Inthisan, born in northeast Thailand, became a Buddhist monk at age 14. He came to the United States in 1992 and now leads nine other missionary monks at Wat Thai Washington, D.C. in Silver Spring. The temple that serves about 2,000 families of both Thai and non-Thai origin.

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