02 May Project: Vehicles for UB Staff in Thailand

Aside from focusing on language and culture studies, Bryan and Emily Gerlach have begun work with a local ministry called the HUG Project. In addition, they worship regularly with a local Thai church and have begun to host short-term teams from North America. With growth in each of these areas, the need for a vehicle is becoming more apparent.

The vehicle would be primarily used for:

• Transporting Thai students to/from the HUG Project Education Center and other activities.
• Transporting United Brethren missions groups. They have hosted two groups already, including one with ten people.
• Transporting HUG Project team members to/from meetings and trainings.
• Occasional outreach trips to the mountain villages.
• Potential to help the local Thai church they attend with outreach and in-church functions.
• An enclosed vehicle would also help them during the upcoming rainy season (July – October) and when transporting anything larger than a bag of groceries.

Upon the recommendation of local missionaries, local leadership and Thai Christian friends, Global Ministries has decided a truck would best suit current and future ministry needs. The intention is to add a cab cover and bench seats in the bed for transporting people. In Thailand, it is very common for people to ride in the back of trucks.

The goal is to raise $14,000, preferably by the end of May (start of the rainy season).

If you would like to donate toward this project,
 please send your gift to:

Global Ministries
302 Lake St.
Huntington, IN 46750

Please write
 “2-8998 Th. Spec. Proj. – Vehicles”
 on the memo line.