As I have been reading the book of Daniel, it puts it all inperspective: The only kingdom that will stand is God’sKingdom. There is only one Lord and Savior and that is JesusChrist. One day every knee will bow and every tongue willconfess that He is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Whilemen may vie for positions and power and try to manipulateothers for their own purposes, we can rest knowing that Godwill have the final say.This gives me comfort in a world that has spun out of control. Although the Moslems and Communists try toadvance their kingdoms, only one kingdom will stand forever.Everything we do should be to further God’s kingdom; to see Jesus Christ exalted in this world, because that is all that willlast. It’s a reminder of my responsibility to be about theFather’s business and to seek His will, plan and purposes, notmy own.On our last trip to SE Asia this reality was brought back tome. We were blessed to be able to deliver several loads of Bibles to our contacts in closed countries. It was encouragingto see the tribal pastors from remote villages that receive theBibles from us, and hear their stories of how the Church isgrowing. Yet there is a great need for many more Bibles. Thejoy on their faces as they receive the Bibles makes the wholetrip worth it.

IT IS ALWAYS AMAZING HOWGOD GETS THE TEAM THROUGHCUSTOMS.

When you have a large team like we had,everyone has a story. Some walk right through without beingnoticed, while others are stopped, their bags searched, theyare questioned and then God miraculously intervenes. Otherstestify of distractions the Lord provides so the materials canbe safely delivered. No matter how much you try to preparethe team when the moment of truth comes, it’s them and Jesus and they have to depend on Him. He is always faithful!The team was able to travel to Northern Thailand and visitthe Karen refugee camps. It was a life-changing experience. Iwas shocked to see how close the Burmese border is to thecamps and to see where soldiers patrol and have occasionallyshot at people by the riverside. We were warned not towander down to the river. We visited the camp and met theKaren pastor. He greeted us and began sharing his personal

They erect monuments to themselves,manipulate tocontrol others and continually crave power.As I travel theworld I constantly see this in governments,organizationsand even within the Church.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKTHESE DAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYINGTO BUILD THEIR OWN KINGDOMS.

testimony. He was an 8 year old boy when he fled Burma tolive in the jungle with his mother and 12 year old sibling.Through broken English he communicated how they lived foryears in threat of attack from the Burmese Army. He saidhow difficult it was for them just to survive in the jungle –thrashing through it to find a safe home and food to eatwhile continuing to hide from the Burmese soldiers. You cantell he loves the Lord Jesus and is devoted to hiscongregation.The team distributed candy to the children as we walked totheir church building. The church was a tall rectangular hutand you could easily see through portions of the walls. Manyof the team members began unloading and sorting donatedclothing. The service began with about 75 men, women,children, and infants in attendance. Through a translator theteam performed a short program. The people who gatheredfor the church service seemed shy and reserved. Only a fewsmiles appeared on their faces. It seemed like our joy andlight hearts were out of place there, but I noticed that duringworship the heaviness lifted a little; people’s spirits openedup. Their worship was so tender. We then prayed for theseprecious people individually. It is a comfort to know thateven though we do not understand each other’s language Godstill hears and He answers prayers.When the rice bags were distributed to each family, oftenonly one child comes forward. In these instances we are leftto wonder if they are the only one left in their family. Severalfamilies did not attend the service for fear of being detectedwhile our team was there. One young man we met was blindand has no hands. I was told that Burmese soldiers handedhim a grenade and said that if he could make it not detonatethat he would be allowed to live. They laughed as he triedfrantically to make it not blow up. The grenade exploded inhis face, blinding him and blowing off his hands. He worksnow as an evangelist to his people winning them to Christ.The 200 families in the area have built huts of wood orbamboo with thatched roofs. They lack basic necessities, andmany will starve if help is not given. Some were forced tocome here when the camp they were in came under rocketand mortar fire. Many fled in the rainy season and there weremany leeches. Three families in the village take care of therefugees who keep arriving. Children were given a bag of riceand when they had to flee with just the clothes on their back,they would at least have something to eat as they fled. Whenthe people are captured by the Burmese army, men andwomen are forced to become porters and carry supplies. Menare made mine sweepers which usually results in death. Somechildren at the orphanage think their parents are still alive,but they have been killed by the Burmese army. One child’smother was shot dead by the Burmese army. The father wasburned alive in front of the child. The child was foundgrieving beside the body of the father and taken to anorphanage. The Buddhist army is attacking the Karen and theBurmese army is backing the Buddhist’s up. They want towipe all Karen especially the Christians off the face of theearth. We have heard reports that 60% of the Karen areChristians.

IN 2010 ELECTIONS WILL BEHELD,SO ATTACKS ON THEKAREN HAVE TRIPLED.

The Burmesearmy has burned the Karen rice fields. They are capturing themen and boys and making them their slaves and porters.They rape and kill the women by setting them on fire. Oneyoung boy inside Burma was not doing will emotionally. TheChristians were able to get him out of there. His mother hadbeen gang raped, burned alive and left for dead in a rice fieldand it traumatized him. The Christians are trying to get themost traumatized kids out of Burma first. In Thailand it isnot legal to have a refugee camp. The people in the campshave no identification, and therefore cannot get help from theThai government. After the Christians got the little boy toThailand, they needed to get him into the refugee camporphanage. As the Christians took the little boy through agated area, the soldiers never saw him as he entered. Thepeople, especially the Karen orphanage, need to be moved toa safer area farther away from the Burma border. Please prayas land has been provided and almost all funds have beenraised for them to begin construction of a new facility; onlyThai government approval is needed. Our contact in Thailandis presently meeting with Thai officials to get them to thissafer area.

THE THREAT OF THE BURMESEARMY ATTACKING IS STILLVERY REAL.

Three Burmese soldiers were seen thenight before our team arrived prowling around on theThailand side of the border. We were told to get out of thearea before dark as the Burmese soldiers come at night, stopcars, steal the valuables, and rape the women. The road wasclose to the river, and just on the other side was Burma.Testimonies of the people, even the children, broke my heart.Soldiers plant land mines around the villages. Once a snakejust ahead of a man touched off a land mine and saved hislife. The Karen had farms, but now they are starving becausethey cannot get food. The Burmese army has ruined their ricecrops. They are dependent upon the food supplies theyreceive from our contact to survive. Only a few people areprotecting the villages. One village, which was full of womenand children, was attacked six times. Every child in theorphanage has a different story to tell of bombs, shootings,