Providing relief in Myanmar

 

Despite inaction by the Myanmar government, Michigan-based Christian Freedom International is providing physical and spiritual relief to victims of Cyclone Nargis. 

 

 

Although it now appears that Nargis could have killed more than 100,000 people, the military junta that rules the Buddhist nation is still slow to allow unrestricted aid from other countries and organizations. However, Christian Freedom International (CFI), which has worked in Myanmar for years, has found a way to help.
 
Jim Jacobson, president of CFI, says conventional relief methods do not work in Myanmar. "You have to go under the radar screen; you have to go in from Thailand without being announced ...," he points out.
 
Jacobson says that since CFI has been in Myanmar for a long time, they have a unique advantage when it comes to providing medical care and spiritual help. "While ... big organizations are waiting to get their visas, people are dying -- so it's time to act now, and that's why we're there," he explains. "But we're also a Christian ministry, and we make no apology for the fact that we're also going to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with people who have never heard it before -- and that's what we're really all about."
 
If there is a "silver lining" to this tragedy, says Jacobson, it is that the gospel will be shared for the first time to some of the people in Myanmar.
 
CFI has an established network of underground house churches in Myanmar -- and they have been able to wire money through those pastors to provide emergency assistance to cyclone victims.

A shame we can't do something like the Berlin airlift to help these starving people. Even if we are not alowed to land planes, why not fly over villages and parachute supplies down on pallets.  There must be a way..

CFI is doing a noble thing but starving people need food now.

As long as choppers enter the land without permission, the military gov can see this as invasion and shoot them down

The military and government is taking the good food and sending rotting stuff to the people. Yes lets help another bunch of thugs.

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it is a cold blooded military gov, you can't expect much

F-em all. "Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead."  Do you really think God gives a damn about their political agenda when people need assistance?  F-em.