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Shalom, dear all!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. D2B is a one-to-one out-reach course which contains 10 lessons. It was my first time to finish conducting the D2B this Monday. We spent some time talking about joining a church. Well, joining a church does not guarantee you the residence in heaven. But “we” instead of “I” shall be observed as disciples of the Lord through our loving one another, according to His teaching.

各位代禱勇士，收信平安。

感謝大家忠心為我們代禱。這星期一是我頭一次帶領完畢「從懷疑到相信」總共十課的一對一佈道課程。我們花一些時間談到進入教會這件事。進入教會不代表就可以進天堂，但是根據主的教導，我們應當彼此相愛，讓人認出「我們」是主的門徒。

Sending missionaries to all nations is also the Great Mission for “us”. In my last update we talked about Apostle Paul’s applying accounting terms when mentioning about the relationship between him and his supporters. And they were his “business” partners who shared whatever the profit and loss. Did that make you wonder how they had made their performance evaluation? Many might take the number of new believers and newly planted churches as the performance of cross-cultural mission. The Bible does mention about the numbers several times, but they were the performance of the Holy Spirit. And that should not be evaluated by us. The Lord is our ultimate big boss. His accounting is not like what is in the world. The Lord does evaluate our spiritual benefit that includes the joyful fellowship, the satisfaction of the needs of both the missionaries and their supporters, and the satisfaction of the Lord’s will. All of the above bring the Lord the biggest glory through our life in Christ.

差派宣教士到萬族萬民也是主給「我們」的大使命。在上一封代禱信裡我們談到，使徒保羅使用會計學術語來講述他與支持者的關係。他們是共負盈虧的宣教「事業」夥伴。大家是否會想說，那麼宣教的績效評估是怎麼做的。很多人認為跨文化宣教的績效就是得救的人數以及植堂的數目。聖經當中的確有幾次提到得救的人數以及教會的拓殖，然而，那是聖靈的「績效」，不是給我們評估的。我們的終極大老闆就是我們的主，祂的會計學當然跟世上的會計學不一樣。跨文化宣教的效益是以屬靈恩典來評估的，包括喜樂的團契、宣教士以及支持者雙方的需要得到滿足、神的心意得到滿足，這些都透過我們在基督裡的生命帶給神最大的榮耀。

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請在禱告中記念我們：

1. May God guide us in the application of SOE entry permit, preparation, and communication.
願神引導我們做好緊戒時期入境許可申請、行前準備工作及溝通事宜。

2. We are working on finding a long-term- durational medical evacuation insurance package that cannot be found in Taiwan. May God guide us to find one that we can afford.
我們正在尋找長期程的醫療撤退險，這樣的保險在台灣找不到。求神引導我們找到價錢合宜的醫療撤退險。

3. May God bless PNG and enable the people to be willing to take the wise epidemic prevention measures.
新幾內亞的新冠疫情仍然吃緊。願神賜福新幾內亞，使人民願意採取有智慧的防疫措施。

4. May God’s Spirit work among us in the one-to-one reaching out course “D2B”.
求神的靈親自在「從懷疑到相信」一對一佈道課程當中動工。

5. May God bless our volunteers, protect them and their families, and give them the patience, strength and wisdom needed.
願神賜福給我們的志工們，保護她們以及她們的家人，賞賜給她們所需的耐心、力量與智慧。

All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy

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