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History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Twenty-first century <strong>Shan</strong> mission project 147<br />

8:00 - 9:00 AM Chapel Service<br />

9:00 - 10:30 1 st Session<br />

10:30 – 11:00 Break<br />

11:00 - 12:00 2 nd Session<br />

12:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch & Rest<br />

2:00 - 3:30 3 rd Session<br />

3:30 - 4:00 Break<br />

4:00 – 5:00 4 th Session<br />

Daily Schedule<br />

Even<strong>in</strong>g M<strong>in</strong>istry<br />

1 st week<br />

Sun - Roger Rice A word study on “Works and Deeds”<br />

Mon - Sai Htwe Maung<br />

Tue - Sai Htwe Maung<br />

Wed - Sai Htwe Maung<br />

Thu - Sai Htwe Maung<br />

Fri - Sai Htwe Maung<br />

Sat - Free<br />

2 nd week<br />

Sun - W<strong>in</strong>ston Ee Prayer Life <strong>of</strong> Moses<br />

Mon - Roger Rice Created for Good Works<br />

Tues - David Kueh “One Th<strong>in</strong>g” Ps.27<br />

Wed - Lau Tak Siong “One Th<strong>in</strong>g” Luke 10<br />

Thu - Celebration night & Fun night<br />

Special report from Sai Htwe Maung<br />

I consider this GCI tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g very important for ShweLi and I take it very seriously because this<br />

is the first tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g aim<strong>in</strong>g solely for ShweLi Valley <strong>Shan</strong> Baptist <strong>Churches</strong>. I have planned for this<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g program for two years. I don’t want to make any mistake because it can give us serious<br />

problem. I have communicated with Rev. The<strong>in</strong> Aung Kham, local organizer, General Secretary <strong>of</strong><br />

ShweLi, carefully to make sure that everyth<strong>in</strong>g has been well prepared for the security and safety <strong>of</strong> our<br />

foreign tra<strong>in</strong>ers as well as success <strong>of</strong> the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g. So far we have no problems <strong>in</strong> our past three tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gs<br />

with foreign tra<strong>in</strong>ers <strong>in</strong> Myanmar. It seemed to me that everyth<strong>in</strong>g was well arranged before we arrived.<br />

However to my shock surprise, when we arrived MayMyo, I was asked by The<strong>in</strong> Aung Kham to collect<br />

all the passports from all our foreign tra<strong>in</strong>ers and to go to see the authority and give them photocopies<br />

<strong>of</strong> their travel documents. It never happened to us before. If we have to report to authority and give<br />

them our travel documents it is not a good sign. Why does it happen? We have never had such<br />

experience before. I went to district <strong>of</strong>fice with The<strong>in</strong> Aung Kham. God is gracious! To my delight<br />

surprise, the <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the district <strong>of</strong>fice was my old classmate when I was <strong>in</strong> high school <strong>in</strong> MayMyo<br />

<strong>in</strong> 1963. He handled the matter very friendly. Praise God! We had to give noth<strong>in</strong>g. We had no problem<br />

till the end <strong>of</strong> our 10 days tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Rev. Sai Htun Kyaw, who has returned from his study <strong>in</strong> S<strong>in</strong>gapore, and Rev. Sai Aung W<strong>in</strong>,<br />

who has just returned from ten months study tour from US, helped us do<strong>in</strong>g translation. They did very<br />

well. Some <strong>of</strong> the tra<strong>in</strong>ees have already attended our second GCI tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> TaungGyi <strong>in</strong> 1995. They<br />

enjoyed the teach<strong>in</strong>g, fellowship and food. Many people came forward at dedication time. Some still do<br />

not want to open to the new teach<strong>in</strong>g, which they have never learned before. Some expressed, “This is<br />

AOG teach<strong>in</strong>g. We cannot use it <strong>in</strong> ShweLi.” They said this at TaungGyi GCI <strong>in</strong> 1995. They say it<br />

aga<strong>in</strong> now. But why do they <strong>in</strong>vite GCI aga<strong>in</strong> if they do not want to accept it? Why do they come? Most

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