Prayer for Myanmar

Just received an e-mail from a pastor in Myanmar asking for urgent prayer. This is the news bulletin that I read from one of the links I was sent.

A new report about persecution of Christians in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is slated to be released at an All Party Parliamentary Group on Burma to be held in London’s House of Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The shocking report, called “Carrying the Cross: The Military Regime’s Campaign of Restriction, Discrimination and Persecution against Christians in Burma,” cites Burmese documents with the headline “Program to Destroy the Christian Religion in Burma.” The government document begins with the quote, “There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practiced.” The comprehensive report looks at the military regime’s policies toward Christians as well as various ethnicities and religious followers such as Muslims and Buddhist monks who do not conform to the regime’s version of nationalistic beliefs. The report’s author, Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s advocacy officer for South Asia Benedict Rogers, says, “Burma’s people, of all religions and ethnicities, have suffered in silence for too long.” (Assist News Service)

Here is the other link that I was sent. Myanmar news

I have fond memories of Myanmar from my trip last year. Things seemed to be going really well when I was there. I pray that this will not become a reality, but even if it does I'm sure that the government will be surprised how The Church will flurish. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." 2 Corinthians 4:8-9