Myanmar

Myanmar is in a really bad shape.

Two weeks ago I had a chance to visit Mae Sai, a town at the northenmost part of Thailand near the Golden Triangle. There’s nothing special about that place other than us being able to peek across a stream and see Myanmar.

There were beggars all over the place in Mai Sai, I presume they all came from the other side of the river. Womenfolk carried their toddlers behind their back and begged under the sweltering heat (it’s really hot in thailand). The kids played happily in that little stream, ignorant of the strong currents. They even ask the tourists to throw coins and money into the stream for them to retrieve, as a small form of entertainment they took pride in performing.

That’s the closest I’ve been face to face with poverty.  I will love to help these people, if I have the means. It is a grim reminder that where governments and organisations fail, the love of Christ triumphs. Where systems and structures falter, the power of God is magnified.