From left to right: Carol Stickney's role is an ordained elder in the FMC, presently serving as the Myanmar Country Advocate in the USA (Contact her to learn more: cmstick@gmail.com), and previously served as a short-term missionary in both Thailand and Myanmar for two years in each country. She has also pastored a FMC in Washington and Idaho State.
Mrs Kung is the wife of the founder of the FMC in Myanmar, Rev. Dr. F. Kung. She is the mother of PaKep, the present superintendent of the FMC in Myanmar, and is an active member of the laity of the first FM Church in Hakha, Myanmar.
Virginia Spangler is actively engaged in ministry with her husband in his role as the Asia Area Director since 2014. She helps manage the home office in both Chiang Mai and in Washington State and traveling, Virginia offers invaluable support and care to Asia ministries and missionaries.
Mrs. Kung's sister lives next door to her, she helps host and feed guests visiting Hakha, and attends the FMC in Hakha.
Kathy is the coordinator for
CBSI (Community Bible Study International) in Chiang Mai, serves on the Thailand
ICCM (International Child Care Ministry) Committee, works alongside Don in his consulting role while bringing her passion for inductive Bible Study influencing the church throughout Asia, and is a wonderful hostess to guests visiting Chiang Mai staying in their home.
Martha, pictured to the right with Carol, Kathy and Virginia, is a recent FM Yangon Bible School graduate and is a newly appointed LMC (Local Ministerial Candidate). She represents the next Freedom Structure Generation of women in the church. Her present ministry has her serving at the ICCM Youth Hostel in Kalay, Myanmar where she grew up. She has two more years at university in Kalay and then plans on attending seminary in the Philippines.
The woman pictured below with Kathy, Carol, and Virginia has a heart for women's ministry in Myanmar and is their strong advocate. Presently she is the
WMI (Women's Ministry International) representative for the FMC in Myanmar.
Nu Hta Par's role (pictured below and to the far left) through the Yangon Church and conference includes: coordinating the FMC's Pre-School, a secondary science teacher at the FMC's Boarding School, and serves alongside her husband, PaKep, in his role as the superintendent of Myanmar.
The woman on the far right directly behind the young girl in the pink shirt is the director of a "In Better Hands" home, an organization dedicated to rescuing children in Asia that are at risk of being trafficked, placing them in a loving Christian homes.
Pray for the women in the church in Myanmar that the Lord would continue to use them to direct the work of the church and to also provide an energizing force within that work.
Pray for Nu Hta Par's father. He is back in the hospital and is not doing well.
Blessings,
Don and Kathy
Your Ms in Asia
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