YWAM Chiang Mai

A baby can’t fight. It’s supposed to have a mother and a father, a family that will protect it, care for it, love and fight for it. But what if the baby has no family?

Real L.I.F.E. story

When I first saw Micheal (not his real name) I was shocked. Being born 3 months premature, he weighed only 850 grams – if I’d been allowed to hold him, he would have fit in the palm of my hand. He stayed 3 months in an incubator where he became sick with pneumonia and was put on a respirator.  We visited him in the hospital regularly, to pray for him and talk to him, even though I wasn’t sure he could hear even me through the incubator cover.  He was on oxygen for 3 months, and we were told he could be blind and would likely have serious lung damage.  Would we still like to take Michael into our family?  Of course we would!

This year Michael turned 6 years old.  While still small in stature, he is a happy healthy energetic little boy. He plays soccer, with a kick that packs a punch. He loves to sing and dance, and even plays the piano. He loves to worship and minister in churches and villages. Micheal is observant and detailed, and so he makes a great photographer.

The little boy who doctors thought would be blind and sickly is now a healthy, secure, confident, compassionate, well rounded little man.

God answers prayer!

Our Mission

Home of Joy, an orphanage in Chiang Mai exists to provide for *true orphans who have been abandoned between the ages of birth and five years old in order to meet their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs in a family environment until they reach adulthood.

Get Involved

• We need volunteers (long and short term) who can spend time with our children running
 camps or summer programs or who can teach swimming, computer, and
 English during Oct. and April/May school break times
• Thai volunteers who can tutor the children with their homework
• We need donations for:
  • Construction workers/plumbers who can remodel 3 bathrooms
  • car repair ($700 US)
  • Training Fee for 1 staff to attend a DTS ($1550 US)
  • Hosting a King’s Kids camp ($70/child for 8 children)
  • Education expenses ($344 US/ month for 8 children)
  • medical expenses ($75 US/month)
  • for our Thai staff ($241/month)
  • food ($30 US/child/week)
  • clothing
  • school & craft supplies 
• We also need people who can pray regularly for our ministry, and people who would
 like to do fundraising from overseas.

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