Liv Jorun and Hsar Moo Paw Bolås are working in Thailand where they are the leaders of the Karen DTS. This is a DTS which is focussed on training and equipping young Karen people to share the gospel. The Karen are an ethnic group who live in Burma and Northern Thailand. In Burma many Karen and other minorities are under oppression from their own government and have had to flee their villages due to Burma army attacks. Many thousands now live as refugees in camps along the Thai/Burma border and it is from this background that many of the young Karen DTS students have come.

Liv Jorun took her DTS at Skjærgårdsheimen in 1997/98 and later went to Thailand to join a team working with young Karen refugees at a high school near one of the refugee camps. She has pretty much been there ever since and was part of starting up the Karen DTS with the help of “Partners”, a relief and development organisation with a big heart for helping those in desperate need.

Hsar Moo Paw is Karen and comes from Karen State in Burma. He took DTS on the first Karen DTS and later went on to become staff there. He originally comes from a Buddhist background and since receiving Jesus has been full of passion and commitment to share Him with others.

Liv Jorun and Hsar Moo Paw were married in 2006 and are busy  training new Karen missionaries and doing evangelism amongst the unreached Karen hill tribe villages.

Hsar K’tray Htoo and Maria Ramsli Larsen:

Maria did her DTS here at Skjærgårdsheimen, and later she went to Thailand to work as a DTS staff at a DTS for Karen refugees.  Hsar K’tray Htoo is a Karen and he comes from the Karen state in Burma. He did his DTS in the base in Thailand and afterwards he joined in the staff there. In 2008 they god married and are now leading the Karen DTS. They have a big heart for the Karen people. They want to help around in the villages and train new convicted Karen youths.

Three couples and one single girl:

In the Himalayas in the northern part of India,  several of our workers live and work among an unreached people group; the kumaonies. The People consists of about 3 millions, where 80% are high cast hindus. The people of these mountains are known to be strongly religious and they spend much time worshiping their gods. 

There is a great variety in the work they do here. They arrange tracking in the Himalayas, were they are interceding for the local people group. They also facilitate work for women in a difficult situation, and give them a new dignity. They also teach high level english, cooking and culture. The goal is to start a movement for the Lord among the kumaonies, and to see hundreds of house churches planted in these villages. They want to plant churches that are relevant and take care of local traditions and culture, and again are able to plant other churches.

A single man:

Central Asia has in the last years been characterized by war and people have been forced on the run from their homes. One of our workers works in an aid organisation which does different projects among poor and refugees. The aid organisation have focus on a couple of people groups that live in different countries in this region. In different ways they have been oppressed where they live or have run away from war in their countries. Illiteracy, lack of education and unemployment are only some of the problems they are facing. Therefore they run a center were refugees and poor people can come and recieve a simple education of sewing, english, computer and other subjects. The goal is to give the students a possibilaty to find work, and make a living for their families.   

 Next to the social needs, there is a great need of christian presence in central asia. Almost all are muslims, and the very few have met christians. Some people groups experience a quiet revival, but among the people groups our people are working, there are almost non christians.

Dary and Ole Martin Mydland, and a family of five:

In the south east of Asia live and work several of our people. In the middle of Buddhism they have settled down and are bringing Gods kingdom. Many places have a great need for education, and people both in the villages and in the cities live in great poverty. Kids and youths living on the streets is a comon sight, and many of the countries don’t have a social support systems to take care of them. The poor who don’t get an education often ends up in a situation where they feel hopeless and loose faith in the future. We are working to get the kids out of the streets and giving them an opportunity of a better life. We also start schools in the districts where the youths don’t have to leave their homes and families to get an education in the cities. We have a focus on the families, and we arrange teaching for couples and families.