… the gate agent announced, bringing my mind back to the painful realities of the next 48 hours. After nearly three months of traveling, Caryl and I were in our little Arkansas airport, heading back to Asia. We had traveled thousands of miles, telling the story of our Earth Mission team to anyone who would listen…

A Karen Song
“I beseech You on behalf of my country, pleading for the end of evil, against the rejection of Your love, and for the end of unrighteousness.
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Much has happened in the past few weeks. Even in the middle of rainy season—and the ongoing war—joy permeates our students and staff as they work hard to pursue a greater purpose together. Thank you for being a part of the journey!

We’re here in Karen State to make high-quality healthcare accessible to every family in this remote jungle region. But without skilled, behind-the-scenes technicians to build and maintain critical infrastructure—ambulances, supply logistics, electricity, buildings, and more—this would be impossible…

Jungle Survival skills are crucial in remote areas, even though we don't need them much in modern life. Boot camp students learn these skills before joining the Earth Mission Physician Associate (PA) and Engineering Technician (E-Tech) programs. They're trained to go on 24-hour trips in the jungle …

We are wrapping up one of our favorite times of the year—student selection season! This is when the newest cohort of Physician Associates and Engineering Techs is selected to enter our higher education programs. In the midst of a war-torn country that doesn’t support education, these students are hopeful. They dream of helping their people…

It’s Holy Week. Like continents colliding, it's the colossal clash of betrayal, suffering, and death against the powers of forgiveness, love, and life. Most fully in Jesus, but to different degrees and outcomes, we see it in the lives of the disciples, Judas, and other men and women close to Jesus. Today, I am led to the inner storm happening in Peter…

"But Adonai is with me like a dreaded warrior." Jeremiah 20:11

Orcs sniffing for hobbits. A drone passes overhead, hunting over the jungle for hours. The fact that it prowls for its prey through the night means it's probably using thermal imaging. We've camouflaged our Operating Room tent with cane and our ambulances with mud …

When I was young, my grandfather was hospitalized with a perforation of the stomach. He underwent surgery. Medicine and hospital fees were too expensive. The medical staff were not pleasant. When they were dressing my grandfather's wounds…

In the early days of our PA program, we would often travel to Kyaukkyi, Myanmar. We were preparing to open the clinic, and setting the groundwork for training PAs in Kyaukkyi. It was the first time that we had traveled to this area of Myanmar and we were nervous to be under the control of the infamous Burma army…

What the doctor didn’t mention in this post was that it took this patient 4 days to get to our KMC hospital. Or that Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar with many hospitals was only 3 hours away from the place she was injured…

A series of recent storms wrought disaster on Earth Mission’s jungle clinic campus and surrounding villages. For 12 days straight, the rugged region drank in more than 12 inches of rain every day…

It’s our favorite time of year! After a 2-month selection process, Earth Mission welcomed its 2023 student cohort. These 16 new students are joining forces with 43 current students and 25 graduates to develop high-quality …

"I headed to the In-Patient Department (IPD) to interview one of the patients. I quickly ran to the shelter of the building, because the sun was scorching hot! Slowing to a tiptoe, I noticed that patients were resting. When I found the patient…

Deep in the jungles of Myanmar, a river gently winds past a cluster of bamboo structures. Here, hidden in the shadow of a mountain range, is EMA’s Rain Tree Clinic. In the winter months, sunlight weakly filters through the treetops, making days mildly warm and nights bitterly cold. The only place where beams of light …

“I grew up in a Christian family and I was raised, taught and trained to live in Christian ways. One of the greatest things I learned growing up in a Christian family is that helping and serving others is one of the most important things you MUST do, and that is what God wants you …

Mitch and I traveled to Ireland in May and had a wonderful time catching up with our friends at Christian Fellowship Church in Belfast.  This church community has supported EMA for more than 5 years sending teams out several times to build buildings and support us in many other ways.  I then traveled to the …

“T-RAD Clinic began as a single clinic project treating patients in the Kyaukkyi district of Myanmar, but it has expanded to include a variety of healthcare projects to support and implement Earth Mission Asia’s mission. As the project progresses, the emphasis is on providing people in Karen’s remote areas with high-quality healthcare. Before COVID and …

“Passion … a dangerous word in our world today where it seems passion for some little thing or next to nothing burns like a raging forest fire ending in widespread destruction. Broken politics, broken lives,  broken families, broken countries. The world would be better off without it. And yet, by some  definitions, this kind of …

“I am a student at Payap University majoring in English Communication. I was born in Dawei, Myanmar. When I was 11, my family moved to one of the Karen Refugee camps. I am currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand finishing my university studies. I begin with my childhood hobby– reading. There were few entertaining options …