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Koh Phayam, Thailandstory

Machines, a Children's Day, and School Mornings

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About thirty young children in Thai school uniforms lined up in two rows on a sandy village path beside stilted wooden houses in the early morning

February and March 2026 brought a step forward for the water-and-ice factory and many ordinary, precious days with the children.

On 18 February Philip shared photos of the new water-bottling machines: the machines are installed.

On 20 February he again had the opportunity to be the MC at the local school's fundraiser. "It was a lot of fun," he wrote, "and most of the Moken school children took part in the performances." The next day the church went to Chang Island for a church children's day. "It was great to see how well children understood the gospel. And it was great fun too."

On 24 February Philip described how every school day begins. Every morning, Monday to Friday, he gathers the children to go to school. They read the Bible and pray, make sure everyone is clean, and then wait for the tractor to take the children to school.

At the end of March came one more evening on the microphone: Philip had the privilege of being the MC at the island's cashew-nut festival. "It was great fun."

Photo Gallery

A four-head stainless-steel water-filling machine above a roller conveyor in the factory's white clean room
A rotary bottle filling and capping machine with a blue cap conveyor, plumbed with blue pipes in a white tiled room
A selfie on a shaded long-tail boat packed with around twenty children, crossing toward a forested island with a stilt village
View over the colourful tin roofs of a coastal village, with long-tail boats moored in a calm bay and islands on the horizon
Two MCs with microphones on stage under the Koh Phayam school banner as costumed performers come onto the stage
Two MCs with microphones on a lit outdoor festival stage at night, beside three young girls in traditional Thai costume