That Baby Jesus, and now Child Jesus and his Mum Lady Mary & Carpenter Joseph are safe here in the slums of Klong Toey and I pray and I know they are safe in your own homes and towns and cities and that you will love and Protect them. -  And that you, as our family will help us find the poorest of the poor and ask permission from them if they will allow us to serve.  Be of service according their own rules and ethics.

Christmas Present to the Poor – Construction Site illegals.  They have nothing to give us in return.  But they trust us.  do have our love & trust:  I send my only & most precious possession to you – my child – for you to care for, to look after while I work on a job site.
 
And our Christmas present to them, and to you, is only our word.  Our Promise.  We will do the best we can.  Come and see for yourselves. 

This weekend we are grateful to receive the first 2 of 9 laptops they will be donating to the children. 
 

This junk dealer guy, a stranger, not from around these parts, tried to take away our pride.  My own very pride, me, the teacher, and my class full of raggedy, rag-a-muffin six years old. But it didn’t work.  Of course, it didn’t work.  How could it?

Dear everyone


To write to you at the end of a school day.  The kids are fine.  Everyone is healthy. True, they wear masks (most of the time – wash their hands proper – and are as cheerful and happy as five and six year olds can be / We strive for social distancing – and achieve it …. Somewhat …as much as can be expected at kindergarten level.
 

BANGKOK — Redemptorist Father Joe Maier, 80, opened his first school in Bangkok’s market-side slum district of Klong Toey in a swine slaughterhouse more than 40 years ago.