Pastor J's News

Myanmar

October 2008

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Dear Brothers & Sisters,

Please pray for Yin people. They need many ways to help, not only the Gospel, but also physical need. This time when I was in Yin village, we provide food, some medicine, some clothes, so on. They are waiting for our prayer. Thank you.

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The Yin peoples of Shan state in Golden Triangle

1. Location: Yin land is located in the areas of Shan state. They live in Pin Lon, Laichar, LoiLem, MoeNae, Namt San areas of Shan state and Namt Mai Khon, BawTake of Kayah state in Golden Triangle.

2. Population: About 400000 over Yin live in Golden Triangle. Sometimes called, "The forgotten peoples".

3. People: The Yins belong to the mongoloid stock of the Tibeto-Burman family. The four territorial groups namely, YinNet, YinKyam, YinTalet, YinBow form the people called "Yin". The Yins are independent, ethnic people group by themselves.

4. Languages: The Yin people speak the Yin language and some can speak Shan language.

5. Literacy: (0%) There is no literacy, but only have languages.

6. Economy: Yins spend their lives looking after cattle. The cattle are their wealth, and are precious to them. Some poor Yin has no cattle and little cultivation. Most Yin people are farmer and work hard and get little human resources. Most Yins grow crops of grain and vegetables. Sowing takes place after the first rains in April, and harvest comes in October at the end of the rainy season.

7. Housing: Yin homes are made of bamboo and thatch, some kinds of leaf with grass roofs . Each family has a few pots, house utensils. The houses are uncomfortable.

(a) Drink: The Yin drink is a rice beer called Ayem. This was the origin of alcohol, which plays so large an apart in all village feasts and merrymaking. They said that their god (Nat-Demon) like alcohol so much.

(b) Tobacco: All Yins are smokers, both men and women. When other people visit to Yin village they provide alcohol, tobacco as hospitable to them.

(c) Animals: Mithuns, cows, pigs, dogs, cats, pigeons and chicken were the domestic animals reared by the Yins.

(d) Food: The Yins grew all their food and made their own clothes. Rice was the main crop, followed by tobacco cotton.

(e) Marriage: Marriage was either arranged or steal. Which way it was, the bride price was 3 litre of alcohol. 3 litre of alcohol was given to the bride's family. They get Marriage between ages 12 and 13 ages.

8. The Chief: The chief is the head of the village; he is the leader in war, the owner of the village lands, the protector. Chiefs have full power of control over their village.

9. Education: There is little development in education. They can not read nor write. Most of them live in jungle villages where there is no school. The reason of the lack of education is that sometimes no easy to share about Christ to them. Whatever we go for outreach there must be an interpreter. For most people will not even talk to us.

10. Transportation: Little development is there. There is no bus transportation in the most villages. Transportation systems are done by human strength, some of them walk on foot when travel from village to village. To reach Yin village, we take three days or four days else by foot.

11. Working: Children Mission to village people takes on many forms and shapes. Working children are children who work full-time and therefore are not in school. The most Yin children are not in school. Many times, even when we persuades them not to move by granting primary school for their children, in ignorance for their children's future they will still deny it in fear of laboring for the school. They need the one who can help and care their education show the way to Christ.

12. Villages: There are 25 Yin villages in Namtsan areas of Shan sate and 150 over Yin villages in Golden Triangle. Many villages in Shan state are located in deep jungles where malaria is rampant, it is difficult for evangelists to go and preach the gospel to them. The Yins in Golden Triangle have never had the Bible in their own dialect. They are so poor people - poor in spiritual life, poor in domestic life, poor in social life, poor in education - they are poor in poor.

13. Religion: Beliefs of the Yin about god The Yin practice demonic, animism and witchcraft. When we share about Jesus Christ to them, they said, it is the first time to hear about the word of Jesus Christ. The demonic altar kept in each home is well maintained. The Yins believes as demon as real their god.

(a) ways of worship: The Yin believe that life and health, good demon and bad demon. They did not know about after death. They believe that good demon provides good things and bad demon provides bad things. They seek these things by prayer and sacrifice.

(b) way of sacrifice: The Yin offer sacrifices for a variety of reasons, for example; for the coming of rain in the spring-time; for recovery from illness; for the protection of the people. There are monthly sacrifices and one time in a year. They sacrifices alcohol (5) litres, some rice and fish to demon in monthly, and 3 red chicken or any of pig to demon in one time a year. They believes their god adore alcohol (drugs). They fear demon and believe that can kills them and make alive them. Anything of problem that come to them, they sacrifices something as soon as possible to demon. They believed in the gods that abode in rivers, pools, lakes, big trees, rocks, mountains, and so on, which could cause many undesirable diseases, even causing death.

Praise the Lord with us.

1. We reach 2 villages in this month of September with the salvation of Jesus Christ - 100 houses in one village and 36 houses in another village. There are 1000 population in one village and 155 populations in another village. We do evangelism house to house and share about the salvation of Jesus Christ. We pray for those who need healing, free from alcohol, slavery from demonic.

2. 73 Yin people have confessed that JESUS is their Savoir and their Lord and accept as personal their Savoir. It was our living God that open the heart of Yin people as well as so hard to get these Yin people into Christ.

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Prayer requests.

1. Pray for new converts of Yin people in this month. They are still need to help in many ways for their family, their spiritual life as well as their physical well being.

2. Pray for social life, and their children of future education.

3. Pray for the children of Yin. The most Yin children are not in school. They get marriage in ages of between 12 ages and 13 ages.

4. Pray for more outreach to do among the people of Yin.

5. Pray for us for reaching the Yins people and the next 2009 year we are plan to reach 10 villages of Yin people with the salvation of Jesus Christ. Pray that the Lord will open the way for us and bring many Yins soul to God.

6. Pray for 400000 people of Yins for their salvation of eternal life. They are called "the forgotten people". Some chin Christians has done some work among them, BUT only a small beginning has been made. Much evangelistic and literary work is yet to be done. There are still many groups in Golden triangle to be reached more effectively by the power of the Gospel. To make the motto "Golden Triangle for The Word (Christ)" a reality, full consecration will be required.

 

Our vision and prayer

Yins people will be saved is our vision and our prayer.

Today for your prayer is tomorrow of your church.

Ambassador to unreached people,

'Pastor J'

You will see the pig photo. This pig was going to be sacrifice to their god demon.

 

Please pray for us. September 26th there was terrorism - 13 people die.

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Grateful for Relief Funds Received

Four Church Groups Thankful for Aid Funds

Tuesday, 12th August 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Dear [NZ, USA & Thai supporters],

 

I have get your email and refers to four groups. Thank you.

Tell all bothers & sisters, we wish all the best and have many fruitful.

You are in our heart.

Your [love gift] is so great.

 

'Pastor J'

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Villagers Come to Christ

Pastor J Shares Gospel - 8 Households Believe

Tuesday, 29th July 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Dear [Brothers & Sisters]

 

The Lord bless us again. Please praise with us. This time we went to some village for rebuild our brothers house and village. The Lord open the door for us to share the Gospel in some village. At the last time in that village, we have only one house believer in that village. This time 8 house have became a Christian. We reached this time three village[s]. We do evangelism and some get healing and some want to serve the Lord.

 

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Prayer Request

This is my humbly prayer request to you:

1. Pray for our worker, so that they will serve the Lord with joy, hard. pray that the Lord will meet their need.

2. Pray for new believers - they need strong faith, maturity.

3. Pray for village people - they need a lot of things.

4. Pray for us - for God's protection.

5. Pray for TWM [The Word Mission]

 

Ready for Christ
[Pastor J]

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More Secret Baptisms

Tuesday, July 8th 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Dear [Supporters],

Love to inform you.

 

It is sad for me to inform you - on Friday one of our beloved Aunt pass away. Her age will be 60 years. Her suffer for Nagir of last month.

 

But one more thing the Lord bless us again: On Sunday I do baptized service. I baptized three new converter. We share two year about Jesus to them - this time they have accept Jesus as their Saviour completely. Please praise with us.

 

The last week we do baptized in where we are renting the house, the owner of relative came to us said, "you people use our well and water for evil and curse us." They said, we are not allow you to use for any Christian service. They said, "our god bless our well and water." We pray that the owners will come to Jesus. (The owner of their relative were just like evil or demon, they act like evil. They speak like evil. So danger and so cunning people. We trust that the Lord will touch their heart.)

 

But on Sunday (6/7/2008), we do [baptisms] secretly. Praise with us.

We do so busy for the Lord. Still we have two family to be baptized.

Please pray for the place, well and water, so that the Lord will provide for us.

 

Photos: 1. Three baptized people with myself  2. TWC students  3. Myself with two orphans 4. the Aunt who slept in Jesus. [click photos to enlarge]

 

Thank you for standing with us, we are so happy and safety when you all are alway praying for us and standing before the Lord.

Ready for Christ.

[Pastor J]

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Opposition to Baptisms

Christians Asked To Leave Rental House

Saturday, 28th June 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Dear [Brothers & Sisters]

Pastor J ask me to inform you humbly and with respectfully. Pastor J told me that you all have praying for us for yesterday baptism services. This is how the Lord led us: we ask to one of brother pastor to do baptism services, but he fear the police to perform this services. One again we ask to Pastor J. Firstly Pastor J pray for four new convert and share about why did we need to baptized in water (Romans 6:3-7, Matthew 28:19-20) then four brother was baptized by one of our brother. After baptized what their heart said:
They want to follow and serve the Lord as much as they can. One woman said, "I will proclaim the Gospel to my relative firstly". One blind man said, "Even thought I am blind man, but I can do everything through Jesus Who given the power. Amen". Please praise with us.

Then 5:00 pm, the owner of the house of relative came to us, to move [to] another house. They said that "Our god bless this wall and waters, but you people use this wall and waters Christian evil for curse. We do not know Jesus, we do not believes Jesus." They force to rent another house. "You make our wall, waters and house for hell and dirty".
But we do not say anything to the house owner's relative. We are safety because that time the house owner did not come.

 

We ask [Agent] to send you the photos: (click to enlarge)

* the photo of Pastor J and TWC students & some of members.
* the photos of Pastor J sharing the Word of God
* the photos of four new converter & baptizing (one man is blind man, praise the Lord)
* the photos of praying pastor for four new converter.

 

 

 

Urgent Prayer Request:

1. Pray for house owner & their relatives, so that they may see the light of Gospel.
2. Pray for the wall in where we are renting the house. so that we can use for baptized next time.
3. Pray for today (28/6/2008, 2:00 pm), student & pastor will have three home cell - that place is out of town. (Every Friday and Saturdays we do home cell). We can say that place is so danger place.
4. Pray for two new converter family, they are ready to baptized. But the place is not yet ready.
5. Pray for Pastor J, the warn has come again and again.

Pastor J said that your prayer support and the money that make many people to Christ.
Pastor J ask you, tell all brothers & sisters what was happing in them and what God have bless to them.

His faithful agent
[Agent for Pastor J]

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Police Warn Pastor J to Stay Away From Baptism Service

Friday, 27th June 2008

 

Dear [Brothers & Sisters]

Now I have got peace in my heart, because you all around the world are praying for us.
Thank you for faithful support, both through prayer and also the gifts.
Together we can go further and reach even more people with the delivering Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We give all the glory and Honor to the Lord Jesus, BUT I want to say thank you for standing before the Lord.
Even thought they have warned many times, but I will not stop to share about Jesus.
Dear [Brothers & Sisters], I feel that you all are with me.

Urgent Prayer Request:

Today (27/6/2008) 2:00 pm(7:30 pm NZ) [Current time in Myanmar],
our brother will have baptism Services at where we are rent the house. Four new converts will be baptized.
I will not be there, because the Police has warned me. I have to stay away this services.
We all of TWM trust that you all are praying for our nations.

Ready for Christ
[Pastor J]

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Secret Baptism at 3:00 a.m.

Woman Accepted Jesus, Wanted to be Baptized

Friday, 20th June 2008 - Myanmar

 

Dear [Brothers and Sisters],

 

Thank you for standing before the Lord for us.

I pray and inform to you, what God was working in TWM by your prayer support. Firstly please praise with us. The last week I went with our students for the gospel and help those who are in need. I share about Jesus. One of woman accept Jesus and wanted to [be] baptized by me.

Then the police ask us to go out to Yangon. At night they are not allow us to stay that place, but we pray with our tears and broken heart.

[After] midnight between 3:00 to 4:00 am, I baptized her in the Name of our Lord Jesus. Amen. Praise the Lord. Praise with us!

[Please] share about what God was moving in us to your brothers and sisters in USA & NZ. I send you the [new] photos.

We are praying for this people and our outreach program and mission.

 

More Prayer Requests

This is My Humble Request to You About Prayer:

 

1. Pray for a change in government [and] police, or a change in the leaders.
2. Pray for our Christians - that we will stand strong to share our faith.
3. Pray for the missionaries that are here - for their protection.
4. Pray for the fighting to stop in the east.
5. Pray that more Christian literature will be printed.
6. Pray that Myanmar will reopen to more Christians missionaries.
7. Pray that TWM will do more His ministry.
8. Pray for TWM, so that the Lord will open the way for us more to share the gospel and escape from police.

 

Ready for Christ.
[Pastor J] TWM

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Police Accuse Pastor J of Murder

Burial of Brother Turns into Killing Accusation 

Friday, 13th June 2008 - Myanmar

 

Dear [Brothers and Sisters],

 

Thank you for alway standing with us.
I came back this morning to Yangon. I went to village near and Yangon areas and to see our brother and sisters in hospital.
This morning I call agent, he said that I will get [money sent] on Saturday.

 

Tell brothers and sisters in USA and NZ we are grateful to you all in the Name of our Lord Jesus.
Your prayer and help is so great and so appreciated.

 

The problem that I was late to inform you is that when I make burial for our brother, the Police accuse me [that] I was killed them. I went 10 time to Police office - by grace I was safety.
The Lord of Spirit move on me, I was baptize one boy and one girl. His mother is still believing in Buddha. You may have the photos that [Pastor Y] send you before last week.

 

Dear [Brothers and Sisters], you all are standing before the Lord for our people.
You all are fighting for us before the Living God.
Our people need your prayer support and love.

 

Prayer Requests

This is My Humble Prayer Request to You:

 

1. Pray for those who suffer in Nagir.
2. Pray for our poor brother and sister from village - so that they may get health, food.
3. Pray for our Outreach and Home Cell in Yangon. The bus fee is so high, expensive.
4. Pray for Bible School in Yangon - [that] we may be reopen on next 25 June. We are not rebuild TWM (The Word Mission) Bible [School] - we transport to another township. We rent the house for TWM. 23 students with 2 orphan[s]. Everything is so expensive.
5. Pray for the land for TWM - so that The Lord Will Provide.(Gen 22:14)
6. Pray for our leaders - the Government and Police.
7. Pray for TWM - so that the Lord may use more for His kingdom.
8. Pray for Golden Triangle and workers in TWM.
9. Pray for new believers in TWM.
10. Pray for us, so that we may work more and more, stand for His Kingdom without any worry or despair and ready for any problem or any difficult etc. All people from Myanmar must saved is our prayer and goal.

 

Your [money sent] will go some to orphanage, some to food, some to shelter, some to hospital, some to poor village.

You all are in TWM's heart - your [money sent] is for Christ, with Praise the Lord.

 

Prayerfully looking for you.
Ready for Christ.
[Pastor J]

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Nargis May Trouble Us...

...But God Opens the Way for Us to Preach to Unbelievers 

Friday, 6th June 2008 - Myanmar [click photos to enlarge]

 

Dear our Friends,

We pray that you get our photos - Pastor J ask me to send you.
Two person [he] baptize them. One is [Brother S], his mother and brother, are Buddhist.

Nargis may us trouble, but God open the way to preach unbelievers. One is girl - her family still in believing animalism. Please pray for them, [that] they will become mighty a servant for the Lord, [and] one day they will [be] studying the Word of God in our Bible School.
Need are many [to] rebuild [houses and churches].
Pastor J only will go to stand if anything happen to TWM through government. He is ready for Christ.

Your [gifts] has blessed to our people and our land. Be sure the photos that you see are your ACCM (Advent Christian Conference of Myanmar) from TWM (The Word Mission).
Remember in your heart, they are really your brother and sister and waiting for your prayer.
We ask you [to] pray for us in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

May God be with you.
[Pastor Y]
on behalf of TWM.

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Thank You for Your 'Love Gift'

With My Tear I Humbly Say Thank You

Saturday, 31 May 2008

 

Dear [Brothers and Sisters],

Thank you.

Your love gift is using through those who hit by Cylone Nagir.

They do not see you face to face, but they see your gift and have it.

Your gift make us alive, your gift create alive who have die from Nagir.

Your gift make full who have nothing to eat, your gift give water who have nothing to drink, your gift provide shelter who have nothing for sleep.

With my tear and humbly say to you all, very very thank you.

Tell them all brother and sister how their gifts was working for us, make us alive.

Looking for you.

[Pastor J]

 

Sunday, 1 June 2008 - 'Pastor Y'

 

“Dear Brother and Sister in Christ,
Loving greeting to you in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Your help is greatly valued and appreciated. We wish to acknowledge with thanks the thoughtful donation of kyats to us from Brother of USA and NZ. Word can not express our thanks and appreciation for the help extended to us for which we have nothing to give you in return but pray that God almighty bless you abundantly. Your prayer support continues to make it possible for us to reach the unreached, tell the untold, and love the unloved. And we are so grateful.”
[Pastor Y] - The Word Mission (member organisation of the Advent Christian Conference of Myanmar)

 

Tuesday, 3 June 2008 - 'Pastor K'

 

“Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Firstly I praise God, we really thankful and appreciate for your love gift and your concern on our suffering and difficulties. We all had received and shared equally. It is really a blessings from God through you, we also pray for you all. We will be using these money for helping our Church people especially those who were more suffer by cyclone Nargis. As you all heard about our country and has been praying for our need I also would like to say again to continue to pray for our country and our people (Members). Our heart really felt thanks to you for your concern on our difficulties in this time. What we can do for you is only prayer to God. All of our Advent Christian Conference of Myanmar (ACCM) families also say thank you to all of you. Anticipating your favorable response in the Lord. May the Lord continue to bless you abundantly in your ministry.”
[Pastor K] (leader of one of the member organisations of Advent Christian Conference of Myanmar)

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There Are Still a Lot of Things We Need

We are Praying to God with Tear & Broken Heart

May 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Your money will [be] going for:

1. Water, rice, clothes, medicine, shelter, who are in need etc.

One litre drinking water 1000 kyats (NZ$1.35). One bag rice else 35000 kyats (NZ$46.65). Food and other thing are so cost.

2. To rebuild for their house

3. To orphan[s], widows

4. Burial for believers, bus fee, buy land, need for burial, we spend  500,000 kyats (NZ$666) over for one person.

5. Still I and some of our student do not have rent house. We stay in our friend and brother house. We are searching a new rent house. To rent one house like 100,000 (NZ$133), 150,000 (NZ$200), 200,000 (NZ$266) (one month per pay)

This is the most I and student humbly request you to pray for this matter.

There are still we need a lot of things.

We are praying to God with our tear and broken heart.

[We] ask help to the one who want to help us - you can be a part of this mission. Just pray for us. We trust God.

 

Please tell to your NZ and USA, The money will not use for our own glory

 

'I lift up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from The Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.'

 

Ready for Christ, prayerfully looking for you

[Pastor J]

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They are Struggling to Survive:

They Need Your Help!

If We Have Things to Help Them, Some Will Not Die or Lost. This is My Report to You for Prayer

Thursday, 29 May 2008 -- Myanmar

 

Many people are waiting for your hand and love: Food, clean water and shelter are in critically short supply for survivors.
Estimates point to 2,000,000 homeless victims. 

We lost many our believers in this time.
The suffering is so unbelievable. They ask me to come - I do not know how I will answer their cry and request. Just image about it - the grief, despair, and fear of those who have lost loved ones, neighbors and friends. They are struggling to survive. They need your help.
I am waiting for you.

 

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 -- Myanmar

 

This is my humbly report to you for prayer:
I bring 4 people from village - one girl, we are going to send [to] my village to stay with my parents. One boy and two girl will stay with us. One will go to Bible school with us, and two children will go to primary school. They all are without parents any more. Please pray for them.

 

We need for rent house, for those become orphan. They will stay with us, we have to take care for their future lives. Many orphan[s], but we are not promise every one to be with us.

 

Openly to say to you, if we have things to help them, some will not die or lost. Some one says, poor are lost - lost are poor.
Tonight many people are going to sleep without knowing Jesus and without sufficient food.
They  are waiting for raining for drinking and for cook[ing].
They are waiting for our help and care and love.

Thank you so much for praying for us, weeping for us.

[Pastor J]

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If You Speak to Our Brothers From USA and NZ - If They Want to Help Us...

Sunday, 11 May 2008 -- Myanmar

 

----- Original Message -----
From: [Pastor J]
To: [recipient]
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008
Subject:

Dear [recipient]

if you speak to our brother from USA and NZ. if anything they want to help us.

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From: [Pastor J]
To: [recipient]
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Subject: please urgent prayer need

Dear [recipient]
Thank you for email.
As for me, it is sad to inform you:
Four of our believers pass away, including one of our student
We send yesterday some of our students to their home. because no place to sleep and difficult to get food.
They will come back when we get the rent house. We have to rent new house.
People like us, we can not get anything from help from overseas.
Please urgent prayer need.
This time so danger for overseas people.

This is my humbly request for you, please pray for the following
1. Pray that we can reopen the school.
2. Pray that those who died - their son, father, in this difficult time,
so that they may have peaceful
3. Pray for those who have no food to eat, no water to drink, no place to sleep.

I will be glad to hear from you soon. thank you for concern our condition.
We are happy to be with you. Thank you for standing with us.
[Pastor J]

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If You Can Please Help Us as Soon as Possible...

Please, as Soon as You Got Our Email,           Please Help Us in Any Way or Many Way...

Thursday, 8 May 2008 -- Myanmar

 

----- Original Message -----
From: [Pastor J]
To: [recipient]
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Subject: If you can please help us as soon as possible...

 

Dear [recipient]

thank you for praying and concern for our people and our land.
the cyclone has struck our conntry is so bad and so sad and so great.
80000 over dead in around yangon. out side yangon, 300000 over dead.
four city has destroy and no one know where there was people and the thing.
there are 200000 over pupolion in one city. so think about, how many people will dead.

there is no food to eat. there is no place to sleep no place to cook.
water is full in every where. the electicity was went out. no working any more phoneline. no light.
some of our belives has lose the house and the thing that they has.

 

if you can please help us as soon as possible.
some of one belives has dead. we can do nothing this time.
every one is so difficult and so danger for us.
we have to move another place. we have to rent the house.
ant way, there is no way for us to sleep and cook. everything is so cost.

 

please as soon as you got our email, please help us in any way or many way.
thank you for standing with us.

with tear I say to you, please pray for us.
[Pastor J]

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