manghasan sub-district municipal government. We also haven’t raised enough finance for the construction. Therefore, we would like to call for donation to build the Boys’ Imman-uel Hostel.” The reason for the construction pro-ject is for complying with the stipu-lation in the Royal Act of Hostel 1964, which says it is necessary to separate the boy and girl hostels, as well as totake care of the students in various aspects thoroughly and to prevent various problems which may happen between the boy and girl stu-dents.
AIDS Support Center will organize the “World AIDS Days” so that the ministry will be known to the commu-nities. There will be both activities to provide the people with information and news related to HIV/AIDS, ser-vices to the community and shadow performance. The event will be organ-ized on 29 November 2009 from
15.00 at Ladphrao Congregation area. Besides, we would like to invite you to join the event “Visiting and cheering up HIV-infected people at Phrabathnamphu Temple” for seeing the care taking of HIV-infected peo-ple in Phrabathnamphu in saraburi Province which will be held on [date] November. You can take the bus at the office of Lutheran Dia-konia Department at Sukhumvit 50 Bangkok at 8 o’clock. The transpor-tation and food are free.” Mr. Suthi-phat, Project Leader of AIDS Sup-port Center said.