September 2005

Fall Lineup
With VBS, youth camp and other summer activities behind us, we thank the Lord for the blessings He gave and look forward to a busy fall. In addition to our regular ministry, we also have some extra responsibilities to share with you.

We are assisting the Dali Faith Baptist Church while their missionary pastor, Malcom Feistel , is in the US undergoing chemotherapy treatments for colon cancer. Although few in number, the workers at this church are doing a good job filling in and just need some encouragement and added direction that we hopefully can bring for this period of time. Please pray for physical strength and wisdom as we go back and forth to help this ministry on the other side of our city.

Andy is also teaching a class on Matthew at the Chinese Baptist Bible College to fill in for the Feistels. Without a lot of useable Chinese materials, it means that more time must be spent preparing, but we believe it is important to help train more workers for Christian service.

September Highlights
September brings the Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration of the beginning of the fall season and, hopefully, cooler weather. Barbequing is the main feature of this holiday and so this year we had church-wide barbeques at both Lighthouse Baptist and Taya Baptist. Many unsaved attended as well as several families. It was a good way to share the gospel and show that Christians can enjoy good fellowship as well.

Recently during our community English outreach at Lighthouse, we read about some future events including the Great White Throne Judgment. An elderly Chinese man named King who has been attending for more than a year was disturbed that God wouldn't just accept every “good” person and that Jesus Christ was the only way to Heaven. We were amazed to literally see the “light” turning on for him. We constantly present these spiritual truths, but Satan has them blinded and they don't readily comprehend. Please pray that King's anger will soften and turn into repentance and acceptance before it is too late. Also, pray for this outreach because it is giving us opportunities to reach many unsaved people who otherwise wouldn't come to church.

We pray that your fall will also give you many opportunities to bring forth fruit so that together we may have a great harvest for the Lord!