The Need
: : Main Areas
(1) Spiritual • Financial - The living standard in Myanmar (Burma) is declining almost daily because of the state of the economy. Consequently, Christians have little or no funds with which to purchase Bible study material; build buildings for churches, Bible schools, or orphanages; or to purchase needed equipment and vehicles. In many cases, the Christian institutions that do exist have no electricity.
The students in these schools and seminaries consist of hundreds of young men and women who have committed themselves to full-time Christian service—that of pastors, evangelists, Bible teachers, or nursery and orphanage workers. Most, however, have no funds with which to pay tuition, or room and board.
(2) Orphans - Myanmar (Burma) also is teeming with orphans. This is primarily due to:
- Parents dying young, due to poor diet and lack of medical prevention, leaving children who have no place to go, except to the streets;
- When there is a divorce, if the new husband does not want the children of the previous husband, the wife must put the children out on the streets;
- When a child of Buddhist parents professes Christianity, the parents will often put them out of the house, leaving them no place to live but on the streets.
As a result of these factors, many Bible schools, seminaries, and churches, with very limited resources, operate their own orphanages, where these children are given a Christian environment in which to live.
