Faithful Heart Foundation

Greetings from Thailand!  

It is hard to believe another year has passed.  As we begin our 12th year in Thailand, I a

m excited to see what God has for us; personally and at Faithful Heart.  

Thank you to all of you who partner with us to support vulnerable children and families in Thailand!

We do very little fundraising, which means we are free to focus our time and energy on the children we are called to serve.  

That is because of generous, faithful people like you.  

Thank you!  

So what's next for Faithful Heart in 2026? 

I am glad you asked :-)

Staff (Matt was too busy playing soccer to change his shorts for pants)

Home of Grace

Home of Light

Miscellaneous Updates:

A few years back, God blessed us with the opportunity to buy several acres of land from another Christian foundation at an incredibly reduced price.  

We have prayed often about what we might do with it and this past year a Thai church approached us with a desire to purchase a piece of the land and build a church.  

We believe the gospel is the most powerful tool for social transformation in the world, as well as the power of God for salvation.  So we were eager to see how we could support local churches here and expand our projects to support children and families.  

Our board approved the sale of part of the land to the church last year, and we are in the process of completing the sale and transferring the title to them.  

This is exciting for Faithful Heart, too. 
For the first time in a long time, we have some money that gives us possibilities we haven't had before.  

College crew at the dorm

Benjamin and Chokdee after a successful kidney transplant

Old and young boys

One thing we have looked at before is the possibility of purchasing a midsized apartment building as our new office and housing for college students and families in need.  Extra units could also be rented out to provide some income for our projects.  

We currently rent our office space and dorm, so that could free up extra funds for our programs too.  

Would you pray about this possibility with us?  

There is also the possibility we could sell the remaining land as well. 
We have already recouped our initial investment through the sale to the church.  

Please pray for God's direction in this too. 

On a more difficult topic, a staff member resigned at the end of 2025, and it was a difficult time for us.  We are in the process of looking for a new social case worker to join our staff, and we are all carrying extra loads for the time being.  We have a candidate we are very excited about.  

Would you pray for God's discernment in this important decision?

Sienna's adopted cat and company

Ezra brings the hustle

Noah loves the zipline

We currently have college students in Bangkok, Lamphun, Chiang Mai, and China.  
Some of our graduates will be working is Australia too.  

Would you pray that these students know and follow Jesus Christ? 
They need wisdom for the world they live in.  

We have 58 families with over 100 children in our family strengthening program. 
One of our goals for this year is to share the gospel with them effectively.  

Would you pray that we can do this in God's power?

We have 11 children full time in our two children's homes and foster care.  

Would you pray that they know the Lord, and that their parents have energy to love them well and train them in the way they should go?  

Christmas ATV

Audrey and Joy

One last thing.  

I feel a strong desire to do more to share the gospel in Thailand.

We think one great way to do that is to help promote Vacation Bible schools or camps in Thai churches during the school breaks.  So many kids have nothing to do when school is out, and they usually end up glued to phone screens.  This is a great opportunity for local churches to reach out to and serve their community and help kids. 

Here are the things I think we need:

1. To develop curriculum online (Youtube) so that any church that is willing can offer VBS with quality content for free and not have to develop everything themselves.  

2. To provide training for representatives from many churches so they can feel confident to host a VBS at their churches by themselves.  

I think a volunteer team from the US would be a great help with this.  

3. To provide financial assistance so churches can provides games and snacks for kids who come to the camps, as well as Thai bibles.  I think this could be Faithful Heart's role to support the churches.  

Audrey and I will donate giant trampolines to churches as well, to make it more fun for kids at the churches (trampolines make everything better). 

Would you pray about this with us, and if you feel led, consider coming to Thailand to help with training?  

Onward and Upward in 2026!  

May you be blessed and surprised by God's goodness and generosity in this new year!  

Thank you for partnering with us in Thailand!  

In hope, 

Matt, Audrey, Ezra, and Sienna

Peter and Dada' Wedding