Building a House for Friends In Thailand
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2023
- This video documents a house building project for our friends during the pandemic. A BIG THANK YOU to our TH-cam viewers that put up with those pesky ads, to our Patreon patrons and to FEURICH, Vienna and Apogee Digital in US. Your. support that made this project possible.
Krahan asked me to film and post a video about his house for him, so here it is. Filmed with iPhone 14 Pro.
About Krahan:
Krahan is Karen. When Krahan was 14-years-old, the Burmese army burned down his village. Krahan became a child solider to fight for his people. He spent the following years facing starvation and hardship in the Burmese jungle. His family got separated escaping the Burmese soldiers.
Eventually Krahan was reunited with his family across the border in Thailand where his people were given refugee status. The Karen people in Krahan's community are Christians.
Krahan is skilled at caring for elephants. Due to his experience as a solder he became good at managing people. These gifts and experience were recognised by the owner of Elephants World and he was offered the job as head-mahout. Krahan lived and worked at Elephants World for 13 years. During that time we became close friends.
Krahan was let go by the owner of Elephants World, along with almost all the Elephants World staff, at the start of the pandemic. Thailand closed its borders so Elephants World had no visitor revenue. Half the elephants were returned to their former owners.
Krahan's income only enabled his family to get by from month to month. Elephants World had been the only home Krahan and his family had known after arriving in Thailand as refugees. Without a job to support his family, Krahan returned to his Karen village on the Thai side of Thai/Burmese border. However, Krahan, his wife Bua and son, Sawang and Che, were homeless. It’s hard to see friends in this situation without wanting to help in some way.
If there is a more heart-warming story on YT, 😂 it's probably on this channel.
Thank you for reminding us that we're all in this life together, Paul, Khwan and Emilie.
With love from LA. ❤
The world needs more families like the Bartons!!!
This video needs to go viral; every concept of how humanity was meant to live, is presented here.
Oh my! What an absolutely wonderful story. It is so good to remember humans don't need all the trappings of modernity to have loving community and individual fulfillment; and that life is more precious with both these things. My heart once again feels at peace and in love.
Tout à fait d'accord 👍
You Sir, are a good, good man. And are a great example to both your your wife and daughter who clearly are on a parallel path to yours. 💖
What a beautiful story, more people in this world is needed like Paul Barton and his lovely family and friends ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s made my day. And Emily is a very special fortunate child will be fun to see her grow up
Mate you are living the dream life... an artist and community man. This was one of the most touching videos i have seen in a while.... There still are good people and good things in the world.... I live in one of the wealthiest countries on the wealthiest continent, but i am a pauper compared to these people, the community and peace is worth more than anything in the world....
You live in the Usa?
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This was the BEST story EVER! Generosity, kindness, love.....I grew teary with heartfelt joy. I love following you and think Emile has the best parents. She is living an amazing life learning to hone her God-given talents and loving and caring for all living beings.❤
Proof that there's still decent people in 2023...
Hard to believe, i know~~
My respect to you Mr. Barton~
Not hard to believe at all...but fine to see.
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The little touch of paradise was made possible by a wonderful combination of love and compassion from friends and family. What a beautiful way to live🙏🏼
Beautiful family and friends.
Such a beautiful story!
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Seeing the joy on that families face brought tears to my eyes mate, may Buddha bless you all 🇦🇺🙏
The house looks very nice. I love the togetherness.
What a beautiful story and a lovely house. Bravo Bartons. You did a wonderful thing.
Loved every bit of it....the great big creative endeavor that made a home for some very deserving friends
You and your family restore my faith in humanity. Outstanding!
Such a beautiful family in need of help & support through this time, they were certainly blessed by kindness & love through friends. The generous donation by this lady was truly magnificent & Khwan's head sculpture too & of course the gorgeous dog, I loved the dog's reaction when seeing the model of himself 😂... WOW what wonderful people you all are coming together, working tirelessly with the long hours & the humility of the weather, your personalised touches throughout the house that made it into a loving home &. memories to cherish. Adore the country side & views Thank you Paul, Khwan & Emilie your video really touched everyone's heart that's for certain. ❤❤❤
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This is so heartwarming @Paul Barton. Your family is so inspiring. God bless you all always.
I'm catching up on the Barton Family videos. Lovely. I cannot adequately express my admiration for all of you. Truly, the world is a richer place with your family in it.
What a beautiful life you have created for yourself and your family
You have made my day, thank you for sharing this wonderful and uplifting story, you and your family are setting a beautiful example.
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Mate, what an amazing and talented family you have, watching from Australia 🇦🇺🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video! It warmed my heart! I wish you and your family and friends continued blessings! 🥰🥰🥰
This is wonderful! You made some good people very happy. These are the stories we should hear more often. Thank you to all for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful story and video, what a lovely man 🙏🙏🙏
God bless you, your family and every people who know you.
I lost my beautiful family dog Balto Lightning Feb 27 he was a Miniature American Eskimo and I would love to have a sculpture made of him. I miss him so much! You all are a wonderful family!
Such a beautiful community of people. We have lost so much of our humanity in the west.
This was a beautiful video. ❤ Thank you
Wow, what an incredible beautiful video, thank you for sharing with us your lovely family and friends 👍👍❤️❤️
🌺Thank you so much for sharing this 🌺
This was a truly wonderful video. God bless you for being such good friends, It is so nice seeing your love for others.
What a wonderful video. I enjoyed it so much. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a lovely group of people! Thanks for sharing this! ❤
I love your videos. If I could start all over I’d live in Thailand. Paradise ❤️
Spectacular!
amazing Paul just amazing i dont have words i almost cry
How beautiful!! Your generosity and love shine through thanks for sharing.
Your videos fill me with so much nostalgia for my childhood days in a Village in India. I loved every moment of the simplicity, dedication to your friends. I am so glad they now have a home and furniture. You are wonderful and I am so glad I get to see a little part of your world sometimes. ❤
Your family and friends are a blessing and shall be blessed in the many years to come. Thank you for sharing this!
Inspiring. What a rich life you have created. 🎉❤
So much love
Beautiful 💕
Thank you so much for sharing this story. I am so grateful for how you all support each other! Amazing and beautiful!
Heart warming
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11/10, really excellent.
You ALL are Truly AMAZING people🙏💞🙌GOD BLESS YOU ALL ABUNDANTLY. I Love watching your videos Paul, Emily and your Wife, Paul. You all are so very talented. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. You all have hearts of pure Gold!!😊 I wish there were more people in the world like you all. You deserve nothing but the absolute BEST. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU ALL. You're A Wonderful Dad Paul! Husband and Friend. Emily is Amazing!! I absolutely love her personality.❤She's the BEST!!
당신의 영상을 보면서 많은 깨달음을 얻어요. 감동을 넘어서 당신의 실천 능력에 존경 하게 되었어요. 나도 당신을 보면서 나의 능력을 사회적으로 환경적으로 무엇을 할수 있을지 깊은 고민에 빠지게 되었습니다. Thank you
Wasn't expecting this
What a well-told story. I have some questions if you have the patience. (I lived in Thailand for three months in 2014 and my knowledge of the country is rather sophomoric.) In some of your channel videos, even very old ones, I notice Emilie wearing what looks like Karen-style dress (colorful with Pom-poms) …is it because of your association with Karen friends? Or am I mixing it up with Isaan style dress? Is Khwan perhaps from Isaan?
Two other trivial questions. Is Emily wearing a type of sunscreen in this video or is it something else? And finally, I noticed that Sharky has similar features to the dog Bangkor (spelling?) in this video…are there common breeds among the dogs of Thailand and what are they, if so?
@SkySpiral8 - thank you for the kind words and questions:
Q - In some of your channel videos, even very old ones, I notice Emilie wearing what looks like Karen-style dress (colorful with Pom-poms) …is it because of your association with Karen friends? Or am I mixing it up with Isaan style dress? Is Khwan perhaps from Isaan?
A - Yes, it's because almost all our friends in Thailand are Karen. From time to time they give us colourful hand-woven clothes which we love. We especially like the clothes and crafts made by the Karen people in the far north of Thailand. Khwan isn't from Isaan, she's from BKK.
Q - Is Emily wearing a type of sunscreen in this video or is it something else?
A - Emilie is wearing Thanaka cream, something Burmese/Karen people, mainly women and girls, put on their face (sometimes arms). It's mainly applied for cosmetic "beauty" but it's also a sun block and prevents spots and encourages smooth skin. It's made from ground tree bark and roots mixed with water.
Q - I noticed that Sharky has similar features to the dog Bangkor (spelling?) in this video…are there common breeds among the dogs of Thailand and what are they, if so?
A - Sharky is a shelter dog from the countryside. We don't know anything about her breed just she looks like a wolf and has a long fin-like tuft of hair along her spine, hence her name. Thai dogs, especially in the countryside, live outside not the home (our dogs live in the home and Thai people are surprised by this) and are almost all roamers and are just a never-ending genetic mixture so it would be hard to spot any specific breed. We also have several terrier-looking dogs and also 2 long-haired dogs, which is unusual as almost all Thai dogs have short hair.
@@PaulBartonPiano Thanks so much for those answers. It’s nice that you’ve befriended many Karen people. When I taught English in public schools in Western New York, I learned that we have a number of Karen refugees living in Rochester and Buffalo. They are tightly-knit and value education for their children.
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I don't speak English very well, I'm French. It would be great if you could activate the subtitles so that I can better understand what you say in the videos :)
@sophiepetitpas5093 -- the CC captions are active on the video - have a great weekend!
@@PaulBartonPiano thank you very much 🙏
Has Elephant World returned to pre-pandemic status?
Yes - well on the mend - thank you for asking.
Third this time
Yeah yippee yeah working with fun 🍀🚀🔥🔑🩷🔥👌🙏👍🏼
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