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NBCM Board Meeting Update
Jon and I (Marissa) traveled to Kansas City, MO this past weekend to attend the International Conference on Missions (ICOM). While there we had the pleasure of attending the North Burma Christian Mission annual board meeting that they typically hold just before the conference begins. We wanted to give you some exciting updates from that meeting!
In just a few short months the board will be traveling to Chiang Mai the last two weeks in January for their meeting that they have over there every few years. They like to go and see the mission field, the missionaries, and the fruits of their mission work! We are excited to announce that we will be joining them in Thailand for the first time and get to visit Joel and Marilyn in their new home! Joel has promised us a ride on an elephant and the chance to eat monkey meat! We will also be there during Chinese New Year and get to participate in the festivities on January 25th!
Next year NBCM will be celebrating 100  years of ministry and ICOM will be helping us celebrate with a larger booth space and possibly some recognition during the main sessions and/or workshops. We are still planning a lot of the details, but we are wanting to do an interactive exhibit with pictures and videos about the history of NBCM. We invite you to come and celebrate with us at next years' ICOM in Indianapolis, IN November 19-22, 2020! |
So while in Myitkyina, Joel was able to attend a 2 day revival, and he was also asked to preach at one of the services. There were about 350 people in attendance and they had come from all over Burma. 
was able to go and preach at the NuSu Church, another branch and dialect of the Nung people. Lisu is the common language even among all the different tribal groups in Burma, so Joel naturally used Lisu to preach in.
successful and productive time of learning. They will now be able to go to the different Anung villages all over Burma even into the neighboring border countries to reach and teach the Anung people their language so that they will be able to read the Bible and sing hymns in their own language! We have worked so long and hard on reviving the Anung people, the language and the culture itself. We are very happy that so many came to train so that they can in turn pay it forward.
Joel arrived safely home the last week of October and was able to 
help carry the workload pertaining to the building of our home. We finally got the electric pole and the electric company came and approved everything! Next week they will install the meter box! We also finally got curtains 
for the windows, which makes a tremendous amount of difference on the acoustics! Since there is no carpeting over here, only tiles, there was a lot of echo sounds.
