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East Lisu »

East Lisu

READ Stories 1. Faith the Same After 100 years 2. East Lisu New Testament PRAYER Please pray for the translation of the East Lisu old testament which is currently in progress. WATCH Videos The East Lisu people received their New Testament and celebrated at Taogu Village. The hymn sung in the East Lisu language that you will [...]

Faith the Same After 100 Years »

Faith the Same After 100 Years

A Thanksgiving Celebration at East Lisu Taogu Village Church It was the day before the thanksgiving celebration but East Lisu Christians were already streaming into Taogu Village from different regions. Taogu Village, the birth place of the East Lisu church where the first missionaries came to live amongst the people in 1906. The East Lisu [...]

Miao Bible –106 Years of Waiting »

Miao Bible –106 Years of Waiting

The Big Flowery Miao people live in China’s Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces. On 5 September 2009, the Miao people -- young and old -- dressed in their Sunday’s best, were gathered at Daqing Village Church in Yunnan Province for the celebration.  This was the first time in 106 years that the Miao people were finally getting the [...]

East Lisu New Testament »

East Lisu New Testament

This is a miracle! Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, for the first time in 60 years, an East Lisu New Testament (NT), translated by the local East Lisu people, has been published and distributed successfully in China this year. The gospel first reached the East Lisu people in 1903. (This was 7 years earlier [...]

A Miao Christian Artist »

A Miao Christian Artist

WHO ARE THE MIAO? There are 8.9 million Miao, one of the largest minority language group in Southwest China. (Source: http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/EthnicGroups/136935.htm) An apprentice was working in a wax printing factory and it was the first time he came across this book called the “Holy Bible” which [...]