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Date: June 3rd, 2011 Re: Prayer Letter for June 2011
Dear brothers and sisters,
My son was sick (caught a cold and had fever) for a week. He only recovered. Just now I suddenly remember that I have you at my side and together we have ministries in Hunan province; I need to write to you asking for prayers, my dear co-workers in Christ.
1) June 18-19, Gloria will bring 5 students to Lilin church of Zhuzhou. It is a new style church, they started the church from cell group like model. They attracted many young people in that city. We are going to help them do a worship with music instruments on Saturday night, hope to encourage their young people to take up worship ministry, learning to use instruments. We also help them do the Sunday service, leading worship and preach. Please pray for us.
2) Students of our school are divided into groups, around 12 students a group. Every week each group is led by a teacher to fellowship. Please pray that this fellowship time can be a family time for each student, that they can grow to mature in love.
3) Some graduate students are facing an uncertain future. They don't know if they will serve in church or find a job, since many rural churches can't afford church worker's salary. Please pray for their future and the situation of our rural churches----they need full time worker, but can't afford.
4) Gloria finished her two final papers, Mission History received 93, grade A; Social Anthropology's grade hasn't come out. She will go to Chiangmai and study there from August 1 to 12, the two courses she will take are: Leadership Development and Mission Theology. There are all together 8 required books to read, 10 short papers to write, two final papers and one course project. Please pray that she can use her time well and fulfill all these requirements.
5) Gloria will teach 4 courses next semester from September to next January: the book of Jeremiah, Old Testament Survey, Thesis Writing and Against Heresies. Among these courses, she teaches OT Survey for the first time, and other courses she has taught three times. Please pray that she can use her time wisely!
6) Gloria wants to send her son to a Christian run kindergarten in Changsha. It is named Appletree. It is invested by foreigners. They charge a lot of money----each month charges higher than Gloria's salary. It is a dream of Gloria to put her son in it to receive better education with love from above. Please pray for Gloria's dream can come true.
7) Hunan Christian Council team has come back from Taiwan. We received best treatment from Banqiao Church and learned a lot from them on cell group model. Now we are working on One to One Accompanying Study materials. Please pray, so that the process can be sped up. We have to get two government departments' approval for printing these materials out, and it usually can cost two months! But with your prayers, we want to get it through in two weeks.
8) Youxian church, Lilin church and Qingshuitang church in zhuzhou area, Chenzhou church and HBI church are going to transfer to cell group model gradually. Please pray for these churches' leadership and for suitable materials keep coming out for use.
9) HBI New Campus construction is still in the process of getting different government departments' approval. We hope to get all needed process done within the coming two months.
