(AUTOBIOGRAPHY)
( 1968 – Present 15th October 2021)
Early Life
Ohnmar San was born on May 12, 1968; her mother being Pi Dim Go Ning and her father Pu Thang Sian Cin, at the southernmost town of Myanmar called Kawh Taung(1) while her father served as compounder in the Civil Hospital. With her 11 siblings, they are 9 sisters and 3 brothers.
Education, Marriage and Carreer/Ministry
By the grace of God she was honored as the top scholar of the state while in Grade Seven; hoping to become a doctor in the near future. But by that Summer she was baptized in the Adventist church and leave out the possibility of becoming a medical doctor but so eager to become the servant of the Lord and so she attended Adventist School at Upper Myanmar Adventist Seminary and goes on to Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary.
She completed her high school studies at Myaungmya Adventist Seminary and also she completed her Ministerial Training Course (MTC) certificate in 1988 which was the highest possible Adventist education in Myanmar at that time. She joined the ministry as office secretary for the Upper Myanmar Mission. ( 1988 – 1990). (2) By 1990 July 4, she was married to Pr. Khamkhanlian Gualnam, who was then the Treasurer of the Mission; and later, treasurer for Ayeyarwaddy Mission ( 1992 – 1994 ), Central Myanmar Mission ( 1995 – 1997 ) and as the Union Associate and also the Treasurer of Myanmar Union during ( 1997 – 1999 ). While in Ayeyarwaddy Mission she worked as office secretary. (3) They were blessed with 2 sons and 4 daughters. (4)
By 1999 they move to help out the college in the Business Administration Department. There she completed her BBA with Accountancy in 2001 and BA in Religion by 2002. (5) Then she joined the Ministry there in the college MUAS as a Library staff during 2002 – 2007. (6) Then they come up to Upper Myanmar again and by 2016 she was elected as the Director for Women Ministry, Children Ministry, Family Ministry, Shepherdess International, and also as Health Ministry Director. ( 2016 – 2021). Till now she is working as the Department Director of these five departments of ministries and she will continue to serve the Lord till time shall last and till the Lord is please to lend this precious life. (7)
1 “Ohnmar San” Worker’s Service Record (WSR), Myanmar Union Mission.
2 Upper Myanmar Mission Committee Minutes. ( UMM: 88-058),
May 1, 1988.
3 Worker’s Service Record (WSR), Myanmar Union Mission.
4 Worker’s Service Record (WSR), Myanmar Union Mission.
5 Worker’s Service Record (WSR), Myanmar Union Mission.
6 Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary Committee Minutes
(MUAS: 2001-54), April 30, 2001.
7 Upper Myanmar Mission Committee Minutes (UMM: 2015- 056), Dec. 31, 2015.