Leroy and Lisa Sharon are missionaries to Thailand. Lisa is currently raising two young girls for the Lord. This focus has turned out to be the best witness to the local village, which had never seen a Christian before. Leroy travels to various towns and schools and connects people with the Savior through language teaching using Bible stories.

The Sharons seek to serve God and the people around them in any way possible because the locals are very relational, and their trust must be won before they will be open to spiritual things. Here are some of the services they provide to the refugees and local villages:

English Education: They teach English to anyone who wants to learn; they use Bible stories as their textbook. They also teach basic health principles to the local villagers.

Health Education: The nearest hospital is many miles away, so they help anyone who is sick or hurt using basic natural remedies. If the problem is severe, they provide transportation to the hospital.

Publishing Ministry: They create, publish, and distribute small tracts in local languages. The people are eager to read the tracts, and the Sharons and others have been able to pass out thousands of them, as well as Bibles and Spirit of Prophecy books.

Mechanics Services: They fix anything brought to them free of charge. They fix motorbikes, trucks, hoes, rakes, shovels, etc.

Feeding the Hungry: The Sharons have found many people who are too old to work and need food and care. They purchase food for these elderly people, visit them each week—making sure they feel loved and cared about—and care for them if they get sick.

Lisa says, “Our main goal [is] to be used by God to finish the work and spread the Gospel. It doesn’t matter to us how God directs us to accomplish this. In everything we do, we endeavor to point people to Jesus.

We endeavor to create a Christian home environment for the children we take in and to be an example of what God would have a home to be like for those around us.”