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Southern Asia began in 1978 when the Overseas Missions Committee was formed and began to systematically send missionaries around the world. In 1988, the KEHC created the Missionary Training Center to provide in-depth training for missionary candidates before they leave for the field. One of my favorite ministries in Korea is getting to know the missionary candidates in the Missionary Training Center as I meet with them once a week for English training before they go to the mission field. This year, 15 missionaries (8 families) live in the Missionary Training Center as they prepare for their ministries. I am inspired when I become acquainted with them in training and then see them go to the mission field, receive their prayer letters telling what God is doing, and then reconnect with them when they return to Korea for homeland assignment. The KEHC Overseas Missions Committee has set goals for the year 2028, which will be its 50th anniversary, with the acronym “SEND 2028”: Send 1,000 regular missionaries; Evangelize 100 unreached people groups; Network with 1,500 supporting churches; and Deposit 100 billion won (US$84,650) to benefit missions. Last year, the KEHC Overseas Missions Committee created the Missions Policy Center in order to help it carry out its overseas missions work more strategically and effectively. In addition, OMS-related churches in other countries have looked to the KEHC as a model for how they might be able to start their own overseas missions programs. Our prayer is that OMS and the KEHC will cooperate more and more for God’s kingdom in areas of the world where we both serve. As we unite our resources to fulfill the Great Commission by establishing responsible, reproductive, Christ-centered churches around the world, may we accomplish greater things together that we could not accomplish separately. Myanmar photos pages 24-25: The KEHC sends hundreds of missionaries to countries all over the world. 25