Along the Burmese Border

I enjoy a "Kodak Moment" with some Karen tribal refugee kids.

My Cambodian brother and co-worker Seyha and I were blessed to be able to visit our brethren along the Thai/Burma border. Some of you are aware, but I'm afraid many of you are not aware of the suffering of the Karen tribal Christians inside Burma. Hundreds of thousands of these brethren are now refugees in Thailand. Many more are suffering under persecution from the Burmese army. They are persecuted both for being Karen and for being Christian. When we arrived in Mae Sot, we met with believers who trace their spiritual heritage back to the ministry of missionary Adoniram Judson. This area is a very sensitive area politically. Pastor Joseph and the Karen Baptist churches need our prayers.

While we were there, we were able to help paint a Karen tribal refugee school for the children of the area. They also have a Manna Worldwide feeding center ministry. Our church here in Cambodia has decided to make this work among the Karen our first foreign mission to support. This is a wonderful milestone in the life of our Cambodian church, taking on a foreign missionary work.