For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
Several years ago Jesse and his wife Erin fled their Kachin village in Burma after the army burned it to the ground. They made their way to Thailand, where they lived near a refugee camp and gathered with a few people to worship on Sundays. Word about the church spread, motivating Jesse to pick up people from nearby villages using his scooter – thus dubbing this growing congregation of over 100 The Scooter Church. (Read more about the Scooter Church here and here).
Jesse has recently heard from his sister and explains,
“At the present time a war is going on between the Kachin people and the Burmese Military Government, the Burmese Government would like to get their hands on the natural resources in that area (uranium, jade, rubies, gold, timber, etc.). The Kachin people are determined that their homeland should not be robbed. The Kachin Army of 10,000 men, armed with a few old weapons and a small amount of ammunition is facing the full force of the massive Burmese Army of 400,000 men with their high-tech equipment. 50 of my friends have already died in the fighting. My sister is in the army and she sent a message to say that in one day her camp was bombed 20 times by Russian built MIG jet fighters. Amazingly very little of this news gets into the outside world, and what news does come out is often inaccurate.”
Jessie asks that you Please pray:
- For peace, and pray that the Kachin people will be able to retain their own homeland
- That we will be shown how to respond to the massive orphan children problem that is developing.
- Also for our many Christian friends and Christian high-ranking officials who live in the area.
- For the Scooter Church to reach more people in the area with the Gospel.
Please leave your prayers for Jesse’s sister and the Kachin people below. We will forward your encouraging words along to them.
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Read a heartfelt appeal from the Kachin here