Dear Friends of MTM…
We are happy to introduce Eric and Amber Weaver to the Macedonian Teaching Ministry team. Eric will be serving as MTM PR Cordinator. He will help share …
For Jesus sake in SE Asia…
What we encountered once we arrived in Putao was beyond our imagination. The people who live in this area have not seen a tourist, much less an American since some time before Covid. Their fascination with us and their excitement in …
Raymond & Naomi Burkholder Fall Ministry Tour Update
As our ministry tour began to unfold beyond the early planning stages, it became evident there were forces of opposition at work behind the scenes. Naomi & I had been facing them from the beginning of 2025. We felt that we had mostly overcome them and were ready to move ahead on the discipleship journey, making disciples for Jesus Christ in obedience to God’s continuing call on our lives.
The Burkholder’s Have Been On The Discipleship Trail
Yes, the Burkholder’s Have Been on the Discipleship Trail back in February & March. We are sorry this update is so late in coming. Thank you for your patience, but we are transitioning out of MTM and are at the threshold of commencing a new ministry.
Into the Land of Kampuchea
It was such a blessing to see the Christians here in Cambodia have such a deep faith and enthusiasm to serve the Lord! Their worship in song and prayer was very touching!We appreciated the wonderful help of our interpreters and taxi driver. They did a wonderful job of bringing the Word alive in their native language and getting us around safely. So thankful for all of them!
God’s Great Faithfulness In Kingdom Work
It has been very humbling to hear the testimony of this Nepale pastor that since MTM began teaching this series there, have been a total of 11 new indigenous churches planted among these remote M_______m villages of Nepal. BLESSED BE GOD ALONE!!! At this most recent Cry of Ishmael Conference a pastor who had traveled a long way from a distant village begged me to come to his region of Nepal and teach this series. He said there is a large population of these people in his region. Thus, God continues to open the way to propagate His heart for this Gospel unreached people group.
Manifold Evidences of the Presence of God In INDIA, MTM Ministry
After the three different conferences & three different locations on the same subject in Vietnam and after two-weeks of conferences, Raymond & Naomi Burkholder traveled on to Delhi, India and then we forwarded on to Sikkim State of India where we caught up with Jay & Amy Smoker who were prepared to serve as MTM guest teacher for our two conferences in this state of India. Our first event was a scheduled youth conference in Gylashing in Sikkim State of India April 23-26, 2024.
Manifold Evidences of the Presence of God In Vietnam
Ps. 68 clearly reveals when God Comes all needs are met and in vs. 6 we find in God’s Presence He sets the solitary (desolate or lonely) in families. And so it was on our MTM spring Tour in Vietnam and in India.
A Call to a Committed Walk
We spent the 1st week in Yangon,Myanmar. We enjoyed worshipping with Pastor Toe’s congregation on Sun. Monday we were back at his church for a 2 day conference. Then on Wednesday we went to Reaching the World Bible School for a 3 day conference. Each day was filled with 2 teaching sessions in the morning and 2 in the afternoon with a nice lunch and fellowship in between. We were encouraged to see their desire to grow and learn more from God’s word regardless if the electricity was on or off(powerpoint and fans) during the hot afternoons. Through their many smiles and appreciation there was a deep concern for their country and the civil war waging in the north. We spoke with one pastor who had fled to Yangon 2 weeks earlier with his young family, leaving behind his village in the hopes of preserving life. Since we have gotten home things have drastically changed for the dear people in Myanmar. On Feb 10th the military demanded mandatory service for unmarried men and women. This has brought much fear and despair for the future…..they are asking us to pray for them!
“An Unconditional Commitment to an Imperfect Person”
Chuck Colson said, “Every enduring marriage involves an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person.” Nearly fifty percent of couples in America reject the unconditional component and end up in divorce courts. This results, according to one data source, in a divorce every 13 seconds in America. This swells to 6,646 divorces per day and 2,419,190 per year. On the other hand, Nepal has only 1.2 divorces per 1000 marriages according to the latest figures I could find. So why should we hold conferences in Nepal on the permanence of marriage? Are we “preaching to the choir”?
