Sui and his family have a vision. With God’s help, they want to start an Antioch-type church in Shan State. In order to accomplish this, Sui has committed his life to seeking out and sharing the Gospel with the unreached people groups in his part of the country. Here is Sui’s story as told to Pastor Philip:

“I was born and raised in a Christian family. My mother was a pastor who serves the Lord with all her heart and with all that she has. However, despite so many examples my mother had shown to her family, I was living a life that brought so many disappointments to my mother and my family until I came to know the Lord Jesus personally in 1996. It was in 1996 that I was convicted of my sins and failures and was brought to the Lord in such a manner that I repented of my sins and asked Him for forgiveness.

“I have been married to Ma Hmun and have been blessed with five biological children and three adopted children. Though I was involved in different activities of the church, I was not serving the Lord as fulltime until 2007. Since 2007, I started serving the Lord as missionary in Taung Gyi, the capital town of Shan State.

“There are more than one-hundred-thirty-five small tribal or ethnic people groups in this area. Presently, I am actively involved in sharing the Gospel, helping orphans and discipling new believers in view of starting a church. I do also help in arranging seminars for training of pastors in Shan State.”

Sui attended the seminar in Yangon in June 2009 at which Gail Knox taught pastors, teachers and missionaries how to study the Bible inductively. Sui wanted the pastors in his home state to benefit from the teaching as well and so, working with Pastor Philip, he hosted the seminar in Taung Gyi in January 2010. At this latest seminar, Gail brought the teaching to fifty or so indigenous pastors and missionaries from Sui’s home state. With the generous support you provided, Word Among Us Ministries was able to give Sui the funds for the purchase of the motor bike he needs for taking the Gospel to the villages in the mountainous regions surrounding Taung Gyi.

Sui wants to start a home business that will allow his family to generate an income and thus be independent of outside support and free to carry on his evangelistic ministry full-time. He and his wife have decided to raise chickens. He feels they can start out with an initial investment of only $1000, which will be used to build houses for the chickens and to buy the initial chicks that they will raise for meat and eggs. Their hope for the project is to earn about $200 per month in addition to providing meat and eggs for the family’s subsistence.

Our thanks to you who are helping the indigenous peoples of Myanmar become self-sufficient and freed up to serve the Lord in the capacity to which they have been called. Last month we told you about Timothy and Phoebe. We pray that you will continue to support the Timothy Project so that we help these indigenous missionaries spread the gospel in the remote parts of their country where Jesus is not yet known.