We have had a sweet young girl hanging around the sewing room lately. Her name is Koy, and she is 17 years old. She is a high school student who just completed her 11th grade year, and is now on summer break. Koy’s family situation is not ideal. Her parents are divorced, so she is currently living with her grandmother. She works at an onion plantation where she performs manual labor by picking up onions to help with the harvest.
Nueng has been teaching her sewing skills so that she is able to earn some extra money for her family. Koy is very passionate about sewing, and enjoys working with Nueng every week. Koy and Nueng also share meals together where Nueng is able to begin introducing Jesus to her.
Last month, Koy began telling Nueng how she wanted to attend camp at the university that she would like to go to. She did not have the money to pay her camp fees. We were able to help her go so that she could learn more about what college would be like. She had a wonderful time and really enjoyed herself. Koy has decided that she would like to study medical science and then become a physical therapist. We are so blessed to have the opportunity to help empower this young lady to be independent and her own advocate. We will continue to work with her and share her story.
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.”
Psalm 105:1
