Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Language used in ministry: Thai CAMBODIA MYANMAR LAOS VIETNAM CHINA Gulf of Thailand South China Sea THAILAND MALAYSIA Chiang Rai Ban Luang Chiang Mai Kanchanaburi Bangkok Kit’s primary ministry involvement is with the New Life Center Foun- dation (NLCF) in northern Thailand. The NLCF works with tribal minori- ty girls who are survivors of labor exploitation, sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or human trafficking and girls who are at risk for exploita- tion and abuse. Her work there includes teaching therapeutic art classes, guest relations, staff devel- opment and training, report writing, and administration. Additionally, Kit leads therapeutic art workshops and art and prayer retreats for Chris- tian workers in Asia through the ministry of the Imago Art Studio. Email: [email protected]Impact Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons & Global Slavery and Health & Wellness Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? LUKE 14:28 “D on’t forget to take a pen with you when you go to apply for a job!” It would never have occurred to me to mention it. Having grown up in a middle-class American home, I make assumptions about what someone should know when Birthday: Nov 11 Kit Ripley | Thailand Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Language used in ministry: Thai CAMBODIA MYANMAR LAOS VIETNAM CHINA Gulf of Thailand South China Sea THAILAND MALAYSIA Chiang Rai Ban Luang Chiang Mai Kanchanaburi Bangkok Kit’s primary ministry involvement is with the New Life Center Foun- dation (NLCF) in northern Thailand. The NLCF works with tribal minori- ty girls who are survivors of labor exploitation, sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or human trafficking and girls who are at risk for exploita- tion and abuse. Her work there includes teaching therapeutic art classes, guest relations, staff devel- opment and training, report writing, and administration. Additionally, Kit leads therapeutic art workshops and art and prayer retreats for Chris- tian workers in Asia through the ministry of the Imago Art Studio. Email: [email protected]Impact Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons & Global Slavery and Health & Wellness Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? LUKE 14:28 “D on’t forget to take a pen with you when you go to apply for a job!” It would never have occurred to me to mention it. Having grown up in a middle-class American home, I make assumptions about what someone should know when Birthday: Nov 11 Kit Ripley | Thailand
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Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Language used in ministry: Thai
C AM B O D I A
M YA NMA RL AO S
V I E T N AM
C H I N A
Gulf of Thailand
South China Sea
T H A I L A N D
MA L AY S I A
Chiang Rai
Ban Luang
Chiang Mai
KanchanaburiBangkok
Kit’s primary ministry involvement is with the New Life Center Foun-dation (NLCF) in northern Thailand. The NLCF works with tribal minori-ty girls who are survivors of labor exploitation, sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or human trafficking and girls who are at risk for exploita-tion and abuse. Her work there includes teaching therapeutic art classes, guest relations, staff devel-opment and training, report writing, and administration. Additionally, Kit leads therapeutic art workshops and art and prayer retreats for Chris-tian workers in Asia through the ministry of the Imago Art Studio.
Email: [email protected] Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons &
Global Slavery and Health & Wellness
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? LUKE 14:28
“Don’t forget to take a pen withyou when you go to apply for a job!” It would never have
occurred to me to mention it. Having grown up in a middle-class American home, I make assumptions about what someone should know when
Birthday: Nov 11
Kit Ripley | Thailand
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Language used in ministry: Thai
C AM B O D I A
M YA NMA RL AO S
V I E T N AM
C H I N A
Gulf of Thailand
South China Sea
T H A I L A N D
MA L AY S I A
Chiang Rai
Ban Luang
Chiang Mai
KanchanaburiBangkok
Kit’s primary ministry involvement is with the New Life Center Foun-dation (NLCF) in northern Thailand. The NLCF works with tribal minori-ty girls who are survivors of labor exploitation, sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or human trafficking and girls who are at risk for exploita-tion and abuse. Her work there includes teaching therapeutic art classes, guest relations, staff devel-opment and training, report writing, and administration. Additionally, Kit leads therapeutic art workshops and art and prayer retreats for Chris-tian workers in Asia through the ministry of the Imago Art Studio.
Email: [email protected] Areas: Abolition of Trafficking in Persons &
Global Slavery and Health & Wellness
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? LUKE 14:28
“Don’t forget to take a pen withyou when you go to apply for a job!” It would never have
occurred to me to mention it. Having grown up in a middle-class American home, I make assumptions about what someone should know when
Birthday: Nov 11
Kit Ripley | Thailand
To learn how to join her network or to give to her ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
NLCF students in a Vocational Life Skills workshop
they graduate and go out into the working world. But for tribal minori-ties from backgrounds of rural pover-ty, you can’t take things for granted. So I worked with a team of New Life Center staff to develop a two-day training on vocational life skills for students who will be graduating from high school, vocational train-ing and college. Workshops include Job Application and Interview Skills, Time Management and Prioritization, Personal Hygiene and Professional Manners, Conflict Management in the Workplace and Personal Budgeting. Through games, skits, small group discussion, lists, slide shows, videos, lectures and real-life stories, students are being prepared for the urban workplace. This year, 58 students attended the training. Now they are equipped to answer interview questions with confidence and poise. They can assess how urgent and important a work task is. And they understand how down payments and interest
calculations work for major purchases like motorbikes (the most common form of transportation used to com-mute to work in Thailand). With these skills, they are ready to stretch for-ward to secure good jobs and make informed decisions for their futures. Now if I could only get them to stop posting so many silly “selfies” on Facebook!
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join Kit’s Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about her ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to her country
¨ Give to her ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for her ministry
¨ For the 75 girls at the NLCF who are preparing to stretch into their futures with courage and hope.
¨ For patience, wisdom and encouragement for the dedicated national staff team that works with the NLCF girls.
¨ For new IM missionary Jeni Pedzinski as she completes her language study and comes on board at the NLCF in mid-2016.
¨ For me in my ongoing service at the NLCF and at the Imago Art Studio.
PLEASE PRAY
To learn how to join her network or to give to her ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
NLCF students in a Vocational Life Skills workshop
they graduate and go out into the working world. But for tribal minori-ties from backgrounds of rural pover-ty, you can’t take things for granted. So I worked with a team of New Life Center staff to develop a two-day training on vocational life skills for students who will be graduating from high school, vocational train-ing and college. Workshops include Job Application and Interview Skills, Time Management and Prioritization, Personal Hygiene and Professional Manners, Conflict Management in the Workplace and Personal Budgeting. Through games, skits, small group discussion, lists, slide shows, videos, lectures and real-life stories, students are being prepared for the urban workplace. This year, 58 students attended the training. Now they are equipped to answer interview questions with confidence and poise. They can assess how urgent and important a work task is. And they understand how down payments and interest
calculations work for major purchases like motorbikes (the most common form of transportation used to com-mute to work in Thailand). With these skills, they are ready to stretch for-ward to secure good jobs and make informed decisions for their futures. Now if I could only get them to stop posting so many silly “selfies” on Facebook!
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join Kit’s Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about her ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to her country
¨ Give to her ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for her ministry
¨ For the 75 girls at the NLCF who are preparing to stretch into their futures with courage and hope.
¨ For patience, wisdom and encouragement for the dedicated national staff team that works with the NLCF girls.
¨ For new IM missionary Jeni Pedzinski as she completes her language study and comes on board at the NLCF in mid-2016.
¨ For me in my ongoing service at the NLCF and at the Imago Art Studio.
