Dear Family & Friends,
“For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. ‘Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.’” Genesis 9:5-6
God charges Noah as well as the all humanity after Noah with the importance of respecting human life. He reminds Noah that everyone is related. There is a brotherhood of humanity since we all are descendants of Noah. We must not act as Cain and murder our brother. There is another reason that God will require the lifeblood of the one who murders his fellow human that is even deeper in meaning. God created mankind in His own image. When one takes the life of another human being you degrade the value of the image of God within the person. Much evil happens today simply because people do not believe in God and His promise to hold us accountable for the evil we do to our fellow human beings. Pray with us that we will be righteous in our dealings with our fellow man as we honor our creator and God.
John continues to lead the English Bible study at the Bible bookstore each Thursday. The group that attends each week is different. It seems that about every other week the non-Christians attend. Please pray that Chen-fen, Sandy, Mrs. Lin will be drawn to our savior through the studies and the witness of the Christians in the group.
The ladies continue to enjoy their Wednesday Bible Study group. They are encouraged to see Sharon continuing to grow in her faith. Sharon shared that her son just started singing about Jesus the other evening. She was so excited. Please pray for Sharon as the ladies continue to disciple her.
We ask that you pray for the Scott family. The Scotts are Australian missionaries that recently returned to Australia due to their youngest son’s health. His name is Daniel and is 6th grade. His oldest brother, Doug, is Andrew’s roommate. After returning to Australia in January, the Scotts have tried to find out what is true source of Daniel’s health problem, but nothing has been determined so far. They continue to wait to get to see some of the best specialists. He has trouble being able to keep food down, no matter the diet. Please pray for the whole family as they wait for answers. Pray for Daniel’s healing to come soon.
We ask for your prayers as we go through the next month. We fly out from Taiwan on June 6th. Between now and then everyone in our family has much to do. Andrew & Moriah have projects and tests to finish. Andrew’s final high school choir concert is May 18th. Andrew graduates on June 1st. Cheryl has some meetings for the school to attend. We are filling in for Moriah’s dorm dad for a 24 hour period while he attends his sons’ college graduation. We have some projects at the Home of God’s Love to complete. Our weekly bible studies will still meet. Besides all of that we have to pack and prepare for reporting. Thank you for standing with us in prayer.
We appreciate all your support.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray that we will always act righteously with those around us, therefore bringing honor to God
2. Please pray the non-Christians who attend John’s English Bible study.
3. Please pray for Sharon as the ladies continue to disciple her.
4. Please pray for Scott family as they seek healing for Daniel.
5. Please pray for our family as we have a very busy month ahead.
Posted on May 6th, 2018 by dunns
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