2012 Annual Report

Report of Love4Burma 2012

Thanks for supporting the Love4Burma non-profit organization with your love and prayers.

It is an exciting year for Burma. President Obama visited Burma marks a new era for Burma-US relationship. A new political atmosphere had brought a new hope for the long suffering country Burma. This is also our beloved country where we have longing for its blessing from God. Especially in this holiday season we celebrate Jesus Christ our savior who brought the way, the truth and the life for all the people including Burma. We also thank Him who is the Creator of the Universe, who is the one can alter the minds of the ruler, who is the one who guide the direction of the History.

Supports

We continue to support the Palaung village of Meihan at Lashio, Myanmar. Even though I have no opportunity to visit there this year, but many people who went to Lashio this year had brought us most current status from them.

My experience with Meihang Hope Student Center:

I have visited that student center twice. It is a program for Palaung kids to attend. The fee collected is small bag of rice. The student lived in the student center with Mother Language education. They also attend Burmese regular school as required by the law to learn Burmese. Most are Pale Palaung. The wife of this center’s president is a Pale Palaung used to work with Dr. Hermann of Chingmai. This Center’s president Pastor Chen is from Grace Heaven Orphanage with seminary training.

During this year I have heard from Rev. Cha of Burma and Rev. Paul Lee of Partner Internationals about the new status of this student center. They had received a Micro-loan from Singapore last year to plant corns in order to support more students. The project turned out quite successfully. They have good harvest this summer. (With the current flooding happened in Lashio this winter we have no news yet.)

They have some needs for us to pray. Their cars are old and out of permits soon due to their law changes. They will need a car/truck soon. This request is still out of our capability and also not within our focus. But, it can be in our prayers.

We also received a report in June, 2012 from Pastor Chen in English. I have posted in the previous web site, but replace the pictures with the pictures I took on 2008.

Tax-Exempt Status - Federal

This year 9/27/2012 we got IRS 501©(3) Federal Tax Exempt, exempt date: 4/29/2010

We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax

Exempt status. we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax

under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to you are

deductible under section 170 of the Code. You are also qualified to receive

tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106

or 2522 of the Code. Because this letter could help resolve any questions

regarding your exempt status, you should keep it in your permanent records.

Organizations exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Code are further classified

as either public charities or private foundations. We determined that you are

a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this

letter.

Employer Identification Number:

27-2577710

Public Charity Status:

170 (b) (1) (A) (vi) ~.'.

Effective Date of Exemption:

April 29, 2010

Contribution Deductibility:

Yes

Addendum Applies:

No

Tax-Exempt Status – California State

We have applied Form 3500 for CA Tax Exempt, it is still in progress. In the mean time since we received IRS Tax Exempt Determination, therefore, we also applied Form 3500A for quick qualification.

(Update on 1/19/2013 We have received CA Tax Exempt status thru 3500A effective date: April 29,2010)

Donation

If you are moved by the Spirit and would like to support this non-profit organization, please send the check to:

Love4Burma

18820 Newsom Ave.,

Cupertino, CA. 95014

(A tax-deductable receipt will be provided at the end of Tax Year) 

(If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email to  love4burma@gmail.com) 

Last Words

I don’t know how this tiny Love4Burma nonprofit charity organization can do. But we pray that God’s love can be known everywhere and glory to God alone!

May God bless you all!

Wen-Jen Chen

President (Servant) of Love4Burma