Dear Family & Friends,
But to Adam he said, “Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Genesis 3:17
This one verse reminds us that we are to first obey God. God is the one who charges us to obey our parents and those in authority over us. When we do this we are being obedient to God, but when we choose to listen to those that entice us to disobey God, we have sinned. We willfully bring a curse upon our lives. Pray with us that we will be an example to the Taiwanese to always choose obedience to God so that blessing can come to our lives, not curses.
We are grateful for you prayers in regard to the the Global Rest retreat we attended. The retreat was very good. Our speaker, Chris Dewelt had some great words of encouragement. The rest of the Global Rest team did a great job as well. We were treated with honor and love. We do not deserve the special care and recognition they gave to us, but it was wonderful. Please join us in thanking God for the ministry and people of Global Rest.
After the retreat, We spent some time with our field coordinators, Dana & Chris McCain. They helped to clarify some of our goals and procedures for establishing a church planting movement in our area. Our desire is to establish a network of churches in the Kaohsiung area that rely upon the Holy Spirit and the Power of the Gospel to spontaneously grow and multiply. We believe that one important part of this process is training our people to share the gospel message. We believe that using Bible storying, in other words, Bible story telling, is very simple and is a reproducible format for training people in the Word of God. Please pray with us as we move forward with implementing our plans.
During the Morrison Christian Academy fall break we have also been honored to have Bethany’s sister-in-law, Elyssa White, stay with us. She is a senior this year and is waiting for her mom and dad to return to Taiwan after her mom’s heart surgery that took place in August. Lord willing, they should be able to return in November. Please pray for Elyssa as she finishes up her high school studies here in Taiwan and for Kathy-Lu as she regains strength after a successful surgery.
The ministry at His Hands Taiwan is rarely slow. There are two expectant mothers at the home at this time. One of them is scheduled to have a Cesarean section this Wednesday afternoon. The other mom should deliver in the next two weeks. Please pray for these moms as they give birth to their babies. Pray for clarity of speech as Cheryl and the other ladies seek opportunies also, to share the gospel with them
Thank you for the blessing of your prayers.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray that we will have a witness of obedience to God before the people of Taiwan.
2. Please praise and thank God for the ministry and people of Global Rest.
3. Please pray that our plans for developing a network of churches in the Kaohsiung area that spontaneously grow and multiply through the power of Gospel will be accomplished.
4. Please pray for Elyssa and Kathy -Lu White.
5. Please pray for the two moms at His Hands that will deliver soon.
Posted on October 9th, 2010 by dunns
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