Humanitarian Projects

Humanitarian Aid

GIFT #13 – BE A FIRST RESPONDER WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

Aye Aye Paw’s* heart pounded as fast as the gunfire exploding all around her. “Where’s Mother?” she silently screamed. Aye Aye quietly groped around in the dark looking for her, but discovered she was not with the group. “Protect my mom, Jesus.” The sound of bullets kept coming. Would they ever stop? “Are the Burmese soldiers inside the house?” Aye Aye wondered. With a surge of courage, she left her safe hiding spot and ran up the old wooden stairs of her home. “Mother?” she called out hesitantly when she got inside. Then she heard a small voice coming from a corner. “I’m okay! The bullets didn’t hit me,” her mother said weakly. Aye Aye Paw scooped the fragile, elderly frame into her arms and carried her to safety. “Thank you, Jesus, for saving my mother!” was her simple, grateful prayer. Your gifts to ASAP’s Humanitarian Fund provide for the urgent needs of the suffering. ASAP supplies tents, food, medicine, and more for the Karen on the Thai-Myanmar border, including Aye Aye Paw and her family. Last year, ASAP received an unprecedented number of requests due to the coup in Myanmar, Covid-19, etc. Help us be ready to respond in an instant. $100 suggested gift (any amount appreciated)

GIFT #14 – REVIVE PARCHED LAND WITH LIVING WATER

Persistent drought in Cambodia has rendered historical water sources dry, even during the rainy seasons. With inadequate water for their crops and cattle, rural communities are facing the loss of income, as well as poor sanitation and disease. Pollution from chemical runoff is contaminating some of the water sources still remaining after the drought, further complicating accessibility to clean drinking water. Your donation will provide wells for nine communities served by ASAP missionaries. Please pray that the wells will restore these communities and open hearts to receive the Water of Life. $770-$2,070 to build a well, depending on location (9 needed)

“Village leaders have asked ASAP to build a treatment center on land donated by the villagers themselves.”

GIFT #15 – BRING THE MINISTRY OF HEALING TO KEL LIN SEIT

Solomon* gave up drinking and came to Christ with the help of Ko Ko,* a longtime ASAP medical missionary. For the past four years, Solomon has dedicated his own life to medical missionary work, serving in the poor Buddhist villages surrounding Ko Ko’s health center in Myanmar. One of those villages, Kel Lin Seit, has witnessed fifteen baptisms in the past six years. Now, village leaders have asked ASAP to build a treatment center on land donated by the villagers themselves. The proposed building will house not only the treatment center but also a house church where Solomon can nurture the new believers and continue sharing the healing ministry of Jesus. $4,025 to build the treatment center

GIFT #16 – PROVIDE HEALING TO SUFFERING SOULS

ASAP medical missionaries work day and night to alleviate the pain of people afflicted with both basic and extreme health problems. Just this year, the team received a stage-4 cancer patient for treatment. During the patient’s stay she heard about God for the first time, learned how to pray, and started to pray on her own and attend church. Now she says that even if she isn’t healed of cancer she will pray to the Living God. Give hope and healing to the many suffering souls across Southeast Asia through the work of dedicated medical missionaries. $120 per month/$1,440 per year to sponsor a medical missionary* *Visit the sponsorship section of our website to meet medical missionaries in need of a sponsor. One-time gifts are also appreciated.

“We are to remember that our neighbor is the one who most needs our sympathy and help. Our neighbor is every soul who is wounded and bruised by the adversary. Our neighbor is every one who is the property of God” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, p. 294).

GIFT #17 – GIVE LIGHT TO THOSE IN DARKNESS

GIFT #18 – SUPPORT THE GREAT PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANTS

ASAP church planters like Nathan Tin* (Myanmar) and Paul Tai* (closed country) work in areas so remote that access to electricity is scarce. This makes it difficult for their church plants to hold mid-week prayer meetings or evening vespers programs. Solar panels would not only solve this problem, but also create ministry opportunities, since community members come to the church to charge their batteries, phones, and flashlights at designated times. In the process, they mingle with church members and have the chance to join the worship services. $330 (average) to supply solar panels for one church plant

While conducting door-to-door visitation with her husband, an Adventist pastor, ASAP medical missionary Susanna Maung* frequently encounters people sick with malaria and other ailments. She prepares herbal remedies for them, counsels them about the use of mosquito nets, and prays with them. “I am not a doctor or a nurse, but as a medical missionary I can bring people to Jesus like the friends of the paralytic man in the Bible,” she says. “I explain that Jesus is the Great Physician, and He can heal the sick.” Your gifts provide Susanna and other medical missionaries with the supplies they need to bring healing and relief to the ailing. $45 per month/$540 per year (average) to cover travel expenses and supplies for one medical missionary

ASAP Receives a 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

ASAP’s strong financial health and dedication to accountability and transparency have earned it the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, for the fifth year in a row! We give God the glory for helping us be good stewards of the blessings He has entrusted to ASAP.