New Chapters in Life
After this morning's post, it is appropriate that I should be able to update you with the doors God is opening worldwide for His people. After decades of hard work by numerous organizations, the Karen people in Burma have had the resettlement door opened to them. And after months of talk about the opening door, the resettlement is underway.
Mercy Htoo, ready to depart for a new life.
While there are many more to come, the first of the children has departed the Freedom House Orphanage for the United States. Mercy Htoo is now officially a part of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program. We saw her in Thailand just weeks ago, updated her medical records, and bid her goodbye. But I am hoping to see her again soon!
I cannot even imagine the life change that this will be for her and the people that will follow her. I have to wonder whether she has ever been on a bus before–much less an airplane trip halfway around the world to a completely new culture and way of life. But what a step! She has left the violence that was described in the Free Burma Rangers report and been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.
Let us pray for her and the many to follow.
Sadness…and excitement.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Thanks for this bit of news.