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History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Appendix 287<br />

2. Establish a new “Northern <strong>Shan</strong> State <strong>Shan</strong> Mission” and work among the <strong>Shan</strong> <strong>in</strong> the North, base <strong>in</strong><br />

LaShio and BBC will help this mission.<br />

3. BBC will help celebrat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Shan</strong> Bible Centenary <strong>in</strong> 1985.<br />

Please remember to help this mission. We are plann<strong>in</strong>g new mission field <strong>in</strong> MuongMyit and<br />

MuongKut.<br />

May the Lord bless you richly, Signed/ Kyaw Hla<br />

Letter from Rev. Sai Nyunt Tha (General Secretary <strong>of</strong> ShweLi Valley <strong>Shan</strong> Baptist Mission, NamKham,<br />

Northern <strong>Shan</strong> State, <strong>Burma</strong>) to Sai Htwe Maung. 5 October 1979<br />

Sai Htwe,<br />

I have received your letter and photo. I am sorry for not be<strong>in</strong>g able to come to say good-bye to<br />

you when you leave for Hong Kong because I was too busy at that time. We have come to first step as<br />

we wish to form <strong>Shan</strong> Convention. We have now formed “Northern <strong>Shan</strong> State <strong>Shan</strong> Mission.” From<br />

September 7 to 8 we five people from ShweLi Baptist Association meet<strong>in</strong>g with five BBC<br />

representatives and discussed about this new mission. They agreed to co-operate with us and help us to<br />

organize <strong>Shan</strong> Bible Centennial Celebration <strong>in</strong> 1985.<br />

We need to produce more leaders. We have sent 3 students to Sem<strong>in</strong>ary this year. We want to<br />

send two more next year. We need f<strong>in</strong>ancial support Kyat 20,000 a year for our mission. Please help us<br />

f<strong>in</strong>d some sponsors. We need one camera and one cassette recorder for our mission. We can record<br />

message for F.E.B.C. (Far East Broadcast<strong>in</strong>g Company) I have heard that you are go<strong>in</strong>g around<br />

preach<strong>in</strong>g gospel. I am very glad about it. I believe that God has sent you there for our <strong>Shan</strong> mission. I<br />

trust you will help us. If possible we also want a car for our mission. Please help us f<strong>in</strong>d a picture <strong>of</strong> Dr.<br />

Cush<strong>in</strong>g and his family and his biography.<br />

May the Lord bless you and your family.<br />

Rev. Sai Nyunt Tha, <strong>Shan</strong> Baptist Church, MuSe.<br />

Letter from Rev. Sai Nyunt Tha (General Secretary <strong>of</strong> ShweLi Valley <strong>Shan</strong> Baptist Mission, NamKham,<br />

NSS, <strong>Burma</strong>) to Sai Htwe Maung, Hong Kong. 29 November 1979<br />

Dear Sai Htwe,<br />

I have received your first letter when I come back from BBC meet<strong>in</strong>g and second letter from U<br />

Kyaw Hla on 24 November. I am so happy to learn that you love our <strong>Shan</strong> mission so much and give us<br />

many support. May the Lord add more bless<strong>in</strong>g to you and your family. We had a meet<strong>in</strong>g with BBC<br />

concern<strong>in</strong>g our Northern <strong>Shan</strong> State <strong>Shan</strong> Mission. We had much difficulty especially from U Kham<br />

Kya. (A <strong>Shan</strong> Church leader from LaShio). However we were encouraged by Saya Victor (Karen<br />

Church leader) not to give up. We will talk about it aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> March meet<strong>in</strong>g. I met with General<br />

Secretary from Eastern <strong>Shan</strong> State and he understood our ambition. Thank you very much for your<br />

advice and encouragement. I have received the slide pictures you sent to us. I am also send<strong>in</strong>g a letter to<br />

you to confirm that you are <strong>of</strong>ficial representative so that you can talk to the people on our behalf. You<br />

can send camera and cassette through Zau Yaw. (Kach<strong>in</strong> pastor study<strong>in</strong>g at Chung Chi College <strong>in</strong> Hong<br />

Kong). We also need generator to use <strong>in</strong> movie projector. We are determ<strong>in</strong>ed to form <strong>Shan</strong> Convention<br />

<strong>in</strong> 1980 December. We will demolish the name “ShweLi” and form “<strong>Shan</strong> Convention.” Can you send<br />

a message to SeLan Diamond Jubilee?<br />

In prayer, Rev. Sai Nyunt Tha

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