Presbyterian Missionary Union - Foreign Fields

BPC Myanmar Cyclone Relief Effort

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:55:52 -0500

PMU Missionary Church Planter Rev. Khawl Ro Kima has just returned from a mercy mission to the Irrawady District of Myanmar, in the Laputta region. This area is at the point of the delta, and took the force of Cyclone Nargis point blank. Please read his report. For additional information regarding the cyclone's impact on the country, you may read and see more at http://myatthura.blogspot.com/, which is a local man's perspective on the situation in Yangon and the Irrawady. Pray for our brethren there, and for the people in general. Rev. Kima's regular support is currently at about 54% of where it needs to be, and we would ask for your prayers that more regular supporters would step forward to keep this important mission going in good order!

Myanmar 2007 Ministry Photo Journal

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:44:40 -0500

Many of our praying and supporting friends have asked to see more pictures and updates on the Kimas than we are able to do in the monthly Missions Banner. So we have prepared this photo journal to chronicle some of the highlights of 2007 and give some ideas on the year to come. Thanks for your prayers and interest in the Kimas' ministry!

La Paz Sanctuary Report and Photo Journal

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:45:06 -0500

For the past 8 months Rev. David Quisbert and the La Paz Bible Presbyterian Church (La Paz, Bolivia) has been building a new sanctuary to replace the old one crushed by heavy snows several years ago. With assistance from PMU and churches of the Great Lakes Presbytery, the congregation has sacrificed and labored to ready the new sanctuary for its official dedication on December 2. Dr. Pine, Dr. Kevin Backus (Grand Island, NY), Rev. Tim Miessler (Cincinnati, OH), and Elder Philip Resnick (Cincinnati, OH) traveled to La Paz to participate in the celebration. The attached photo journal of the construction progress will bless your heart as you view it! Please pray for the congregation as they continue on in their building project all the way to completion, as the Lord wills.

Pray for Myanmar - UPDATE!

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:08:40 -0600

If you have been watching the news in recent weeks, the name "Myanmar" has become familiar to you. The Southeast Asian country is in great turmoil due to the totalitarian military junta in power there. To date, the military has killed or imprisoned many, and made great efforts to silence voices within from sending information to the wider world. What information has leaked out is not good. Human rights abuses have been prevalent ever since the junta refused to acknowledge democratic elections of ten years ago that would have removed them from power. Now, curfews, meeting restrictions, price increases, the use of force to quell demonstrations are the substance of the news on the subject. They massacred thousands of Buddhist monks in the uprising ten years ago: the situation is ominously similar today.

In the midst of this turmoil sits a small minority of Christians. Among them is our own minister, Rev. Kima, his wife and family, and the church which the Lord has allowed him to gather. The chaos is the most severe in Yangon, apparently, but is also widespread throughout the country. Restrictions have now been placed upon believers trying to meet in Inle Lake by the local authorities, and the fledgling church can no longer meet out on the lake in Kay Lar village. [Personal visits by our evangelist in the area in homes are still able to take place, and the church has been meeting on boats out in the floating farms.] Communications have been cut off nearly entirely thus far as the government tries to shut down the Internet and all outgoing media. Many have asked about the status of the Kimas and the churches they are trying to establish, and we can confidently say that they are in God's hands. They are all fine, though burdened with the doubling of the prices of all commodoties that are affected by the price of fuel, which the junta doubled arbitrarily to raise funds for their military action against the freedom movement. We have just received word that the Kimas are the proud parents of a new baby girl, born on September 28! So we rejoice with them. For the time being, we will refrain from providing pictures of our friends, since the military is now regularly photographing anyone suspected of being in the opposition party. Myanmar reportedly has the most severe and thorough censorship on the Internet of any nation on earth at present. We do not wish to provide faces for the enemies of God's people. ("Kima", by the way, is a shortened version of our brother's name which he has used for our benefit -- we wouldn't be able to pronounce his legal name! -- and so in God's providence it is safe enough to use the name with which we have become familiar.)

Please pray for the Kimas and all believers in Myanmar. Pray for their safety, and for their courage as they seek to find ways to meet in spite of the restriction of no more than five persons meeting at any one time in any one place. [This restriction has now been lifted, and Sunday services are able to take place -- praise the Lord!] We will keep our constituency informed of developments as we learn of them. Pray, too, for the Kimas' support. They need regular monthly supporters badly. We are still able to get funds to them so far: pray that no obstacles would arise to that situation. Thank you.

Missions Banner Newsletter: October, 2008

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:33:20 -0500

October, 2008, #232

In this issue:

In Memoriam: Rev. William R Kane, D.D.
Columbia BPC Church Camp
Quisbert Report from Bolivia
Baldwin Report from Cambodia

Missions Banner Newsletter: September, 2008

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:34:18 -0500

September, 2008 #231

Team Timothy Bolivia
2008 Bible Presbyterian Synod
Miriam's Schedule
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: July/August, 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:54:42 -0500

July/August, 2008, #230

New Phase Begins in Cambodia Mission
Rev. Quisbert Meets with President Morales
News from Austrailia
News from Bolivia
News from Cambodia
News from the Far East
News from Myanmar
News from the US
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: June, 2008

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:49 -0500

June, 2006, #229

In this issue

Myanmar Response to Cyclone
Field Director Visits Asia
WRS Celebrates 25 Years
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: April, 2008

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:56:49 -0500

April, 2008 #227

In this issue:

Team Timothy USA Reaches 3000 Homes
Summer Camp in Myanmar
Resurection witness in Bolivia
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: May 2008

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:09:10 -0500

May, 2008, #228

In this issue:

Cambodia Report from Mark Baldwin
BP Presbytery Summer Camps Preview
Paauwes Bible Conference in Western Australia
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: March 2008

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:48:10 -0500

March, 2008, #226

In this issue:

Memorial for Dr. Thomas G. Proctor
Memorial for Rev. Clyde Field
Ed and Lehia Paauwe Update from Australia
Mark Baldwin takes a little ministry vacation in Thailand
Dr. Pine's trip to Southern California
Western Reformed Seminary 25th anniversary
Team Timothy USA gets ready

Missions Banner Newsletter: February 2008

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:46:20 -0500

February, 2008, #225

In this issue:

VBS in La Paz, Bolivia
Kima's Expanding Myanmar Ministry
Baldwin Report from Cambodia
Team Timothy USA Preview
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: January 2008

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:11:02 -0600

January 2008, #224

In this issue:

Paauwes Praise
Team Timothy Bolivia Gets Ready
Sanctuary Dedication in La Paz
Report on Winter Youth Conferences
Team Timothy USA Announced
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: November/December, 2007

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:59:21 -0600

November/December 2007, #223 In this issue:

Progress report on La Paz sanctuary construction
Support needs
Mark Baldwin update from Cambodia
Kenya library assistance
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: October, 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:20:25 -0600

October, 2007, #222 In this issue:

Update from Miriam & a new translation project
Pastoral team to La Paz
New Spanish resources online
BPC web page update announced
Update on the Paauwes in Australia
Update on Mark Baldwin in Cambodia
BP Associate Presbytery for foreign works