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Photo 1: Micah Wood, 24 , left, and Jarod Marshall, 29, visit the Bang Muang temple which was acting as a morgue for overflow victims. The two are Christian missionaries from Colorado Springs who are full-time volunteers with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). They are in southern Thailand to help the Thais rebuild after the devastating tsunami disaster.

Photo 2: The village of Nai Rai in the Phang Nga Province is home to almost 700 Muslim Thais. The small village lost only two residents but was almost completely destroyed by the tsunami because it is located along the coast. Many foreign missionary groups have arrived at this small, remote village to help them rebuild the 107 homes lost in the tsunami disaster.
Kate Birtles, left, a missionary with the organization Shoulder to Shoulder, helps dig the foundation of a new bathroom and kitchen for one of the residents of Nai Rai.

Photo 3: Jarod Marshall is surrounded by eager and curious young faces in the small Muslim village of Nai Rai.

Photo 4: Micah Wood captures the attention of one small refugee at the Nam Khem refugee camp. The camp is one of the largest refugee camps in Thailand, with 6,00 residents. Many of the refugees at this camp came from the town of Mu Baan, which that was obliterated by the tsunami and left most of its residents either dead or completely homeless.

Photo 5: Jarod Marshall, left and Micah Wood survey some of the heavily damaged coastal areas of Khao Luk, one of the hardest hit areas in Thailand.

Photo 6: Micah Wood looks over the Lam Kem temple.

Photo 7: Jarod Marshall, left, and Micah Wood document the damage to parts of a resort area at Khoa Luk.

Photo 8: Juck Chai Kiewnin, left, describes the tsunami as it came toward his village. As a fisherman, he was the first one to realize that something was wrong with the sea that day and ran to warn many of the village’s children. He likely saved many lives by being alert to the water. His family sits next to him with the rubble and debris of their homes in the background.

Photo 9: Juck Chai Kiewnin watches the rebuilding effort outside his family’s house. His mother Lima Kiewnin died in the tsunami and many of the family’s homes were destroyed. This house withstood the water which rose to more than 5 feet inside the house but has no electricity left.

Photo 10: Inside the family’s home.

Photo 11: Stuck in school, a young Muslim Thai boy watches men rebuilding outside of his classroom in the village of Nai Rai.

Photo 12: Three 11-year-old Muslim Thai girls giggle among the piles of debris that was once their remote village. The girls are, from left: Aprhadi Sumpon, Onruchai Senchai and Sukanya Sumpon.

Photo 13: A young Muslim Thai boy drinks water while he navigates around debris in the village. The village’s mosque survived the impact but had some damage to the floors. Water reached more than 5 feet high in the town and carried away many cars and homes.

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