What is a child’s worth?
Who can put a price on it? At Christmas time we celebrate an unassuming child born to usher in a new Kingdom that would redeem the peoples of the world from sin and death. A babe, born to be both Lord and King. Jesus. He is who we remember, He is who we worship.

Immanuel, our “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace” changed the lives of Karyn and I when we were just teens, in response to Him, we have spent all our lives serving Him. The last nine years of our family’s life we have invested in some of the most at-risk and undeserved children and families in Thailand. We believe in the God-given worth of the people here, the power of the Gospel of Jesus to transform their lives, and through them change will come to this nation of which only one percent follow Jesus. This is why we lead TawSaeng, our ministry to students focused on helping them complete their education, mentoring and disciplining them through compassionate and encouraging relationships, and reaching out to their families and communities through outreach. At TawSaeng (which means to shine like the first light of dawn) it all starts with the vision of our ministry, “That the children and families we serve would become shining lights of the love of Jesus in their families, communities, and country”. We see unassuming Thai children growing up, breaking out of the cycle of poverty. And it is through their changed lives that the kingdom of Thailand will be changed.
 
As the year closes and 2025 begins, would you partner with us on behalf of our King and for the benefit of His people here in Thailand?
 
Grace & Peace,
Aaron & Karyn Beckner
2024 has been filled with high highs and low lows, but it has been full of blessings. We have experienced an overwhelming sense of gratitude to God for His faithfulness and love. Along with the all the amazing ministry highlights, the greatest was the time we got to spend with all three of our kids in America. We are so proud of them and love that they are all doing well, love one another and love Jesus. They live near both our moms and extended family which gives us great peace knowing they are close together and surrounded and supported in love.

While preparing for our return home as empty-nesters, we got word of severe flooding in our city. Days later, I returned home, a week ahead of Karyn, just before a second flood hit Chiang Mai. The waters and mud devastated most of the city, flooding our TawSaeng center and our house. It was heartbreaking and overwhelming! Most of the homes of our students were hit with heavy flooding, including more than three feet in our own house. Our staff and some of our students came to help us clean every day. In the end we had to move out due to the damage, but God provided a new house for us that was partly furnished.
We were blessed and grateful for many of you who generously gave towards helping us and the families we serve to recover and replace what was lost.  We were able to help over 30 families recover with about $4000 worth of food, repairs, and household goods.  God also provided funds for us to give a rental deposit, moving expenses, and replacements for much of what we lost.  We look back on this year with great joy, thanking God fr all He has done for us!
Jonas continues as the tech director at his church. He came home to Thailand for a visit and we spent 5 days in Tokyo on the way back to AR.
Elyssa is a coffee shop manager busy with friends. She is loving having her new
two bedroom apartment and new roommate Micah.
Micah graduated from high school and is happily adulting in AR. On his gap year he is working as a barista and hopes to go to JBU in the fall.
3 DISCIPLESHIP SERVICE TRIPS
Teaching our students to give of what they have been given. Our students plan, prepare, teach, and a lead other Thai students English, life-skills, games, crafts and Bible.
STUDENT TO STAFF
Boy 1, who was previously our student, has been an awesome
addition to our staff! He is a great teacher, worship leader, coach, mentor, and translator.
CELEBRATING H.S. GRADUATES
Thailand has about a 55% graduation rate. We love
celebrating our students who complete such a big milestone!
DOUBLED OUR MINISTRY SPACE
We added 14 new students, our teens have their own space and we can divide by grades for classes like English, guitar and
life-skills.
$4000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF
Through your generosity we helped more than 30 families
with food, house repairs and household items,
(fans, mattresses, stoves, clothes, and more).
OUR CARING COMMUNITY
There aren’t enough words of gratitude for our staff,
students and friends who came to help us over several weeks
to clean our house and then move us to a new one.
We added 14 new students to our program this year! One of those new students is a high school girl named Nina*. When Nina was five years old her mother passed away and she has never known her father. She went to live with her mom’s cousin, but after nine years, Nina became more than she could handle so, her grandma
took her in. Grandma runs a bar and they live in an apartment above it. One day a foreign man asked grandma, “How much for her?” (pointing to Nina). The next day, grandma signed Nina up for TawSaeng to get her away from influences at the bar with the hope she can do more with her life.
 
TawSaeng, gives students like Nina, not only a safe place to go everyday after school, but offers mentoring relationships with staff and volunteers, and teaches them about the love of our Everlasting Father and encouraging them with the hope of a bright future. Pray that Nina would experience the love of Jesus and choose a good path for her life.
Partner with us to help ensure this ministry continues.