by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Jun 8, 2016 | Stories
On November 8th, 2015, Myanmar (Burma) elected its first democratic government in 53 years.Myanmar gained independence from Britain in 1948. In 1962, a coup ushered in a military dictatorship, which held power until it was officially dissolved in 2010. A...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | May 19, 2016 | Stories
Last June, I stepped into a village in Bangladesh whose residents, until they met me, didn’t know white people existed. At the time, over 175 people from animist and Hindu backgrounds had been discipled in the Christian faith for several months, and were ready to be...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Feb 23, 2016 | Stories
2 AM, southeastern Nepal. A car carrying three sleepless occupants cruises toward Kathmandu, the country’s capital. The passengers, myself and an Indian Harvest Bridge partner, had just visited church planters in Bangladesh, Bhutan and northern India, checking on...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Oct 31, 2015 | Stories
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) is a time for the Body of Christ to pray over our brothers and sisters living through persecution. “If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Oct 27, 2015 | Stories
How long, O Lord? ~ Psalm 13:1 Immediately prior to starting work with Harvest Bridge, I lived in South Asia for a year. Far away from the expat communities found in large cities, I was culturally immersed in the rural community where I conducted research. This...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Jun 16, 2015 | Stories
The Lord God has blessed Reuben’s* ministry in Bhutan. When Harvest Bridge began partnering with him and his wife, Priscilla*, in mid 2012, Reuben’s main church, consisted of over 100 members at the heart of Thimpu city, which is the capital of...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Apr 20, 2015 | Stories
Our 17 church planters in Myanmar, also known as Burma, work tirelessly to spread the Gospel, both in depth and reach. Discipleship is paramount in their ministries; accepting Christ in this country is a matter of physical life and death, not only...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Mar 30, 2015 | Stories
Imagine having no type of ID, not even a birth certificate. In fact, no one in your family has any kind of identification. Without this ID, you cannot go to school, be hired at a business, open a bank account, receive legal protection, or any number of...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Mar 3, 2015 | Stories
Be encouraged. God is at work! During a time of violent political turmoil in Bangladesh, in the last six months our 35 church planters in Bangladesh shared the gospel with 5,531 individuals, saw 1754 people accept Christ, and baptized 689 of those men and women! We...
by harvestbridge_z3tpx4 | Feb 17, 2015 | Stories
Kani was born in a small village in Southern India into a Hindu family; they were in one of the lowest castes, Dalit, sometimes known as the untouchables. She had an arranged marriage at 16 and by the age of 21 she already had four children. Her...
