Hoay Maw

On March 25th, we took a trip to Hoay Maw in order to show thechildren and staff the Spring Harvest Videos. They were really excited to see themselves and most of them appeared in the video. They giggled when they saw themselves and Oranuk, the girl who shows Jessica around the home, was really shy and covered her face. They enjoyed seeing the videos and were amazed that about 6,000 children were going to be shown the videos about life at Hoay Maw.

When we asked the children what they thought of the videos they said that they felt sorry that they looked poor but that they were pleased that they had the opportunity to represent their life to people in another country.

We encouraged them that although they may not be rich in material things, that they are rich in God and in the way that they live their lives.

We also showed the film Prince of Egypt in Thai which they loved. By borrowing a video projector and hanging a sheet over a big white board frame, we are able to set up a movie zone in the church. The children wouldn't have the chance to go out to see a movie and so we take the movie to them.

Support A Child Afterwards, we photographed and interviewed two boys and two girls with the hope of encouraging people to support the living costs of a child. More Details ...

For videos in Thai, please see here.
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Spring Harvest April 2009: Day 1 - Learning

• High Resolution Video (50MB MP4)
• Low Resolution Video (11MB MP4)
• Full Resolution DVD Quality (152MB MPeg2)

Spring Harvest April 2009: Day 2 - Living

• High Resolution Video (53MB MP4)
• Low Resolution Video (11MB MP4)
• Full Resolution DVD Quality (158MB MPeg2)

Spring Harvest April 2009: Day 3 - Working

• High Resolution Video (54MB MP4)
• Low Resolution Video (11MB MP4)
• Full Resolution DVD Quality (163MB MPeg2)

Spring Harvest April 2009: DVD Image

Spring Harvest DVD Image (540MB DVD ISO)
(you can use most DVD image burners to generate the DVD - example, CDBurnerXP. This ISO is a DVD image)

For videos in English, please see here.
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Spring Harvest เมษายน 2009: วันที่ 1 - การเรียนรู้

• เต็มคุณภาพมติดีวีดี (Full Resolution DVD Quality) - 155MB MPeg2

Spring Harvest เมษายน 2009: วันที่ 2 - ใช้ชีวิต

• เต็มคุณภาพมติดีวีดี (Full Resolution DVD Quality) - 164MB MPeg2

Spring Harvest เมษายน 2009: วันที่ 3 - การทำงาน

• เต็มคุณภาพมติดีวีดี (Full Resolution DVD Quality) - 168MB MPeg2

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We had the privilege to stay at Hoay Maw for a 24 hour period where we were able to document a day in the life of the children of Hoay Maw.

Their schedule was as follows

• 5.30am wake up and get dressed
• 6:00am prayers and worship in church led by house-parents
• 6:15am Chores – sweeping, litter picking, make beds, tidy shoes
• 6:40am Breakfast of rice with some chillies and egg mixed in 7:00am Line up and walk to school – more chores at school
• 8:00am School starts
• 12noon Eat packed lunch at school (rice from breakfast)
• 3:30pm Home from school
• 4:00pm Chinese school for 2 hours
• 6:00pm Play and Meal
• 7:00pm Time in church
• 8:00pm Homework (or “family group” time on Fridays)
• 9-10pm Bed-time

The children have a very long hard day compared to that which most children are used to. It was
however a joy to capture fun moments as the children are developing relational and recreational skills
in their “family groups”.

You can download the video below:

• Full Resolution MP4 141MB (if your player does not play this, try using VLC which does)
• Low Resolution MP4 30MB (if your player does not play this, try using VLC which does)
• Full Resolution MP2 DVD Quality - VERY LARGE 574MB file

Below is a message to our friends at Arun Community Church.

The video can be downloaded from Google Video from here.

Went swimming yesterday evening as usual. At about 18:30, while still floating around in the pool (in the dark), I noticed a strange new experience - my face felt..."cold".

I quickly lowered myself deep into the bath - sorry, pool, to fully cover myself in lovely clear warm water (the pool is so clear that underwater you can see to the other end of the 50m pool).

Eventually we braved the Arctic conditions and made a dash for the showers - hot showers!

PocketWeather informs me that at the South Pole research station is currently a warm -59'C, with a wind chill factor of -75'C...

With the "winter" months approaching, I expect we will be experiencing these cold sensations more frequently. But no problems, as we did bring some warmer clothes.

But what about the children at the Hoay Maw children's home? The do not have many clothes at the best of times, and what they do have appear old, dirty, and worn out.

We are in the process of setting up a collection of clothes through our home church - Arun Community Church in Rustington/Littlehampton back in England. And through a British Airways pilot friend, get them shipped out to Thailand. So hopefully within the next month we should be able to take them up to the village.

Adrian