I am the third generation Christian. My grandma from my father¡¯s side converted into Catholic Church when my grandma from my mother's side got her water baptism at a Baptist Church. My dad and mom met during intense denominational conflict between R.C. and Baptists and that they could take their water-baptism long after their marriage when I was four months old in my mother¡¯s womb. How blessed was I. I was already baptized even before I was born!!!
I grew up as a normal Christian boy, following after my mom¡¯s strict discipline. It being so, I do not have much to tell about how bad was I before my conversion. But, I do not mean I am perfect. My ten fingers are proudly well enough to calculate how many times I visited to cinemas, theatres, or amusement parks, something like that, except Church and school. I spent my times between this triangle: home, school, and church. Because of this good formation, I think of my self as a good Christian but never felt the assurance of salvation until my 14 years of age. I was being lost not on the street but in the very Church compound.
At my 13, I was introduced with the popular ¡°Salvation message.¡± My father told me that old story after he himself received the assurance of salvation year before. I accepted without any opposition and objection. Who could dare to stand against his own dad??? He is my hero, especially for teenager just like me. After one year, I received the real peace of my inner man as I proceeded to the pulpit to commit my whole life after hearing the gospel message. When the evangelist laid his hands on my head, praying for me, I felt unspeakable peace and joy as if flowing down from opened heaven and filling-in my whole body. Suddenly, joy in my heart and tears on my cheek had taken place together at the same time. And a new hope of life came to dawn in my life. From then on, I know myself as a new man. I can feel all things afresh. I think that my words are not enough to describe them all. One thing that made even me surprise today is the new hunger for the Word of God began to dwell in my deepest heart and I could finish reading the whole Bible four times within three months. Let it be for God¡¯s glory. And more, I could start new spiritual exercises such as personal devotion (sometime the whole night I spent on meditation in the word of God), fasting prayer, etc.
Following to these experiences, I dedicated my life to be an evangelist as I took my water baptism next month. But, I was still too young. Because of that probably, my family agreed me not. Their love and care became a hindrance for my ministry for a while. But, they are my best and untiring sponsors until today. I became a young preacher at my 14. Preaching the gospel unto the end of the earth and no turning back home is my recent and intense commitment even though I came back home after a month with no convert. Formerly, I expected that many souls would come to the Lord with tears for repentance but in the real world I myself came back home with tears for loose. But, the Holy Spirit, I felt, prompted my heart every time; sometime motivating and sometime challenging. On two different occasions, I had a strange privilege of hearing God¡¯s voice with my own ear as if verbally speaking to me. The words are still as fresh as breeze in my heart until today whenever I recall the moments.
Next time, my dad by force sent me to seminary (we called Bible college). At that time, we think that Jesus is coming soon; we do not have time enough to go to Bible schools. So, on my first day in the campus, I went to the Academic dean and asked, ¡°Sir, can I finish my course and receive my certificate within a year? I think I have no much time to spend in the campus.¡± But, contrary to that, I spent most of my times until now in Bible colleges. Probably because of my request, I was privileged to do my own evangelistic works, supported by my family, during my seminary-days. In those three years of time, I could reach around 30 different places with the gospel and about 100 new converts (in list) came to the Lord. At my 18, I was graduated in theology but still quite young to pursue the advanced theological education. Therefore, I spent a year, as a missionary-evangelist, in a mission-field, very remote area, where we have to go through the bush because of no road-construction; we have to walk sometime 30 miles a day to get another place. I could reach 15 new places in this unreached area with the gospel. Next year, I came back to Bible school and received my Bachelor of theology after taking another one-year course. On my graduation, I was appointed as a senior pastor to a local church with nearly 300 members in my hometown at my 20/21 years of age. I pastored that church until one of my deacon graduated from one of my Bible schools (I mean I was teaching there) in 2000, a year after I was promoted to the position of Dean at FBTC in Yangon, our capital city.
At my new place, I could make another teaching appointments with four different Bible colleges. I served those schools until I make my move to Korea 2002. During vacation, God opens every year to launch evangelistic campaigns throughout the country, from north to south, east to west. When I count my days, I realized that God led me mostly to teaching ministry, training leaders and preachers. Even the time while I was pastoring, I was called by my Bible College, from where I was graduated, to teach. Recognizing God¡¯s call to teaching ministry, I decided to continue my further study and I came here. But, God¡¯s purpose is more than that. God has another commission for me to do while I am in Korea. I was invited and also appointed to pastor a small Myanmar congregation here, whose members are mainly international workers. As I received this challenging mission, God has another way to promote His poor servant. In obedience, there¡¯s ever promotion. Praise the Lord! On December 23, 2002, the Anchor Bay Evangelistic Association, an nondenominational organization that has members in more than 30 different countries around the world and presently stationed in Illinois, United States, honored me for previous services as well as they commissioned me for further ministry-career by conferring the honor of Ordination.
Related to my family-life, I got marriage at my 24. God blessed me and Dim (my wife) with two lovely children. The elder one is now four years old. He¡¯s son like father, very handsome! And my little daughter is five months old, still a baby. At the meantime, I left them alone in my country and am looking toward the day when God helps me bring my family to wherever I serve my Lord.