Myanmar 2013 – Arriving (Bruce)

Greetings from Yangon, Myanmar!

We finally arrived just a few minutes after 3 pm this afternoon, Nov 2.  You would be amazed at the difference between Singapore and Yangon, Myanmar.  We were reminded of that just moments after landing here in Judson’s country. Although the gospel has made significant inroads into the darkness and chaos of Buddhism, this remains a country of tremendous need in almost every imaginable way, most notably the gospel.  We were met by our  host, Pastor Vel Siama of the Independent Baptist Church here in Yangon, and just said goodnight to him moments ago around 8:30 pm.

He is excited about this new class starting in Systematic Theology on Monday.  He thinks we are going to have somewhere around 10-25 students.  Tomorrow I will be preaching before the church and telling them about our foundation before the message.  They are very thankful for the training that many of the area pastors will receive, as well as many of their wives and other women in leadership.

Right now, we simply need to go to bed and get some rest for tomorrow.  In a little over 24 hours our second class will begin in Yangon, for which we are very excited.  Please pray that God will bless the daily class work and give every one of the ministry students what they need to become useful vessels in His hands.