Students Impacted by Thailand

 A team of 22 students from Melbourne, most of whom had ever left Australia before, had the experience of their lives volunteering with us at The River Team for 10 days.
Sure, they also rode elephants and had an amazing tree top jungle adventure, not to mention market shopping at the night Bazaar, but almost everyone commented the most life changing part was getting away from the tourism and ministering to the kids of Thailand!


These students mixed with, ate dinner with and performed for the youth of Hang Dong.  They taught a 2 day English camp for over 100 students selected from 12 local  Primary schools, taught 60+ kids from an extremely remote hill tribe village (whilst having to endure living in some quite trying and primitive conditions) and taught at two high schools in a remote township. Below are some of their highlights.




Cultural exchange night with the Hang Dong Government and youth included traditional butterfly dances and knife dances.

 

Remote hill tribe school

Singing Heads shoulders knees and toes, and playing games to teach right, left forward and backward.  In this school the Australian students had to endure quite harsh conditions (compared to home), but the local kids live this way all the time.  The school teacher is the only person in the entire village to own a computer.  These children have never used a computer or seen TV.



City School


These young Australian students all sacrificed and saved to come and serve the children of Thailand and we greatly appreciate their efforts and diligent service.  But to a person, I think they would all agree, far greater than what they did in this nation through their 10 days here was what God did in each of their lives.  They all went home quite impacted and changed