It was the year 2001, we had been married less than a year and we were at the Door of Faith Orphanage in Mexico talking to DJ and Lynette, the couple who run the whole place. A month earlier we made the choice together that someday, somehow, we wanted to take care [...]

Khlong Lan.  About 27 miles away from the Thai/Myanmar (Burma) border. Hot and sweaty. 260 miles from Chiang Mai.

The marble shark circles.

The marble shark spots his prey.

From the deep, the marble shark surges toward the unsuspecting seal.

DING! DING! DING! DING! WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

We together are the champions.

Dark:30 in the morning. Guitar, children singing in Hmong. I have come across 15 time zones; have been traveling on planes, trains, buses, trucks and motorcycles for 40 hours. It has been worth it.
Yesterday afternoon I bumped my way through the gate on the back of Chala’s motorcycle. For the first time [...]

Many of you will remember that last fall Chala’s wife left him. Chala has taken in 40 children who have no family to take care of them. These kids have either been orphaned by the conflict in Burma, or by poverty in refugee villages in Thailand. Some have living parents who abandoned them for reasons [...]

We’re really pleased to announce that at long last we are ready to offer you the chance to sponsor one of the children in need of care.
Check out the front page of the website or Chala’s kids to sponsor a child. Or click on the button below. Monthly donations will go to benefit all of [...]

Our first living room fundraiser had a great turnout. Thanks to everyone who came.
We have also been offered help with the technical aspect of things as well as a design logo and help to make this site much more streamlined. We’re really excited about this. We expect things to improve a lot around here with [...]

Once Chala fought with the Shan State Army to defend innocent villagers against the Burmese army that was intent on enslaving and killing them. Now he has about 40 children that he is struggling to keep alive. He found them all in the jungle, where he once ran and hid himself before crossing the border [...]

Time and time again I have been drawn to ask the question of why some societies fail while others prosper. Many explanations have surfaced over the years. Some of the worst address supposed inherent differences in intelligence between ethnic groups. Apart from this being evil it is totally lacking in any logic or evidence. Throughout [...]