Terry & Peggy Schmitt – N. Thailand
Our base is in Northern Thailand ministering also in Access Restricted Nations in Asia (ARNA). Ajaan {Teacher} Peggy is presently Director of Trauma Healing Thailand (THT). Peggy is actively training professionals in her capacity as a Master Facilitator In Training for the Trauma Healing Institute (THI) Group. She is training Medical Doctors, Academic Doctors, Ambassadors, Certified Counselors, Psychologists, Professionals and those whose heart is to bring about Healing the Wounds of Trauma by our Lord’s Transformational Inner Healing Ways. Peggy trains within three (3) different streams of Healing The Wounds Of Trauma beginning with Basic Initial Equipping Training Adults to work with and Train other Adults and Training Adults who will then work with Children in a group camp. Then onwards into the Advanced Equipping and offering Healing Group gatherings with the option of Certification within THI. Peggy maximizes fully practical participatory training in all her workshops producing indelible tools for a full life lasting transformational change resulting always in birthing reproduction into the lives of her students who then train up others into the same.
During July 2006 through the first week of April 2007 Peggy was in the Philippines in a special first ever fulltime nine-month crash course program (Diploma Training Program in Aftercare – Justice For Children Int’l/Love146.org) taught by medical doctors, PhDs, nurses, and clinical psychologist in the area of the Aftercare of Children who have been sexually abused or exploited (CSA/CSE) (DTPA course completed April 2007 – top student)). Peggy has trained up a Counselor to become a Specialist in Aftercare and reproducing herself in others to do the same. Peggy graduated with her Master’s in Holistic Child Development at MBTS of Penang, Malaysia (Nov. 2012 top graduate). Years ago, she received her Double Registered Nurse (RN) education from the Royal London Hospital and specialized in Children’s Nursing.
Peggy’s ministry has involved training the trainers and teachers in Children’s Ministry work in a three-year module form in ARNA. To date, directly and indirectly one-thousand (1K) have been trained inside one ARNA country alone. Her materials are presently used in ARNA. In the last 12 years primarily, Peggy ministered as a highly trained Specialist in the area of Inner Healing Aftercare Transformation for children victims of abuse and exploitation sexually (CSA/CSE) and Child Labor victims. She also provided training in the area of Life Skills (arts, baking, budgeting, crafts, jewelry, leadership building, self-protection skills, and sewing) to a few hundred Tribal Girls at three (3) safe-homes. Peggy also trained staff in Children’s Homes, Coalitions, Foundations, Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s) and Pastors in the area of children’s Advocacy, Awareness, Prevention, Rights, and Understanding Children in keeping children safe. She also worked with Social Welfare, courts, IJM, and government agencies to assist young tribal girls and children at risk (CAR) many of whom have only refugee status identification. Anti-Human Trafficking is part and parcel of her work. She also is called upon to Debrief children and adults in emergency situations within children’s homes.
Peggy is fluent in the Thai language and also speaks some Lao, four Chinese dialects, some Bahasa Malay & some Vietnamese. She utilized her medical skills with the Vietnamese Boat People by running a Primary Public Health Center (Maternity Clinic) with those who ended up in the refugee camps (Suangai Basi) outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the mid 1980’s working with World Concern and the Red Crescent. For three years we also performed medical work in an ARNA.
Terry was a member of Project Asia Thailand Team working and ministering to people needing relief helps due to the tidal wave which hit southern Thailand. Short term and long-term help and ministry working alongside local Thai pastors and local government officials and Imams were provided. Terry is also coaching Thai pastors in NE Thailand and ARNA in Biblical Finance & Character Development and has also trained leaders/pastors of ARNA. Terry has helped to establish Church Planting Movement in NE Cambodia among one of the ARNA peoples. He also thrashes out ideas with Business Is Missions entrepreneurs large and small and helped establish small business owners. Terry is also Coaching, Mentoring, Discipling, and Encouraging former Muslims and Persians and African leaders who have given their lives to The Lord Jesus just a few years ago who are in prison. Terry’s disciples have their own disciples who are now missionaries and evangelists in various regions in Asia. Terry is witnessing to men from all Asia who are in prison in N. Thailand and discipling prisoners in N. Thailand and Bangkok. Terry along with Peggy are also counseling leaders/pastors in SE Asia as well as our many Spiritual Daughters now graduates from the safe-homes and university and presently pastors, business owners, professionals, and University/Vocational students.