Ministry House Overview

The Next Step house is Bob Bowling's own house, now living in Chiang Mai, opened up for young adult tribal people to have a Christian home-like environment in which to live. Their normal choices are either to remain at a high school dormitory program, often with grade-school kids running around too, located out in the suburbs far from university or workplaces, or to live in small apartments in cheap areas of town known for partying, drugs, and recreational sex, certainly not a wholesome Christian environment.

The house has previously had up to six people living there, and currently has three: Gorn, Petro, and Kaow. Wit is on the team too, but doing a year abroad at a university in China and due back in July.

The property is on one "Rai" of land, which is about half an acre. There's a four-bedroom house with a huge living room, a wonderful front porch area, and a nice kitchen. There's also a blessing of a "cottage" house with two bedrooms (one very large), each with its own bathroom. Rent runs about $600 a month for the property, with manageable internet and electric bills on top, and a lot of work has gone into improving the place over the years.