In a week and one day Aaron will board a plane for Thailand. One problem, we still haven’t raised the $6000 we need to buy a truck so the kids can get to school safely. (Please scroll down for the story. To learn more about The Charis Project please visit our website.)
So, in the interest [...]

You did this.

You made this possible.

Thanks to your generosity in December we were able to send enough money for all of the children to have beds, and warm clothes and new shoes.

This wouldn’t have happened without you, your care, your partnership. Without you there is no Charis Project.
Thank-you for everything.
We’re looking forward to some really [...]

Some of you have asked us if there is something extra you could do this Christmas for the kids in the Charis Home. So we asked Chala what they need.
His answer was,”Beds, shoes, and warm clothes.”
The children sleep right now on thin mats on the concrete floor.
It is very cold for them now in this [...]

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.

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 [...]