AFO IMPACT
Making a Difference
for Christ
in Southeast Asia
1st Preschool in Myanmar Remote Village
Getting to school in the remote villages of northern Myanmar is often a great challenge. There are no school buses or sidewalks to walk or ride a bike. Kids often have to walk to a neighboring village to get to school. During the rainy season, June through August, mountain streams often become raging rivers that kids must cross.
In one village near the India/Myanmar border were about 25 preschool-age children who wanted to go to school, but crossing this river was not safe for them. So parents and the community, led by a Jesus Foot Soldier, built a one-room, bamboo school house for a preschool. Asia Frontier Outreach donated the metal roof.
By faith that God would provide, two young women left salaried teaching positions to come to the preschool on a volunteer basis. After a two-day walk on mountain paths, they reached the remote village and the 25 precious children. It wasn't long before God provided their first year salaries through generous donors to this project.
"Jesus loves me so much, and I love Jesus too. He cares for me every day.
Jesus loves little children like me. He gives me food to eat, a safe place to live,
and His loving arms to protect me."
The latest from AFO Director Dr. Lu
"Not just a statistic . . ."
September 2026
Dear friends,
God has been so faithful and so good to us this month, and we can only give Him all the glory for what He has done.
This month alone, 1,589 people accepted the Lord Jesus Christ through the ministry of Jesus Foot Soldiers in Myanmar and along the border areas. They were baptized, and each one received a Burmese Bible. When I think about that number,
I have to pause. Each one is not just a statistic;
each one is a person who once bowed to idols
and spirits, who now bows before the living God.
I've also had the joy of reaching five different ethnic
groups who had never owned a Bible in their lives,
not one copy among entire communities. Now, they
hold God's Word in their own hands, in their own
language, and they are reading it, hungry for more,
growing before our eyes.
Online discipleship training continues with believers in restricted areas, meeting weekly with more than 2,000 people. What moves me most is that they are not simply receiving; they are turning around and teaching others themselves, multiplying what they've learned far beyond what I could ever do alone. Please pray for this online ministry. Conditions in restricted areas are growing harder by the month, and the pressure is real. But even in the tightest places, the Lord keeps opening small doors, doors that no government, no restriction, and no fear could ever close, because they were never ours to open in the first place.
We also rejoice in the Lord that our children in the Family-Based Child Care program are doing well, both in their studies and in their spiritual growth. Even the neighborhoods around them are being drawn to the Lord, simply by watching these families live out their faith
May the Lord richly bless each one of you, and thank you, truly, for your continued prayers and support. We could not do this without you standing beside us.
In Him,
Dr. Lu
AFO-USA Publishes Dr. Lu's Biography
AFO-USA board members and authors Lois Riddick and Melissa Serra are excited to announce the release of "A Gentle Whisper-A Mighty Movement", the biography with personal reflections of Asia Frontier Outreach founder and director, Dr. Lu.
Dr. Lu's Christian heritage began nearly a century ago in a restricted area when his grandfather and uncle became Christ-followers as a result of the witness of Christian missionaries. When persecution of Christians began, Lu's grandfather took his family and fled. His uncle remained. Both men had a deep impact on young Lu, laying the foundation for his future life and ministry.
From Lu's young boyhood in a hidden valley, to teaching himself
English from the Bible, Lu's life unfolds though a series of God-
ordained encounters that lead him to follow God's call on his life.
"A Gentle Whisper-A Mighty Movement" is a unique biography that
challenges the reader to become aware of God at work in their life.
Also available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble