AFO IMPACT
Making a Difference
for Christ
in Southeast Asia
New High School Grad Says "Thank You!"
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​My name is Ah Myint.* I am 18 years old and just graduated from
high school. I grew up in a family with nine children. My parents
had to work very hard to support our large family with ordinary
jobs and very little income. Because of this, they could not
afford to send us to school. The future of the children in our
family seemed very uncertain.
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We began to pray that God would show mercy and open a way for our family. We believed that if at least one child in our family could receive a good education, it might help change the future of our family. I had had some elementary school, but we could not afford high school.
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A bit later, some friends of my parents and elders in the community shared about our family with the coordinator of Asia Frontier Outreach’s Family-Based Child Care program, Pastor Ah Ti. He came to visit our family and helped me apply for the Family-Based Child Care program. Our whole family became excited with hope for me.
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It wasn’t long after that we received the joyful news that I was accepted into the Family-Based Child Care program and I began high school. This has been a great blessing for my life and for my family.
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I would like to sincerely thank all the donors for supporting me. Your kindness, love, and generosity have given me the opportunity to finish high school and now be able to find a good job. I can now help support my family and also give back to society by helping others who are facing difficulties like I once did. May God bless you always.
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Respectfully and with sincere gratitude,
Ms. Ah Myint
Meet a New Christ-follower:
"Jesus, the One who never turns away"
My name is Su Ling*, and I come from a quiet mountain village
deep in southeast Asia. I lost my husband a long time ago, and
after he passed away, everything changed. People in my
village began to avoid me. They said I was cursed. I felt invisible,
unwanted, and each day I asked myself, “Why am I still here?”
My sadness felt like a heavy weight I couldn’t remove.
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But one day, everything changed.
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A small group of Christians came to our village. They looked at me with kindness, not fear or pity. They brought food and supplies, but more than that, they brought something I had almost lost: hope. They didn’t avoid me. They saw me. They told me about Jesus, the One who never turns away the brokenhearted, but instead welcomes, loves, and calls them by name.
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One night, I was alone in my small house, and I whispered a simple prayer: “Jesus, if you are real, please comfort me.” That night, for the first time in many years, I slept peacefully.
Soon after, I gave my life to Jesus. Today, I call Jesus my true comforter. He didn’t just heal my heart; He gave me a new life.
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*Names changed for privacy
Abandoned Girls "Find Family"
It was a cold morning in the Myanmar mountains, when three-year-old Lydia and five-year-old Bella* were found abandoned on their village streets. There was no family found to care for them. The little girls were rescued and taken in by an elderly couple in the village. They were loved and well-cared for. But after a year, because of the couples' ages, they became unable to continue caring for Bella and Lydia.
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The couple consulted with their pastor for his advice. He referred them to a new children's home opening in Yangon, Rainbow Children's Home(RCH),* operated by Asia Frontier Outreach. For the next 14 years Bella and Lydia found family with the loving caregivers and community of sisters at RCH. It was here they girls continued to grow and thrive, they were safe, and had the opportunity for education through high school. Best of all, they came to know the love of their Heavenly Father.
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Rainbow Children's Home, 2006
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Lydia & Bella, front row, on the left
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​​​​​​​​​​Today both girls have completed college courses and are working in the business office of a Yangon hospital . They recently enjoyed a surprise visit from the directors of Rainbow Children's Home,
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Bella and Lydia write:
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We were very happy to meet Pastor Lu and Betty when they came to visit us in Yangon. We were deeply touched and had tears of joy. It meant so much to us.
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Through the education you helped us receive, today we are able to work and support ourselves.
We pray for all of you every day. May God richly bless you for your love and support.
With love and thanks,
Lydia & Bella
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*Rainbow Children's Home closed when Asia Frontier Outreach transitioned to Family-Based Child Care in 2021.
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"A father to the fatheress, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families." Psalm 68:5,6
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families..." Psalm 68:5-6