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Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world and a target country for pedo-philes and human traffickers. Because of poverty, lack of education and despera-tion, Lao children who live on the street, in slums or in impoverished families are targets of organized sex trafficking syn-dicates, both locally and internationally. In Laos, Lori and Matt work with street children, slum children and girls who have been sold or are at high risk of being sold to human traffickers. In order to help protect and restore these children, the Manns are involved in five main interventions: a daytime drop-in center for street and slum children, residential care for boys who were brought off the street and for girls who were victims of human trafficking or are at high risk of being victims, a scholarship program for children who would otherwise be sent to the city to beg and raising community awareness about issues such as child abuse, child exploitation and human trafficking. In Thailand, Matt is also involved in leader-ship development and rural community development.
Lori & Matt Mann | Laos & Thailand
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Impact Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons & Global Slavery and Education
Children: MatthewAdult children: Leanne and Joshua
And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. MATTHEW 18:5
Baw is a 12-year-old Hmong boy whose parents divorced when he was around eight years old. After
the divorce, Baw and his mother went to live with his mother’s family. Not long after, his mother married a man who already had many children and left Baw with the in-laws. The family was unhappy with this arrangement, however, and left the young boy to roam the streets in the small town near his village. Baw had been sleeping outside the village school for two years be-fore someone contacted HOPE. During the day, when children came
Birthdays: Lori-Dec 30; Matt-April 9; Matthew-Oct 11
Locations: Vientiane, Laos and Chiang Mai, Thailand Languages used in ministry: Lao and Thai
C AM B O D I A
M YA NMA RV I E T N AM
C H I N A
L AO S
Gulf of Thailand
South China Sea
T H A I L A N D
VientianeChiang Mai
Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world and a target country for pedo-philes and human traffickers. Because of poverty, lack of education and despera-tion, Lao children who live on the street, in slums or in impoverished families are targets of organized sex trafficking syn-dicates, both locally and internationally. In Laos, Lori and Matt work with street children, slum children and girls who have been sold or are at high risk of being sold to human traffickers. In order to help protect and restore these children, the Manns are involved in five main interventions: a daytime drop-in center for street and slum children, residential care for boys who were brought off the street and for girls who were victims of human trafficking or are at high risk of being victims, a scholarship program for children who would otherwise be sent to the city to beg and raising community awareness about issues such as child abuse, child exploitation and human trafficking. In Thailand, Matt is also involved in leader-ship development and rural community development.
Lori & Matt Mann | Laos & Thailand
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Impact Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons & Global Slavery and Education
Children: MatthewAdult children: Leanne and Joshua
And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. MATTHEW 18:5
Baw is a 12-year-old Hmong boy whose parents divorced when he was around eight years old. After
the divorce, Baw and his mother went to live with his mother’s family. Not long after, his mother married a man who already had many children and left Baw with the in-laws. The family was unhappy with this arrangement, however, and left the young boy to roam the streets in the small town near his village. Baw had been sleeping outside the village school for two years be-fore someone contacted HOPE. During the day, when children came
Locations: Vientiane, Laos and Chiang Mai, Thailand Languages used in ministry: Lao and Thai
C AM B O D I A
M YA NMA RV I E T N AM
C H I N A
L AO S
Gulf of Thailand
South China Sea
T H A I L A N D
VientianeChiang Mai
Birthdays: Lori-Dec 30; Matt-April 9; Matthew-Oct 11
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
¨ That Baw’s health will recover and his schooling will go well, and that his severe malnutrition will not have lasting effects physically or mentally.
¨ For the other HOPE children.
¨ For the 10 Lao HOPE staff as they minister to over 80 children with many different needs.
¨ For the country of Laos and the part that these children will play in extending God’s kingdom there.
¨ For our daughter Leanne in her new mar-riage; for our son Matthew as he continues studies in the U.S.; and for Joshua, for what God has in store for him after he graduates from university in May.
PLEASE PRAY
Baw enjoying being part of a community again
to school to study, Baw would leave to find food and water. He often stopped by a church elder’s house for water and a nap. Sometimes people in the village would give him a little work to do and then pay him with some food or clothing. Baw said later,
“If someone let me work, I ate, but if not, I just drank water that day.” This was evident in Baw’s swollen stom-ach and pale, yellow skin. HOPE staff asked the church elder if a Christian family could provide shelter and care for Baw as long as HOPE provided a scholarship and money for food. The answer was a de-finitive “No.” The village headman ex-plained that Hmong families do not usually care for children outside of their own families. We had no choice but to bring Baw into the HOPE home
for boys so he could receive the attention he so desperately needed. We are grateful that God brought Baw into our path! When he came to the home he was severely malnour-ished, and it took a year to restore his health. We are still monitoring his health with regular doctor visits, but Baw has made great progress. Not only is he now studying in first grade, he is also active in church.
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
¨ That Baw’s health will recover and his schooling will go well, and that his severe malnutrition will not have lasting effects physically or mentally.
¨ For the other HOPE children.
¨ For the 10 Lao HOPE staff as they minister to over 80 children with many different needs.
¨ For the country of Laos and the part that these children will play in extending God’s kingdom there.
¨ For our daughter Leanne in her new mar-riage; for our son Matthew as he continues studies in the U.S.; and for Joshua, for what God has in store for him after he graduates from university in May.
PLEASE PRAY
Baw enjoying being part of a community again
to school to study, Baw would leave to find food and water. He often stopped by a church elder’s house for water and a nap. Sometimes people in the village would give him a little work to do and then pay him with some food or clothing. Baw said later,
“If someone let me work, I ate, but if not, I just drank water that day.” This was evident in Baw’s swollen stom-ach and pale, yellow skin. HOPE staff asked the church elder if a Christian family could provide shelter and care for Baw as long as HOPE provided a scholarship and money for food. The answer was a de-finitive “No.” The village headman ex-plained that Hmong families do not usually care for children outside of their own families. We had no choice but to bring Baw into the HOPE home
for boys so he could receive the attention he so desperately needed. We are grateful that God brought Baw into our path! When he came to the home he was severely malnour-ished, and it took a year to restore his health. We are still monitoring his health with regular doctor visits, but Baw has made great progress. Not only is he now studying in first grade, he is also active in church.