For over 60 years, the king and queen of Thailand have worked almost without a break to raise the quality of life for the poor of Thailand’s rural minorities. King Bhumibol has concentrated on agricultural development and water resource management. It was his idea to teach the opium growing hill tribes to grow peaches and strawberries instead of poppies.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
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This past school year has already come and gone. It’s amazing how fast the time flies. On March 18th six of the Legacy students graduated. Two were from last year […]
This past year has flown by and we just finalized our last issue of the Legacy Leader. We used a really interesting journalism book hosted here. It outlines the basics […]
Many people hope that the so called Arab Spring will lead to democracy and human rights in countries such as Egypt and Libya. But increasingly, diplomats have growing concerns that democracy will not be the end result of the uprisings. Leon Sexton analyzes the current political situation in North Africa and the Middle East to see what is really taking place.
Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Two weeks ago Gloria and I traveled to a small village in the mountains near the border with Burma (now called Myanmar). We went to pick up six refugees who are also Church of God members. They have been living in the refugee camp for four years.