In January, the Grand Island Bible Presbyterian Church gifted the Bible Presbyterian Church of Myanmar with a boat that will serve as “church bus” for the Inle Lake region under the leadership of Brother Pazar. Since the center of ministry is a village on stilts in the middle of the lake, such transportation is vital to spread the gospel and build up the saints.

Last October, Dr. and Mrs. Len Pine traveled to Myanmar for training purposes. While Dr. Pine taught hermeneutics to the men who are training for ordination, Mrs. Pine held a seminar with the ladies on the woman’s role in the church and home. While Rev. Kim continues training efforts for the men in vital areas, the ladies of the church have begun to train other women in biblical truth. In December, two missionary wives, Mawite and Thangte, taught the ladies of the BP churches of the Shan State on the matter of biblical roles of women. Such multiplication of teaching is a common occurrence in Myanmar. Both Khawl and Mawite Kim have a burden to train the people in God’s Word in appropriate ways.

The next opportunity for partnership, Lord willing, will be this coming summer when Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Backus travel to Myanmar for more training. Dr. Backus will continue the seminary training of those seeking ordination, focusing on theology. Mrs. Sharon Backus will be raising funds to join him in this partnership ministry. Her focus will be teacher’s training for the women. Her years of experience training adults in the art of teaching, as well as her experience as a children’s teacher will be extremely valuable to the women of Myanmar.

While Rev. Kim continues to follow his calling to reach Myanmar in a myriad of ways, we here in the US are blessed to partner with him. Would you partner with Rev. Kim in reaching Myanmar for Christ? Without leaving your home, you can pray for this ministry. Please also consider supporting this work. PMU’s monthly support to Myanmar partially supports Rev. Kim personally; however, the largest portion is sent to support the ministry itself. Ministries such as the orphanage, pre-school, and all the missions stations and missionaries are supported through PMU. PMU is also presently helping with famine relief in the Chin State.

For your prayer time, we leave you with some requests from Rev. Kim. Thank you for partnering with us and Rev. Kim for the sake of the Gospel in Myanmar.

• Salvation camp is to be conducted in March 25-28 in the Shan State
• Pray for the orphanage children that God may continue supply the needs of their daily living. Pray that God may give them individual sponsors.
• Pray that the Lord may provide us a permanent place for the church meeting and worship.
• Pray that the Lord may provide us one house for the orphanage center. The orphanage children are living in a rented house now.
• Continue to pray also for the missionaries/church planters in the Shan State
• Pray for the BP church at Thinglei as they are praying to build a sanctuary in this year.
• Pray for the churches in the Southern Chin State as they are suffering badly from the rat infiltration (worse than last year).

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“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

These are the words of our Lord and King Jesus Christ. As you all know 3,000,000 fellow human beings have been tragically affected by an earthquake in Haiti. Our Lord is giving us a great opportunity to show our love for Him by helping those who cannot help themselves. Please take the opportunity to help Haiti. There are two things you can do right now. The first and most powerful is pray for the Haitians. Pray that our God will rescue the entire country with the Gospel. The second is give money. There are few ways to do that. The one that I would like you to consider is this: our brethren in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church are organizing relief operations through several missionaries they have in Haiti and will be able to send every dollar you give to those in need. Donations can be sent to the OPC address in Willow Grove:

Disaster Relief
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
607 N. Easton Rd., Bldg. E
Willow Grove, PA 19090-0920

Clearly indicate the gift is for CDM / Haiti earthquake. May our Lord say of us, “Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

[This article was prepared by Rev. Tito Lyro (BPC of Olympia, Olympia, WA) for the use of his own congregation. Used by permission, and edited for content for our broader readership.]

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