Date: March 1st, 2011
HUNAN BIBLE INSTITUTE
Re: Prayer Letter for March 2011
Dear brothers and sisters,
As you have noticted, this prayer letter is mainly personal based. The content is most for Gloria and those persons and things that Gloria thinks important, but all related to HBI.
1) March 7-8, Gloria is going to Changde to meet 15 HBI graduates in their 6 days retreat. They have been serving in churches in Changde prefecture after graduation and they have not been ordained. Pray that through games, discussion and teaching, they can know themselves better, communicate better and have clearer vision for their future service. Kenny Sou, a Singapore pastor will also share messages with them for three days. Pray this retreat can be a great encouraging point in their life of serving God.
2) Students have come back school. Pray for them to have a meaningful semester. Pray every day they will grow toward mature in school.
3) Because of the Spring Festival holidays, our visit to Taiwan for study cell group will be delayed to March 14-20. Four teachers from HBI will join this trip. We are Gloria, Mr. Xiayi, Ms. He Xiaoyun and Rev. Wen Shuangcheng. We will go together with other 4 pastors from local churches and 1 Religious Affairs Bureau official. Pray for the procedures will go smoothly and our eyes will be opened to learn new things.
4) March 28, Gloria will go to Xiangxiang City church which is in Xiangtan prefecture, for leadership training. 40 rural church leaders will be there. Against Heresies is her topic this time. Pray this training will benefit their service in their church.
5) Before March 11 and March 14, Gloria needs to hand in two courses' final paper prospectus. Her topic on Christian Mission History is: Did Confucian Pave the Way for Christianity in China? But she hasn't found a topic on Social Anthropology. Pray that she can finish her task well on this assignment.
6) Mr. Xiayi, Gloria's assistant, this semester will go to a university in Changsha to learn Social Work every Thursday and Friday. Pray that his learning experiences will give vision to our future social outreach work.
7) Our new campus is still on the process of going through all kinds of procedures. Pray for we can deal with details well and communicate well with all kinds of people in all kinds of government offices.
