Sunday, February 9, 2020

Save Asian Souls Newsletter, January, 2020



We have been in Mukdahan since Nov. 15, 2019.  We hope to depart for the USA about the first week of April 2020.  From Thailand we have visited some of our safe houses in Nepal (14) and Laos (5).  Our girls at these locations are very happy to be in our safe houses.  They are learning God’s word and safe from the potential trafficking world of evil (sex slavery).  They have a good life and love their house parents. They have a great appreciation for their sponsors in the USA.  Over one hundred have become Christians and are active in the local congregations.

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SAFE HOUSE IN MUKDAHAN, THAILAND

Thailand is the center of all trafficking from Southeast Asia. An estimated five million pass through Thailand to other nations and are sold to be sex slaves each year.  They have no idea that they will be sold into slavery.  They believe they will have jobs and a good life because of the lies of the trafficking recruiters. The average age of these girls is 12 to 14 years old.  They are innocent victims of evil trafficking criminals.  Women are often used in trafficking because the girls will more easily trust women than men. 


Our new safe house shown in the photos is under construction and will house 60 vulnerable girls when completed.  We hope to complete the construction by May.  Girls in our temporary house in Mukdahan will be relocated to the new safe house.



The new safe house in Mukdahan will be self-sustaining with a fish pond growing fish, vegetable garden and fruit orchid (papaya, bananas, mango and other fruits.)  Since rice is grown in the local area it will be purchased directly from the farmers at reduced cost.  A program will be established with local retail stores whereby they will provide day old bread and bakery items free of charge to the safe house.

According to the Thailand Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, numbers of foreign children being trafficked to Thailand for sexual exploitation is on the increase. They are trafficked from neighboring countries such as Cambodia, China (Yunnan Province), Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam while Thai children are trafficked into sex businesses abroad, such as in Japan and Australia via Malaysia and Hong Kong. For internal trafficking, the majority of the trafficked victims are hill tribe girls aged around 12 to 16 years old from the north and northeastern part of Thailand. They are usually sent to closed brothels, which operate under prison-like conditions. (Coalition against Trafficking in Women Asia Pacific. Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific cited in Fact book – Thailand.)

GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN LAOS

On our visit to Laos we visited seven congregations of the Lord’s church along the Mekong River near Luang Prabang, Laos.  We gave aid to 56 families of Christians.  Much more needs to be done to help these poor Christians who have a very difficult life.  The government of Laos hates these Christians because they fought against the communist takeover of Laos many years ago. The government uses many means to persecute our brothers and sisters of Laos.  We have several plans to help these poor Christians have a better life.  We will share these plans with you as we develop more details.


FOURTEEN SAFE HOUSES IN NEPAL

Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world and yet we have Christians who are very dedicated to our Lord.  We always enjoy our fellowship with these poor brothers and sisters in Christ.  Poverty does not prevent them from serving the Lord.

Nepal is known to be one of the most beautiful countries in the world. However, the fact that Nepal is a poor country stands true. The question of why is Nepal a poor country has emerged over the minds of many. Those who look at the living style of Kathmandu are amazed to know that more than 25.2 percent of Nepal’s population lives below the poverty line.

The employed population of Nepal (almost 12.5%) earns below 1.90 US dollars per day. Out of every 1000 babies born in Nepal, 29 die before their first birthday solely due to poverty.  The following are reasons for the Nepal poverty: political instability, corrupt government, lack of industry, one-fourth of the people live below the poverty line, migration of youth to foreign nations for employment, bad neighbors (China and India), natural disasters and outdated farming practices.

By converting the people to Christianity a great deal of the poverty would be corrected.  Christians always make a better nation of people.  This is a proven fact.  The Lord’s church is growing in Nepal and SAS is saving many lives which would be destroyed in the brothels of India and Arab nations.  Twenty thousand girls are sold into sex slavery from Nepal each year.  Seven thousand girls are sold to the brothels of India each year according to the Nepal government. We have a great opportunity to save the lives and souls of these girls.

NEW SAFE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

See the attached photos of our safe house under construction in the Philippines.  Another poor nation which ranks number 68 in the list of poor nations.  Nepal is number 30.   Our Philippine safe house will house 24 girls and we will need much more capacity to stop the flow of girls to Japan brothels.  In the Philippines, prostitution is illegal, but the Philippine sex industry makes $6 billion a year — placing it 9th on the list of the top spenders on prostitution. (Ahead of it is China [$73 billion], Spain [$26.5 billion], Japan [$24 billion], and the United States [US$14.6 billion].)  Filipino girls are purchased by the Japan Mafia at under US$100 each in many cases.  These girls are destroyed by the Mafia.  We must do everything possible to save their lives and souls.  Our new building is a beginning point to save lives and souls of Filipino girls.



BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM TODAY

If you are not a member of our team, please contact me and enroll in the saving of lives and souls of young innocent girls of Asia.  No, we cannot save all the girls around the world (36 million sex slaves in 2020) but we can save many from death and hell with your help.  Please let us know today that you want to be a part of this good work for the Lord.

In His service,

Ron & Pat Brown with over two hundred team members making a life for poor Asian girls and giving them hope of eternal life.








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