National Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) is sponsoring a 13-day tour of Thailand and Cambodia featuring visits to four sites of its WorldCrafts ministry. WorldCrafts is a micro-enterprise, fair-trade ministry that empowers people — mostly women — in underdeveloped countries and helps them achieve financial independence while learning of the saving grace of Jesus.
Tour hosts are Kaye Miller, former national WMU president, and Andrea Mullins, WorldCrafts director. The tour is co-sponsored by Dehoney Travel and the WMU Foundation.
“We will visit places where WorldCrafts is assisting women and families to be freed from exploitative conditions,” Mullins said. “This is a unique opportunity to see firsthand how God is working around the world as we visit with women who no longer work as prostitutes and families who no longer beg because they are receiving good wages, are treated with dignity and now have money for food, shelter, health care and education.”
After a day exploring the Grand Palace and other prominent sites of Bangkok, the group will travel outside the city to Bangkla to visit Thai Country Trim, the original inspiration for the founding of the WorldCrafts ministry. As a child of missionary parents, Miller grew up in Thailand, and Thai Country Trim was begun in the basement of her home.
“Often called the land of smiles, Thailand is a beautiful country, and the Thai people are the most gracious people in the world,” Miller explained. “But Thailand is a lost country that needs to hear the gospel, and one of the best ways of hearing is through participating in WorldCrafts. Lives are changed both economically and spiritually, as they are a part of this incredible WMU ministry. I can’t wait for everyone on the tour to see what an impact WorldCrafts is making both in Thailand and Cambodia.”
In addition to WorldCrafts sites, the tour will visit some of the most notable sites of Thailand and Cambodia, including the floating market at Damnoen Saduak; elephants, orchids and temples of Thailand’s northern gateway of Chiang Mai; the Temple of Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious building; sites in Siem Reap; and the capital city of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The tour also includes other missions efforts like Bangkla Baptist Clinic, Grace International School in Chiang Mai and the rescue organization of the New Life Center Foundation in Chiang Mai.
Dates of the tour, departing from Atlanta, are Oct. 24–Nov. 5.
For more information, contact Russell Cherry at Dehoney Travel at 1-800-325-6708 or Russell@dehoneytravel.com or David George, president of the WMU Foundation, at 1-877-482-4483 or dgeorge@wmu.org. (WMU)
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