Thank you to all my brothers and sisters in Christ who have given to this cause that God has placed upon my heart. I have served with many of you in one way or another over the past eight years and have seen God’s hand and heart at work in so many lives. I call you friends not only to fill up facebook but because I truly consider you all to be a friend. I have many friends who are Mien and roughly the same amount of non-Mien (from Forefront) who have made a commitment to do whatever we can do to seek and save the lost among the Mien.
The upcoming holiday season brings great opportunity and great challenge. We become more generous around the end of the year but we are also faced with commercial and social pressure to spend more than our means. My prayer is that we all can look beyond the American Dream and remember those who could not even conceive of the lifestyles we attempt to maintain. On average each American will spend over $700 on Christmas. That same amount would send several children to school for an entire year. In most of the South East Asian countries if the family is not well off then they will have to choose which child get to go to school and which child will work. This lack of opportunity is a major cause of generational poverty. We need to help break that cycle.
Mien Support Network Thailand is here to support and encourage salvation, education, and Mien cultural preservation. This is no small task and it will take support (financial and prayer) to make this happen. One way we intend to support education is by helping to provide money and resources for schools and students in Thailand. Without assistance many children will never see a school at all. Even those lucky enough to go to public school will never see secondary education or university as a possibility and will end up joining the work force at age 12.
MSNT splits our online donation between MSNT, Mien Christian Youth Association, and Mien Radio.
MCYA’s goal is to be the role model for thousand of Mienh youth all over the West Coast of United States of America. Each year, we make an effort to attract 300 to 350 campers. In the past these campers have come from as north as Vancouver, Canada and as far south as Long Beach, California. We have an average of 300 campers per year. The majority of the campers are from the San Francisco/Bay Area. Nearly 80% of the campers live in impoverished inner-city situations. Many of our campers are from non-Christian homes and as a result, many of them turn to the streets seeking attention and support from wherever they can find it. Gangs are a very typical alternative form of family structure. Once into the gangs, many kids get caught in a web of crime, drugs, fornication, etc.. Whatever the “crack” in society they have fallen through; there is little hope for them unless we bring them into the family of Jesus Christ. That is the primary purpose of MCYA-USA.
Mien Radio is touching lives. Radio knows no boundaries. It crosses religious, political, natural and man-made barriers-entering the homes of people who may not be reached in any other way. Radio is personal. It speaks to the deepest spiritual needs of each listener. Radio uses your resources efficiently. A few dollars pays for one minute of airtime to touch the lives of those living in areas so remote that most have never seen a pastor, teacher or missionary. And the skills of just a few workers can reach thousands who have never heard the name of Jesus. There are over 1,000,000 Mien in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Over 99% of these Mien are not Christians. Many have never heard of Jesus! But they can now hear the Gospel on their short wave radios.
For those who can I would ask that you dedicate one day’s work a year to the Mien. This would entail dividing your annual income by 3120. This amount would be your monthly donation. Automatic monthly contributions are easy to set up through our web site MSNT.ORG on the donate now tab.
If that is not for you we are also working on getting 100 people to set up an automatic monthly contribution of just $5. Just imagine if 100 of your brothers and sisters in Christ put forth only $5 per month then that would provide $2000 per year for MSNT, MCYA, and Mien Radio.
I encourage you to share this with your friends and loved ones. Many hands make light work.
Please visit MSNT.org and consider taking part in God’s Great Commission.
Matthew 28:16-20
The Great Commission
16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”