Matthew 18:3  - "And He said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

Little Dee walked to school 35 minutes today. His village doesn't have a school, so he has to walk to the next village, where there is a primary school. If he were in high school, he might have to walk an hour! He is happy to go to school, but he would really like to learn a lot more than he does. Dee is only able to be taught 3 days a week, because the other days of the week, he needs to work for the teacher, plowing their fields, planting, weeding, and harvesting. Teachers get paid very poorly, so in order to make ends meet, they have to grow rice and vegetables as well. Teaching is not a desired profession. One way teachers find to "get by" is to use the children as a ready work force!

On this particular day, they are hauling rice up and down the steep hills to the granary. Since Dee is a little heavier, the teacher is afraid he might slip and hurt himself. He tells Dee to go home, but Dee is afraid to go, because if the kids don't work, they have to pay the teacher a lot of money...far more than the family would be able to pay!

Please Pray:

1. That God would raise up people who see the importance of education and who would serve others through the teaching profession.

2. For adequate schools and supplies for each village throughout the countries of Laos and Vietnam.

3. That teachers would not misuse their position in the wrong way by making the children do "slave type labor".