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Shalom, dear all!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us. God has brought Kellen and me back to Wewak safely. We had a very good time in Ambunti. All the mamas in class enjoyed learning sewing skills, having devotion with Bible stories, and breaking through fellowship. The sewing machines had their ups and downs, and at times we thought we would have to bring 1 or 2 of them back to Wewak for the repairment. Blessedly we found out some solutions and finally had them all well fixed before we left them in Ambunti.

各位代禱勇士，收信平安。

感謝大家忠心代禱。我們在安布恩提的課程進行得十分順利：婦女們都很喜歡這樣一面學習縫紉技術、伴隨有聖經故事的靈修分享，以及突破性的團契關係。四台縫紉機被弄壞很多次、修好又弄壞、壞了再修，我們本來以為這次要帶一兩台回威瓦克修理，蒙主保守，最後我們找到方法，終於把它們全部修好並留在安布恩提。

We also visited 5 churches there and enjoyed worshipping with them. The ladies taught us some of their dialect, and that brought us even closer to them. The market in Ambunti had a lot less choice of food than the market in Wewak, but both of us have become much healthier than the day we arrived there.

我們這次也拜訪了五所教會，十分享受與他們一起敬拜主。婦女們教我們講一些當地的方言，這更加拉近我們的距離。安布恩提的市場比起威瓦克的市場，可以買的東西少很多，然而我們兩個人現在都比我們剛剛抵達那裏時健康多了！

Now we have finished Level One of the sewing class of Dorcas Ministry with the first 2 classes of women in Ambunti. For the vision must be put ahead of the ministry, we would like to encourage them to start Dorcas Fellowship, that will be sewing and Bible storying in their own churches. If they do so and God’s Will, we will go back in October and give them the training for Level Two, supposing that the classroom of PIM is available. Hopefully God will raise up many ladies Dorcas who, based on the Bible, consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. (Hebrews 10:24)

我們已經在安布恩提完成了兩個班級多加事工第一階的裁縫課程。但我們不應該被事工沖昏頭，而應該以神給我們的異象為主要考量，因此我們鼓勵已經受訓的學生們要在教會成立多加團契，也就是教授縫紉技術，以及以聖經故事為本的靈修。如果她們能這麼做，而神也許可的話，十月份我們會再去開設第二階段的訓練課程。當然那也得要PIM的教室有空檔。希望神在這裡的教會興起「多加」們，本於聖經，彼此相顧，激發愛心，勉勵行善。(來10:24)

As what we have been told by our students and one of the leaders of PIM, the sewing class of Dorcas Ministry has been well known to the surrounding villages, some of them deep in the mountains and the others in the swampy area. And women there would like to obtain the same training too. Well, we have the same burdens to them but there are a lot of challenges either for us to go to them with the necessary tailor’s tables or to bring the women out to the training resource center. As we are praying with trembling, feeling inadequate of ourselves, God inspires us to be still at the moment and focus on the vision He has given to us. He surely knows it all. Kellen and I are within the first missionaries sent by Chinese Mission Mobilization (CMMI). The very obvious vision is that Chinese Christians in the world are to be involved in cross-cultural ministries and to carry out our belief of Emmanuel. Two of us can be fragile and inadequate, and the need in manpower and finance for the ministry might crash us down. But one of our responsibilities is to deliver the vision to all Christians we know, especially to Chinese Christians and that will please God even more.

我們的學生們以及PIM的領導人告訴我們，鄰近的部落已經聽聞我們多加事工在安布恩提開設裁縫課的事了。這些部落有些在山上，有些在沼澤，那裡的婦女也想接受相同的訓練，而我們對她們也有深深的負擔，然而不論我們要帶裁縫桌進入部落上課，或著反過來要把她們帶出來受訓，挑戰都很大。當我們想到自己的不足，頭皮發麻地向神呼求時，神也激勵我們先停下來，注視祂給我們的異象，祂肯定全然都知道。Kellen和我是華人動員宣教協會(CMMI)第一批被差派的宣教士，神給我們清楚的異象，全世界的華人基督徒要來參與跨文化宣教，用生命實踐以馬內利信仰。我們兩個女人很弱小，龐大的事工需求在人力及物力上可能會把我們壓壞，可是我們有責任把異象傳遞給所有我們認識的基督徒，特別是華人基督徒，讓我們一起來討主喜悅。

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：

1. Kellen and I are working on several reports this week. May God give us strength and efficient network.
這星期Sandy和Kellen要做許多份報告。求神給我們體力，並賜暢通的網路。

2. May God protect our fruit of work in Ambunti and inspire the students to start Dorcas Fellowship in their churches.
求神保守我們在安布恩堤做工的果效，激勵學員們在教會興起多加團契。

3. May God strengthen us and give us peace while we focus on the vision instead of ministries.
求神堅固我們，給我們平安，讓我們專注於異象而不迷失於事工。

4. May God give us wisdom and insight while working with churches and other organizations.
求神給我們智慧與洞察的心，讓我們可以順利與眾教會及其他機構配搭。

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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