Myitkyina is the capital of what is called the Kachin State of Burma. The Chinese want to build a dam on the Meka/Melika River that flows through Myitkyina so they can develop hydro-electric power to feed the power-starved Chinese economy located across the border.
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Gloria and I are now back in Yangon (Rangoon), from our trip to Taungoo in central Myanmar (Burma), to keep the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread with Church of God members gathered from...
Gloria and I are together here in Taungoo, Myanmar (Burma) with 33 Church of God brethren and children to keep Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread. We have been able to come together from different parts of Myanmar. One graduate of Legacy Institute in Chiang Mai came all the way from the China border bringing two friends to see us. She had to cross into China via mountain trails and come around into Kachinland by a circuitous route to avoid the fighting between the Burma army and the Kachin Independence Army.
For over 60 years, the king and queen of Thailand have worked almost without a break to raise the quality of life for the poor of Thailand’s rural minorities. King Bhumibol has concentrated on agricultural development and water resource management. It was his idea to teach the opium growing hill tribes to grow peaches and strawberries instead of poppies.
This past school year has already come and gone. It’s amazing how fast the time flies. On March 18th six of the Legacy students graduated. Two were from last year […]
This past year has flown by and we just finalized our last issue of the Legacy Leader. We used a really interesting journalism book hosted here. It outlines the basics […]
Many people hope that the so called Arab Spring will lead to democracy and human rights in countries such as Egypt and Libya. But increasingly, diplomats have growing concerns that democracy will not be the end result of the uprisings. Leon Sexton analyzes the current political situation in North Africa and the Middle East to see what is really taking place.
Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Two weeks ago Gloria and I traveled to a small village in the mountains near the border with Burma (now called Myanmar). We went to pick up six refugees who are also Church of God members. They have been living in the refugee camp for four years.
Many of us have sat down with a big, yellow banana, peeled back the outside and had a snack. But there is more to a banana than I knew. Last […]
Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 In Bangkok, several men, one of them identified as Iranian, set off bombs and threw bombs at police and a taxi cab that refused to stop. […]
Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 In Bangkok, several men, one of them identified as Iranian, set off bombs and threw bombs at police and a taxi cab that refused to stop. […]
Actually, I feel like there are not so many flowers blooming at the moment, which may be why I am looking to dredge up some color for the blog. I’ve […]