Education GIFT #1 – GIVE BUDDHIST YOUTH A CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL
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ourteen-year-old Thuya* longed for an education. Hearing that the teachers at Ayeyarwady Adventist Seminary (AYAS) were good, she asked her Buddhist parents if she might attend school there. Although reluctant to send her to a Christian school, they finally agreed. “The most wonderful thing I have learned from this school is that God is our Creator and Jesus is our Savior,” Thuya says. “In January 2021, I decided to be baptized. Please pray that I will be a good example to my Buddhist family.” Thuya was one of six students baptized this past year as a result of the Home Away From Home project in Myanmar, a missionary training program designed to reach Buddhist communities by meeting the educational needs of the youth. This project provides housing, tuition, and medical missionary training to underserved Buddhist youth seeking an education at AYAS. Currently in its second year, the project has a strategic plan to become self-supporting through the operation of a community English language school and a small store. Your donation will grow this ministry so that many more may receive the gospel. $15 per month/$180 per year to cover a student’s tuition fees (20 needed) $1,800 to provide student housing or a teacher’s stipend (3 needed) for one year $14,715 to fund the entire project for one year 6
