Photo Essay from 2025 Shan and Karenni State Missions

13 February 2025

Shan and Karenni States, Burma

Dear all,

Thanks for your love and support, especially in the loss of our Ranger, Benedict To, who sacrificed his life saving others. The following is a photo essay from our relief mission here in southern Shan and northern Karenni states. From Good Life Club programs, mobile clinics, and food distributions to front-line and back-line medical care, including evacuating and treating 13 wounded under direct fire, our teams did an amazing job. Your support and prayers have enabled our teams to give help, hope and love everywhere they go.

We are in the fourth year since the coup and over 3.5 million are displaced and thousands have been maimed and killed. Just today, a jet fighter came and bombed a hospital. Fortunately, everyone had fled. The hospital itself was completely destroyed as well as a nearby school.  A villager here said, “Our place is very dangerous to live in, thank you so much for being in this with us.”

Dear friends, thank you for helping us help people here, in Jesus’ name.

Good Life Club (GLC) programs bring a lot of hope to displaced families.
FBR teams lead the children in singing and dancing.
While the kids enjoy the songs, our team also meets with adults to hear their needs, such as this food we distributed.
Our medics and dentists set up mobile clinics to treat patients with limited care options.
A team member asked to be baptized after one of our GLC programs.
Our team carries wounded to a frontline medical point while under fire.
Rangers need to be prepared to carry the weight of a casualty at a run to get out of enemy fire.
Treating wounded at a frontline medical point under indirect fire from mortars.
Carrying wounded in a hammock tied to a bamboo pole from the frontline medical point to the Casualty Collection Point (CCP).
The CCP is located far enough from the fighting to provide some peace to work but close enough to provide aid quickly.
When we have them available, surgical teams are a huge asset, providing more advanced treatment options than our frontline medics and CCPs.
Mourning our brother, Benedict To, at his funeral.
Benedict To’s father and mother.
The hope he died for.
God bless the people of Burma and may God turn all sorrow to joy.