North Burma Christian Mission

Immediate Prayer Needed

2010-08-19T04:01:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Concerned Christians,
A massive landslide had occurred 20 kilometers or so south of Gongshan city in the northern Salween valley. There were over 200 persons buried by the landslide not to mention the homes in the path of the landslide. Gongshan city is where we (North Burma Christian Mission) have a Bible School and is the county seat of Gongshan district where over 20,000 believers live.

The landslide occurred in an area where they do mining into the steep mountainside. The landslide was so huge that it damned the mighty Salween river for over an hour causing much destruction when the dammed river finally burst!
Praise God the authorities were able to warn villages downstream and most villagers were able to seek higher ground.

Still, numerous homes and villages were destroyed along the path of that flash flood.

The immediate need is for us to go in and help the families that lost loved ones and lost their homes and all of their belongings in the landslide itself as well as to help those who lost their homes and belongings when the dammed river burst.

We will need temporary housing, foods, medicines and clothing for the victims of this tragedy. We will also need to think of any possible help for the long-term rehabilitation for these people, especially the believers. I will also make a quick trip up there if the funds can be secured as well.

We are talking about possibly 300-400 families having been affected by this tragedy. I know we can't solve all of the world's problems but pray that we can respond to this immediate need.

God bless you and your families,
Bobby Morse

Charges Dropped!

2010-01-22T18:31:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends and Faithful Supporters and Prayer Partners,

Greetings!

After nearly 10 months or so, it is good to finally be able to announce to you that the court has dropped the alleged false charges of child molestation of under-aged girls at the Mae Teng Hostel! After reviewing the evidence, the court has determined that the teachers intentionally brought false charges against me and my dorm parent by coercing, intimidating and forcing the girls who were under-age at the time to make false testimonies and claims that they had been inappropriately touched. That court has determined that there is no evidence to that charge. In fact, when the allegations were finally made by the teachers (2 years after the initial charge by the teachers to the police) and not by the kids or their parents, and the media had their day with this news, it was the four girls themselves and their parents who became irate and very upset and came to the defense of myself and the hostel parent.

The girls, who had transferred back to their home village schools, from the school where the teachers had made the initial false charges were now two years older and were out from the daily intimidation and when they saw the allegations in the news papers and TV, came forward and gave new-fresh testimony incriminating the teachers who had made these false allegations and charges.

I want to thank all of you who had confidence in my integrity and me and stood by me in prayer and support. I feel a real sense of relief and vindication. Indeed, I feel like a great burdensome cloud has lifted off my shoulders. I thank God for His goodness, mercy and grace. I know this has come about due to your many constant prayers. So, thank you!!! The spiritual battle is still not over yet, so please continue to pray for me, my wife and our children and this ministry to the Tribal Children and the new Video ministry called GospelVision Ministries. Concerning these false allegations, we know that this was a frontal attack by the enemy, Satan. So, lets not let down our guards but continue to persevere and be fervent in our prayers for God’s continual protection and guidance and continue to run the race towards that finish line.

I will admit there were moments I thought what’s the use of praying? I found myself sometimes even saying; God knows everything, yet he tarries! So, what’s the use? Well, I’m glad you all continued to pray when I was wavering. So again, thank you from the depths of my heart for your confidence and prayers. There were many months I felt alone and since I had this media gag, imposed by the lawyer, and couldn’t speak about these charges, it made things worst. I thank Tassanee my wife and Melody and Bert our children who stood by me in thick and thin.

Many of you have no doubt read and heard of these charges and were curious and perhaps were even upset or doubtful due to the media blackout. I’m very sorry for that. I will try to start up the newsletters and regular reports again. I thank Joshua and Krystle for doing a good job of passing on tidbits to many of you through his letters and emails.

I am now ready to put this whole incident behind me and go forward with the work, which is before us. Throughout this ordeal, I never missed a day of work and have continued to work with the Hostel kids here in Chiangmai while I felt the need to close down the Maeteng Hostel due to the attitude of the Teachers in those schools there. I felt the teachers were very hostile to our children and me and didn’t want to put the kids in an environment of constant intimidation and ridicule. So, I closed the Maeteng Hostel.

Throughout this ordeal, I also continued to work with my staff, working on video dubbing projects and completed dubbing the book of ACTS and are presently half finished dubbing the book of MATTHEW as well. During this time, we also recorded and finished a series of sermons on Thanks giving in the Lisu language. We also recorded and a number of DVDs of a Lisu Choir in China and a number of other sermons including a sermon by myself.

There is so much work ahead of us that I feel we can’t loose a day so are already making future plans including a seminar in China on Discipleship. We are also planning a trip into China to deliver equipment and set up a recording studio as well as do more Video and Audio recording/editing training in China. We then plan to dub the book of John in China by May and June of 2010.

This weekend we are having our annual Hostel Christmas celebrations. We will have a sermon and performances by the kids on Saturday evening followed by services Sunday morning. Would appreciate your prayers as we are hoping to have a baptismal service following the Sunday service.

Christmas and New Year are just around the corner, so I want to take this opportunity to wish every one of you a wonderful and Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! I just wish the very best for you and your family and loved ones and that you will be blessed with good health, happiness, success and an improved economy. That the God that sent Angels to appear to the shepherds to declare the Good News that a Savior was born would appear to you in a very personal and tangible way and bring Joy and Happiness into your home and your lives.

Again, I just wanted to let you know from me that the charges against me have been dropped. We are now just waiting for the formal notification of the court’s verdict. So thanks again for your continued support and prayers. God bless you all.

Thailand Mission Trip 2009

2009-07-19T22:08:00.000-07:00

Josh is leading his second mission trip to the hostel Chiangmai, Thailand. The group is 13 including our 10 month old son. We have people from Gainesville, which include Josh, Krystle, Landon Williams, Jessica Williams and Taylor Bainter. Sally Sommerfelt from Tallahassee. The rest of the group, Carter and Kaili Johnson, Coral McNabb, Mr and Mrs Marshall, and Jamiie Jo and Jeremiah Williams.We all arrived safely yesterday. It was about 2.5 days of traveling so we were all very glad to arrive.

We have settling in and adjusting to the time change (12-13 hours different for everyone). This year we will be filming to make new videos to update the current supporters and hopefully gain some new supports. The hostel is in desperate need of funds. One of the main reasons the Mae Tange Hostel has been closed down due to lack of funds. We will also be conducting a VBS for the children.

Josh and Bobby are also planning for next years mission trips. We are in pray to have 2 trips one at the end of May and one at the beginning of August, as well has leave a few team members during the two trip to teach the children English and computer skills (we already have 4 people interested in this!!). Please be in pray with us. If anyone is interested in joining us please let us know so we can start planning.

We will try to update several times while in Thailand and have a recap and personal statements from all the team members once we return.

Please keep us in your prayers for our health, success and relationships for the mission trip.

Violated

2009-07-05T22:06:00.001-07:00

Today we came home from church to find our house was burglarized.
Thankfully we weren't home and we are all safe. They used gloves so
no fingerprints were found. They did find a glove in the back yard
where they broke the privacy fence and we believe it belongs to them.
We lost most of the items in our house worth money: electronics,
jewelry, and cash (totaling all together about $6000). This includes
money for our mission trip we are leading (~$500 for expenses once we
get over there) and our Mac computer we use for mission work. Please
pray for us and the people who broke into our house.

We are very thankful to be surrounded by wonderful friends and family
who came over and helped us with clean up and provided food and called
and checked up on us. We love you all and feel so very blessed to
know you. You have helped us deal with the upset in our lives.

Please help us if you can with our Thailand mission fundraisers...

Thailand Ice Cream Social (GNV) - Monday, July 6th from 5pm - 9pm
Join the Thailand Mission Team at Sweet Dreams Ice Cream in the
shopping plaza at the corner of SW 34th Street and University Avenue.
pIck up some yummy ice cream for your tummy in the "Missions Cup" and
20% of your total will go to the Harvest Christian Church Thailand
Mission Team! Make sure to bring your friends for a sweet treat, and
lend the mission team your support.

Dance Fever (GNV) - Thursday, July 9th, 8:30pm - the last person stops
dancing!
Christian Campus House - 16 NW 18th St / Gainesville, FL 32603-1835
Enjoy a night of dancing with the Gainesville Thailand Mission Team.
Dance the night away at Campus House and you could win lots of prizes,
even an iPod! We will be giving away door prizes and the Dance
Champion will win a brand new iPod. For all ages!! $5 to enjoy a
night of dancing, and you can help the mission team!

Freak storm damage to Children's dormitories

2009-05-01T18:43:00.000-07:00

From Bobby

I just returned from a trip into China with my wife and upon our arrival, com to find out there was a freak accident that came into Chiangmai and it seems has blown off and cracked the tiles on the boys and girls dorms as well as the dinning hall-kitchen here at the Tribal Children's Hostel in Chiangmai.

After assessing the damage to the three buildings, it seems that due to the age of these roofs, (they are very brittle asbestos like tiles used from 30 years ago) there is no way of just replacing half of the tiles. As soon as anyone gets up there on the roof, it is going to cause more damage. So, we are at a loss as to what and how to repair this.

I called a builder friend who came over and inspected the roof today and he said we will have to replace the whole roof. It doesn't seem to be any structural damage but the roof is sagging and all the tiles will have to be replaced! Yikes! He said we have to do something with the big holes immediately or could anticipate the whole ceiling collapsing as well. So, I'm at a loss. I wasn't expecting something like this now. We are about 3-4 weeks till school starts and all the kids will be returning to the Hostel.

This is an urgent SOS request for assistance in repairing these roofs. The following is the estimated costs:

Boys Dorm: Tiles = 1,650 x 55.- Baht = 90,750.-

Girls Dorm: Tiles = 1,960 x 55.- Baht = 107,800.-

Dining Hall: Tiles = 990 x 55.- Baht = 54,450.-

Staff Quarters: Tiles = 840 x 55.- Baht = 46,200.-

Screws/nuts: Pieces = 5,440 x 5.- Baht = 27,200.-

Labor Costs: Tiles = 5,440 x 15.- Baht = 81,600.-

Total Baht = 408,000.- @ exchange rate of 34.-baht/US$

Total USD$ = $12,000.-

The contractor said we will need to replace some lumber beams but we do have old lumber from when we had to tear down the Church building so I'm pretty sure we can use that to cover that need.

So, the total urgent need is going to be US$12,000.- The US dollar and the construction material prices have not been stable, however I will go down to the construction warehouse and lock the price in immediately once I hear from you. This has taken us by total surprise and we are at a loss as to what to do. We seem to be talking about other people's needs all the time and we never or at least seldom expect things like this to happen to ourselves. Well, it has struck us and now we are totally going to have to be dependent on you. So, I do hope and pray that we will be able to get some good news soon from you. It's just that we have so short a time to get all this repaired before the rains come (and they are coming soon) and most pressing is that the kids will be returning soon as well!

So, would appreciate all your help.

Oh, by the way, I just got an email from our guys in Rangoon who I sent in to purchase and distribute the rice seeds and rice for food and they just returned this past Saturday. It was successful and they were able to make the distribution to 500 families. They also took a lot of pictures and videos so when my rep comes this Friday, he will be bringing all the reports and pictures and videos. Thank you so much.

We want to ask that you continue to keep us in your prayers.

I was going to write another email but I might as well just include it in this email concerning the ongoing and continuing needs for the Nargis Cyclone victims of the Delta of Southern Burma.

The time has now come to begin plowing the Paddy fields again and we are needing assistance from IDES and others on this matter as well. We are hoping to begin plowing in May and this year hope to plow approximately 8,000 acres of paddy fields if the funding could be secured. The needs are as follows:

1. Diesel for plowing 8,000 acres @ 1 gallon per acre x $3.- per gallon = US$24,000.-

2. Transportation costs for 160 barrels of Diesel @ $25.-/barrel = US$ 4,000.-

3. Purchase 2 additional Tillers @$1,250.- = US$ 2,500.-

4. Lumber/Thatch/Cement for building workers quarters x 5 @ 1,250.- = US$ 6,250.-

Total = US$36,750.-

As for the cost of the Diesel and transportation we don't need it all at one time. This could be divided and sent twice as we will be needing this amount during May and June. As for the workers quarters, our people were in little shacks this last year and they really suffered. At times they felt the people they were helping had it better than themselves, the volunteers and it was very hard on them. So, we feel it is important to try to build some quarters for our volunteer staff to stay in while assisting the victims of Nargis. We also really need these two additional tillers to complete the goal of plowing 8,000 acres of paddy fields this year.

Last year we came across some very needy and orphaned kids that were victims of Nargis and so brought them into Rangoon at the time that the military were rounding up orphaned kids to take them to the military bases of Nepyitaw, the new Capitol of Burma where the military was going to educate them and care for them. We also heard of tales that the military were simply going to take these orphans and children victims of Nargis and care for them and yes even educate them but then in a couple of years as the kids grew a little older, the military were going to force these kids to serve in the military as kid soldiers. So, we had tried to save these kids and so brought them out of the danger zone and provided them with shelter/food/clothing/healthcare/education-books and supervision and oversight and most importantly love and care. Well, the new school year is upon us and our people in Rangoon are asking can we care for them another year? If so, we need help.

At present, we have them in a temporary shelter in Rangoon. The shelter is a thatched roof, bamboo wall half dirt half cement floor shack. We provide three meals per day and provide supervision and care for these kids. It costs approximately US$1,000.- per month or US$12,000.- per year to care for these kids. I If we cannot secure funds, we will have to return them to their communities and that would be a shame.

I know I have put forth a number of projects here to you and I just hope God will give you the wisdom and ability to help out in these various projects. I know you must be receiving many requests like these daily. So, as usual, I am herewith leaving it to you and the Lord and His people to decide what you can and what you can't help out on. Sometimes I feel guilty asking like this but feel compelled to do so on behalf of these needs.

Again, thank you so very much for all your help and assistance and will be praying for you all for wisdom and discernment. May God richly bless you all in all your endeavors and efforts to help the needy. Thank you so much.

False Charges Against Bobby Morse in Thailand

2009-04-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a message from Bobby to help shed light on the situation. It is most important that we are in constant prayer over this issue. Remember, this is not America, many do not like our presence there and see Christian conversion as "unpatriotic" and a disgrace to the Thai heritage. It would be honorable to ruin those who bring Christ's message to the children of Thailand.
Here is Bobby's message:

Dear Supporters,
On March 12th, 2009 charges were filed against me and a dorm parent that we had molested under aged girls in our care. I have categorically denied these allegations and intend to refute them in the court of law.

I have every reason to believe that this is a frontal spiritual attack by Satan, the enemy. I want to ask that you and your members be in prayer with me concerning this attack.

We knew about these accusations for two years or so and I even went to the police to inquire about it. They asked if it was true and I replied no. Well, we never heard of it any more until the other day when the police showed up on our front door.

I want to ask that you and your prayer partners seasoned in spiritual warfare stand in the gap and pray through with us on this matter. This is a serious matter and would like to ask that you come alongside spiritually in prayer for wisdom, calm, a contrite heart, favor, mercy, truthfulness, forgiveness, peace and to be able to overcome this attack and be victorious being able to give thanks and glory and honor to Almighty God. I believe that soon, we will begin to see the truth of this matter.

This whole situation came about as a result of some personal conflict between a dorm parent and some teachers in the local school who have verbally stated that they would like to see the Hostel program wrecked and fail so that they could then confiscate the land and dorms and run the program themselves! They have always been opposed to Christianity being taught at the dorms to these tribal kids.

I can't say much now due to the ongoing investigation and court case. But I want to ask that you enroll your prayer warriors and pray for me and my family and the dorm parent whose name is Chailong and this ministry.

I received an email on April 21 from Bobby and cut the excerpt about the court case. This the most up-to-date information available.

As for the charges, I will finally be going in for the arraignment and hopefully soon after that the court will dismiss the case [I edited out some information until I learn if I can post it publicly due to the fact that it is an ongoing trial] everything they said was taught to them and forced upon them by their teachers!

Update from Bobby

2009-01-27T19:41:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends and Supporters,

A belated Happy New Years to you all. I can get away with this late greeting since I was in Burma over Christmas and New Years.

The attached report is a report of my trip into Burma I took over the New Year. I hope you will take the time to read this letter though it is rather long. Skim through it and let me hear from you. Don't feel like you have to read it in one sitting! Important thing is to glean it and pray for us.

We are doing well here at the TCH (Hostel). Summer holidays are coming up in early march. It has been very cold here in Chiangmai recently. Friends from China have escaped the freezing cold but have been greeted with cold weather. Some think this is warm!

Some busy months are coming up with 3 trips each into Burma and 2 into China. My knees are continuing to bother me quite a bit especially with this cold weather. Tassanee is busy with ELIC our English language teaching friends from China. Melody continues to teach at Chiangmai International School why Robert (Bert) is continuing to work and pay off his student loans.

We have started distribution of the Acts movie which is a dramatization based on the NIV which we have dubbed into the northern Lisu dialect which is most commonly used and understood by most Lisu. We hope to complete editing and start distribution of Matthew in April. Keep us in your prayers. Next will be Acts and Matthew in Burmese and Rawang. Co-worker and video editor Ngwa Yesae will be moving to Chiangmai from Thailand in January and will work out of this office for at least one year. His wife and children will come at a later date. Need your prayers for this new ministry with great potentials as it is fully launched in Thailand, Burma and China and northeast India.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers. For the Children's ministry here in Thailand, and the many other ministries in the neighboring countries. For healing and unity among the Church of Christ Churches in Burma. Feel free to share this email with anyone willing to pray for us! God bless you all,

Sincerely,

Bobby and Tassanee Morse

Delta Thanksgiving Celebration Report

Praise God!!! I just got back from three weeks of one of the most successful travels in Burma and have been hurled into a ton of “work” that have back logged during my absence. So, do bear with me.

On December 21, David, Ron and myself representing the North Burma Christian Mission traveled into Rangoon for the 75 year Jubilee Celebration of the establishment of the Church of Christ in Burma. It was such a wonderful gathering of the leadership of the Church from throughout the entire country. In total, there were over 2,000 persons attending the 4-day celebration, which ended with a joint meal with the Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs in which he gave recognition of the Church of Christ.

During the celebration, we heard much singing, and teaching preaching from various leaders. Various ones spoke of the History of the Church, recognizing the pivotal role of the North Burma Christian Mission and its leaders J. Russell and Gertrude Morse and their sons Eugene, Robert and Lavern and Drema Morse and their families. Other missionaries such as Dorothy Sterling, the Reuses and Byers as well as the early cross border Lisu Pastors from China were also recognized for their efforts during the early years of the establishment of the Church. Ron Morse and Bob Kiest from New Missions Services were also asked to preach.

For David, Ron and myself, we took extra time to meet with and listen to the many regional reports and requests for help and assistance. It was indeed a time of refreshing and renewing of ties and re-connection with the church leaders.

Soon after the convention ended, David returned to Thailand and Ron and I resumed our trip into the north to Myitkyina where we spent 5 days visiting both the Lisu and Rawang the Churches, fellowshipping and listening to their aspirations.

There is an effort to try to bring back unity to the Churches that have split during the past 10 years. Much Prayer is needed for healing and forgiveness so as to bring real and permanent unity back to the Church.

Upon our return to Rangoon, Ron returned to Thailand while I continued on down to the Delta region for yet another week. I was able to organize a group of 50 plus students and faculty from both EBI and YCCS Bible Schools in Rangoon and together we traveled down to Labutta by Bus and trucks together with the music band and equipment from YCCS. What followed was absolutely fantastic. We celebrated Thanksgiving celebrations including a musical stage show with short messages interspersed over a 3-4 hour nightly program in 3 of the village tracts we had been working with Nargis Cyclone victims. Each evening, we had over 2,000 plus in attendance. We were warmly welcomed and in every community, they asked for our group to stay longer and begged us to return yet again.

I want to give special thanks to Bob Byron and his Church Mid Valley Christian Center in Alaska for their fervent and faithful prayer and financial support, which made this special Thanksgiving possible and successful.

Most of all though, I give praises and thanks to God, for allowing this special Thanksgiving event to take place and giving us the favor from all concerned, Including local government officials and the local military commanders.

What was wonderful to see was that 95% of those attending were Buddhists and Muslim unbelievers of Burmese, Karen or Bengali decent. There was no anti Christian sentiment whatsoever during these events. We had many government officials attend including the local military commanders and soldiers, and even a number of Buddhist monks! Not only were they entertained by the music and choreographing, but were able to hear for the first time open air preaching of the gospel message of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation to God the Creator of man and universe. Each evening, we had 4 messages approximately 10 minutes each interspersed between the singings.

With our theme being “Praising and Worshiping God for the Harvest”, we were able to point out that God the creator is the God who provides the harvest, thus we celebrate this harvest by praising and worshiping God, our provider. I do believe for many this was the first time ever that they heard of God and His son Jesus and the message of salvation. So, Bob and all you faithful prayer partners and sacrificial givers, thank you yet once again for your continued faithfulness!!! May God continue to bless you in a mighty way! The total cost of the Delta Thanksgiving was approximately US$5,400 which covered transportation by bus and boat and food costs for 50 plus persons. We also did feed one meal to approximately 1,000 persons in the town of Myi Pauk where Robert my son had spent time photographing the carnage and death weeks after the cyclone had hit. In fact he was the first foreigner to travel to the delta after the cyclone and while there though, he had been asked to give some words of encouragement. The local Karen pastor there had nothing but praise for Robert who had spoken from a passage out of Job and had compared the aftermath of cyclone Nargis and the suffering and pain it brought to that of what Job had experienced, but that there was hope of full restoration as in Job. The pastor said, this message was one he will never forget as it was very appropriate for the moment during which time he himself was questioning God, and was having a difficult time seeing the God of compassion and love. But somehow, Bert through his short but to the point message had caused him to refocus on God and His love. He said, next trip “you must bring Robert with you”!

I want to bring you up to speed on the current situation in the Delta region with the victims of Nargis the devastating Cyclone that has forever brought change to this region of the country.

First of all, I do want to confirm what everyone said, that the death toll was even more than I had dared to believe. Everyone said the final figure is over 2,000,000 dead! I was saying between 600,000 to 1,000,000, but the locals down there are saying over 2 million! I was shocked to say the least. I met a nurse this time that told us she had lost 49 of her family members in the cyclone. She told of her village/town of 4,400 families with close to 30,000 people, less than 100 persons survived the cyclone and they said, in the Labutta county alone, over 1 million people died. Most of them were migrant workers living in the field huts where there was few trees and certainly no tall buildings or hills to seek shelter on.

It was onto this scene that we had come across and had appealed to you, our faithful supporters and you had responded with your generous gifts and prayers. We responded by purchasing rotor tillers to plow as many fields as we could. We purchased seed and planted and sowed over 4,000 rai or 2,000 acres in 4 village tracks. We had some problem with crabs and snails and sprayed insecticides and had to put in some fertilizer. The bottom line is we achieved what we set out to do. The fields we plowed and planted have produced on average 30-35 percent of what they would have produced prior to Nargis! There have been some fields planted towards the end of the season that did not survive due to the lack of rain water to nurish the seedlings to maturity. But for the most part, the people have completed their harvest. Though little as it might be! We have succeeded in giving the hopeless helpless victims of Nargis hope once again. As a result of our collective efforts, they will be able to survive with pride and satisfaction for a couple of months due to the current rice harvest which many of you helped achieve. So folks, thank you so very much!

So, have we completed the task? Absolutely not. We still have much to do. We will have to try to get them through to next year’s harvest. This means they will have to be fed. Next we will have to get an early start and plow more fields and acreage and plant more paddy than last year. We are now in the process of repairing all 24 tillers so we can get an early start on plowing and planting 150 acres per tiller, for a total of 3,600 plus acres during this coming season. We could plow and plant more acres if we had more tillers.

Immediate future plans

On the heels of this wonderful and successful musical-preaching tour of the south, we got a vision to go north, to Myitkyina and Putao during February and March to visit the Lisu and Rawang Churches and bring music and a message of healing and oneness to the divided Churches. Our message would be “Unity in Christ”.

We will continue to need your prayer and financial partnership if we are to carry this out. We recognize that division is not of God and that Satan has been able to put a wedge of discord in the body of Christ. So, this is yet just one more avenue to try to bring healing, forgiveness and unity among God’s children, His Church.

So please, please, begin to pray with us concerning this trip as we begin to prepare for it. That there will be unity between the group of the students and faculty leading the group, and that the music and songs chosen will be the right and appropriate songs with appropriate lyrics and messages. That our hearts will be pure, loving, kind and forgiving as well. That the messages will be of God, with true humility, love, understanding and forgiveness. Finally, that God and God alone will be given praise and worship for what He will do and accomplish.

We estimate the total cost of travel, food and accommodations to cost approximately US$16,000.- for the entire trip. Of this, local Churches will provide the bulk of the food costs while in Myitkyina and Putao, and will provide accommodations which we estimate will be approximately US$8,000.- or half the total costs. What we will have to do is come up with the travel, accommodation and foods costs while traveling. This comes to approximately US$8,000.-. This then is what we will need you to pray through with us.

I want to urge everyone reading this letter to seriously pray for this most vital and urgent trip. This matter has long been on our hearts and is long overdue to bring to closure. Unity must be restored and we do believe that only God can bring about true and total reconciliation within the Church. I do believe with all my heart that this is God’s will for the Church. So, please continue to pray for us as we plan this trip in February 20^th onwards until the end of March.

In April, I will be traveling into the Salween valley for a week during which we will be launching a Vernacular Video Ministry where we will be delivering computers and video cameras for the ministry. The goal of the ministry is to establish a center to produce home grown Christian Videos of preaching-teaching heads, recording Christian music and producing Christian Karaoke for the Christian youth, enabling and providing them with singalong accompaniment which has become the craze of the world. Finally, it is the goal of each center to produce home grown local Christian movies with a gospel message or theme of forgiveness, humility, love, kindness and mercy.

Over the years, we hope to develop centers in Rangoon, Myitkyina and Putao Burma as well as in Arunachal Pradesh, of northeast India.

Well, as usual, I have become long winded again and so must tell my fingers and mind to stop here and now.

I do want to mention one thing here though that has been heavy on my heart for the past few years.

I would like to ask your fervent prayers for wisdom and a means to help me find a way to bring my son Robert back home to work with us here as the director and technician as we launch this new video ministry in Thailand, Burma, China and India. He was the one who did the initial video editing training to us as we launched this new ministry in January of 2008.

One of Robert’s majors in Biola University was RTF (Radio, Television, and Film). He was trained on the Apple platform using Final Cut Pro as the medium of video editing. He is very versatile and capable in this field and has the Thai language and Asian culture down pat. So, I do believe he could be an invaluable asset to this new ministry. His role would be to be the technical person who would be in charge of all training and editing and trouble shooting. He is currently working in Los Angeles trying to pay off his College debt.

It’s just a thought, but would love for everyone reading this to be in prayer with me concerning this matter.

While on this topic, we launched the Visual Bible book of Acts movie in Rangoon at the 75 year Jubilee celebration. We will be taking them into China and will be releasing them in Thailand soon as well. We recently completed dubbing the book of Matthew movie as well and will begin editing it in February.. Next we hope to dub both Acts and Matthew in the Rawang and Burmese languages as well. So, please keep us in your prayers!

Prayer request for immediate and future needs

1. God’s continued guidance on all the work on the field.

2. Funds to make final payment on Delta Thanksgiving = $ 2,900.-

3. Funds to cover “Unity in Christ” trip up north = $ 8,000.-

4. Funds to purchase 20 more tillers @ US$1,200.- = $24,000.-

5. Funds to purchase 100 Crabbing boat units @ US$50.- = $ 5,000.-

6. Funds to purchase 20 Fishing boat units @ US$500.- = $10,000.-

7. Funds to purchase 200 barrels of diesel @ US$ 150.- = $30,000.-

8. Funds to pay 10 Field Workers x 12 months @US$ 1,000.- = $12,000.- Total = $91,900.-

The Famine

2009-01-27T18:53:00.000-08:00

The Famine affected Mro Church of Christ brothers and sisters. The numbers I'm included in the chart are only those affected badly. Many more have been partially affected. These are the ones the leadership feel need the most urgent help. The chart is self evident. It is clear. There are over 10,500 persons affected by this famine. Any and all help we can give them is going to be really appreciated as they aren't getting anything from the government and there aren't any NGOs around there at that. So, anything we can give them is going to be it.

Bobby myself will go over and deliver the funds to Chan and will go over to Mrauk Oo and do the distribution as well. Bobby will call upon the leaders of the Mro brothers and will oversee the purchase of the rice and have them deliver the rice to those in need.

Township	Villages	Families Affected	Persons	Acres Destroyed	Locations of villages
Palet Wa	26.00	768.00	3,155.00	987.00	In the Mi Chaung valley
Kyawk Taw	76.00	1,255.00	4,864.00	2,527.00	Galatan river valley, along the Pi, Yu, Tha Yi and Paung Yin streams or river valleys.
Mrauk Oo	10.00	404.00	1,737.00	570.00	Along the Yang and Ngw Wi streams and river valleys
Bung Na Gyun	6.00	67.00	235.00	116.00	along the Taw Pya stream or river valleys
Pauk Taw	9.00	82.00	532.00	173.00	On the Sin Tet Maw Island
Total	127.00	2,576.00	10,523.00	4,373.00

Here are a couple of pictures of destroyed hillside fields. The rats are destroying the fields. They are not the big ground hogs known for this type of bamboo seeding famines in northern Burma, but nevertheless, evidently these small creatures do their share of damage. What is odd, is they said paddy fields in the lowlands, and even side by side with the hillside fields were not destroyed. The only reason I can think of this would be that perhaps the paddy rice is not fully ripened yet, thus is not in a seed stage while the other is ready to harvest. I don't know.

Again, the funds will be distributed soon. We just need to remember them in our prayers for quite some time as they won't be able to feed themselves until August when the first of the new crop of corn will ripen. So, they will be needing additional help down the road.

Farmers such as these, don't have a government to lean back on or the social structures like we do in the States. Such as the NGOs or Salvation Army or soup lines or feeding centers. So, they are totally on their own. What ever they can find in the woods, such as bulbs, roots, berries, fruits, leaves and perhaps Sago is what many will depend upon to survive the next couple of months. There is no employment as we know of it. There are no factories or industry in the area.

So, any and all they have will be what we are giving to them. So, remember to tell your people of what they are doing is of utmost importance for these people. It is a matter of life and death.

The bigger picture- State side missionaries: Josh and Krystle

2009-01-12T15:19:00.000-08:00

With so many needs all over the world, and financial uncertainty here in the United States, its hard to sacrificially give. This is exactly what we are asking you to prayerfully consider today, and the need could not be more urgent. Our goal is to raise awareness and support for children’s hostels in Thailand that bring food and opportunities for education to impoverished children.

This is a community effort.

We want this to be more than just a fund raising drive. We want this to be an opportunity for christians to unite behind us in our home town and else where and send us out as representative missionaries. We are asking you and members of our home community to gather around us, financially support us, and also build personal relationships with us and each other as we serve Christ daily.

Not just your financial donations, but your daily prayers and concern are needed for this community-based ministry.

Our goal is to create a ministry where you can contact us and be a part of what we are doing. We want our donors to have the opportunity to ask how we are doing, ask what the current needs are for the mission, and grow in Christ through this ministry.

More than just sending money

Not only are we raising funds to support Thai missions, we are starting a ministry that is designed to bring us closer to each other and Christ. We want you to be a part of all aspect of our ministry. Help us plan a trip to visit the mission, join us on a trip to the mission, present a report to your Church congregation, or help create VBS materials for the next mission trip.

The bottom line is that we need your support today.

Currently, there is almost no funding for this ministry. For more specific information, please contact us. Without funding by early 2009, all efforts will be put on hold. Without the help of this community the ministry can not succeed. Please stand behind this missionary effort with your financial support and prayers. Christ uses us to bring others to him. Be a part of this ministry today.

Maetaeng Hostel update- urgent need!

2009-01-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

Camille is Bobby Morse's sister who is now running the hostel in Maetaeng. She has been helping with support of the children's daily needs.

Camille has sent us an urgent email discussing the need in Maetaeng.

" As I mentioned before, I can no longer help with the additional expenses from this month on, so if there is any way you can send additional money for the Maetaeng Hostel, please do. The regular monthly expenses come close to 95,000 baht so an additional $900 to $1,000 is needed. The 70,000 that they give only covers salaries (65,000) and electricity (5,000). There will be no money for gas for the trucks to take the kids to school and back/shopping, food purchases, school lunch fees, other school fees, toiletries, clothes washing detergent, dish washing detergent and other kitchen supplies, miscellaneous repairs, farm related expenses, etc.

So as you can see this is a VERY serious shortage. It would be unethical and a shame to send the kids back home during the middle of the semester but if there aren't funds to feed them and take them to school, etc. what other option will there be? I just don't know."

Williams Family is now 3!

2008-10-31T10:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the long delay in updates. Josh and I have had a very busy two months. We just bought our first house and had some issues with getting the internet up and running. Also I gave birth to our first child!! His name is Landon Bradford Williams. He was born on Sept 16th. He was 6 lbs 11 oz and 20.5 inches. We are adjusting to life as parents, which we love more than anything. I will make sure the updates are more regular now that I am starting to learn Landon's routine.

Here are a few pictures of our baby Landon.

Urgent prayer request and assistance for Burma

2008-08-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

Bobby Morse just got in an urgent request that had been overlooked by everyone! Due to the numerous corpses after the cyclone, there has been a proliferation of crabs that have been clipping the new tender rice leaves. There is an urgent need to put insecticides in the paddies. What they do is boil the rice and then mix it with the insecticides and make it into small balls of rice cakes and put this into the water of the rice paddies. When the crabs eat this they die. So, there is an urgent need now of US$6,000.- to purchase the insecticide.

Return Report -Josh Williams

2008-08-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

We finished the VBS and it was a success. Teaching in English with a translator is not simple, but we made it work and work well. Bobby told the Bible stories in a dramatic and exciting way, and I had the key points for him to translate for the kids. Most importantly, it was interesting and applicable to the kids' lives. I was thrilled to spend so much time with the kids and see the relationships between the hostel children and our team members grow. This trip has been a huge blessing to me and a sharp reminder that this particular field is where my family is being led. I am convinced that I must prioritize this work so that what I need to do here can be our focus. Krystle (who of course is the one maintaining this blog) has been the keystone of the foundation for my encouragement. Taylor, Linda, and all those who sent us have been the rest. We thank God for your encouragement also.

Krystle feels as I do and is working diligently to ensure that this mission field is one of our family's priorities. Between preparing for Krystle's due date, purchasing our first home, trying to be a part of the HCC youth-group leadership, starting a small business, and preparing to lead our first short-term mission trip, our life has been incredibly busy. Of course, Krystle has been the seam keeping everything afloat in the States while we have been on this trip.

When I return, expect me to be fervently raising support so that we can continue this work at the same pace. Monthly support is key to being able to continue work without major delays and interruption. I am certain that if I can raise a portion of the monthly funds needed for our support, with God’s help we can continue and greatly expand what Krystle and I are working on for this Thailand ministry.

Prayerfully consider becoming one of the first monthly supporters of Krystle and me. Again, without your support, we cannot continue this work. I look forward to coming home and giving my report. Thank you for your love and prayers.

Josh Williams

They are headed home!!

2008-08-18T12:47:00.000-07:00

The mission trip group should be in the air right now headed to Seoul, Korea. They have long lay over and then leave to Atlanta. They will be arriving in Atlanta, GA at 7pm tomorrow night. Hopefully, Tropical Faye does not effect their flight from Atlanta, GA to Jacksonville, Fl. They are scheduled to leave Atlanta at 8:50pm and arrive in Jacksonville at 10:05pm tomorrow night. The families here in the States miss their loved ones and want them home as soon as possible. Pat, Linda's husband, and I will hopefully be driving to Jacksonville to pick them up tomorrow night after we hear they have landed in Atlanta and their flight to Jacksonville is not delayed.

Please pray for safe flights with little or no delays. I will keep you updated if the flight are changed. Once the team as a chance to recover from jet lag I will be posting their testimonies about the trip.

Updates from Bobby's recent trip to Burma: Part 3 of 3

2008-08-18T12:46:00.000-07:00

One of the big items on this list is the grain bins and the rice mills. The grain bins could either be the grain silo style in the US or could be constructed locally out of cement, sand and gravel. Concerning the rice mills, with every rice mill in both Labutta and Bogale destroyed, there will be a great need for a good working rice mill. So, we are really hoping IDES may be able to help out with this greatly going to be needed project. We won't be needing to mill the rice until December onwards but a rice mill will take some time to construct. So, will need about 2-3 months of lead time to construct the mill.

What I am hoping is to set it up as a community service to help them mill their rice. During this first year, all the rice milled in the mill will be for their own food consumption but from the following year, while some will be for consumption, some will also be for marketing as well. We are hoping that down the years, we will be able to collect a meager fee for this service and that will enable us to maintain and run the service for years to come. Thus establishing ourselves in the community whereby we will be able to connect with the farmers and continue reaching out to them with the gospel message.

Well, as usual, I am getting wordy again. So, once again thank you so much for your continued eager support of this ministry. May God continue to bless you all in your daily work. Thank you so much on behalf of the cyclone victims and myself and all the Churches here in Burma.

Updates from Bobby's recent trip to Burma: Part 2 of 3

2008-08-17T19:03:00.000-07:00

Now that we are getting close to the completion date of the plowing and planting season, we will begin to look into the other areas of needs and try to meet these needs. So, I am hoping that IDES will continue to partner with us during this next phase as well the Good Lord willing and provided He provides for the needs. The next needs on the list are the fishery cooperative projects. These include the crab, prawns and fish fishing projects. There are far greater needs than what we are proposing but are limiting them to this at this time. If more funds could be made available, much more projects could be done. As I have mentioned in the report, these people have lost everything and for some since they don't have fields, the only thing they have remaining is the knowledge of fishing. For these people, we need to help them get back on their feet or they will certainly starve to death in the long run. Right now as they are able to get their daily food supply, they seem to be doing ok but when that UN food projects end at the end of August-September, they will have nothing to survive on. As for fishing, they can become self sufficient from day one. From the word go!

Updates from Bobby's recent trip to Burma: Part 1 of 3

2008-08-17T07:15:00.000-07:00

I just returned from Burma where I had spent some time down in the delta. I had a great trip which I shared one day with Bill and Joana. We had quite a day and night! Over all though you will read what happened. We are going full speed ahead with the plowing and planting. We seem to be buying and shipping rice seeds continually it seems. We are all very excited and will continue to report on the growth progress as well as when the time comes for the harvest. We hope to have a big big harvest celebration, to thank God for His providence! Continue to pray for the work and the people and our staff. Traveling in this part of Burma is especially dangerous during the monsoon season when the weather can change with very little notice or warning. So, literally, our staff are putting their lives on the line every time they go down to the south.

Some cool info I found out

2008-08-15T10:14:00.001-07:00

Below I posted some pictures of the group with the long neck tribe. This is run by one of the former children who attended the hostel. The long neck people are refugees from Burma. This place gives the tribe a safe place to live and raise children, allows them to sell their goods, and gives them food to eat without paying for it. This is a great way in which the two groups work together. The person who owns the land charges for visitors to visit the tribe. This money goes to the person so they can afford to help the tribe and also pay for their own needs. Bobby and the group got into the place for free since the owner know Bobby and lived at the hostel as a child. What a great story!

More pictures!

2008-08-15T06:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the team on their tourist day and with the kids.

At the Elephant Reservation

Visiting the Long Neck Tribe: The Karen Tribe

Visiting the Snake place

The kids with Taylor and Bobby

Linda's first thoughts

2008-08-15T06:31:00.000-07:00

"I have enjoyed the relationship Bobby Morse has with the children at the hostel. On Tuesday the nation celebrated Mother's Day, because it was the queen's birthday. The kids had the day off from school and the teachers and Bobby planned sporting events for them. Bobby made the opening announcements on the P.A. system at the volleyball court. He stayed there and watched the games. Most of the little boys climbed on him, danced around him, patted his head, and rubbed his whiskers. It appeared just about anything goes to be around him. That's genuine friendship and love. I have enjoyed his quiet and sometimes not so quiet confidence in our Lord. He's an amazing man who has been through it for The Kingdom. I'm honored to be in his home."

Once everyone is home, I will be posting their thought as well.

A little change in plans

2008-08-14T08:51:00.000-07:00

The group will not be heading out to Mae Taeng today. There was a slight problem so instead the children will be bused to Chiang Mai. It is a easy fix to a problem. It made the team feel a little more at easy because if they run out of supplies or realize they forgot something, they will be able to run into town and pick it up. For the families back here in the States, including me, this is a blessing because we will be able to keep contact almost daily.

Keep praying! Great things are happening for our mission team and those who they are working with in Thailand.

A note from some of the group

2008-08-13T06:47:00.000-07:00

From Josh the Mission trip leader

"Our prep is just about finished and we are ready to go to the farm and lead this VBS. It has been great bonding with the kids here in Chiang Mai knowing that we will be taking them out to the other hostel and teaching them Bible stories. This is a great opportunity for us to give them some instruction to go along with the games that we have been playing with them. This opportunity to use raised funds to buy supplies and food for the kids is awesome. I absolutely love the excitement in this mission team. Along with prep for VBS, we have been traipsing through the countryside experiencing the people and culture. As the prep work is finished, we will be spending the rest of the time in Mae Taeng, the hostel a little further out in the country. We will be busy busy after tomorrow so we may not be giving any reports until Sunday night or Monday morning. This experience is a great one for this group and I am convinced that everything experienced here will be life-changing. Please continue to pray for the team."

From Jamiie

"The best part of being here is the kids. Communication is getting better fast! I've already learned some Thai words from them. The first thing I noticed while working with them was how different they were from American children. Having no TV to spend their time in front of keeps them outside. If one of them falls down or gets pushed they don't start crying or come to me, they either laugh or simply get back up. Having just spent a week with 3rd and 4th graders I can say I'm refreshed by them. Needless to say, the kids are amazing and I can't wait teach them lessons about God this weekend and help them with all the wonderful stories and crafts we have for them."

From Taylor

"The one thing that has touched me the most so far, about being here in Thailand, is the hospitality that has been shown to us. We came here to be an example of God's love and since I have gotten here that is all that I have seen. These kids are so excited to see us every morning, they don't care what we do just as long as we are there to play with them. Most of these kids have families that would never get the chance to hear about God's amazing love but thanks to this hostel they are getting the chance to not only get saved but then to share what they know with their families. It is such a good feeling to get to be apart that!"

From Jeremiah

"The first things I noticed when I got to Thailand were how the children interacted with one another. I have enjoyed playing, singing and learning with them. They have really touched me. Just by playing and spending time with them I have been blessed. I hope that I can also be a blessing to them by teaching them more of God's unending love."

Tourist

2008-08-12T15:39:00.000-07:00

The group were tourist today and will be again tomorrow. We included some cultural tourist activities for the group. Yesterday, Bobby and Josh took the group to the Umbrella factory and Silver factory. At Umbrella Factory you can watch the ladies make traditional Thai umbrellas and fans. They make the paper, cut the bamboo, shape the bamboo to the form they are making, and then hand paint the umbrellas and fans. It is quite a thing to see. These ladies are so fast and efficient. The probably make hundreds of umbrellas and fans a day. You can also buy all of the products they make. Plus you can have them custom paint anything you buy or bring. Last mission trip Josh had an dragon painted on his pants. I am sure the team got lots of great gifts and souvenirs. Josh bought a umbrella for our baby. Since we are waiting to find out if it is a girl or boy he bought two and had them paint the two names we have picked out.

I know Linda was excited to go to the Silver factory. Thailand is known for its production of silver products. I hope she was pleased with what she found. At the silver factory you can watch the men melt the silver and shape it. You also see them making thousands of links for silver chains. They are so fast! There is also a shop inside where you can purchase the product you watched being made.

Tomorrow, the team heads out very early to the Elephant Conversation Reservation. Here you can watch elephants that were once owned by the government (I think that is who owned them), and were used a logging elephants. Now they are used to raise awareness of the animals by showing how they did the logging and then taking the people on a elephant ride through the mountains. The baby elephants accompany their mothers on the trail. Sometimes the mothers even stop to nurse their young. The people who run this try very hard to have the elephants best interest in mind. What I found most interesting when I went last year is that the elephants are allowed to roam free in the afternoons and all evenings on the many, many acres that are part of the reservation. This allows the animals to have some of the freedoms they once had. You also get to fed the elephants which they love. Sugar cane and bamboo are their favorites.

If I get updates on what everyone thought about their tourist adventures I will post them. Wednesday night is the last night I will have to possibly hear from the group until they are on their way home. They are going out to the hostel in Mae Tang to do VBS with the kids for the last four days. I know the whole group is very anxious to spend time with the children again. As you can tell from the pictures, they had a lot of fun when they went out to meet the children.

Pictures!!

2008-08-10T18:37:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the team in Thailand. It looks as if they are having a blast!

Enjoy!

The Kids

The kids with Taylor

The kids with Jeremiah

The kids with Jamiie

Around Town

Jamiie, Taylor, and Linda at the Night Bazaar

Josh with a famous Burmese Christian Singer

At Church

Beautiful girls at church- Taylor and Linda

The Lisu church service is barefoot.

Church music by the kids

The church dog

Greetings from Bobby and Praise the Lord!

2008-08-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

Dear Folks,

Greetings and Praise the Lord!

While the world's attention was on the opening ceremony of the Olympics in China, a much more important spiritual battle was taking shape and won without much of a fanfare or hoopla. After over 8 years of internal divisive factors and a hostile attempt to take over the Church, which brought the Churches of Christ/Christian Church in Burma/Myanma to a complete split due to a breakaway faction who was wanting to "take over" the leadership of the Church, by using co-ersion, money, dirty gossip and false accusations to bring about misunderstanding and division, the government has finally made a judgment on the prolonged court case in favor of the original NBCM defendants/members and has given complete recognition of the Churches of Christ, and has authorized the return and re-opening of the Bible Colleges/Schools, Mission Compound-Offices, and closed Churches belonging to the Churches of Christ. This has taken years battling this hostile attempt to take over the Church by a break away former Baptist group who had joined the Church of Christ and had even hoodwinked many unsuspecting church members and leaders.

Our prayer now is that with the favorable judgement by the government and the full recognition of the Church of Christ as a legal religious body/entity, that all this infighting can finally be laid to rest and full restoration and reconciliation can finally take place and the Church can once again get back on track of shepherding and leading the Church in accordance to God's Word and Will.

Do continue to be in prayer for the Church in Burma/Myanma that hardened hearts will soften and true repentance/reconciliation can take place. So, please pray for humility, repentance, forgiveness, grace, mercy, reconciliation and a true spirit from God will fill the Church and complete restoration and reconciliation will take place.

We thank God for His mercies, grace and that in His time, will bring full restoration to His Church!

Sincerely,

Bobby Morse

Some first day comments

2008-08-09T17:58:00.000-07:00

"We are having lots of experiences. I have already had about 6 or 7 little Thai boys tell me they love me! and they taught me how to count to ten and what all of my facial features are in Thai. this is probably the best mission trip to ever go on!
i just woke up and we are about to go to church here, I'm very excited! "

"I love Thai children!"

These comments were made by Taylor, a high school student, who is on this Thailand mission trip. They have only been there for one full day and already having a great experience.

Praise the Lord for awesome experiences and touched lives!

First Day

2008-08-09T06:53:00.000-07:00

Everyone had a great first day. The group had their first breakfast in Thailand while we were getting ready for bed. If the food is anything like when I was there, they had yummy meals all day long. The team went out to see the children and had fun playing with them. Thai children are very active and like to play games. They played a game of soccer. Linda has decided that the Thai children need some America treats. Tomorrow they are planning on making close to 300 oatmeal raisin cookies (that 2 cookie for each child). Tomorrow they will be spending a lot of their day cooking. The group has been planning on the lessons and crafts to do with the children. The VBS for the students typically is 5 periods. Their plan is to have 2 lessons in Thai, 1 lesson in English with a translator, 1 period of crafts and the last period for everyone will be games. I know the children will be in for a treat, to eat and to participate in.

They have arrive safely!!!!

2008-08-08T11:45:00.001-07:00

The team has arrived safely in Chiang Mai, Thailand!! They are all awake and chatting with Bobby Morse at 1:45 in the morning and have a busy day planned tomorrow. They had good flights with no delays! Praise God for their safe arrival. They are going to try to go to bed and get some rest so they can be ready for the work that is ahead of them.

Thailand

2008-08-08T10:21:00.001-07:00

The team should have arrived in Thailand at about 1o am this morning. It would be 11pm there because of the time difference. I am sure they are all sleeping peacefully now. I will give you an update when I here from them.

And their off!

2008-08-07T04:39:00.000-07:00

Josh, Linda, Taylor, Jeremiah, and Jamiie left this morning. Pat (Linda’s husband/ Taylor's Dad), Brad (my father-in-law, and dad to the rest of the group) and I (Krystle) went to the airport to see them off. They made it through security without any issues. By the time anyone reads this they should be on there way to Atlanta or Seoul, Korea. I will keep posting updates as I hear them.

Walking to the gate

The whole team, Thailand Aug 2008!!

quote from a lady passing us by as we took the picture, "What a great looking group!"

Baby and I will miss Josh

August 2008 Mission Trip!!

2008-08-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

Joshua will be leaving on Thursday Aug 7th from Gainesville, FL. He is leading his first mission trip to Thailand. They will return to Jacksonville, FL August 19th at 10:05 pm Hopefully this will be the first of many. Josh and the other four mission trip members, Linda, Taylor, Jeremiah, and Jamiie will be bring VBS to the children at the hostel in Mae Tang, Thailand. This is the first mission trip for Taylor, Jeremiah, and Jamiie. They will be there for 12 days. Please pray for for the trip and the work they will be done in Thailand. I (Krystle) will be posting about their trip as often as I here from them. Check in for the next 2 weeks for updates on the mission trip.

North Burma Christian Mission

2008-08-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

I am starting this blog to keep friends and family updated with the Christ centered work being done in Thailand, Burma, and the United States from North Burma Christian Mission through Bobby Morse, the Morse family, and the Williams family. Check us out to here about the work being done with hostel in Mae Tang and Chiang Mai with Bobby, Bobby and family's work in Burma trying to help the survivors of the Cyclone Nargis, and the state-side work and mission trips that Joshua and Krystle are involved in. If you would like to have the updates emailed to you, we will also be sending email updates. Just email Joshua and Krystle Williams at northburmachristian@gmail.com

Enjoy the updates!!

Praise God for the work He is allowing us to do through North Burma Christian Mission here in the States, Thailand, and Burma!