Glorias bønnebrev for Hunan Bibel Institutt i Changsha - mai 2011.

Date: May 1^st, 2011

 

Re: Prayer Letter for May 2011

                                              

Dear brothers and sisters,

 

As you have noticed, 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)        May 13 and 16, I am going to hand in two final papers for two courses. I need your prayers.

 

2)        Hunan Christian Council sent a group to Taiwan Lutheran Church to learn how to do cell group church from April 26 to May 2. Pastors in this group who are from HBI church, Liling church, Chenzhou church, Qingshuitang church and Youxian church are going to do cell group church after go back. Please pray for them.

 

 

3)       Third year students are going to finish their graduation papers by the end of May. Please pray for them. They have worked on it for about a year.

 

4)       Ms. He Xiaoyun, our music teacher, she has come back to work, thank God!

 

5)       For our third year students, they are writing their graduation paper. This is a big challenge for them.

 

 

6)       We have 8 teachers in their degree study and 7 teachers teaching in school. Please pray teachers who are teaching for they are heavy loaded and for teachers who are studying for they can serve Hunan church better after they come back continuing teaching in HBI.

 

7)       We have to finish our partnership with our American partners for some reason. Please pray for this.

 

Greetings from Rev. Gloria Wu, Changsha.

 

Et liten forespørsel fra Ole Jacob i Hong Kong – er det noen her som kan hjelpe meg å oversette slikt materiale til norsk? Frivillig tjeneste for folk NMS og vårt Kina arbeid? Kontakt meg gjerne på ojg@nms.no  mvh Ole Jacob Grønvold

En familie i Fastlandskina som trenger vår forbønn

Sist uke reise jeg for Det Norske Misjonsselskap i Kina. Der traff jeg en mor som hadde en 16 år gammel sønn. Sønnen var døv, nesten stum og blind samt hadde mentale problemer. Det eneste jeg kunne gjøre var å be for henne. Følte meg totalt hjelpeløs.

 

Vet ikke om det finnes en institusjon i denne verden som kan hjelpe denne tenåringen. – Og enda mindre sannsynlig er det at finnes i slik hjelp i Kina.

Vær gjerne med å be for denne familien og sønnen som må ha det svært vanskelig og være svært ensom.

Oversettelse til norsk

Hei

Er det noen som kan oversette til norsk Rev. Wus bønnebrev fra Hunan bibel instiutt

Hvis ja – ta kontakt med meg

Vennlig hilsen Ole Jacob

Bønnebrev fra Gloria Wu Studierektor på Hunan Bibel Institutt (Engelsk)

 

 

 

 

Rev. GLORIA WU

Vice-President

 

Date: April 1^st, 2011

 

Re: Prayer Letter for April 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)        April 26-May 2, we finally confirmed this visiting dates. We will go to visit Taiwan Lutheran Church to learn how to do cell group church from them during this period. Pray for we can learn from each other.

2)        April 19-25, there will be a group of 8 people from the U.S. visiting HBI and some churches. Pray for safe trip and good communication between us.

3)       For Ms. He Xiaoyun, our music teacher, she has been sick for two weeks.

4)       For our third year students, they are writing their graduation paper. This is a big challenge for them.

5)       For our computer class, since the present computer teacher is going to leave after this semester. Students need a good new computer teacher. Most of our students are from rural area, to learn computer is such a big thing for them.

6)       We have 8 teachers in their degree study and 7 teachers teaching in school. Please pray teachers who are teaching for they are heavy loaded and for teachers who are studying for they can serve Hunan church better after they come back continuing teaching in HBI.

7)       Yuxuan Church of HBI is going to do cell group, please pray for wisdom from God to us.

8)       Please pray for those 6 students who are from Ture Jesus churches in first year class. They are much elder than other students. They are slow and hard to keep up with the class. We are considering if persaude them to leave after this semester is over.

9)       Gloria is doing Mini Bible College ministry on translation, publishing and distribution. Please pray for this ministry. Gloria has to finish two final papers before May 13, please pray for she can make it.

Glorias Wus bønnebrev for Mars 2010

Date: March 1^st, 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.

Hunan Bible Institute oppdatering på Engelsk av Rev. Gloria Wu dean HBI

Hei interesserte i Det Norske Misjonsselskap (NMS) og andre interesserte.

Rev. Gloria Wu – Dean (Studieleder) på HBI svarer slik på en mail fra en menighet i Tromsø som ber om info.

 

From: ziwei wu
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 15:33
To: MeyerTorstein
Subject: 回复： HBI update

 

As my Google blog was closed HBI created our website to communicate to outside world: www.hbichina.com, which has English version. You may check the updates of HBI under "news and events".   I also opened a Chinese blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/gloriawu, reporting HBI updates with more pictures, but in Chinese, but you can read it through Google translate.   Thank you for your supporting all these years! Without your heartily seving us, we can't serve God on this platform of supplying theological education for all the churches not only in Hunan province, but also in Guangxi province and Hainan province.   According to the information you need, my answer is as following:   1) The brief update on status at HBI:  * New Campus Construction will begin in this year: We are going to start the construction of our campus before June, 2011. The new campus is 20 kilometers far from the present site, and located in the ecological park in Changsha County (it will soon become a part of Changsha city in the process of Urban expansion). Attached picture shows what the new campus is like.    The new church of HBI is called "The Boat of God", and its sanctuary can hold about 5000 congregation. The cross is 92 meters high. This church will be a landmark in the community and even for the city. The whole construction will be finished within 2 years, that means, in 2013, HBI will move into this new campus. Students in campus will increase from present 100 to 200 during that time with 7 classes at the same time.   * Teachers degree gaining studies are undergoing in a very intense way: preparing for the coming challenges in the new campus, we have already sent out most of our teachers for degree study. Last year, 2 teachers began their full time study in Hong Kong Lutheran Seminary for their Theology and Old Testament doctor degree. This year, 5 teachers begin their intensive degree study-I begin my study in Biola University in their InterCulture School, first M.A. and toward doctor degree;other four teachers study in a seminary in Hong Kong. 2 young people who just graduated from China's seminary, will begin their master degree study in Hong Kong full time from this year. They will come back to HBI as teachers. 1 teacher will begin his half year study in Wuhan University on library management.   * Our goal is to form HBI as a leading seminary in China. Within 5 years, we will move from 3-year-program bible training to 4-year-program theological training (with short time training, 3 months and 1 year program at the same time); within 10 years, we will obtain the recognition of Asian Theological Association, and begin to issue our degree diploma; Within 15 years, we will have our own graduate program.   2) Prayer needs:  please pray for HBI leadership, for its stablity, for wisdom and a spirit of continue learning and humbleness. Pray for teachers who are in degree study, that they can integrate the knowledge with actual church needs and situation. Pray for our relationships with departments of government, that it can continue developing in mutual trust.   3) On Luke 8:4-15: From HBI as an educator: Jesus is using an agricultural phenomenon in this parable, this reminds me the process of making someone a productive person who can produce hundred times of fruit, is a long process. Just as work in the fields to plant crops, from seeds to harvest, it costs a lot of time, patience, diligence, as well as faith and hope. Students in HBI, listened maybe too much preaching, received maybe too much seeds, but what will help in their future's productive serve in the church before God? We, as educators need to cultivate good soil in their heart. This soil consists of honest and kindness, which are all characters.  So spiritual formation and character building should always be the essential for a good theological training. Can our courses, activities, assignments-all the things happenin campus, help students resist the evil one, well prepared for persecution, discerning the worldly things and living a simple but abundant life, as well as help them mold honest and kindness, mercifulness into their hearts?   From Chinese church: to be oneness is a clear teaching from Jesus to His disciples. In China, we still can't see oneness between house churches and public churches. One famous Beijing house church, they are willing to be obedient to the government, but just would not enter into so called "three self" public church system. This makes me think what are the things in believers' hearts, hindering the oneness of churches in China? We need to pray that church leaders can have better and better soil in their hearts, so that a clear teaching of the Bible can be seen clearly in reality of Chinese churches.     Gloria Etterskrift: Er den noen som er villig til å oversette dette til Norsk?? Ta kontakt med u.t.  ojg@nms.no Ole Jacob Grønvold.

 

Bønnebrev Engelsk og NORSK fra Pastor Gloria Wu på Hunan Bibel Institutt

Date: February 1^st, 2011

Re: Prayer Letter for February 2011/Bønnebrev fra Pastor Gloria Wu, Hunan Bibel Institutt – Hunan, Kina. Se engelsk oversettelse under den engelske delen.

Dear brothers and sisters,

Thank you for sharing these burdens with us! Let us unite together in prayers for the glory of GOD in HBI. Following are the things we invite you to join us in prayer:

1) Februrary 1-17, Gloria is going to finish reading 4 English books and the book responses. They are the assignment of two courses: Mission History and Social Anthropology. It is quite challenging. Pray for a successful accomplishment of the assignments and ability to apply what have been learned in reading.

2) Faculty and students are all in holidays with family members. Pray for a relaxed and peaceful Spring Festival for all HBI members.

3) A group consisted of 10 leaders from several churches in Hunan is going to visit Taiwan Lutheran Church during February 18-26 to learn how to do cell group church. Now the procedures are undergoing. Pray for all needed procedures smoothly go through the related Taiwan government departments and this group can visit just on time. Pray that after this trip, several churches in Hunan can put hands on doing cell groups.

4) HBI teachers are preparing for next semester’s courses during this winter holidays. Like Gloria, she has a new course to prepare for: Exegises. She never teaches this course before. But since the teacher who taught this course is out for her degree study, someone should take this important course to teach the students. Pray for wisdom and good quality in the coming teaching of the new semester. School will open on March 1, 2011.

Norsk versjon – oversatt av Ole Jacob Grønvold

Kjære Brødre og Søstre

Takk for at dere deler byrdene med oss! La oss forene oss i bønn for å gi Gud ære via Hunan Bibel Institutts (HBI) arbeid. Vi ber om forbønn for følgende temaer.

5) Februrar 1-17, Jeg Gloria må lese ferdig fire engelske bøker samt skrive en bokrespons på det jeg har lest.

Dette er innholdet av de to kursene jeg holder på med nå: Misjonshistorie og sosial antropologi. Dette er en ganske stor utfordring for meg. Be om at jeg klarer dette og evner å bruke det jeg har lært.

6) I disse dager har hele lærerstaben og alle studentene nyttårsferie – (Kinesisk nyttår) Be om alle har en fredfull og avslappende tid for alle på HBI.

7) I løpet av tiden fra 18-26 februar skal en gruppe kirkeledere fra Hunan på besøk til Taiwan Lutherske kirke for å lære om cellekirke modellen. Vi holder på diverse prosedyrer for å få dette til.

Be om at Taiwans myndigheter ser positivt på dette besøket og at gruppa kan dra i den planlagte tidsrummet. Be om at kirken i Hunan kan klare å sette ut i livet det de har lært.

8) Lærerene på HBI forbereder neste semesters undervisning nå i nyttårsferien. Be om visdom og god kvalitet på undervisningen i det nye semesteret som starter 1. Mars 2011.

9) Ole Jacob legger til: Be for Pastor Gloria Wu sine studier – i første omgang en mastergrad i missiologi som hun nå er i ferd med å studere. Planen er at hun også skal forsette med en Dr. grad nå mastergraden er ferdiggjort.