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As I mentioned in my last letter, Kellen and I would like to start again finding out our way back to PNG while we are waiting for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Very soon after my last letter, I lost one of my major monthly donations. My financial difficulty has brought me to a deeper conversation with God as it could hinder our way back to the mission field.

我在上一封代禱信中有提到，我和Kellen在等待第二劑新冠肺炎疫苗的同時，要重新開始探索回新幾內亞服事之路。那封信發出去不久，我就失去大筆月定奉獻的其中一個。財務上的缺口會影響我的生活以及我們重回禾場之路，卻也帶我進入與上帝更深層的對話。

The night before my first trip to PNG in 2011, I was in the emergency department of the hospital with a fever as my intestines were bleeding. I asked God, “Why? Why now?” God gave me His divine peace and I realized it was that Satan was trembling since a missionary submitted herself to God’s calling. Therefore, I sent my prayer requests to many of my church friends and took off for PNG the next day. My bleeding continued while we first arrived and stay one week in the town. But as we entered the jungle villages in the swampy area and started our ministry, the bleedings soon stopped and I got well very soon though the life in the tribal village was quite a big challenge to a city person like me.

我第一次到新幾內亞是在2011年。出發的前一天晚上我因為腸子出血，發高燒到醫院急診了。我問上帝：「怎麼會這樣？怎麼是現在？」上帝將屬天的平安放在我心中，讓我知道這是因為宣教士順服上帝的呼召，撒旦正在顫抖。於是，我把代禱需求傳給很多教會的朋友，並在隔天啟程到新幾內亞。初抵達後，我們在城裡待了一個星期，我的腸子還是繼續在出血。然而，在我們進入沼澤區的叢林部落並開展事工時，出血立刻停止。即使部落裡的生活對城市長大的我是一大挑戰，我的身體依然很快復原。

I believe that God is in charge and my financial difficulty means Satan is trembling again. Let’s all witness God’s power and strength. May His will be done!

我相信上帝在掌權，而我此次的財務困難代表撒旦又在顫抖了。我們一起來見證上帝的權柄與大能！願上帝旨意成全！

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請在禱告中記念我們：

1. May God give us peace while we are waiting, and pave the way for us to go back to PNG.
求神開路讓我們可以回到新幾內亞，並使我們在等待的時候有平安。

2. May God show His mercy and cure the pain on kellen’s knack and her back that is bothering her a lot.
求神施憐憫醫治Kellen肩頸及腰部的疼痛。

3. May God bless our donors and give us enough monthly incoming donation.
願神賜福為我們奉獻的教會及個人，使我們有足夠且穩定的月定奉獻。

4. I just finished the “D2B” course on one-to one outreach last week, and will start applying it to a friend next month. May God grant me the Divine Wisdom.
上個星期我上完ㄧ對ㄧ佈道課程「從懷疑到相信」，下個月就要開始跟約好的朋友應用此課程。求神賞賜智慧。

5. May God bless my dad’s recovery from the cataract surgeries, and remain his driver’s license.
求神賜福家父白內障術後復元，保留他的駕駛執照。

All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy

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