Dear Family & Friends,
He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants. I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!” Genesis 28:13b-14
Wow! What a promise given to Jacob. He was God’s chosen man to bless at that time. Paul writes about God’s promises in II Corinthians 1 as being “Yes” in Jesus and that we have proof of this through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We pray that all of us will learn to trust in all of God’s promises so that we will live boldly for Christ.
We ask that you pray with us as we make plans for developing leadership and servanthood in our people. Right now we are trying to schedule Kairos training for our congregations during the month of March. This training hopefully will give our people a global kingdom perspective and a focus on evangelism as missions. Please pray that we can work out how to involve as many people as possible in this training.
Please pray be praying for our plans for home assignment as well. We are really having a difficult time finding affordable airfare for our home assignment. Please pray that we can find and purchase tickets at a good price soon, and have that part of our travel plans completed.
Please pray for the Eternal Light and Good News congregations as they make plans for us to be gone. We are planning to be gone for a year. This is the first time that we have been gone for such a long time, and it will be a challenge for the congregations as well as for us. Please pray for Paul and Eugene, as much of the leadership for the congregations will fall on them. We pray that other members will step forward and help lead.
Thank you for praying for Cheryl’s healing. She is doing well, although her hearing has not completely returned yet. Please pray for her as she continues to heal.
On Saturday, the Eternal Light congregation had an all church cleaning day. It was good to see them all pitch-in together to accomplish a common goal. They enjoyed each other’s company as they worked together. Please pray that they will continue to grow together as the body of Christ in this corner of the world.
Thank you for your prayers.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray that we all learn to trust in God’s promises and therefore live boldly for Christ.
2. Please pray for the planning for Kairos training.
3. Please pray that we will be able to purchase our airfare at a decent price soon.
4. Please pray for our Taiwanese co-workers and the congregations here as we make plans for a year long home assignment.
5. Thank you for praying for Cheryl’s healing.
6. Pray that our people will grow together as they work together.
Posted on February 19th, 2011 by dunns
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