Jaing Jai Sai Church

One of the Pastors that Arthur supports is Joe. Joe has lived in the Jaing Jai Sai Village for the past year, the village itself is only 7 years old. There are 42 families in the village and 53 families that attend Joe's church. Some come from outside the village in neighboring areas. The church is small, too small to hold all of the people who want to attend and the church is also difficult to get to. The only way in is up a steep stone staircase in the side of the mountain. The elderly have a difficult time getting to the building. There is a piece of land in the village that they are going to use to build a bigger church and the community is looking forward to that. Joe also spends each night of the week training the teenagers of the church and village different skills. One night for music training, another to teach leadership of the children's ministry, another for bible studies. Joe even teaches a class in reading and writing of the AKHA language. AKHA has traditionally been only spoken but not so long ago a westerner introduced the alphabet to them and put their language into writing. Now more and more Pastors like Joe and Joesep from Paka Samatkri Village, are teaching the youth to read and write in AKHA. Over the last four months Joe has been training the youth and now he has begun releasing different responsibilities to them. Some lead the children's programs, others the music ministry, and other's lead bible studies. Joe is only 29 years old but he is respected in his community.

Joe is using skills, talents and training he has to impact the lives of those in his community. In what ways can you use your skills to contribute to your community.