The combination of the pandemic and military coup in Myanmar has created an economic crisis resulting in millions of lost jobs and the inability to afford basic food supplies. The United Nations has indicated that 31.5 million of Myanmar’s 55 million people have been driven into poverty.

Within our ministry areas, people pawn their clothes and other valuables in order to survive. Over three million people have been displaced from their homes due to junta hostilities and are living in makeshift camps or caves and jungles. Another 95,000 have fled to neighboring countries; mostly to Thailand.

We must have an unlimited certainty that God answers prayers. We must believe that once God presents us with a need, it is an absolute certainty, not an impossibility. It is achievable.

Love for Myanmar is involved in the humanitarian support of an estimated 150 children in five children’s homes located in Yangon, Myanmar. This number is currently fluctuating due to older children trying to escape serving in the junta’s army as human shields, mine sweepers, or porters in a war against their own people. Some children have parents, but they are prisoners or battling disease. Some have one parent whose partner passed away leaving several young children. Some have no one. The combination of unfortunate family circumstances is saddening ..

We are not about church planting. It is not about buildings. We are about discipleship training through a network of house churches–gathering with a purpose to know and grow in Christ ..

As a 100-bed facility with a 60-member staff, the Mawlamyine leprosy hospital is one of a handful of leprosy hospitals in Myanmar.

She and her husband are sources of encouragement to the hospital staff and families of the leprosy patients in nearby “leprosy” villages.

Love for Myanmar has started an education program coordinated by our Chaplain’s husband that includes a tutoring program and a learning center mainly for the children in the leprosy villages to fill in the learning gaps left by a broken public education system.

Because of the military coup, thousands of families have been forced from their villages, including countless school-aged children. As a result, many schools have been closed throughout the country due to junta hostilities or their curriculums shortened due to a lack of teachers. In some cases, education facilities have been occupied by junta forces.

The education of a generation of children is being lost. This is a pivotal time for an organization to help support a declining education system in Myanmar. Presently, this program is underway in three locations.

Love for Myanmar has partnered with the Trauma Healing Institute of the American Bible Society to equip our staff and volunteers with the critical skills necessary to address trauma-related events among those to whom we minister. Our National Director and Trauma Healing Program Coordinator are among only a handful of certified trainers in Myanmar.

After visiting a Karen refugee camp in Thailand and sponsoring a Karen family’s move to the United States, Love for Myanmar became involved with Karen refugees already resettled in the Austin, Texas area. Among the first goals was to help them find a place to exercise their new freedom of worship.

Formed under the organizational umbrella of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, administered by the Austin Baptist Association, and mentored by the Crestview Baptist Church of Georgetown and the Austin Baptist Church ..