Building lives

The River Team had five community development students from Rajaphat Chiang Mai (university) working with them as interns over their summer break.

The students were involved in community development work, going out with The River Team to various locations. While doing home visitations, seeing team members bathing the elderly and the sick (many of whom have AIDS), cleaning their homes and eating with them, the students were filled with questions, “How can you do what you do?” Nit, a team member with no formal education, but who carries God’s presence within her, answered, “The Lord lives in me!”

These students also chose to attend the daily prayer, worship and teaching times with The River Team because they felt drawn to the warmth and openness of the team.
They learnt community development is not just about building roads, hospitals and other facilities, but about building lives! It’s all about making relationships with the community and truly loving and serving the people. They know that there was something very different about the way The River Team works and they know that it’s because all of the team have a vibrant relationship with God. They discovered that The River Team is not about positions or making money, but about walking in His love and grace.

Having completed their uni requirements, they said goodbye, presenting The River Team with a plaque (picture) and then turned up the following day to help out with the kid’s club program.
They were all truly impacted by their time with The River Team!

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