Doug and Elaine Culver arrived in East Asia in a “creative access”
country” as Strategy Coordinators for the Anglican Frontier Missions.
“Creative access” is associated with countries where missionary visas
are not granted and any work on behalf of spreading Christianity is
strictly prohibited. The Culvers work behind the scenes at a Training
Center that is very near the Burma-China border. They mainly provide
money and encouragement to approximately 250 students who attend the
Training Center to further their education in Christ.
The Training Center trains and educates many ethnic groups in the Christian
faith and work. The groups include Lisu, Jingpo, Dai, A’Chang, Han and a few
others with the largest group being the Lisu. All groups continue to grow in
numbers and the Training Center wants to continue to support this growth. To
this end, they are renovating a new building to suit their needs.
Project Opportunity: The Culvers appreciate donations to help support
teachers and students at the Training Center. Each 3-month semester, the Center
needs at least $2000 to provide them with basic food items such as meat, rice,
vegetables and eggs. The students and teachers are very poor and don’t expect
much in their daily life. How to participate? Contact our Missions Commission
representative, Mike Zimmer.