Psalms 146:2- "He defends the wronged, he feeds the hungry. GOD frees prisoners-"

Have you ever experienced a great opportunity and then it does not turn out as you had anticipated? Have you ever had promises not kept or commitments left unfulfilled? If yes, then you can understand what one Tai Dam village has experienced.

The Tai Dam left their village in the north, after being promised better land closer to the capital city. The new area would mean rice fields, schools for the children, and a place to build their homes. The journey was the first time many had experienced a vehicle ride. Children were entertained for hours by the electric fan oscillating back and forth.

However, the land was certainly not like the Promised Land!!! Hard, rocky soil with no nutrients made rice planting seem hopeless. After three years, the village is beginning to yield a crop from all their planting efforts. Some families have left to return home, but others have come in their place. The children are getting an education and they are learning about Jesus Christ. Women are learning to tread, with the Bible as their primer.

Now the landowner is changing his agreement. The payment for farming the land was 50 kilos of the rice they produced. Without discussion, it was raised to 100 kilos. This will leave the village with nothing to live on. Things like this happen all too often. But the Tai Dam and others continue on. Corruption plays a major role in everyday life.

Please Pray:
1. Strength to live out their new found faith amidst the corruption and injustice around them.

2. That justice will prevail for the landowners.

3. For the Tai Dam, as they face these kinds of situations. Pray that when at a crossroad, they will seek God's way for them.