People traveled from all over Burma to attend the historic revival and leaders’ conference. Burma is a special place: if too many people gather, the authorities react; if too many people get saved, the Buddhist monks react. When 4 out of the 5 cripples stood up and were healed on Saturday evening, there was no way to keep things in check. At the final meeting on Sunday, twice as many people came than expected, and Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists gave their lives to Jesus.
The entire
conference was coordinated by newly-started churches in cooperation with Pastor
Tommy Lilja Ministries’ partner organization, Dynamic Mission, led by Johan
Andersén. Pastor David’s new church was in charge, and hosted the conference.
This church was planted 2 years ago and already has 200 members! Despite heavy
persecution and serious threats to their lives, the church is growing.
The
leadership conference, which had planned for 100 pastors, gathered nearly 300
delegates. Pastors traveled from all over Burma to attend the seminars.
Saturday
evening was the breakthrough meeting. A woman who had been an invalid due to a
traffic accident got healed. Another woman - who hadn’t walked for many years -
stood up after being encouraged to by Pastor Tommy, before he even started preaching.
There were many testimonies, and on Sunday evening the meeting place was packed
and there were even people standing outside.
The
location was a city in a rainforest up in the mountains. Now there will be
follow-up, as well as work to plant more churches.
This was a
conference that broke every boundary. Nobody thought that so many pastors would
travel so far to attend the conference. The food ran out, the staff worked day
and night, more people than we had dared to hope got saved, and now the testimony
of what Jesus did is spreading like a wave across Burma – good news travels
fast!
Thank you
to everyone who prayed, who supported us, and especially to everyone who risks
their lives for Jesus in Burma, a country that is starting to both open up and to
wake up!
