MAE SOT, Thailand — Since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, pro-democracy militias and armed ethnic groups have been rebelling, taking control of different parts of the country. As fierce fighting between these groups and the Myanmar junta continues, thousands flee to surrounding borders including the border town of Mae Sot in Thailand.
A young wife and mother, Kyu Kyu Thin, shares how jet fighters firing at their village wounded her husband and forced the family to run for their lives. Fortunately, they escaped together to a civil defense camp in the jungle.
She told CBN News their horrifying experience. “It was very scary especially for our little boy. Our village was being bombed every day, our houses burned and our neighbors were getting killed. We rode a bus and traveled 12 hours. Then we crossed to Mae Sot town, in Thailand to live in a refugee camp.”
Four months since their escape, Kyu Kyu, her husband, and their 2-year-old son remain at the Thai refugee camp. According to Pastor Moses Kyaw Htay, head of the Church of Christ, these refugees have now become church members.
In 2008, Pastor Moses, a Burmese native, married a Thai woman and moved to Mae Sot. Filled with
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