General News

April 2, 2016, Aung San Suu Kyi set to get PM-type role in Myanmar government - Bill to appoint Nobel laureate as powerful state counsellor, bypassing ban on her becoming president, passes upper house...

The Vatican says Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in a major step to heal the 1000-year-old schism that divided Christianity between East and West. (Washington Post, Friday, February 5th, 2016)...

China’s currency has now been included into the basket of currencies that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) uses to back up its Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), which is actually a new World Currency. This is a huge triumph for China. This move puts the Chinese Yuan on the same par as the U.S. Dollar, the English Pound, the Japanese Yen and the E.U. Euro. This makes China a major player in the world’s financial arena...

Dear Friends and Fellow laborers, Satan never sleeps. We are under constant attack and meet roadblocks thrown in our way. Fellow laborers generously donated to get Kawn Yee and Toomya Shwe to attend a Thai language school in Chiang Mai so they could acquire an ED education visa from the Thai government. Then they could come to Thailand, study Thai, and attend classes at Legacy too.

The death toll is over 120, mostly innocent concert-goers, including dead Americans. Some of the terrorists behind the bloody and cowardly attacks have been caught. Others are still loose and they are armed. These atrocities were done by ISIS, the Islamic Caliphate which is at war with Western civilization. French President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency and closed the borders. It appears the terrorists came into France among the thousands of refugees fleeing Syria. They were armed and financed by ISIS which has terror cells across Europe and even in the USA!

This is a prayer request for Stelyn Shwe. He is the Legacy student who contracted dengue fever and was hospitalized. He was released and came back home, but was just not getting his strength back. He then began to complain about being very cold and needed several jackets to stay warm. It was discovered that he had a low grade fever and so Gloria took him back to the hospital to get a check up. He was admitted today and the doctors are running several tests to find out the cause of his continued weakness and the low grade fever.

The laws have changed again! It seems to me like they keep changing the laws every month or so. In order for us to bring students from Myanmar (Burma) to Legacy in Thailand, we must have them attend a Thai language school. In order to attend a Thai language school, they must acquire an Education Visa (ED visa). In order to acquire an ED visa, we must pay a local language school a yearly fee for them to attend on Sundays. They can then attend Legacy school on weekdays.

One of our Legacy students, Stelyn Shwe, came down with Dengue Fever and had to be admitted to the hospital. I just visited with him this morning and anointed him according to God’s instructions in James 5. He is feeling better and hopes he can leave the hospital soon. Dengue is dangerous because it can turn into Hemorrhagic Fever which is very dangerous. It seems we got him to the hospital in time...

40 COG members (including children) gathered at Kyawk Taing, Myanmar for the Feast of Tabernacles with much worship; singing songs to God; and lots and lots of feasting. Seng Aung, our Student Pastor in Kyawk Taing; his wife Seng Pan; Legacy student Htoo Mya Shwe; and our Deacon in Rangoon, U Myo Zaw and his wife Tumar, are there to lead services and festivities throughout the 8 day Feast. Some COG members from other parts of Myanmar were able to attend...

Dear Fellow laborers, Here is the latest from Seng Pan, wife of our Pastor Trainee in Kyawk Taing, Myanmar. She was in the hospital for four days with a very high fever and low red blood count. She just wrote us and email...

Dear Friends and Fellow laborers, We received news from Burma that Seng Pan, the wife of Seng Aung, our Pastor Trainee in Kyawk Taing, had to be taken to the hospital with a very high fever. She had the fever for four days and it would not go down, so Seng Aung took her to the hospital. Her temperature is normal and she has returned home. We do not know what the cause of the fever was. Please pray for Seng Pan. She has two small boys to take care of as well as teaching the Sabbath School children and other church duties. Her biggest worry is nursing the youngest son...

We need your fervent prayers on two accounts. First, we have some serious problems getting our young people over from Myanmar (Burma). There always seems to be problems with visas, etc. In order for us to bring our young people (Burma Nationals) to Thailand we must acquire the appropriate visa. For our Burma students to stay and study at Legacy for three years, they must return home each year and then get another ED visa (Educational visa) for another year. This is time consuming and expensive when one adds up travel expenses and more visa costs. But this is the Thai law and if we want them to continue their studies at Legacy, we must comply with the rules and regulations of the Thai Immigration Bureau.