Truth Tellers

Love For Myanmar Ministries Update

Christ Centered, Servant Hearted, Myanmar Focused

“Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.”
Dag Hammarskjold,
former Secretary-General of the United Nations,
and Nobel Peace Prize Winner

America appears to be the disturbing image that God wants the rest of the world to see for what happens when the beauty of his message is concealed within those who should be its ambassadors. Why are Christians allowing the undoing of their country’s soul? Rather than pointing our fellow Americans to the moral north star, we seem to be more concerned about shielding ourselves from being critiqued as Christians.

The power of the Holy Spirit to cultivate understanding is being neglected as Christians retreat to the comfort of our church pews. Our lack of fortitude is exacting a cost on this country, our self-suppressed voices are allowing the immoral narrative of others to speak without consequence. Where is the widespread resistance? Why are Christians so afraid of responding to dissent? Why do we equate being quiet with being responsive as if our timidity can be interpreted by the misguided in any other way than consent? Could this explain the narrowing differences between Christians and others? If people don’t perceive any difference, why redirect their lives?

It seems that Christians simply do not trust the Holy Spirit. We seem unwilling to believe that the Holy Spirit can responsibly exercise the power of Jesus through us. More often than not, we silence ourselves which results in lessening the value of our Christianity.

Why are Christians silencing themselves? Do we value being humble more than being truthful? We have lost sight of the fact that “we are our brother’s keeper”. It is the responsibility of Christians to not just unmask the broken path this country is traveling, but help redirect this country towards God’s Truth. Are you willing to be among those taking the first step? Our world needs more Truth tellers!

Gary Watkins, LFM Co-founder

1. Iran has secretly shipped vast amounts of jet fuel to Myanmar’s military. As the junta ramps up bombing raids against civilian targets, Iran is now the military’s primary supplier of jet fuel and urea, which is an ingredient in Myanmar’s munitions. The deliveries violate Western sanctions on both countries. Illicit Iranian deliveries of jet fuel have powered an expansive bombing campaign by the Myanmar junta that has struck more than 1,000 civilian locations in 15 months. Iran has also dispatched cargoes of urea, a key ingredient in the junta’s munitions, including the bombs it drops from drones and paragliders.
2. The military regime has begun conscripting women as young as 18 in Hsihseng Township, southern Shan State, marking a significant escalation in its manpower drive. The policy reflects a growing manpower shortage within the junta and an increasing willingness to shift the burden of war on civilians, regardless of age, gender, or student status.
3. The Karen National Union-led capture of the key border town Mawdaung in the Tanintharyi Region broke a string of junta advances across Southern Myanmar.
4. Myanmar’s military advanced into Nattalin and Paukkhaung townships in Bago Region in recent days, burning more than 100 homes. Thousands remain displaced across the Bago Yoma foothills, bracing for further clashes as the military appears intent on tightening its grip over key routes linking eastern and western Bago Region.
5. Nineteen independent resistance groups announced the formation of the Spring Revolution Alliance (SRA) uniting under a new coalition to oppose military rule and pursue federal democracy. The SRA’s significance lies not only in its military coordination across regions, but in its potential to operate independently of Chinese influence. The SRA’s defining strength lies in what it lacks: Chinese pressure. Unlike border-based groups, the alliance can operate without the external constraints that have shaped earlier resistance campaigns.
6. The Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA), an ethnic armed group aligned with Myanmar’s military, is pressuring high-school students in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Township to attend military training. Students from schools in Nam Mun and at least five villages have reportedly been forced to sign the agreements. All roads out of the area have been closed to prevent the students from leaving.
7. The Myanmar military junta attacked farming communities in Karenni State and on the Karenni–Shan State border, deliberately targeting civilians, farmland, and food systems during a critical harvest period. A new investigation documents attacks on farmers through detention, torture, shelling, and aerial assaults. Fighting has displaced at least one third of the Karenni population—more than 150,000 people—forcing them to live in approximately 450 to 500 internally displaced persons camps across Karenni State.

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Myanmar coup: 1,860 days

Prayer request

Please pray that our God continues to grow love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self control among our ministry partners in Myanmar in order that their despair is overcome for His glory.

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