The Lighthouse is the ministry that many of us had the opportunity to work with while in Thailand. The ministry is connected to YWAM and run by a Thai national named Emmi. Emmi’s story is an amazing one of redemption and restoration. She has put right with her Father God and He has called her to reach out to the forgotten in Chiang Mai. Emmi’s goal is to reach the young, because they are mobile and they will win their own generation. She also has a desire to see those caught in the web that is the Thai “bar” scene set free to fall into God’s loving arms. This desire is for those caught up in the “lady boy” “Thom” society or those that are transgendered (the transgenered culture is actually viewed as a third gender in Thailand).
Although I didn’t get the chance to meet Emmi in person I did get to chat with her via skype and spend the month with her amazing staff. Everyone at Lighthouse has a desire for their home to be a place for those who have nowhere else to go. They desire for their guesthouse to be a place of peace and rest; a welcome and open door to those who would normally meet with doors closed.
They have many different ministries beginning in Chiang Mai, beginning with the guesthouse where we all stayed for the month. They also offer tourist packages and work with another organization in the area called Won Gen. The Won Gen ministry reaches out, primarily, to college students at the local university. The future plan is to combine the two ministries giving ladies who leave the “bar” culture training and eventual work in the coffee shop that Won Gen runs. The group desires to see women, men, and the transgendered come to know the loving Father.
In order to continue reaching Chiang Mai with the “Light” they need help. Please check out their website at www.lighthousethai.com They would love prayer, they need funds and volunteers. Thanks for checking them out…I know they appreciate anything you can do to help see this vision through.
