Land in Myanmar is a premium commodity. In fact owning land at all is rare. Very few citizens actually own the land they live on outright and those that do usually manage this by claiming ‘family land’ and can prove ownership generations back...
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Our guest blogger this week is Julie Christianson. Julie travelled with Love For Myanmar to Myanmar in the summer of 2013. She has many stories from her time there, but this is one of our favorites. Small acts of kindness and faithful service can...
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YOU are our network! There is a lot going on these days in the social media world. From blogs to hashtags to tweets we are inundated with the everyday happenings of the people around us. Do not be fooled by these little virtual worlds that are...
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Check out this snap shot of kids from one of our children’s homes trying on their brand new school uniforms. School uniforms are one of the hidden costs of education in Myanmar (of which there are many), as children must have a uniform in order...
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Our guest blogger this week has lived in Myanmar for almost four years and is the Director of Myanmar Ministries Relations here at LFM. She is also in our first ever LFM quarterly newsletter. Interested in reading more articles like this? You can...
Learn moreThis week is simple and sweet. Love For Myanmar does a lot of cool things in Myanmar and Austin of a very ‘serious’ nature…but we play a lot too. Really, we are experts in play and over the years a lot of really cool people have been a part of...
Learn moreI asked LFM’s long time friend Chin Chin to write a little bit about Christmas in Myanmar. To help you understand some of the context of things she is writing about I need to explain some cultural norms, recent political changes, and my own...
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Well another successful Thanksgiving has come and gone. It was a beautiful day here in Texas and facebook was awash with people posting just how much their cup runneth over. The LFM team in Myanmar was also able to celebrate this year and invite...
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‘Volunteers daily amaze me with what they are willing and able to do for others!’ One of our followers on facebook, Amy Saenz, said that on our page last week. She pretty much hit the nail on the head, so to speak. Volunteers are completely...
Learn more“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (I Thessalonians 5: 16-18)” The holiday season is officially upon us. We are right in the middle of that three-month stretch...
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Hello blogosphere! I’m Celina Henry, your friendly Love For Myanmar (LFM) blog writer. I wanted to take this week to introduce myself so that you know a little about the person behind the screen. I’m the Resource Development Coordinator for LFM...
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Daw Roi Taung grew up an orphan. Having no family she was forced to get work very young in a house as a servant. She had no formal education and no idea what it meant to have a family. When she grew up she got married and had children of her own...
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