an update from Yangon

We received the following update from a pastor who has a church membership of about 100 in Yangon, a bible school (which we earlier told you was destroyed by the cyclone) with about 40 students, and oversees about 80 church planters all over Myanmar:

Thank God for His protection over me and my family.
We are safe.

In Yangon, we lost five pastors' houses, the Bible school (see photo on upper left), provision shop (profit from the sales used to support needy students), and all office equipment (see photo of office on lower left).

In the Ayerawaddy Division, we have three church planters based there and I intend to go and meet them in next week to find out how they are and to encourage them.

Please do pray for us so that we may re-build and re-equip these needs in Yangon as well as in the Ayerawaddy Division as soon as possible.


Continue to pray for his family as well. His wife gave birth to their third child recently.

Phil 1:19
For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ

Matt 25
35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

there must be fuel for fire!

The following Tongues and Interpretation was delivered through Kenneth E. Hagin in April of 1983:

Just to sit still or stand still, or lie still and bemoan your situation and bemoan your condition, and
talk about those that are against you will only give the enemy authority and power over you. Causing
you to sink down even deeper into despair and defeat. But rising up in faith and declaring that in
Him you are complete will cause you to stand up and not sit down. Will cause you to stand up and
not stand still but march forward with you feet planted firmly on His Word, His promise and what He
said. And your lips speaking forth a psalm of praise. For the Lord God is alive and not dead. Yea,
He is my Father and I am His child. I'll walk in the light of His Word and in the power of His Spirit. I'll
glorify His Name and worship Him too. For He's raised me up. Yea, He made me to sit together with
Him in heavenly places. Even in Christ Jesus do I have my being, live and move and breathe. And I'll
sound forth praises unto His Name. 

Victory is not a thing to be desired and longed for. Victory is mine to enjoy today tomorrow and
forever. So praise the Lord and magnify His Name. Know what your rights and privileges are and
you will find that the enemy will always be put to flight. And life will not be a drudgery nor every day
the same. But life will be sublime. Filled with His presence, yea, filled with His power. Full of His
glory; shining forth even unto the darkness. And light through thee shall shine. And many will come
and fall in behind to follow you in the light that shines.

Deliverance will come and great victory in the life of those around about. And you will be filled with
His praise. And your mouth ever with a shout. And the enemy will be put on the run because he
knows what it's all about.

Being conscious of a mighty move in your spirit wanting and desiring to do the will of God. But don't
try to do it yourself. Just learn to relax and to flow with the Spirit. Don't try to figure out in your head,
"What does He want me to do?" Just learn to relax and flow with the Spirit, it'll take care of itself you
don't have to worry. I just wonder, I know there's something, I know there is something He wants me
to do. Fine just keep on praying. And just flow with the Spirit. You'll not come into the full potential of
what God has for you tomorrow. You'll not come into the full potential of what God has for you next
week. You'll not come into the full potential of what God has for you next month. Some will not even
come into the full potential of what God has for you next year. Some will not for quite a period of time.
But, as you're faithful, and as you're trained, and as you learn to yield, you'll move eventually into that
place, hallelujah, that He had for you all along.

Glory to God. Glory to God. Did you hear me? Did you hear me? Praise His holy Name. But you see
moving into that place of ministry or whatever it is, whether it's full time ministry, or pulpit ministry, or
personal ministry, or whatever your place is in the Body of Christ.

Moving into that place is fueled by prayer, fired by the Spirit and ignited with his glory. Hallelujah to
Jesus. Glory to God. I said, glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, praise
God. But you see if there's no fuel there, there's nothing to ignite. Notice the Spirit said [I never
thought of that, it came out of the inside of me] fueled by prayer, fired by the Spirit, ignited with His
glory. You have to stop and analyze that, there's a difference between firing, igniting. Yes. You see
it's like the furnace, you see? There's a pilot light there that fires the thing. And then when the whole
thing has become ignited then the heat flows out. Ha, ha, ha, can you see what He's saying? Fueled
by prayer, fired by the Spirit, ignited with His glory. Hallelujah. I never though of that. I mean it just
flowed up out of my Spirit. But you see if there's no fuel there, there's nothing to fire. If there's
no fuel, there's nothing to fire. Fueled by prayer, hallelujah, hallelujah.

cyclone relief

Our hearts are burdened as we receive news of the aftermath of the cyclone
that hit the city of Yangon and its surrounding villages from the media as well
as from our friends.

One of our contacts from a church in Yangon shared that about 200 families from
their church and in the areas they evangelise have lost their homes and lands.
Thank God that no one died. 

Another pastor shared that his orphanage which housed 22 orphans was
completely destroyed as it was made of bamboo. Nonetheless, the orphans are
safe. His family was also protected but his house was damaged (the roof blown
off by the cyclone). He is in the process of repairing his roof. Do pray that he is
able to find adequate building materials as they are costly and hard to come by
at the moment.

Many of the houses in the villages are bamboo huts with thatched roofs as they
are the cheapest form of housing available. They are like the “attap houses” in 
ingapore in the old days and are unable to survive a cyclone. A bible school that
we taught at was also destroyed as it was made of bamboo. 

Do pray for Myanmar as she try to recover from this catastrophe. About 40
townships in Yangon and 7 cities in the Ayeyarwady have been destroyed by the
cyclone. In some villages there are only a few survivors. 

At present, many people have no water, food or shelter. The churches have been
giving out of their limited resources. Due to limited supply of water and other
food items, prices have gone up. Fuel prices and transport costs have increased
considerably. The local churches need our assistance. 

The Lord has put in our hearts to help this nation through prayer and giving. If
you would like to donate to the churches and pastors that we minister to, please
contact us.

it will pass like a dream

I was much encouraged by the following passage that my brother sent me as i continue to press on in the path God has planned for me.

Isaiah 29:6-7
You will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against me, all that fight against me and my stronghold and distress me, shall be LIKE A DREAM, a vision of the night.

i run!