History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Some pastors, leaders and members of the Churches asked me to go back and hold training for them
again. Should I go back again?
Report on Shan Radio Gospel Broadcast
May 2001, By Dr. Sai Htwe Maung
I have been preaching Gospel in Radiobroadcast for 11 years. How can I know the impact of my
Shan Gospel Radiobroadcast? By letters received from listeners, by testimonies from listeners and by
meeting and hearing from people, the impact and effectiveness of gospel radio broadcast can be
assessed. I have received about one thousand letters from listeners in one year.
Factory Owner
I met a candle factory owner in NamKham. He said, “Your radio program is a great blessing to
me, my family and my factory workers. I tune in your program every morning and relay it to my factory
work place with loudspeaker and ask my workers to listen to it every morning. This lady is ready to
accept Jesus. She is going to be baptized next month. Please pray for her.”
Chairman of Chinese Church
He said, “Your radio program is the only source of my encouragement specially when I was in
the jungle working alone. I never miss your program.”
A butcher
A man who worked at abattoir said, “It is war and sorrow when I listen to BBC. But it is peace
and joy when I listen to your song and message in radio. I feel like I am in heaven whenever I hear your
music, songs and message. I am glad to see you and know you personally now. May God bless you
richly.”
Seminary graduate
A young Seminary graduate said, “My father use to tune in your program every morning,
increase it’s volume to maximum level and put his radio on the window bar so that all the people
walking by on the street may hear it.”
Ex-soldier of drug warlord
A man, a formal soldier of drug war lord Khun Sa said, “When I was in the jungle, I was very
sick and closed to death. When I was on sick bed alone I listened to your program every morning. I got
healed and I continued listening to your message for three years. Then I believe in Jesus Christ. I
wanted to be baptized. But there was no Church or Christian around here. I tried to look for a Church. I
finally found a Lahu Church in a village. I went there and confessed my faith to the pastor and got
baptism.”
Many people including Buddhist monks and Shan politicians came to express their thanks to our
Shan radio gospel broadcast. To God be the Glory and Honor
The first New Khamti Shan Radio program
A man named Sao Noi Man Han wrote to me two years ago that he would like to help me
reaching another Shan group called Khamti Shan. Who are Khamti Shan?
Khamti Shan has different dialect and literature even though they belong to Shan (Tai) group. Their
population in Burma is about 40 thousand and 60 thousand in India. Only 20 Khamti believers in
Burma.