Our team lives in Mae Ai, the northernmost district in Chiang Mai province, where we offer training to meet needs of local villagers, teach special programs at local village schools, work with local government and village officials, and offer training and encouragement to local churches. Training is done based on topics needed and includes physical and spiritual/moral topics, such as natural agriculture, disease prevention, and who is Jesus.

Our team includes Chanchai Huamuang, Bia Huamuang, Jom Mangmi, Nathan and Bethany Scott. 

Nathan & Bethany Scott - Directors

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 Nathan is from Seattle, Washington, and Bethany is from Indiana.  God brought them together at Youth With A Mission's University of the Nations campus in Kona, Hawaii in 2000, where they both trained in community development and missions.  Nathan specializes in permaculture and participatory agriculture development, and Bethany trained in international health and development.

Nathan and Bethany were married in 2002 in Indiana. The Scotts moved to northern Thailand in July 2003 after three months of preparation at a YWAM-Strategic Frontiers base in Colorado.  They first settled in Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand, where they completed language and culture studies through an internship with YWAM while also serving with Eden House, a home for girls rescued from extreme at-risk situations.  

In April 2005, the Scotts moved to a rural area in northern Chiang Mai province on the Burma (Myanmar) border to begin work focused on Shan people.  They established Full Life Development, a ministry doing community health evangelism.  Their hearts are especially for the poor, needy, and unreached. 

The Scotts are staff with YWAM-Thailand.  They have one daughter, McKenzie, born in September 2008.

Chanchai and Bria were married in October 2007.  Chanchai is from Phayao province, Thailand.  He studied community development at Ratchaphat University in Chiang Rai.  He joined FLD as the first Thai staff in May 2005, and now is our team manager.  Pia is originally from the northeast of Thailand and spent many years in Bangkok. She graduated in 2007 from Bible college.  She joined the FLD team in October 2007. She leads our school programs. They are also active in the local church where they help teach and lead worship.

 Sompong, nicknamed Jom, joined us in July 2008. He and Jurirat, nicknamed Ree, got married in November 2008, then Ree joined our team until she had their first child in May 2010. Jom and Ree both have hearts for evangelism. Jom is ethnic Shan and Ree is Karen. Both are from Maehongson province in northern Thailand and met in Bible school. Jom leads FLD's Shan ministries and co-leads a Shan church.