House of One Heart is exactly that. This community is so wonderful. My team and I were lucky enough to spend four weeks in this community while we were in Bangkok, Thailand. Baan Jai Daow [BJD for short] is a ministry dedicated to the discipleship of university students living in and around Bangkok. They provide students with low cost housing within a Christian community. Seriously, one of the most ingenious ideas EVER! They teach English twice a week, cook large family meals all of the time, provide bible studies multiple times a week and are staffed with self-less people who desire to see the heart of Thailand change. They also have an in-house coffee shop. This is where YWAM SF steps in J.
Every day we would go onto the campus and look for students who looked lonely, or looked like they were on a break from studying and we would strike up a conversation with them. After talking with them [usually laughing and desperately trying to figure out what the other person was saying] we would invite them to lunch with us or to grab a drink at the coffee shop. Once we would get back to BJD we would play endless rounds of UNO, Phase10, or Sequence. I don’t quite know how but these games opened up the door for several relationships to begin. Bringing students back to BJD with us also allowed for the staff to get involved and then pursue longer term relationships with the students.
I believe in all of my heart that the young [15-25] generation of Thailand have been called a generation of righteousness. While praying over the nearby university God placed Psalm 14 on my heart and more specifically verses 2, 5 and 7. This young generation is the generation in verse 2, they are the people who want to understand, who are tired of tradition and of saving face and are desperate for something they have never had.
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