Shan Adoption Partnership (Southeast Asia*)

Trip Details  |  Reflections from a Participant  |  The Story of a Shan Refugee (video)

Dates:TBD

Anticipated Cost: $3,500

Location and Ministries: What is it like to serve in Southeast Asia among an Unreached People Group? The Shan are a Buddhist people group living along the borders of China, Thailand and Burma. Gordon-Conwell has adopted this people group and has been sending OMP teams to the Shan since 2002.  We have an opportunity for students willing to serve and learn alongside experienced missionaries.   Six weeks will be spent experiencing Shan culture, living in a village, prayer walking, visiting markets and temples, language acquisition and more. The team will have the opportunity to do ethnographic research, learning more about the language and culture of the people, in order to determine the most effective strategies for reaching the Shan. Use this summer to be a part of a unique exciting ministry like you have never experience before.  Visit www.surehope.net to learn more about the experiences of past GCTS Shan Teams.

Primary Contact: Steve Niphakis, OMP partner with extensive church-planting experience in Thailand, (sniphakis@omf.org).

*For more information about specific trip location, please contact Kristin Gelinas, Global Programs Administrator, at kgelinas@gordonconwell.edu.

Reflections from a Member of the 2009 Shan Adoption OMP Team

“This is a picture that was taken about three weeks into our trip, in a Shan village we were staying in for a few days.  Michael, our missionary friend, took us to the side of this road one day, and began to explain the picture we saw before us. 

"The road on the right, as you can see, was dry, hard, and bumpy.  It was, in a word, unpaved, making it very difficult for travelers. Michael explained to us that this road was being prepared to be paved, and that our prayers would do the same for the hearts of the Shan – hearts that have been hardened by centuries of idol worship, hearts that have been dry and thirsting for freedom from fear of spirits that would harm them – hearts that so desperately need the good news of Jesus Christ.  Our prayers would pave the way for the Gospel to be planted in their hearts.  And as Michael went on, we began to realize that prayer was not just the first thing we do in missions; it’s the first, second, and third thing we do in missions.”

Hae-Rin Choe, 2009 OMP Participant

The Story of a Shan Refugee

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