What Makes Rulers Afraid?
The people I have met in Myanmar (Burma) are industrious, skillful, friendly, and helpful to strangers. But what makes the rulers afraid of their subjects and therefore afraid of any foreigners having contact with their subjects? Do people suddenly change when they become leaders or are there underlying forces that cause people to be filled with fear and then to act out that fear? There is evil and there is fear beneath the surface that needs to be dealt with.

• Pray for a spiritual transformation to occur that will lead to a bold and humble church emerging which can minister to a nation in great need.
• Pray for God's servants in Burma, both nationals and expatriates, to be patient as they wait brighter days when they will be given greater freedom to serve God in Burma.

Shan – Tai
Mr. B is a Christian Shan man who was miraculously healed of malaria after 14 days in ICU three years ago. He has no citizenship – no country to which he belongs. He is not allowed to travel outside of the one district of Thailand were he has permission to live. Mr. B wanted to study the Bible but this would require him to travel illegally and risk detention if caught. Mr. B's church leaders did not have the peace to allow him to travel outside of his allotted district and have been praying that God might open the way. God has! Amazingly, the local officials have now given Mr. B the permission that he needs to travel!

Among the Shan-Tai in China, Burma and Thailand, zealous Shan Christian workers are few and far between, like stars shining in a crooked and depraved generation. They are burdened by a love that compels, work long hours, live very modest lifestyles and they persevere. They are Shan, but not "really Shan" in the eyes of their Buddhist relatives because "to be Shan is to be Buddhist".

• Pray our Shan brothers and sisters will know deep and empowering fellowship with Jesus, and gain the true rest that they need.
• Pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the lives of those Shan who are seeking to serve the Lord. Pray for signs and wonders to accompany the proclamation of God's word.

Mien / Yao
A tool being used by the Holy Spirit among the Mien is the daily Mien radio broadcasts and Mien Scriptures portions. The exact figure is unknown but it is thought that there are now in the region of 15,000 Mien believers in China, Laos and Vietnam.

• Praise the Lord a milestone has been reached in the Mien Bible Translation project! All the checked copies for the as yet unpublished books of Joshua to Malachi have now been gone through. We are now beginning the revision of the Pentateuch. The New Testament will be revised after that. Please pray we will have wisdom, patience and accuracy as we press on to get the scriptures finished quickly and well.
• A Mien couple have recently left their home and country in order to reach out to the Mien across the border. Pray for NK and his wife K, with their two small sons, as they adjust to living in a new country, relating in a new culture and learning a new language and beginning a new ministry to the Mien.