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Meet Vincent Nwana

Vincent Nwana,from Cameroon, Northwest Province is one of my classmates here in Thailand. Just to get the visa he had to travel to a neighboring country that had an embassy, push a car 2km when it broke down and deal with corrupt border guards . As I've learned getting an African citizen into Chiang Mai is nothing short of a miracle.

This past week I went on a field trip with Vincent and 4 other classmates to remote regions of Thailand to see how various Christian entrepreneurs are using business to bless the people of Thailand. One group is operating tilapia fish farms, greeting card production, and lychee orchards in order to fund a boys and gilrls home and a vocational training center for children rescued from prostitution and/or at-risk of enslavement. Surprising to me, the greeting card business is the most cashflow positive of all the projects.

One powerful and pragmatic lesson I've learned is that God doesn't grant shortcuts to experience. Every newbie entrepreneur has had to go through their own learning curve before they could really bless people with their start-ups. That is definitely matching my experience.

Going on this field trip with Vincent and my brothers from Cote D'Ivoire, Mali, and Malaysia made the trip exceptionally meaningful because they are gathering ideas they can actually use in their communities. Btw, if you know how Vincent can get get hooked up with a microloan to start his own tilapia fish farm in Cameroon definitely let me know. There was no obvious way from www.Kiva.org.

Prayer Requests

Pray for deeper relationships with my classmates.

Pray that board game version of Village is an astounding success when we playtest it tomorrow.

Pray for right people to help me with Village fundraising in March.

Pray for money to rain down from heaven. First for the $5000 I need for this trip and then $3500 to help start businesses in Morroco in May with Mosaic Church.

Support My Trip

To donate online: Donate via Paypal.
For tax-deductible donations: Mail a check made payable to "PIHOP" to:
PIHOP
1401 N. Lake Ave,
Pasadena 91104.
For accounting purposes, put 'Thailand' in the memo, not my name. Thank you supporters!! So far you have donated $1200 of the $5000 I am fundraising for this trip.

Pictures!!

ywam bam field trip

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