Legacy Letter October 2012

21 February 2017, Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, “TRIP TO BURMA” Gloria and I have returned from Myanmar (Burma) and have great things to report. First of all, I would like to relay that the Church of God is continuing to better organize in Burma. Burma has been a backwater for the Church of God for many years; indeed, it has been an adjunct to Australia and continues to be for some COG organizations. Part of the problem has been a lack of trained leadership for the fledgling churches that have sprung up over the years in many parts of Burma.

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong met King Bhumibol Adulyadej the first time in 1971. At that time, the king told him about a new project to educate the ethnic hill tribes that inhabited the highland border region of northern Thailand. These hill tribes grew opium and sold it to Chinese middle-men as their only cash crop. The king wanted to teach them to grow other crops, such as peaches and vegetables, to replace the opium they grew. This would be more profitable for the hill tribes and much less destructive to the upland forests and humanity as a whole. The king also wanted to give their children an education but had very few trained teachers.

Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers, 23 April 2018 – JAWK TAING BRETHREN KEEP PASSOVER AND DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD WITH EARL ROEMER AND DAVID BENSINGER – Leon and I have previously written in the Legacy letter about the miracle blessing of Earl Roemer and David Bensinger coming to Myanmar to handle Passover and Unleavened Bread services, since Leon was not able to do so after his stroke in November. We are so very grateful for their service to God and his people! Many do not realize all that has been involved in preparing for a trip such as this. There is organizing the travel tickets, hours spent at airports, and very long flights.

IN THIS LETTER: Harvest Time in Thailand ● God, Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency ● Report from Burma – Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, It is harvest time in Thailand. The golden fields of rice are waving in the breeze, and people are beginning to harvest the grain. Legacy Foundation is no different. We planted rice on a piece of leased property we call “Jet Rye” (Jet meaning seven and rye being a Thai measurement of farm acreage). Seven rye is equal to about three acres. We used organic methods entirely…