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Thailand,
to most Westerners, is an exotic place, full of adventure. So when the
opportunity to live there for a year teaching English literally fell
into our laps, the excitement of traveling to another country encouraged
us to make it a reality. After looking at several different service projects,
we decided to accept teaching positions at Legacy Institute.
Many different humanitarian efforts promoted by various groups around the world have the same general goal—to try to implement the nature of the Kingdom of God on earth now. These efforts try to bring and often promise such ideals as peace, an end to hunger, healing of the sick and greater knowledge. Although these projects all have the same desired result, the means by which they try to obtain this end vary.
Many
humanitarian efforts make the mistake of believing that they can accomplish
these ideals by using their own methods apart from God. Since Legacy
Institute is a project based on God’s truth and looks to Him for
guidance and blessing, it was an effort we could identify with, believe
in and support.
Legacy Institute is a very small international leadership training school located in Mae Rim, Thailand, set in a tropical climate at the foothills of scenic mountains. It is in a small community that offers almost everything one would find in a Western community (i.e., food, clothing, transportation, local school, etc.), without the hectic chaos of the city. Yet it still has a "chaos" of its own, at least to our Western minds. However, the people are nice and friendly and will go to great lengths to make you feel welcome, so much so that you want to meet them at least halfway in an attempt to blend with their culture.
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