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MINUTES OF MCGN MEETING BY TELEPHONE
Saturday, February l2, 2000. 7-8PM (PST) l0-11PM (EST)

Places: and (19) persons present:

1. 3400 Angel Lane, Placerville, CA 95667



• Lalliana Mualchin (life member)
• Zangeni Mualchin (life member)
• Marian Hanna (member)
• Jeff Mead
• Kim Mead
• Patricia Macy
• Anne Hill



2. 9203, 51 Avenue, College Park, MD 20740
   
   
   • Rualchhina Vangchhia (member)
   • Zotin Khumi (member)
   • Zirkhumi
   • Lalthanzuala Phillips
   • Laltluangi Phillips
   • Lalrampari Clyde
   • John Clyde
   • Clarita Lalthlandiki
   • Lalnunmawii
   • Lalramhluni
   • Lianthuama Vangchhia (member)
   • Frank Phillips

Scripture Reading: Matt 9:35-38. "Harvest is truly great, the laborers are few". (Lalliana Mualchin) Prayer (Jeff Mead)

Note: Approval is by official members only, others are friends and observers.

1. Approved to have a statement of faith. A draft will be prepared by Marian Hanna and will be circulated for concurrence.
   
   
2. Invited Jeff Mead to be MCGN International Board Member. He will consider the matter prayerfully and will inform Dr. Lalliana Mualchin of his decision.
   
   
3. Approved that new leaderships are nominated for vote by mail as soon as possible.
   
   
4. Approved financial assistance to Myanmar Christian Schools:
   1. Khampat Bible Seminary $ 200.00
   2. Rihkhawthar Hostel $ 200.00
   
   
   
5. Authorized Rualchhina Vangchhia to buy the following for MCGN communication
   1. Plain paper Fax Machine
   2. Speaker telephone
   
   
   
6. Approved dates of next quarterly meetings by phone on first Saturdays of May 6, Aug 4, and Nov 4 at the same time (7-8PM PST, 10-11PM EST). Efforts will be made to link with MCGN Japan and other chapters.
   
   
7. Dr. Lalliana Mualchin stated that Park Community Church, Shingle Springs, California has decided to support MCGN on a regular basis. In additionally to this, individual members of the church support MCGN with designated gifts.
   
   
8. Dr. Lalliana Mualchin stated that MCGN-Mizoram has received:
   1. $ l500 from MCGN International HQ for equipment in the MCGN's office, Aizawl, and
   2. Rs. 10,000 from Zela Tlau for the general need of MCGN - Mizoram. (The money was given to Zela in June 1996 to purchase a fax machine to be used jointly by him and MCGN-Mizoram, but was in limbo until recently. The matter is closed now).
   
   
   
9. Dr. Lalliana Mualchin also stated that MCGN-Mizoram has an office now. Furniture and carpet has been donated by board member Rokhuma. Ms Debie L. Pachuau has volunteered as office assistant. Now, it will be possible to communicate with MCGN-Mizoram directly.
   
   
10. Rualchhina Vangchhia was asked to find a secretary to relieve his load and to find an assistant secretary for Mizo editor, preferably from Maryland. He has also been asked to inform the Mizo community about MCGN website from time to time and to invite both Mizo and non-Mizos to join MCGN.

Closing prayer (Rualchhina Vangchhia)

Stuart Spani is joining Lalliana Mualchin on March 2nd to fly to Mizoram, via Los Angeles, Tokyo and Calcutta, arriving at the new Lengpui airport near Aizawl on the morning of March 6th. This will be Stuart's third visit to Mizoram, which he calls the land of the laughing eyes. On previous visits most of his time has been spent in the capital city of Aizawl with two short day trips into smaller centers. This time an extensive tour throughout southern Mizoram has been arranged, from March 9th through 20th. This will allow him to experience Mizo village life, the traditional Mizo way of life. He is excited about visiting places he has read about in Mizoram history books and from diaries of some of the early missionaries. He particularly hopes to meet some of the students from the early school in south central Mizoram.

Stuart has already produced two videos on Mizoram and written a short booklet. One of these videos "Mizoram, God's Chosen Jewel" is now available in the Mizo language, and will soon be produced in Hindii, Punjabi, Mandarin and Cantonese. During this trip he plans to produce a video promoting tourism, a video report on the Fielding Institute visit, and a third in depth video on life in Mizoram.

Stuart and Lalliana will be joined by Fielding Institute's US/Canada team of 22 from March 22nd to March 31st. This will be an intensively exciting time as they brainstorm how the west and Mizoram can become partners in developing appropriate projects to improve the economic infrastructure of Mizoram without destroying the unique lifestyle the people of Mizoram enjoy. This will be a real challenge and your prayer for continuous guidance is sought.

Stuart will then spend 13 days in Thailand taking videos of several mission projects in that country. These include visiting the Hill Tribes Resource and Development Center founded by a Mizo missionary and her Thai husband (see November's newsletter).

Stuart requests your prayer support for himself and all of those travelling to Mizoram and for God's protection and guidance throughout their travels.

Part Two - Lallura's work among the Tibetans

Since 1621, when the first missionary arrived in Tibet, many unsuccessful attempts to reach the Tibetans have failed. Today all people groups in Tibet are considered unreached. However, the statistical figure given is that 1.4% are Christians.

Language study is of utmost importance for any work among Tibetans. When the Christian speaks of God, in his mind this word conveys the concept of the Supreme and Eternal Spirit, Creator and Sustainer of all things, whose essence is love, whose presence is all holy and whose ways are all righteous. But for the Tibetan, the word "god" means something entirely different. When the Christian speaks of prayer, he means the spiritual communion between God, our Father, and His children. For the Tibetan, prayer is the repetition of intricate formulae and mystic phrases handed down from time immemorial.

Even in Kathmandu, Nepal, we face problems when we evangelize. We had to move from our home rented from a Hindu because he wanted to imprison us for evangelizing in our home. Yet we continue to share the gospel through Bible tracts, drama, etc., in Tibetan refugee camps around Kathmandu and in northwestern Nepal.

Jesus said that when the Holy Spirit came upon His disciples they would receive power to be His witnesses. When the Holy Spirit came upon them, they would receive power to be martyrs, not just in the sense of dying on a stake or cross, but martyrs that would die to themselves daily. So, a Spirit-filled witness is one who lives the crucified life.

I plan to disciple well-instructed believers who can share the Gospel with others in their own culture. If the missionary vision is not instilled in the local church, the church may remain an isolated and defensive group of believers whose presence is barely tolerated by non-Christians. By contrast, local believers properly instructed and trained can win others to Christ without having to overcome all the cross-cultural obstacles faced by foreign missionaries.

Since May 1999, God has opened the door for us to open an orphanage for ten children who are Tibetan or of Tibetan background. We plan to build up faith in their hearts and to put the Gospel seeds in them. My chief aim is as stated in Proverbs 22:6, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it".

Under the guidance of God, these children understand why we are praying, why we are singing the Lord's songs, who is Jesus, who is God, what is sin, and what is Heaven and what is Hell. Now they are praying for their families to know and to believe Jesus Christ. We believe that someday they will become a real army for Jesus to attack Satan with the power of Jesus and rescue their people from the hands of Satan.

Through these children, I plan to build up relation-bridges to their families, relatives and to their villages which will give us an opportunity to evangelize them, train them to be disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey whatever our Lord commands.

MCGN SUPPORTERS

Marian Hanna Placerville, California

Marian is the treasurer of the Mizo Christian Global Network. She is married to Art Hanna. They have two sons, Matthew and Nathan. Matthew and his wife Marla have three children and are serving as missionaries in Taiwan. Nathan and his wife Sandra have a new daughter and both are teachers in Alaska. Marian herself is a kindergarten teacher at Placerville Christian School. She came to Christ as a teenager and has been a Christian for 50 years. Marian is a woman with a heart for missions and a committed Christian friend of the Mualchins.

Mildred Gordon Pleasant Hill, California

Mildred Gordon and her late husband Bob Gordon knew Lalliana Mualchin when he and Bob both worked for Bechtel Corp. in 1975. Over the years we have come to think of Liana, Ngeni, Lisa and Tim as a part of our family. Mildred is their American mother and grandmother. For many years, Mildred has been active in her church missions department at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church. She and Bob spent two years with Wycliffe Bible Translators after Bob's retirement from Bechtel. She is a member and supports the work of the Mizo Christian Global Network in all they are trying to accomplish.

Patricia Macy Cameron Park, California

Patricia is editor of the Mizo Christian Global Network Newsletter. She enjoys worshipping our Lord and Savior with fellow believers at Park Community Church where she joins the Ladies Ministry in prayer and Bible study on Tuesdays and teaches the three-year-olds on Sunday. Patricia is the church librarian and assists in preparing materials for the missionary bulletin board. If asked about a highlight in her life, she would readily say it was the two years she served as volunteer secretary to Voice of the Martyrs in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Every Home for Christ in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of Park Community's mission outreach with Mizoram Christian Global Network.