3/13/2015 – Life in Myanmar

Our Coffee Club members have sent many messages stating they are praying for their brothers and sisters in Christ in Myanmar who live under what we would call very difficult conditions. Here are a few things to help you understand this beautiful and needy country.

Travel:
Only the main roads are paved, and they are over crowded with all types of vehicles, mostly older. Motor scooters carry several people and huge loads, as do bicycles. Trucks with covers over the beds serve as inexpensive public transportation, and people are literally hanging out the sides and even sitting on top of them!

Food is very basic, consisting mostly of rice and cooked vegetables. Meat is a luxury. We are attaching a picture of a street vendor butchering a pig right along the road. Yum!

Housing is usually a shack-like hut with many people living in the same room or two rooms!

89% of Myanmar is Buddhist. There are monk trainees all along the streets (in burgundy) and every neighborhood has a golden pagoda. There are massive pagodas in the cities. These people need Christ, and we are overjoyed to see young people in our GBTF classes who have dedicated their lives to winning Myanmar for the Savior.

Week one of three has ended. We will send you pictures and updates on the Friday graduation over the weekend. Keep the prayers coming!

Keep praying!!
Bruce and Grace Snavely