About Us

Who Are We?

We are Adrian and Jenny Oliver and our three children Thomas (14), David (13) and Jessica (11).

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We come from Littlehampton, West Sussex, England. Our home church is Arun Community Church, Littlehampton.

We are software engineers by profession.

We are currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, assisting with the development of a children's home in the Northern mountain village of Hoay Maw.

How Did We Come to be in Thailand?

  • Easter '05 Visited Hoay Maw children's home.
  • Easter '06 Re-visited and felt call to Thailand.
  • May '06 After discussion with church leaders made decision to move to Thailand.
  • July '06 Resigned from employment.
  • Aug '06 Relocated to Chiang Mai.

How Are We Supported?

Our Vision

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"Family Group" Activities
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Shining Star

  • Establish and develop staff team to manage care of the children, the home and projects.
  • Establish good practices in management and child care including clear accounting procedures.
  • Pursue improvements in quality of all areas of life for the children.
  • Encourage increased self-sufficiency and reduced dependency on aid.

Developments at Hoay Maw

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Mushroom Farm

  • Organic pig project
  • Mushrooms
  • Vegetable crops
  • Staff
  • Clear accounting structure
  • Education costs for current school year
  • Christmas Blessings
  • Family care groups
  • Simple vision to focus on "true orphans"
  • Mosquito nets
  • Additional clothing
  • Supplement of food and hygiene provisions

Future Developments

  • Continuing development of self-sufficiency projects for food and income generation:
  • Proposed fish pond project
  • Expansion of agricultural projects

Partnerships

We would like to develop partnerships with Churches, schools, groups and individuals to encourage prayer and financial support:

  • Prayer for staff and for wholeness and physical, emotional, spiritual and educational well-being of the children.
  • Financial assistance in areas of education, health, hygiene, care and maintenence.

We welcome you to Get Involved or contact us here.

Thank you for your interest
Adrian, Jenny, Tom, David & Jessica
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Tom's Baptism

On Easter Sunday 12th April, Tom was baptised at COC House of Praise, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Dad, Adrian, baptised Tom together with the youth pastors Mel and Sam. Pastor Jonathan joined in praying for hm.

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Thomas Stephen Oliver
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Because of your faith in Jesus Christ
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I baptise you ...
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Hug & Pray
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Getting out
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Getting splashed

Video Message to Arun Community Church

Below is a message to our friends at Arun Community Church.



The video can be downloaded from Google Video from here.

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