Grace Outreach

Just weeks ago a cyclone hit Burma and has killed thousands and made homeless an unbelievable number of people. The Myanmar (Burma) government has been holding off help from the nations for fear of international interference in their Junta. This situation is getting worse. Lives are being devastated right now.

I heard a man say, “Thank God I didn’t know anyone there.” The human tendency is to see tragedy as our responsibility in our world: my family, my friends, and my people. Jesus, when asked, "who is my neighbor,?" answered by giving the parable of the Good Samaritan. His point: your neighbor is anyone who has a need that you can meet. It is disturbing to think that a tragedy at this large of a scale can comfortably be dismissed by those of us who don’t see it each day.

The problem is that the cyclone hit and the attack on the Karen people by the government has not slowed down. Some of these people are fleeing over the border into Thailand and finding some sanctuary from the military assault on their lives. It is possible to feel their pain in the love of Jesus. I will be going to Thailand in July to be meet with a local minister to see what we as God people can do. Please help reach these people for the love of Christ.