Thailand

Emi Osato, along with her Japanese husband, are long term missionaries located here in Chiang Mai.  They have multiple outreaches to the Thai and hill tribes people around Northern Thailand.  She had talked to me at the Chiang Mai International School Expo and saw some very nice looking brand new English NIV & NKJV Bibles on our display table.  She said she would come to the office later to pick some up.  So, good as her word, she arrived at our office on Monday, to not only get Bibles, but after seeing the teaching materials for teenagers, women and men, she asked politely "may I PLEASE have these materials as I know some ministries that would greatly benefit from this!"  Of course, I encouraged her to take what she needed.  Standing by her car with the "new found treasures" in her car, being Japanese, she must have told me "thank you" 20 or 30 times.

Bibles were given to David Eubank, founder and director of Free Burma Rangers  who took 3 copies for himself to use for his leaders coming thru his office, and the balance of them, 16 copies, went to the Karen refugee leaders who are constantly on the run from the Burmese army.  David told me to pass on his sincere thanks to the people who supplied these beautiful Bibles, which I believe was a church in Utica, NY.  More than likely, he will be the recipient of more of these books and Bibles as we sort thru them.