November 2003

Celebrating God’s Blessings
This was the theme for the fifth anniversary service at Lighthouse Baptist Church. With great anticipation all the members worked together to decorate, prepare music and food, and invite friends and family to attend. On anniversary Sunday night more than eighty adults, teens and children crowded into our small auditorium to enjoy a delicious pot-luck meal, special music, and a challenge from God’s Word. We were excited to see so many unsaved adults in attendance and know that they have at least heard the gospel once. It was encouraging to our people and has helped them begin to catch a vision of working together to reach the lost and build a work that will glorify the Lord.

Prayer Pact
Several of the members at Lighthouse are ladies with unsaved husbands. Sometimes people in this situation tend to be more passive and not talk to their family about church and other “religious” things for fear of upsetting harmony in the family. Recently, however, two ladies in the church shared with us about how they read the Bible to their unsaved husbands. They really have a great desire for them to be saved. As the two ended their discussion, they made an agreement to pray for each other’s husband to be saved. We can’t wait to be able to share the good news of their salvation with you! Please pray about this as well as for the unsaved family members of our other Christians.

As Christmas approaches we ask you to remember our special services at Taya and Lighthouse. We hope to once again be able to share the true meaning of Christmas with many unsaved Chinese people. We also hope that each of you enjoy a blessing filled Thanksgiving and Christmas with your church and family!