Bro. Cyril Mahadeo
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Mission Update
March 23, 2006

REPORT ON LAST MISSIONARY TRIP TO HONG KONG, THAILAND AND BURMA

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Greetings in the name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Trusting in the Love, Mercy and Grace of God in Christ Jesus. (Col. 2:10) Leaving Charlotte, NC on the 31st of January and arriving on the 1st of February in Hong Kong. I was greeted at the airport by two visiting brothers. One Bro. Roel Soriano, from the Philippines, and Bro. Claudio Onno, from Mauritius. After clearing customs, we rode a double decker bus with all our luggage for one hour. Then going through the subway and walking about 3 blocks to the apartment, where we had to climb 7 flights of steps to the seventh floor, with all our luggage. We were refreshed by the wonderful fellowship that we had with the saints, who are from the Philippines, that are working in Hong Kong. I spent three days with them.

I left Hong Kong at midnight, on the third day, I flew to Bangkok, arriving about 1:30 A.M. Pastor Braphan Nomai and two brothers were there to receive me. After receiving my luggage we started on the journey to Bro. Nomai’s house. We arrived at his place about 8:00 A.M. I checked into a hotel.

It was great meeting the saints, once again, and fellowshipping with them for five days. I was very impressed with the progress that they are making in translating and printing the message books, in the Thai language. Up to now, they have about 12 message books in the Thai language. Three more is ready for printing. I returned to Bangkok to apply for a visa to go to Burma but I found out that I had to wait for 5 days before getting a visa. I was a bit disappointed because I had already made reservations to go to Burma in two days time. I was told by one of the employees, at the embassy, if I give $50, I could get my visa in 3 hours. I found out that money talks in most of these 3rd world countries.

Leaving Bangkok, Bro. Nomai from Thailand accompanied me, we arrived in Burma at 10:00 P. M. We were greeted by Pastor Alfred Biaka and eight other ministers from different parts of the country. These ministers came to be in the special meetings that we were going to have. We traveled to the guest house, where the electricity was out and they had candle lights and a lantern to show us to our room. It was hot and very sticky but we were thankful for a bed to lay our head down and a shower to refresh ourselves. Electricity was only on for 5 hours a day, at different times of the day. The following day, our services began, 4 sessions a day, for one week. We had a many ministers attending the meetings. It was very fruitful. I spoke on different topics that was very inspiring to them. I also gave each minister a chance to express what they knew about the message, so I could tell how each minister was progressing. I found out that there are still a lot to do because these ministers are limited in the literature that they have. Many can not speak English and they do not have audio tapes of the message in their local language. Many questions was asked and as a result, they requested that we have a six week training session, with all the ministers from Burma, in January, 2007, the Lord willing. The prophet said that we should train young ministers to sweep this message on until the coming of the Lord.

I met with the 7 members, of our office staff of Rangoon, that does the translating, typing, printing and putting the books together. I was very pleased with their dedication and faithfulness in getting the books ready for distribution. I also met with 8 different brothers that are translating the message books in their own dialect. Some of these brothers only have a manual typewriter to type the message after it has been translated. Their sacrifice is great. They do not have electricity but only two times a week.

Unfortunately, electricity is a problem. We have to use a generator to operate the computers. It takes one gallon of petro to run the generator for 6 hours. The government only allows 2 gallons of petro a day for your vehicle every third day. The petro is very difficult to get, it cost about $3.00 a gallon on the black market. The people work all day long for $1.00. One brother, in the Kalaymyo area, if he had $1500, he can produce a hydro electric system to help the brothers around his area to have electricity all the time. I pray that the Lord will provide this for these brothers.

There are restricted areas that a foreigner’s can not go. One brother by the name of Ko Ye, that has about 11 little groups in these areas, wanted me to visit them. I took a chance for 4 days to go with him in some of these areas. The road was very rough and dusty, very difficult to travel. I was shocked because of the poverty in these areas. The brethren minister under harsh conditions, being faithful to the word of God. Bro. Ko Ye had written to me to help build some churches but I did not reply to him right away. Only when I went, the needs became more visible to me. One place, I saw over 100 young people gathering for a meeting that did not have a building to worship in. They gather under the trees to worship. Most of these people are Buddhist but they want to hear the truth of the gospel. One sister has been teaching them the bible for about one year. Now the sister is stepping aside so a brother can minister the word of God to the people. I was privileged to baptize this sister, plus about 19 other brethren. At another place in the same area, one brother by the name of James, that is 29 years old, takes care of about 20 orphans, plus about 20 Buddhist children, without any financial support, only what the Buddhist people in the area give to him. He has a 60 year old sister that helps him take care of these children. They really live by faith. He told me that it would take about $250 a month to feed, cloth and shelter these children.

In another area, that I visited, Bro. Ko Ye’s wife goes every Saturday to teach the children about Jesus. There are over 100 children from the age of 16 years and down that do not go to school because their parents have only temporary jobs, as laborers, building bridges and having to move when the bridges are completed. The sister ask me to pray that God will provide $5.00 a month to pay traveling expenses to go and teach these children. Her husband helps about 10 others pastor’s with the little support that we give him every month. By faith, I hired a teacher for $20 a month, to teach these children. I need to build a temporary building for the children to gather and to be taught. The present thatch roof building will not stand the raining season. It will cost about $900 to build a building that they can take with them when they move to a different area.

I returned to Hong Kong to minister to the saints there. The Lord moved in a great way and answered their prayer concerning a building, that they had been wanting to rent, for three years. We were able to purchase a computer, that will be a tremendous help to them.

I would like to share a short testimony about what took place in the Philippines. There were five pastors that had requested that the Lord would provide a way for them to get a horse, because when they go and preach the gospel, they have to walk from 5 to 15 kilometers up the mountainous terrain. It cost $200 to get a horse. We were able to buy five horses for them and within two weeks one gave birth and another one is about to give birth. The brethren were very thankful for the horses. Remember these brethren in your prayers.

I returned home on the 27th of February. I will be leaving to go to Trinidad on the 28th of this month and maybe to a couple other countries. Please remember me in your prayers. God Bless.

Shalom,
Bro. Cyril Mahadeo

P.S. Please remember Bro. Nestor Espanola, from the Philippines, that has gone to Nepal to minister with Bro. Lukram. There are a lot of fighting between the Maoist Rebels and the government troops. Many areas are shut down.

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