20200728

Dear all,

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. God is merciful. Though the pandemic of COVID-19 is more and more server throughout the world and last week we finally had to cancel our tickets that were originally for the flights on Feb. 21^st, last Wednesday evening I was informed that our PNG work permit had been approved. Even the staff of PNG trading office in Taipei couldn’t believe it. Now we are getting the required documents for processing the working visa.

各位代禱勇士，收信平安！

感謝您忠心的代禱。我們的神是憐憫的神。雖然新冠肺炎的全球疫情越來越嚴重，而且我們上星期終究把原本二月份要飛行的機票取消了，上星期三晚上我們得知我們的新幾內亞工作許可已經獲准。甚至連新幾內亞在台辦公室的工作人員都很難相信這件事。目前我們正在辦理申辦工作簽證所需的文件。

Many people are wondering when we will be going to PNG again. Well, the song “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow” starts with “I don’t know about tomorrow…” PNG first locked down the borders in the end of January. That was considered pretty early. And the number of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 was under 10 for months. But it has rapidly increased these few days. Last week it was 11, and now the latest number I got was 63. It seems that we won’t plan to go to PNG in the near future. Kellen and I are still monthly paying the rent for our rental apartment in PNG. We hope the pandemic would be over soon and we can continue with our ministry that we started last year. The song “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow” was sung again and again in my heart and we trust that God makes our waiting hours meaningful.

很多人都在問我們什麼時候再到新幾內亞，嗯…「我知誰掌管明天」這首歌一開始是這麼唱的：「我不知明日將如何…」新幾內亞於一月底首度封鎖邊境，這已經算是很早的。新冠肺炎的確診人數維持在個位數好幾個月，這幾天卻突然急速飆升。上星期我查看時，還是11人。這星期，我最近得知的人數是63人。看來我們最近都不能計劃甚麼時候去新幾內亞。我和Kellen每個月都還持續支付我們在新幾內亞住處的房租。真希望疫情盡快結束，好讓我們可以繼續我們去年展開的事工。「我知誰掌管明天」這首歌就在我的心裡一次又一次播放著，我們相信我們的等待時刻在神裡面有特別的意義。

Please participate in cross-cultural mission through your prayers:

1. May God be in control of the epidemic of COVID-19 in PNG.

2. May God use the workshops and lectures we provide to bless churches in Taiwan.

3. May God grant His Divine Wisdom to us and bless our study.

4. May God grant His divine healing and protection to Kellen’s old mother and my old parents.

5. May God be in control of the process of our working visa application in PNG.

敬請持續以您的禱告參與跨文化宣教：

一、 願神掌管新冠肺炎在新幾內亞的疫情。

二、 願神使用我們提供的工作坊及講座，成為台灣眾教會的祝福。

三、 願神賞賜給我們屬天的智慧，保守我們在課程中的學習。

四、 願神對Kellen年邁的母親及我年邁的父母賞賜祂屬天的醫治跟保護。

五、 願神在我們申請新幾內亞工作簽證的程序中掌權。

All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy

20200728