Dear Friends, I am writing this letter from Nepal, the week before Thanksgiving. It’s been a very full past three weeks, as our leaders in the country have been carrying out church savings group trainings for about 75 church leaders in two different regions. These groups provide vulnerable families with a place to safely save […]
After 2 1/2 years of a pandemic, with all communication with our leaders in Asia being through messaging and video calls, I’ve been able to take two trips to visit our leaders since March. One to Chennai, India in April, and the other to multiple parts of Nepal and Bangladesh in June. Honestly, it was […]
Rebuild . Restore . Renew Dear friends and supporters, We are launching our 2022 Summer Match starting on Sunday. This year, a generous supporter is matching up to $40,000 raised. That means $80,000 can be raised between July 3 and August 14! After two very difficult years full of Covid deaths, illness, war, natural disasters, […]
Hearing God’s voice and Responding to others’ “A miracle that I witnessed in the last six months was in the life of an old woman named Junu, aged 58. Junu was also my neighbour. She was very nosy and talkative, but whenever I talked to her about the Gospel or my testimony, she’d get really […]
A TIMELINE February 1 is the one year mark of the military coup which overthrew the democratically elected government in 2021. This newsletter contains the timeline of some of the many events that took place with Harvest Bridge’s network in Myanmar. 2021 – 2022 Myanmar Timeline: A year under the military coup through the eyes […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! As it may be for you, December is the busiest time of the year for most of our leaders. In some cases, this year’s celebrations and outreaches will be a welcome return to traditions that could not take place in the same way in 2020. In Bhutan, for example, […]
Our newsletter this month highlights some key stories, reports and prayer requests from Nepal + Tibet, followed by a focus piece on the persecuted church. Country update: “Nepal experienced a lot of bad things all at once. Floods, landslides and uprising corona cases made the whole situation in the country very dangerous” -Manav* COVID-19 These […]
PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, AND BHUTAN Below are the Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan updates since the 1st of August 2021. January 7th: Pastor Jagan*, Bhutan-India border Here at the border once again night lockdown and more lockdown restrictions are announced. All the school and Colleges are closed. In Bhutan also more restrictions are announced […]
Honoring the life and legacy of one of our founding Board Members “On October 7th, 2021 one of our long-time board members went to be with his Lord. Frank Thomas Duda, Jr., Ph.D., age 76, of Grove City, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh on March 21, 1945. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering […]
#prayformyanmar #justiceformyanmar Treasures in jars of clay We are witnessing many incidents unfolding in Myanmar. Over the past several months, we have received the very sad news of some of our leaders who lost their lives and others who have lost their loved ones to Covid. This is Pastor Aung’s* update: “The past six months […]
