The Chin people are a Christian people group in Myanmar and are being persecuted for their faith. They are fleeing Myanmar and are sent to various communities around the world. I am lucky enough to live close to a growing Chin community! My church has been partnering with a Chin church and there are various opportunities to serve: clothing drive, household goods drive and partnering with a family to help them get used to life in the US. When these families arrive in Indy, they have the clothes on their back and whatever belongings they could get out with. They don't speak English, have a job, a home or know about the US culture.
I've had a desire to get involved some way, but didn't know what that was...until a few months ago when our young adult group decided we wanted to partner with the Chin young adult group from our partner church. We had a meeting with their leadership group and decided to meet once a month.
Our first meeting with the Chin group was Saturday night and it was so awesome! It wasn't exactly as we expected, there were many more teenagers than 18-30 year olds like we asked them to bring, but it was fun. We learned some Chin dances and then taught them some classic American dances like the electric slide and the macarena...haha. We played games and got to know one another. I'm pretty excited for future events and more fellowship time with them!
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