Dear Family & Friends,
The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” Luke 24:5-7
We as Christians have mixed emotions as we read passages about the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord. We have hope because of the knowledge that Jesus has conquered sin and death for us. We also are saddened as we realize that it is because of our sin that Jesus had to die. At times when people hear the gospel message the mix of emotions that they feel causes them to be confused. It takes time for them to come to grips with all they feel and what it all means. Please pray for all those who are trying to decide whether they can believe that Jesus could really take their sins away. One such person is Vincent from the Friday noon discipleship group.
We have been blessed to witness three baptisms this past week. One, Mr. Lu, was baptized at the Eternal Light Christian Church. He started coming to faith while living and working in China. After returning to Taiwan he sought out a church near his home. Paul has continued to lead Mr. Lu on his journey to becoming a disciple of Christ. The other two are Evan & Grace Hsu. They are classmates of Andrew & Moriah. Their parents are also missionaries in Kaohsiung. We were honored to help in their baptisms. They asked to use the pool and other facilities in our building for the service. John was also asked to assist with the baptisms. It was wonderful to hear their testimonies about who Jesus is.
Thank you for your prayers for our move to Taichung. We are getting things done little by little at the new apartment. We have been able to go up on a couple of weekends to clean and paint allowing Andrew & Moriah to connect with some future classmates and make friends with others from the Taichung campus.
We are grateful for all your prayers for Thunder. He is presently in Taipei waiting to undergo a special procedure on his kidney next week. We are excited to tell you that he has one good kidney and we are hoping that after the procedure the other kidney will function better. They will be doing other testing to help to determine more precisely what his other problems are as well. Please continue to pray for him as we also seek the right family for Thunder.
After many years of trying to sell her house, John’s mom will hopefully close on the sale of her house at the end of this month. Please pray that everything goes smoothly with the closing. Pray as well that she finds the right place to buy as well.
Pray for Tiffanie Lin, a daughter of some of our Taiwanese friends. Tiffanie has been having seizures for the past several years. Recently she underwent a procedure that seems to have relieved her seizures. We hope that this will continue to be the case. Her parents ask not only that she be healed, but that Tiffanie will feel God’s loving presence in her life.
Thank you for your prayers.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray for Vincent and others who are trying to decide whether they can place their faith in Jesus as their Savior.
2. Please pray for Mr. Lu as well as Evan & Grace Hsu as they learn to be disciples of Christ.
3. Thank you for continuing to lift us up in prayer as we work toward our move to Taichung.
4. Please pray for Thunder as the doctors work to determine more about his condition as we look for a forever family for him.
5. Please pray for the closing of the sale of John’s mom’s house.
6. Please pray for Tiffanie to be healed completely from her seizures.
Posted on April 11th, 2015 by dunns
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