Bangkok, Thailand: new business start-ups
Mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher share about the families on the Keeping Families Together programme they run and the small business start-ups that these families have set up. Many are selling food, but one participant has purchased a bike to work as a motorbike taxi driver, one family have decided to sell plants and […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Ongoing effects of flooding in the slums
Mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher report that parts of their slum community in Bangkok are still under water following extreme flooding last month. There has been much disruption to work and school which has affected those without a regular income in particular. Please pray for the floods to drain, aid to get to those […]
Thailand to UK: a new phase of life
Praise the Lord for an office visit this week from Jason and Tracy Day. Jason and Tracy returned to the UK permanently this summer after several years as mission partners in Nepal and Thailand. Pray for them as they continue to settle into life in the UK and as they stay connected with their daughters […]
Thailand: relocated after many years
Jason and Tracy Day, mission partners for several years in Chiang Mai, returned to the UK permanently this summer. Jason and Tracy provided invaluable support for other mission workers in Chiang Mai and across the region – Jason as an area personnel manager with OMF and Tracy as a Sunday school team leader and part-time […]
Thailand: landmark decision for children
Children from slums are sometimes needlessly taken from their families and placed in institutionalised care, but many people, including CMS partners Elise and Jon Fletcher, are working to support families to stay together where this is in the children’s best interest. It was announced this week that the Thai government has officially declared that institutional […]
Thailand: upcoming travel
Mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher are immersed in the life of a slum community in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, where they support families to stay together despite living in poverty and other pressures of slum life. Elise and Jon are preparing to travel to the UK in July with one of their Thai colleagues/neighbours, but […]
Thailand: culture shift
“Please pray for hidden victims of abuse in our community and in Thailand,” write partners Elise and Jon Fletcher, who share Jesus’ love with people in the slum community they live in in Bangkok and advocate for systemic change to improve family life. “Pray for culture change, for more brave people to tell their stories, […]
Breaking the cycle of poverty in Bangkok
Mission partners Elise and Jon are walking alongside marginalised families
Thailand: strengthening families
Please pray for mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher, based in Bangkok and their involvement with the ‘ethical engagement campaign’, which educates international schools in Thailand on the harms of institutionalised care for children and encourages engagement with family strengthening work. Pray for a great turnout at the launch event on 22 May and for […]
Cambodia, Thailand: border dispute
Please pray for a resolution to the ongoing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. This week, Cambodia failed to open the Khlong Luek checkpoint as agreed, leaving 600 Thai nationals stranded on the Cambodian side of the border. Pray for an agreement to be reached so that these Thai nationals and others can return home […]
Thailand: coming to the end of service with CMS
Please pray for Jason and Tracy Day as they prepare to return to the UK from Chiang Mai and finish serving as CMS mission partners. Pray for good handover of jobs and ministries, for them to end well after many years working in Thailand and for them as they settle into life in the UK […]
Thailand: stability for families in the slum
Mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher are immersed in the life of the Khlong Toei slum in Bangkok. They support local families in a number of ways, including through an 18-month programme called Keeping Families Together (KFT), which helps people work towards financial stability. Pray that current KFT participants will be empowered to build more […]
