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October 2025 Testimony from Thailand

Barb Arroyo — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:57:57 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.

Shared by Law Lu, we are pleased to share this story of how God is moving among the Lahu people through steadfast faith.

The Story of Law Lu

Law Lu is a Lahu man from Laos who joined our PET training program. His journey has been very challenging for both him and his family. He is the first man in his village to believe in Jesus, and also the very first Christian in his community.

When he began to share the gospel with his neighbors, the village chief found out and forced him to leave the village. As a result, Law Lu and his family had to live in another village for more than ten years. During that time, even though he faced rejection, he never stopped sharing the good news of Jesus wherever he went. He also had the opportunity to join our training program, which further encouraged him in his faith.

At the end of last year, Law Lu heard that his home village had become more open toward Christianity. Some people had accepted Christ, and the authorities had given permission to establish a church in the village. With this news, Law Lu decided to return to his original village.

However, when he returned, he was not free to live as he wished. He first had to wait for the approval of the village chief before being accepted again as a member of the community. Recently, he finally received that approval. Law Lu wanted to join the village church, but the chief did not allow him. Instead, he was only permitted to worship and pray within his own home.

Because of this, Law Lu began to open his home for worship gatherings and invited people from the village to join. At present, about three families come regularly to worship together with him.

From Charee
The Director of PET project

Prayer Requests

For Law Lu and his family: Please pray for God’s protection and care over them in this difficult situation.

For the house church and evangelism: Please pray for the growth of this new house church and for the gospel to spread throughout the village, which has over 100 households but very few Christians.

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August 2025 Testimonies from Thailand

Barb Arroyo — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:12:19 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.

We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

E-Ae-ma (Lebo’s Wife)

Following her participation in the biblical family role training sessions, Mr. Lebo’s wife has openly shared with our team the deep spiritual work that God has been doing in her heart. She has gained a renewed understanding of the purpose and design of marriage as established by God.

In a sincere and humble reflection, she admitted to having demonstrated several inappropriate behaviors in her relationship with her husband in the past. These included reacting emotionally, engaging in arguments and using harsh language when displeased, failing to show respect for her husband, blaming him without discernment, disregarding his feelings, and acting primarily according to her own desires.

Through learning and personal reflection based on the Word of God, she has come to recognize these patterns as significant weaknesses that have harmed their marital relationship. She acknowledged that her past actions were wrong and not pleasing to the Lord. Although she understands that she cannot go back to undo what has been done, she has expressed a firm commitment to change. She is determined to adopt a new mindset in her approach to marriage—especially in exercising emotional self-control, showing honor to her husband, and pursuing her role as a godly wife.

Please Pray…

Please pray for Mr. Lebo’s wife, who is currently growing in her faith and in her relationship with God.
Pray that she will continue to experience ongoing transformation, be guided by the Word of God in her daily life and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to manage her emotions and expressions both in speech and in action.
May she become a godly example within her family, a wife who honors her husband, and a mother who raises her children according to God’s ways.

EFM Thailand’s fundraising status is currently at 96% based on the commitments for monthly/yearly recurring giving that are needed for this ministry to be fully funded. Would you consider partnering with EFM Thailand? You can:

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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January 2025 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:21:46 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.

We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

Holistic Community Development Project

This is Ah-Bo ‘s family. Ah- Bo and his wife have been married for about thirty years.

The two of them often quarreled with each other, and Ah-Bo did not solve family problems well. His wife was very unhappy. These things continued in Ah-Bo’s family even after they both believed in Jesus Christ and became Christians. They both had the opportunity to learn about family life training, which our D4D team had been organizing. The team has organized activities and training about family life in JA SAW PA village for the past few years.

Ah-Bo ‘s wife saw her husband’s life begin to change. Ah-Bo has been calm, used reasoning when talking, and has started to show more love for the family. Now Ah-Bo’s wife is happier than before. Even though there are obstacles sometimes, they can solve those problems by understanding each other. Ah-Bo’s family is grateful to God and the D4D team for teaching about family life according to the Bible.

Please Pray…

That Ah-Bo’s family will be further transformed by God so that they can be role models for their neighbors in the JA SAW PA community.
That the D4D team will have the wisdom to carry out the mission that God has given the team to do for the glory of God.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

EFM Thailand’s fundraising status is currently at 94% based on the commitments for monthly/yearly recurring giving that are needed for this ministry to be fully funded. Would you consider partnering with EFM Thailand? You can:

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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October 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:20:11 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.

We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

Holistic Community Development Project

Wanchai’s family has been involved in serving God for about thirty years. Before that, his family lacked patience and often quarreled, using harsh words towards one another. It was difficult for them to forgive each other, making it hard for them to be a model family for their neighbors. This led others to gossip about them, which did not honor God in terms of being a godly family as the Bible teaches.

After learning about family life according to the biblical model and understanding God’s purpose and expectations for a Christian family, both began to change their attitudes.

From being unable to honor each other, they started learning how to do so. From struggling to forgive each other, they gradually learned to forgive more. From lacking patience in many areas, they began to cultivate more patience. All of this was to bring

glory to God in their marriage according to his will.

What they would like everyone to pray for is their plan to read the Bible together and to study God’s Word together, so that they can better understand and know God’s will in living as Christians, allowing their family to glorify God.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

EFM Thailand’s fundraising status is currently at 82% based on the commitments for monthly/yearly recurring giving that are needed for this ministry to be fully funded. Would you consider partnering with EFM Thailand? You can:

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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August 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:47:59 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come. We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project

Holistic Community Development Project

This is Mr. Lebo ‘s family, and they live in the Ca Saw Pa village where we are currently training. Mr. Lebo and his wife have lived in this community for more than ten years. However, there is still an old mentality of life that persists in the village. For example, when Mr. Lebo and his wife had a tendency to be nomadic due to their way of thinking and lack of understanding of how to use local or natural resources.

When Mr. Lebo and his wife had the opportunity to join the D4D training, they began to see the world in a new way. They began to think in ways pertaining to sustainability and started to use all of the natural resources that were always there but that they never made use of. Now, this family uses the land to grow crops. They now make a living off of the land and no longer have a nomadic mindset. Both of them began to change their attitudes to live sustainably and exemplify lives that honor God.

Thank you all for your continued support and prayers for this project to expand the kingdom of God. Please pray for our team to have God’s wisdom to lead and make disciples in this community.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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July 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:06:48 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come. We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

We are excited to share this report from Charee who is the Director of the EDU Project.

EDU Project: Pastors and Evangelists Training (PET) Graduation

On June 16, 2024, we held a graduation ceremony for students who participated in the PET (Pastors and Evangelists Training) program. There were 68 graduates. This group studied for two years from 2022-2024. These graduates came from different areas which included 16 villages, so we divided the training into three groups and three places. We also had two people from Burma who came to study with us and graduated at this time.

On the graduation ceremony day, we had the opportunity to listen to the life testimonies of the students who graduated this time. This showed us that these students were greatly transformed by God. Below is a brief summary of the testimonies that we have gathered, focusing on the question, “How has God worked in their lives?” when they came to study the Bible in the PET program.

After participating in the PET program, they understand and know how to read the
After participating in the PET program, they got to know God better, which helped them trust him more.
After participating in the PET program, they understood the gospel
After participating in the PET program, some of them became passionate about God’s mission and wanted to participate in ministry.
After participating in the PET program, everyone began to see how God had changed each person’s life through the word.

Thank you to God for the opportunity he gave us to teach the Bible to this group of students.

Thank you to all the supporters who have come to participate in this mission. Whether it is those who have prayed for us or those who have given financial support to this mission, we continue to need the support of all our brothers and sisters in Christ who will continue to share in this mission.

What we will do from now on are:

We will visit and follow those who graduated and encourage
We plan to continue to organize training sessions with new groups of interested

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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June 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:14:08 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come. We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

Holistic Community Development Project: Testimony of Na Law

My name is Na Law and I’m 40 years old. I am a member of Ca Saw Pa Church. My husband and I received Jesus Christ eight years ago. My husband and I have had the opportunity to participate in the Discipling for Development (D4D) program from the beginning until now. I come to every activity that the D4D team comes up to organize for us regularly unless something necessary comes up. My husband and I have three children. I would like to thank God for helping me grow in knowing him through the D4D team.

D4D’s activities that are organized for us are very useful. I learned new things that I had never learned before in my life. The lessons the D4D team has taught us have stimulated my mind to have a different perspective on how to properly understand the Gospel. Two months ago, I had the opportunity to learn a lesson about family that D4D had prepared for us. These lessons have helped me understand God’s purpose for marriage, that God wants husbands and wives to reflect the relationship between Christ and the church. When I understood this, it made me able to accept my husband’s weaknesses and be able to honor him as the Bible has taught me. This lesson has also helped me love my family more and know how to please God in the role God has given me as a wife. I would like to ask you all to pray for me that I will be able to be a good wife by honoring my husband more and being a good wife in the way God wants me to be.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

EFM Thailand’s fundraising status is currently at 79% based on the commitments for monthly/yearly recurring giving that are needed for this ministry to be fully funded. Would you consider partnering with EFM Thailand? You can:

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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May 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Wed, 22 May 2024 17:21:22 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come. We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

We are excited to share this report from Charee who is the Director of the EDU Project.

EDU Project Update

The man on the left in the photo below is C*. He is a PET (Pastors and Evangelists Training) student from Burma. He had the opportunity to explore Burma and found out that there was another type of Lahu tribe living there. This type of Lahu is called the Nan Kai people. After surveying this group, we found that there were approximately 47 villages that belonged to this type of Lahu tribe living in Burma. This type of Lahu has not yet heard the Gospel. They still worship evil spirits. This type of Lahu uses a language similar to the Yellow Lahu. C* is a Yellow Lahu and he is willing to share the Gospel with the Lahu Nan Kai.

As of now, he has already visited three villages in the area where these Lahu brothers and sisters live and has had the opportunity to talk with the tribal leader of the Lahu Nan Kai. The leader of this Lahu tribe’s name is U*. He is the one wearing a white shirt on the right in the photo.

I would like to ask all brothers and sisters to help pray for C* as he is doing evangelistic ministry and planning to start new churches with this tribe of Lahu people.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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April 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:17:34 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.We are excited to share this report from Yaw Sa Pa who is the Director of the Holistic Community Development Project.

Discipleship for Development in the Community of Ca Saw Pa

In the community of Ca Saw Pa, we saw that the people there often had little unity, no love for one another, were only interested in themselves, and were unable to control themselves in speaking. They often used anger to speak harshly to each other, not caring about the other’s needs. This group of people did not have good relationships with each other, and our Discipleship for Development (D4D) team wanted to go provide training.

After the training, we noticed that those who participated were starting to have a different attitude than before. Those training participants began to see the need to develop their own lives more. Participants in the training learned and had a better understanding of God’s love for humans and this became the turning point for them to abandon their old lives to begin a new life in Jesus Christ.

Now we see the fruits of sowing the word of God and sharing the D4D lessons where we can so that we can help in community development. Those who participate in the training will begin to have more love for each other, will begin to know and help each other, will see the benefits of helping others before themselves, will have good relationships with one another in the Christian community, will be more patient with each other, and will be able to control themselves better. Participants in these trainings are aware of the importance of being an example for those who still don’t believe in Jesus so that they can be a channel for showing how God can change lives. They are a living witness to those who still do not believe in God.

Topics to Pray For

Pray for the believers in the village to be good examples for those who still don’t believe in God and be able to bless.
Pray for the growth of believers in the village, that they will develop knowledge and understanding in following.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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February 2024 Testimonies from Thailand

Kimberly Mer — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:50:48 +0000

EFM’s relationship with The Way Foundation in Thailand is valuable in continuing the Great Commission work in Southeast Asia. The Way Foundation’s vision is to help establish a growing ministry that will continue to share the gospel, make disciples, plant churches, and be connected to churches around the world, including those in America, for many generations to come.

We are excited to share this report from one of The Way Foundations Projects!

Pastors and Evangelists Training Report

There is a family named Ja-ui who has completed training with us. After completing the Pastors and Evangelists Training (PET) course, he committed himself to serving God in pioneering the church and began to establish a new church called Ja U church. This month, four people became new believers in the village where Ja-ui is working.

We have seen this family’s dedication and faithfulness in evangelizing and how God is using this family to build his kingdom.

When we saw these things, it helped the instructors of this course to be greatly empowered in teaching the word of God and training those who are interested. Also, we hope that all of you who are involved in supporting this mission will receive joy and strength from God, just like what we received.

Thanks for your prayers and your support.

From,
Charlee Kunakorn
Executive Director, The Way Foundation

EFM Thailand’s fundraising status is currently at 74% based on the commitments for monthly/yearly recurring giving that are needed for this ministry to be fully funded. Would you consider partnering with EFM Thailand? You can:

Donate online on EFM Thailand’s webpage here.
Donate by credit card over the phone at 303-421-8100.
Mail a check marked with “EFM Thailand Support” to EFM, PO Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277.

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