The Problem with Karma

The Problem with Karma

I remember when we first got to Myanmar in 2003. It was a different country back then – karma had made it a country that time had forgotten. The government was not open to outside influences and exercised punishing control of its people...

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Which Path is Right?

Which Path is Right?

Everyone has some type of belief about how they can live a better life now, in the future, and for eternity. In Myanmar, the majority culture holds that the teachings of Buddha are the key to a fulfilling and satisfying life. One saying our...

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Bring Healing and the Good News

Bring Healing and the Good News

In Luke 10, Jesus tells his followers to bring healing and share the good news wherever they go. People don’t care what you know, until they know that you care. That’s why at Love for Myanmar we minister to orphans, poor students who cannot...

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Help Us Help Them

Help Us Help Them

Orphans in Myanmar have little hope. They fall easy prey to ruthless people who exploit them for forced labor or the sex trade. The Bible says in the book of James that true religion takes care of the widows and orphans. Would you want someone to...

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We Can Serve in Word and Deed

We Can Serve in Word and Deed

The following letter was recently provided by Isaac Nun Hmung regarding one of his seminary students in Myanmar.  We felt it a compelling opportunity to share, allowing the  Holy Spirit to move in the hearts of readers.  If you would like to...

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A Dream of School

A Dream of School

By Carolyn Watkins For the first time in the seven-year history of the Austin Karen Baptist Church, a young man from our congregation is attending a four-year university!  After a successful high school football experience at Austin High School...

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Why It Matters

Why It Matters

Back in 2008 I was working for another nonprofit serving in another hemisphere but based Georgetown, Texas, right in the heart of Texas.  While employed at this nonprofit I had the great fortune of engaging with Reed Iwami, a man of exceptional...

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In God’s Timing

A report from Love For Myanmar’s, Elisha Sanga. Elisha is LFM’s Neighborhood Learning Center Coordinator. He and his wife, Christina started the school about ten years ago following their graduation from seminary. This is a place in...

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What Truly Matters?

What Truly Matters?

By Gary Watkins, Co-Founder of Love For Myanmar Sunday, November 8 will be bookmarked- one way or another- as an important page in the continuing story of Myanmar’s journey towards democracy. Since 2010, the nominally civilian government...

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The Impact

The Impact

The plane touched down in this humid, bustling part of the world.  It was a trip I had prepared for logistically.  I had traveled around the world in mission response, serving in India, South Africa, all over Central America and numerous other...

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The Game

The Game

The Game, written by LFM mission team member Lucas Crockett. The sky is bright yet overcast. A large hill or a small mountain rises just above the palm trees and other tropical trees in the background. Just below the trees rest several houses...

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