Buriram Tree of Life Orphanage

[Prakhonchai Nick]

As one of the Buriram Expats elder statesmen, I think it's time to call it a day. Roger's been given the third degree and come through it with -in my view - flying colours.

Support or don't support the orphanage - its each individuals choice.

Personally I think Roger is doing a great job giving 11 kids a home and a future, and I wish him all the success he deserves.

[dundeemk6]

Thank you Nick for your comment ... I agree 1000% with you ... in the world you've got talkers and doers ... and in my opinion Roger is a doer ...

[sugardaddyken]

As one of the Buriram Expats elder statesmen, I think it's time to call it a day. Roger's been given the third degree and come through it with -in my view - flying colours.

Support or don't support the orphanage - its each individuals choice.

Personally I think Roger is doing a great job giving 11 kids a home and a future, and I wish him all the success he deserves.

Totally agree with most of what you said above Nick but if on the Orphanage site there wasn't phrases like "Tree of Life Mission of Praise Children's Center and Orphanage." , "The Tree of Life House Christian Children's Center and Orphanage" and " Sharing God's Love " some of my posts would never have happened .
All I have been trying to put across is you don't have to have a belief in God to be a good person ( as some seem to believe), I believe also  treehousemonkey is doing a good job and wish him all the best but also think religion should be kept out of things .

[jockey]

Please,one question,have you ever distributed bibles to schools or hotels in Thailand?The reason why I'm asking is that my niece came home from school one day,a few years ago , with a bible that she said was given to her by a farang to use as a dictionary.He said he had an orphanage.

[treehousemonkey]

I gave out a bunch in 2002, 3 and 4.  A few in 2005.  Then I resigned from the organization that year.  When we did our license we removed the name Christian and although our web site currently on line still has it we are having a new site as soon as the developed gets it up. We put into effect a number of changes.  It reads Tree of Life Orphanage.  Even our bank accounts are TOLO and Tree of Life Orphanage, both here and in America.  We get schools, clubs and of course Bouworde Foundaation out here.  Several universities, including Florida International University in Miami did a fund raiser in 2007, Woolagong University did likewise in 2010, and Manchester University in 2011 and Sheffield-Hallam University in 2010 as well.  All of the participants were secular.  We shifted accordingly.  I had written to a whole lot of churches asking for help and received a whole lot of hate mail.  That really pissed me off.  Of the 9.600 churches we emailed (it took three months to amass the addresses, one by one), one church sent 200 dollars. An Arab Muslim high-ranking government official from Dubai  I met at Big C gave us more help.  I was surprised at the lack of response and quite disappointed.  A complete waste of time. Some of the churches who did write back demanded a statement of faith  and I trashed their requests--- I don't like "I will help you out only if you believe like me demands."  Stuff them all.. I have received to date more help from family members, high school mates from 45 years ago (my drinking buddies from the past) and from book sales on my novel Mean Streets of LA: Taking Out the Trash and from TOLO t-shirts and mice-pads sales. Those from churches who have helped us have been close person friends for  30 years or more.  We will accept funds from anywhere except from Obama. And if he says pretty please and that he is stepping down as president at the end of his term, I might make an exception and take his money too.

[sugardaddyken]

I had written to a whole lot of churches asking for help and received a whole lot of hate mail.

Doesn't sound very Christian of them 

Sounds like a wise move taking all the religious stuff off the site ,far better to just get a good rep for what you do from friends and  acquaintances .Good Christians will give anyway and non religious girls and guys like myself will give knowing its not going to the god in a box brigade,even though a little bit is ! 

[treehousemonkey]

I wrote one church that said "if you need prayer contact us."  I did and wrote "please pray for us" I got back a letter that started with "how dare you contact us!".  I immediately  wrote back and said "read what it says on your web site"  and then added " I am sorry somebody pissed in your cheerios. Have a bad day!"

[Prakhonchai Nick]

Are you racialist?

 Why would you not accept a donation from Obama?

[sugardaddyken]

Are you racialist?

 Why would you not accept a donation from Obama?

Don't be silly Nick 

Look at treehousemonkey's  Avatar 

[treehousemonkey]

Absolutely not!  I follow the conservative line of thinking. God helps those who help themselves, not God helps those to help themselves to what belongs rightfully to those who earned it. I am planning to vote for Herman Cain.  I have always loved Godfather's Pizza.I just don't care much for democrats. white or black or brown.  or green. or whatever. I went to school with Newt Gingrich. I don't like Mitt Romney's hair or Rick Perry's either. Michelle Bachman looks like a witch to me. Gives me nightmares..  I sat next to Newt in two history courses at Tulane while I was there.  He got his PhD at Tulane I went on to serve in the army even though I fortunately avoided going to Vietnam.  Germany was a nice place to hang my military hat. Beer was a whole lot better, too. especially at Oktoberfest. One party too many though, stayed hungover for ten days after 17 glasses of bourbon sevens and met my best fiend -- the toilet bowl, to keep my face cool between constant spates of vomiting up my guts. Swore off drinking hard stuff because I wanted to live, never ever got back to it and that was in 1972, too much in too little time and came back to university and got my PhD in 1977 at Ole Miss.  He finished in 1971.  I liked him for  his brilliance but I don't think I would vote for him.  Too damn smart.

[sugardaddyken]

Absolutely not!  I follow the conservative line of thinking. God helps those who help themselves, not God helps those to help themselves to what belongs rightfully to those who earned it.

Your preaching again Rev Treehousemonkey, must be your southern Bible belt upbringing,as far as I'm aware God has never helped anyone ,apart from those that believe in fairy stories   

[jockey]

Absolutely not!  I follow the conservative line of thinking. God helps those who help themselves, not God helps those to help themselves to what belongs rightfully to those who earned it.

Your preaching again Rev Treehousemonkey, must be your southern Bible belt upbringing,as far as I'm aware God has never helped anyone ,apart from those that believe in fairy stories   

i agree  well said

[treehousemonkey]

Southern upbringing, my ass.  I was born in Michigan and raised there and in Minnesota and Massachusetts and New York. I went to school in the south, most of my classmates were Jewish or southern elitists.  And don't call me reverend.  Do I look like Jerry Falwell?.

[jockey]

BUT YOU ARE A JEW FOR SURE

[Daft Ada]

Thank you Nick for your comment ... I agree 1000% with you ... in the world you've got talkers and doers ... and in my opinion Roger is a doer ...

Agreed Roger is a doer ............. but he can also talk the hind legs off a donkey!

Daft