steve dun, rambo, and burma
Rich & Teresa Norman and Steve Dun are some of my local heroes. Not many folks know about them. They don’t go around hyping themselves or have a blog in their name with a picture of themselves praying on the banner - like I do. They’re just good people who love Jesus with good hearts seeking to do good in this world. They believe that mercy, justice, and compassion aren’t peripheral to the gospel. Isn’t that cool?
I was so pleased that the Seattle Post Intelligencer wrote an article today about Steve: Myanmar Refugee Focused on Rights Abuses. Please take 3 minutes and read it. Steve [reticently] also gave some “consultation” to Sly Stallone and his cronies with their recent Rambo IV - which Stallone says is “also a Christian film.”
Regarding Burma, I was first introduced to the situation through a U2 song called, Walk On, which was inspired and dedicated to Aung Sun Suu Kyi, ‘leader’ of Burma who’s been under house arrest the majority of the time since 1989. To give you a ’small’ glimpse on what’s going on, read this quote from a recent article about not only the situation in Burma, the genocide against the Karen people, but the alleged blatant attempt to kill the christian church:
The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled “Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma”, the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to drive Christians out of the state.
The text, which opens with the line “There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practised”, calls for anyone caught evangelising to be imprisoned. It advises: “The Christian religion is very gentle – identify and utilise its weakness.”
Its discovery follows widespread reports of religious persecution, with churches burnt to the ground, Christians forced to convert to the state religion, Buddhism, and their children barred from school. [read the entire article]
To learn more about the situation, visit the following links:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at
[...] Good people like Rich and Teresa; Fellow Karen advocates such as Maggie and Steve Dun [who was featured in the Seattle PI recently and who’s been to Congress numerous times to plead on his people’s behalf]. Through [...]