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Shalom, dear all!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. As we have been experiencing how the pandemic affects people’s life, God has been allowing us to learn something new each day.

各位代禱勇士，收信平安。

感謝大家忠心代禱。這段時間我們在經歷疫情對人們生活的影響，神也每天讓我們學到新的功課。

Having packed our check-in luggage, we have some personal belongings that we have to ship to PNG. This week we were trying to mail them to our PNG landlord through post office. But we were told that we could no longer do it since the pandemic have caused the cancellation of the flight that the post office used to ship parcels to PNG with.

打包完我們的托運行李之後，我們還有一些私人物品必須另外郵寄到新幾內亞。這星期我們帶著它們到郵局，要先寄給我們新幾內亞的房東。但是郵局告知我們現在已經不能寄東西到新幾內亞了。由於疫情的關係，以往郵局託運包裹到新幾內亞的航班已經取消。

The SOE entry permit that we were granted in the beginning of December 2021 has been overdue. But we didn’t get any reply for our application for modifying our route by the end of January. (The alteration of the route was due to flight cancellation and new airport regulations caused by the pandemic.) So that we submitted the needed documents for reapplying for the SOE entry permit before the Chinese New Year. And then we have to continue waiting.

去年十二月初收到的入境許可現在已經過期，然而我們申請改變航線的補件一直到一月底都沒得到回覆。(因為原訂的航班被取消了，又加上機場許多新的防疫規定，我們才必須改變轉機的地點。) 所以在春節以前我們提交了必須的文件，重新申請緊急狀態入境許可。接下來，我們還是得繼續等。

During the Chinese New Year, I paid a visit to the beach. And I saw an interesting windmill there. It looked like a man paddling very hard to make the mill turn. Actually, it was the windmill that made the man paddle along. Same here, I have to cast my anxiety to God, and trust that His provision is always sufficient. And of course, I should never try to paddle anywhere when the wind ceases.

過年期間，我到海邊走一走。在那裏我看到一個很有意思的風車。它看起來像是一個人很用力地搖槳讓風車轉動，事實上是順風搖槳。我也是應該把我的焦慮卸給神，相信祂的恩典夠用。當然，當風不吹的時候，我要順服，別想搖槳能搖到哪裡去。

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請在禱告中記念我們：

1. Our previous SOE entry permit is already overdue. May God guide us in communication and reprocessing the SOE entry permit.
我們的緊急狀態入境許可已經過期了，現在必須全部重新申請。願神在溝通事宜，以及申請緊急狀態入境許可各事上引導我們。

2. We are trying to deal with the shipment of our overweighed luggage. May God show His favor to us.
我們正在想辦法把超重的行李寄到新幾內亞。求神恩待我們。

3. The number of daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in PNG has picked up again. May God bless PNG and enable the people to be willing to take the wise epidemic prevention measures.
在新幾內亞的新冠肺炎疫情再次拉高。願神賜福新幾內亞，使人民願意採取有智慧的防疫措施。

4. I have suffered from stomachache and migraine for two weeks. May God heal me.
Sandy近兩個星期來常常胃痛、偏頭痛。求神醫治。

5. May God take care of our old parents, grant them salvation, health, peace and joy.
願神看顧我們年邁的父母，賞賜他們救恩、健康、平安及喜樂。

All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy

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