Praying with a Lisu family
Niw and Jamie met in Thailand in 2005, while working together at a children’s home. God has called them to partner together in life and ministry, so they married in March 2008. They trust that the Lord will use them in unique ways, and use their intercultural marriage to cross cultural boundaries to spread the Gospel and the love of Christ to those in need.
Niw and Jamie spent a year teaching believers from the Lisu tribe in northern Thailand and are preparing for a permanent move to Thailand in January 2012. They welcomed their son, Anson David, on September 25th, and upon receiving Niw’s citizenship, they will return to Thailand as a family of three!
Niw and Jamie will be creating a sustainable evangelistic and mentorship program for youth (age 12-20) living without their parents in the city of Chiang Mai. Many youth come from tribal families who live in mountain villages, hours from schools, so they move to the city for an education while their parents stay in the village to work their farms. Niw and Jamie’s vision is to unite the local churches and children’s homes to minister to the youth living in those homes and those who are living on their own. There is great need for this kind of ministry—for the youth to be sincerely loved, guided, and introduced to Christ. The potential outcomes are invaluable: decreased drug use, prostitution, poverty and high school drop-outs and a generation who knows Christ and has hope for the future!
