(This is an email I received from my friend Pastor Joseph in Myanmar. It gives a history of his seminary ministry and its recent opening for the new school year. Please be in prayer for Pastor Joseph and his students as they are daily facing troubles and persecution and hardships. They are faithfully persevering though, and the gospel is going forth.)
How Bible school Ministry running?
When I have began Bible school ministry in prayer for a month, I first asked for renting home and three students. As soon as a month passed, The Lord opened the door and I immediately entered into my room for taking some loaves to give for renting rate a month. At that present hour a voice told me just like saying of a man’ voice that hi Joseph you have nothing why are you planning to begin Bible school ministry? After a few minutes I realize that apostle Paul said that we walk by faith not by sight (II Cor 5:7). And then I have began Bible school ministry.
When I begun and continued Bible school ministry, the storm has been beating me even this present hour that sometime banishing home and land for three years, sometime fasting frequently and homeless, sometime insulting and criticizing in saying that Aha,Aha look at him how he is stultified and is doing his work, he is like riding two horse. But I consider that the sufferings of this present times are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us(Rom 8:18) and that trouble caused the glory of God in our bodies.
When I have been closed the door, the Lord opened a window for running again Bible school ministry besides others mission of Emmanuel according to the word of Jesus that All things are possible with God (Mt 19:26).
Unexpectedly more people came for study at our seminary.
Yes, we have announced that our seminary would be opened in June 10. Unfortunately nothing was happen up to June 10. At that day some people came for study to us but they left immediately.
Nevertheless the Lord opened exist for me when I was in the cave of trouble and now our students are 40 who came unexpectedly from different places and now they are occupied.
Why did more people came to our seminary?
Because the Lord has many peoples to be His disciples or His servants to send them into His harvest as the harvest truly is plentiful but the laborers are few in Myanmar. Though it is the future, it is already in me. I am just like a pregnant concerning vision and dream. When I played, I played with them, when I eat, I eat with them. Where ever I go, I go with them. I and those are indivisible. If I perish, they would also perish with me. If not, I must beget them one day for Christ. For to me to live is Christ (Phi 1:21).
How the Lord revealed His mighty things to the poor
In your state Bible students may be self-supported but our students are not like that because of poor and low land. If there is a charge for them to give meal fee or school fee or monthly fee, it is no easy for them.
However Jesus was sent to preach the gospel to the poor on earth Luke 4:18 and I too am sent to preach the Gospel to the poor for the Lord want to reveal His mighty things to the poor to see what many prophets and righteous men desired to see but did not see it and to hear but did not hear it(Mt 13:17)
……………………..To God be the glory…………………...................
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