Mercy House Orphanage in Pranburi

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Back on the boat it was time to dry off, more karaoke, jelly & ice cream (!) and head for home.

Some were tired out after such an exciting day

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Some fishing boats in the late afternoon sun

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and back through the fishing harbour to the jetty

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The last photo of the day at Mermaid Cruises' jetty


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I was overwhelmed by these children. They were well-mannered, helpful, genuinely loved each other, kind and sociable. They really enjoyed their day out and I'd like to help out with them a lot more, now I've met them. I think Mercy House is a wonderful place, giving fantastic opportunities to these kids for their futures.

If anyone visits the area, they're always in need of dry food (noodles, rice, milk powder etc), toothpaste, washing powder, soap, shampoo, all the things every household needs.

As Barry said - it was the best day he'd ever had on his boat. I'd tend to agree. Not only did I enjoy myself (and littl'un loved it), there was an added enjoyment in watching others have fun. A great day out!
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Nice report, thank you Dawn.
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Yup - agreed. Read even better than when I viewed it first a few weeks back.
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Yes, Good post Dawn.
I'd love to help out for a day, But only limited time over there unless somethings being planned in the 2 weeks i have, Makes just taking supplies less meaningfull if you cant spare time to go with it and get to know the kids a bit better like you did.
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Been in touch with Barrys & he's confirmed with the Orphanage - the little folk are up for a day's fishing at my place. :P

Timing will be end of April / Early May - probably on a Saturday.

My staff will be fully occupied whilst taking care of the children when fishing and eating! :shock:

So - apart from 'Uncle Barry' and myself, I will need 2 or 3 other 'Big People' on hand just to keep an eye on safety etc - and maybe demolish a few beers / wine at the same time. 8)
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So - the date is set

Saturday 25th April

We will treat the kids to a 'fishing match'

A couple of 'aunts' or 'uncles' to keep an eye on the little ones would be most welcome.

Contact me or Barry :thumb:
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Just a reminder

The Fishing Match for the kids from Mercy House Orphanage will take place at Hua Hin Fishing Lodge at 10.00 a.m. this Saturday 25th April. :thumb:

I guess that 'normal' chaos will resume around 3.00 p.m.

Thanks to those who are coming along to assist.

Photos will be posted here later.

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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As a child, I had the very good fortune to have two loving parents.
Materially we never had much, I often remember wearing my older brother's hand me downs etc.
But above all else we had love, care and respect.

Later in life I took care of a relative's children for two years whilst their parents went through a messy divorce. Times were difficult and these two children were quite a handful - because (In part) they had not had the same benefits of family life that I had had.

So - it was with a little bit of concern, that we decided to have 23 children for the day from an orphanage for some 'sanuk' at Hua Hin Fishing Lodge

How wrong was I to be even worried.

The children from Mercy House Orphanage in Pranburi came on Saturday and are the most wonderful bunch of mites that you could ever meet.
Their clear love and respect for each other and all whom they meet, is very evident.

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After arriving they all set about some fishing with great enthusiasm, as one caught a fish the rest gathered round to observe and encourage. Loud applause was given for success.

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When lunch was served, they formed an orderly queue, with the elder children serving the younger ones – no squabbling, crying. tantrums etc etc.
Pork burgers, chicken burgers, chips, pork fried rice & noodles were duly demolished (Some even squeezing in some ‘thirds’!!)

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Back on the ponds for more fishing whilst ‘Uncle Barry’ topped off his trifle with some whipped cream and chocolate chips.

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Desert duly served in the same fashion, all washed down with lashings of pepsi, fanta etc etc.

Some folks even went for a swim!

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Of course the 'winners' had to get aprize! - for the biggest fish - 5kg Pla Suwai

Things could have been better if one of the young girls had managed to hang on to the Redtail Catfish that she hooked - but he got away.

And the prize for the most fish - a joint effort of three each!

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Then came something totally unexpected, which frankly caused me and Mrs. T to get quite choked up.
Before departing they all gathered and sang a song in Thai and English, simply called ‘Thank You’, which apparently was written by their ‘mum and dad’ – a truly humbling experience.

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To all of you out there, if you have some time and want to give something back to the community that we have adopted as our home – then think about doing something for these children – they are simply smashing!

Many thanks to ‘uncles’ Barry, Able & Phil for sharing the wine! – the kids quite frankly took care of themselves!

We had made a collection from our staff and together with Wazzer’s 1k ‘prize money’ were able to provide a small donation to the home.

All in all a great day – we will do it again for sure.

There are many more photos and if anyone wants some, just pm me and I will send
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Post by dtaai-maai »

Lovely photos, a great day, a terrific gesture by both Terry and Barry and, most importantly of all, a whole bunch of very happy kids.

Bit of a shame that expat interest seems to have died down, but perhaps that was inevitable?
There are many more photos and if anyone wants some, just pm me and I will send
I'd like a photo of the trifle... :D

We've done the boat, we've done the fishing - does anyone have any other ideas?

There's a big Swedish community in Hua Hin, and Mercy House is 50% sponsored by a (the?) Bangkok Swedish Presbyterian Church. Could the mods copy some of this onto the Scandinavian section?

Nice one, Terry - shame about the Man U-Spurs game later in the day, you really deserved better! :thumb:
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Post by migrant »

Fantastic work :thumb: :cheers:

Here in the States I've often invited foreign, and domestic students/others during holidays when they have no family around.

I've had Korean students sing a thank you song at the table, it's a nice gesture.
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Post by elem »

What a great intiative - and the pix show a lot of happy faces!

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great work

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maybe AWOL and some of the other local mags can edit the story down to an article about the day out for the non internet users.

great work, well done!!!


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What a fantastic thing to do for the kids, i would be happy to contribute and do whatever i can when in HH

I sponsor a 6yr old boy in Indonesia by way of paying for his school fee's, materials and clothing... This is run by the local lions club here in Perth. There is no administration fee's every penny goes to the child.

Just a thought for the orphanage thats all...

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Marky
Obviously you have not seen the thread by Sealcat which will now be fully linked to this one.
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thanks LB
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