The Currier

Open Door in Kyrgyzstan.

We are exploring a new relationship in Kyrgyzstan in central Asia. More that a year ago, Christine met Sultan Abdi, an economics student living in Moscow. In Kyrgyzstan, he worked at a state university. In Moscow, he works as a migrant laborer and is striving to complete his doctoral thesis in economics at a Moscow university. His field is migrant labor, particularly as it impacts the people groups of central Asia. His family is Muslim and his friendship toward us is based on his interest in keeping his English-language skills sharp. Mark shared the gospel with him and his response was very interesting –he has had contact with Christianity before. We have spent a significant amount of time with him, meeting his wife, enjoying dinner at his home. He has asked Mark to visit his home near the city of Osh when he returns home next December. This is a possibility we are considering, particularly if we can make a connection with Kyrgyz Christians while we are there.

Open Doors Beyond India

We can help a national ministry in India establish mission bridgeheads in unreached areas beyond northeastern India. Don and Sharon Lee work with Angam Haokip, director of the Biblical Theological College and Seminary in Bangalore, India. This month he became our newest MPATs mission associate. Angam comes from the Haokip clan of the Thadou-Kuki language group in the hill country of Manipur, a state in the northeast India near Myanmar (formerly Burma). The disciples who study at Angam’s school are from the same area. Their vision is to cross borders and plant churches in neighboring Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet; they have already begun to work in Myanmar. We would like to match Western churches with Angam’s church planters as they pioneer the Kingdom of God in areas virtually closed to non-Asians. [See the side bar for a photo album featuring Angam’s work.]

The Currier

This is the initial online Currier.  We do not plan to eliminate The Currie Courier which you may receive by post, but there will be a transition: more content online, more photos on line, opportunity for your feedback online.  In terms of annual stewardship, four issues of the online Currier cost $90 compared with almost $1200 for four issues of the Currie Courier.  We think we can serve most of you better by making this transition; our content will improve and our costs will decrease.

If you prefer the postal edition of the Currie Courier, then you will continue to receive it.  If you prefer the online edition, then you can help us by sending us your email address and we will move you from our postal contact list to our email contact list.  When a new volume of material is available online, we will send an email notice with a link to the online Currier or you can go online any time to see our news at markcurrie.typepad.com/thecurrier.

If you have questions or comments about this change, you can comment at the Currier, at the mission website: www.mpats.org, or send a note to Mark Currie, P.O.Box 179, Midland, VA 22728-0179 or to newhope@online.ru.   Thanks.