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Shalom, dear all!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. God’s mercy, we have had much progress in settling down: With the help from the church pastor and a Chinese store, we were given a ride to the Motor Vehicles Office and got our driver’s licenses last week; and this week we got our bank accounts in PNG. These make us feel much more “rooted” here. Cooking our celebration meal, it happened that we cracked two double-yolk eggs. It seemed that our humorous God was celebrating with us, winking His eye.

各位代禱勇士，收信平安。

感謝大家忠心代禱。因著神的憐憫，我們在此的安頓工作有很大的進展：上星期透過教會牧師及華人商店的幫助，有人載我們去監理所把駕照辦好了；這個星期我們又在新幾內亞的銀行開戶成功。這兩件事使我們比較有落地生根的感覺。正在煮慶祝餐時，看到連續開出的兩個雙黃蛋，也感覺幽默的神正在對我們眨眼睛慶祝呢！

Considering that most family here don’t obtain power service, and therefore the sewing machines are mainly paddled by hand, we bought a hand-paddled sewing machine this week, and tried to sew with it. It’s really tiring to have to paddle by hand, and it’s hard to make the sewing line straight holding the cloth with only one hand. Thank God that I finally realize what it is like to sew as a PNG woman does.

考慮到在這裡大部分的家庭沒有電力供應，因此縫紉機也大多是手槳式縫紉機；這星期我們買了一部手槳式縫紉機來練習。用手搖槳真的要花很大力氣，而且單用一隻手扶布控制很難把線車得很直。感謝神，我終於知道新幾內亞婦女手搖縫紉機是什麼感覺。

Having had the invitations to teach sewing class in schools, we have to be careful not to be dragged far away from our target groups. Anyway, we haven’t fully settled down yet, and that gives us room to pray harder for God’s guidance. Besides, we would also like to have more discussion with and seek spiritual support from the church pastors. Just like what the sermon giver said this Sunday, God is not looking for volunteers, but obedient soldiers.

雖然已經接到邀約，可以到學校去教裁縫，然而我們必須謹慎，免得遠離目標族群。畢竟我們也還沒安頓好，這容許我們有更多時間禱告尋求神的指引。此外，我們也希望與教會牧長有更多的討論，得到他們屬靈上的支持。誠如這星期主日講員所說的：神不是尋找志願者，而是尋找服從的戰士。

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請在禱告中記念我們：

1. 3 DHL parcels of ours are on the way to Wewak. May God make them come safely.
我們有三件DHL包裹會寄到威瓦克來。求神保守它們順利寄達。

2. May God guide us in buying a car and figuring out the tax.
求神引導我們買車以及弄清楚稅務問題。

3. We are still uncertain about what sewing machine to buy for our sewing class. May God grant us with the wisdom.
我們還是很難決定上課用的縫紉機要買哪一種。求神給我們智慧。

4. Kellen is having a great pain on her shoulder, back, and knee on the righthand side. And I have a toothache due to the very hot weather. May God heal us.
Kellen的右半邊肩膀、腰、膝十分疼痛。Sandy因為天氣太熱而牙痛。求神醫治我們。

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

(新幾內亞的點滴分享，在line貼文串或IG，歡迎您來了解。)

IG: chao.sandy.png

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