THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS

WRITTEN BY CHYLO LASZLOFFY, A

NINETEEN YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WHO
JOINED OUR LAST TRIP TO SE ASIA.

As I read his article it brought tears to my eyes. I am

impressed with the humility and Christ-like qualities that
both the young men who travelled with me exhibited.
- Patrick
“During our trip into Burma, we had
the opportunity to spend a lot of time
with one of our contacts there. The
more time that we spent with him, the
more I began to see his heart, and it
really impacted me. Above all, this man
loves the Lord and loves to serve others
in the name of Jesus. I often find myself
helping out others because God has
called me to, and I know it is the right
thing to do, but inside I’m not really
very happy that I am doing it.
As we spent time with this contact, I
began to see that he was truly
overjoyed to be able to serve others all
the time. He actually looked forward to
pouring out his help, even when it
meant much personal sacrifice and
discomfort. He was telling us one day
about how he would take Bibles to the
north when he had the opportunity.
When he would go north, he would get
on a boat in Yangon and travel over 80 hours by boat just to dad being gone on a pretty regular basis, and they are able to
take a load of Bibles to the people in this northern region. do this because they love the Lord and know that God has
Not to mention, these boats were overcrowded and provided placed a very big call on their dad’s life.
no place to lie down. This is true sacrifice and service. When this man and the people involved in his ministry do
SINCE THE TIME OF THE anything, they make sure that no glory goes to them, and that
all of it goes to God. I was very impressed at how these
CYCLONE, HE HAS BEEN people carry out their ministries. Not only do they actively
LEADING RELIEF TEAMS ON A seek to share on a regular basis, but they are very good about
discipling them after they are saved. They disciple these new
REGULAR BASIS TO THE DELTA. believers for a time, and then send them out to reach other
Not only are the sacrifices that he has made huge, but so are people. They really understand what God has called us to do
the sacrifices of his family. They have to carry on with their in reaching others and making disciples of them.
IN AMERICA, WE OFTEN THINK
THAT IF WE CAN JUST GAIN
THE COURAGE TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL AND CAN GET A
PERSON TO SAY THE “PRAYER”
THEN THEY ARE SAVED, AND
WE CAN FORGET ABOUT THEM.
But without discipling, these people are most likely not ever
going to have much impact on those around them. This is
really what we see in America, but not in Burma. This
contact runs a Bible School that trains pastors from around
the country. He was telling us that once he had a student that
attended his 4-day Bible training session then went out and
started preaching to many of the villages in the area. These
people realize that God has never said that we need to take 4-
6 years of Bible schooling to be able to teach and preach.
Even though we were only able to spend a few days with this
man, I felt like I knew him well. There were so many things
that I learned from him as I just sat back and listened to him
talk and reveal his true heart. When asked how high he
wanted to make it in this world, he said ‘I want to be no
higher than the feet of Jesus.’ This man is truly humble and
understands what life is really about. He will probably never
know that just the way that he lives his life and who he is as
a person drastically changed the way I am living my life.”
- - Chylo Laszloffy
Vision for
Children Update
Greetings! I would just like to take this opportunity to raise
awareness for the needs of children we’re working with in
Asia. Vision for Children is a sponsorship program through
Vision Beyond Borders where we work in conjunction with
some orphanages and schools primarily in Burma and Nepal,
but also in India, Bhutan, and Vietnam. Requests have been
made for sponsorship from other areas that we have not yet
fulfilled.
“I SAT WHERE THEY
SAT”... EZEKIEL 3:15
By providing a home for children, they not only have the
opportunity to learn of Jesus, but in many cases are taken
directly off the streets, or spared a life of bondage as in sex
slavery. We recently took on the challenge to provide
sponsorships for 10 children in House of Peace, a Tibetan
Children’s home in Nepal. We have 24 children in Nepal who
are still awaiting a sponsor. Sponsorships for children in a
home in most areas run $30 per month, which provides for
their basic care as well as their school needs.
Some of the children have a family to live with, but tuition
for their education is expensive and thereby prohibitive. By
sponsoring a child’s education, their tuition and supplies are
provided. The sponsorship funds go directly to the schools in
this case. We have approximately 75 children in Burma (pre-
cyclone figure), 43 in Nepal, and 8 in Vietnam who need
school sponsorship. Sponsorships are $10-$15, depending on
the country.
AS A RESULT OF CYCLONE
NARGIS DEVASTATION IN
BURMA, THE VISION FOR
CHILDREN PROGRAM MUST
MOVE TO A NEW LEVEL OF
SERVICE TO MINISTER TO THE
60 TO 80 THOUSAND
CHILDREN ORPHANED FROM
THAT STORM. The Lord has given the vision to
assist these children by building homes to accommodate up to
100 children each, and staff them with Christian people.
Pastors and their congregations in the U.S. are taking up the
challenge to build an entire children’s home in Burma, then to
be responsible for the monthly sponsorships for the children
as they are moved into the homes. Patrick Klein has
encouraged these congregations to take a further step and
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join the VBB teams as they go into Burma and visit the
children they sponsor.
Land has been purchased through VBB funds to our Burma
contacts for building several orphanages to care for these
children. An existing orphanage has received VBB funds to
expand so they can take in more children. Estimated cost for
land and construction of other children’s homes is $50,000.
As churches and donors respond, others will be built.
Please pray for children to be sponsored for homes and
education in all the areas in which VBB labors and for
construction of homes for the many orphans in Burma.
Thank you for prayerfully considering the needs of desperate
children. If you would like more information, please contact
the Vision Beyond Borders office (phone: 307-672-5995, or
email: vfc@vbbonline.org). - - Lidgia (Gigi) Saurs

Please pray for children to be sponsored for homes and

education in all the areas in which VBB labors and for
construction of homes for the many orphans in Burma.