It’s always a blessing to read what God has been doing in that part of the world through you, your family, and ministry co-workers.

Godspeed.

Yes, I will repost some of my entries here at OO. It’s just that the hard disk of our laptop has crashed and I’m using a very old and very slow computer.

Thanks for the encouragement. We heard a lot of sad stories from the people we are ministering with. I want to retell their stories to testify how God is working and how he listens and suffers with those who are suffering.

Thanks a lot and God bless.

Thanks for the information. This is indeed a sad story, if we found him earlier we might be able to do something, but we were just too late. I also know that Mae Sai Hospital has been treating a lot of AIDS victim. In fact, I know a couple of seemingly healthy person HIV positive being treated there. They are living a relatively normal life.

I am just wondering if they are also treating undocumented immigrants. As far as I know, those who have working permit enjoy the privilege of free hospitalization because it comes with the fee that they are paying for their working permit. However, I know the hospital won’t refuse patients that really need medical attention. I also know that the rumor is not true but when the rumor has been repeated many times, the people take them as true.

Thanks for responding to this post. I am sure that he will not be the last AIDS patient I will meet, I can assure them that the rumor is not true and I can encourage them to go to the hospital.

Blessings,

Joey

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May God continue to use you and your family to minister to people of need there, Joey. It’s such a privilege to do Kingdom work where it’s greatly needed.

This story is a very sad one.
I am familiar with the AIDS treatment program at Mae Sai hospital and they have in excess of 200 non paying Burmese AIDS patients on the life saving antiretroviral drugs. Please try to convince similar patients you meet to go there to begin the medicines. I know the stigma is great and it is difficult to convince them to go. But it means the difference between life and death. Patients like him usually can live a normal lifespan if we get them early enough and they are willing to take the medicine for the rest of their lives. There is no cure for AIDS just like there is no cure for diabetes, but the medicine makes them healthy and they can live the normal length of life as long as they take the medicine.

Dr. Steve

you’re welcome! And thanks for the visit. Are you in New Zealand? One of our friends here is from there and she is a wonderful lady.

Blessings,