Myanmar (MNN) – An annual festival and anti-government candlelight vigil turned into a tragedy when a motorized paraglider dropped 120-millimeter mortar rounds on the entire crowd.
The October 6 attack saw the death of 24 people and injury of another 47 people, including many children.
This deliberate action at the hands of the government came in several waves as a way to disrupt their own people, despite fuel shortages.
2025 Myanmar earthquake relief (Photo courtesy of AMG International)
Brian Dennett with AMG International says this has happened in the context of a brutal civil war that has been raging for almost four years, with 82,000 people being killed by this government, and nearly three and a half million people displaced.
Meanwhile, many in Myanmar are still recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit the country this March.
After the earthquake, AMG launched a relief effort that has reached 36,000 people since March.
Dennett says the 6,000 families that AMG has helped heard a clear gospel presentation.
“We’ve been able to build around 50 permanent homes. 227 families are in temporary shelters, and we’re planning 40 more homes this quarter. We’ve fed thousands, provided water and sanitation to thousands more, drilled wells, provided generators, solar panels,” Dennett says.
Throughout this crisis, churches have also touched lives in Myanmar.
“Ten churches were rebuilt and repaired, and also used as sites to distribute all of these much-needed services to those who were affected. That’s serving both believers, our brothers and sisters, and also just our neighbors there. So, it’s been beautiful to see the church come together, with our faithful partners here and the church locally in Myanmar, to become centers of hope, where people are helped, and [are] also finding the hope of Christ,” Dennett says.
Working to create long-term solutions for clean water, housing, and other necessities, AMG and the locals need prayer. Please pray for our brothers and sisters and the needs of the church network in Myanmar. Pray for locals’ safety and the safety of those who are serving despite dangers.
“As we shift from more emergency relief to getting things rebuilt and supporting the community there, [pray] through all of this, that Christ’s love would be made known and that the church would be strengthened,” Dennett says. “What the enemy means for destruction, God is using to build faith and even resilience among His people there, and we’re seeing that over and over again.”
Please pray for the end of this ongoing violence in Myanmar. Pray that God will continue to take what the enemy meant for evil and use it to reveal Himself to His children, who desperately need to meet Him.
To partner with AMG, go to amginternational.org to support their work in Myanmar and in other places around the world, serving and spreading the good news of the gospel.
Header Photo provided by AMG International: Myanmar earthquake relief
