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 Our Daughter Krista Came To Join Us For Christmas In Thailand. That Was Very Special To Say The Least. 

Posted by raymond5052 on Dec 30th 2008 | Filed in Archive | Comments Off

MTM Needs

The vision of IGo-MTM is no longer a vision but is now a reality. The fingerprints of God are clearly upon IGO-MTM. Recently as I sat and listen to Brother Zela from Aizawl, India open his heart, here is what he said; he knows there is a deeper experiential Christianity that his people know nothing about. He went on to say that he has been searching and has become aware of a certain Anabaptist people who have reality behind their Christianity. Then he looks us right in the eyes and asks us if we would happen to be Anabaptist. Now how do you explain a divine appointment such as that……non other then the fingerprint of God !!! Blessed be God !!! 
 
This is just one example of a testimony that repeats itself over and over again in SE Asia. It is here where 97% of the unreached people groups are located. God is raising up a native people for Himself in Christ Jesus to take the gospel to the yet unreached people of this world. A people who are not foreigners and strangers who come with a foreign gospel, but rather a people who are their own people who speak their own language bringing the gospel to them for the first time. God has called and open up a way for IGo Macedonian Teaching Ministry to get along side of those Christians and help them through teaching and equipping them with the all things of Jesus Christ, to empower them to go.  What a blessed open door and privilege is ours, but we need your help.
 
Presently MTM has training schools already scheduled in Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal and Bhutan for 2009. The open door of opportunity that God has set before MTM is staggering. The cost for a week of training such as this is anywhere from $2000 to $4000 USD. All of your faithful contributions will be used to facilitate a training school of native students in equipping them to take the gospel to where it has not yet been preached. Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support…..freely MTM has received and freely it will give…..so the gospel will be preached where it has not yet been preached.
 
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Posted by raymond5052 on Dec 22nd 2008 | Filed in Archive | Comments Off

MTM Aizawl (Mizoram) India

            

These Dear Young People Were  Our Students At Aizawl, India

What a blessed Gospel opportunity was ours (Brother Collier Berkshire and Raymond Burkholder) as we traveled to Aizawl, India on a Macedonian Teaching Ministry (MTM) recently. Just hours before our scheduled departure, the Bangkok airport closed due to protesters storming the facility. Three days later God clearly gave a rhema that we are to fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord which He will show to you this day (Exo 14:13). Within hours God open up the way and we departed Chiang Mai by overnight bus to Bangkok. After a three days journey by bus, taxi & airplane, criss crossing across India, we arrived at Aizawl. Without a shadow of doubt God had miraculously open up the way with a clear purpose for His honor & glory. This quickly became evident as our class began. We had 29-30 dear young people who truly were after Gods own missionary heart. All of them were of Mizo ethnic. Our hearts thrilled at their desire to know God and be a missionary unto the unreached of their own people and nations. Most all of them have a vision of targeting an unreached people group for the gospel. This is what IGo-MTM is all about. Getting along side of native Christians and farther equipping and mobilizing them that they would win their own unreached people groups to Jesus Christ.

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More Pictures of Aizawl Brothers Visiting Thailand

Posted by raymond5052 on Dec 11th 2008 | Filed in Archive | Comments Off