For nearly all Thai men’s entertainment workers, their job isn’t a career choice, but one from necessity and/or hurt. We started meeting and getting to know our first Thai bargirls on a visit in 2003, then more in 2004, and are still working to help them today. Getting started took some adjustment, to say the least.
How does one decide that God is calling to go somewhere? For both Jim and Judy Larson, the story starts all the way back in childhood. Mentioned in the video: How We Got Started focusing on poor and/or broken people… Read More »How We Chose Thailand
Jim grew up on a farm in Illinois; Judy was the child of missionaries in Argentina. We met at Wheaton College and were both challenged away from middle-class comfort and safety. We got together as a couple while reaching out to the chronically mentally ill and others in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Here we discuss our introduction as young adults past the usual hurdles of fear and discomfort, into the joy of caring for folks at the so-called bottom.
Since he was an undergraduate student, Addy has pursued a vision to be a change agent in Thailand. We have watched him grow, including earning a master’s degree in educational management, a teaching certificate, and most recently, an M.A. in… Read More »Addy: Next Steps in Ministry