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Shalom, dear all!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us. We have arrived in Reno for more than a week and I am still meeting new faces, and I have enjoyed it in the Lord, introducing myself and getting to know them. Douglas had some late nights working, and the report at the board’s meeting last Friday went well. The weather here is much drier and cooler than Taiwan and PNG. It’s God’s grace that I am coping well with the weather.
各位代禱勇士，收信平安。
感謝大家忠心代禱。我們抵達雷諾市已經超過一個星期，Sandy至今還在認識新面孔，能夠介紹自己以及多認識大家，在主裡感覺很好。道格拉斯有幾天工作到很晚，上星期五在機構的理監事會議做的報告很順利。這裡的氣候比台灣跟新幾內亞乾燥很多也寒冷很多，感謝神，Sandy還算能夠適應氣候的變化。
We travelled to the PIM office in Grass Valley, California yesterday that is 90 minutes away from where we are staying in Nevada. That was a journey on that we had to drive up and down some 2200-meter-high mountains. We passed some construction sites where many pieces of heavy equipment are doing the job of making the roads straighter. Seeing them scoop soil from one place and then take it to fill the valleys, I wonder what the result will look like. Douglas said that we would have a better idea if we had a bird's eye view.
我們昨天前往加利福尼亞州格拉斯瓦利的PIM辦公室，距離我們在內華達州的住宿地點有90分鐘的路程。那段旅程中，我們得開車上下2200米高的山脈。我們經過了一些建築工地，那裡有許多重型設備的機械正在道路截彎取直的工作。看到他們的挖土機從一些地方鏟掉很多土，又有其他機械把土壤傾倒到凹谷的地方，我看不出這浩大的工程這到底會截多少彎、取多少直。道格拉斯說，如果我們能從鳥瞰的角度看到這些工地，就能了解他們到底在做什麼。
I was invited to and joined the morning walk of some church ladies last Friday. As we were walking along the trail by a lake, I was sharing stories of me and other missionaries. Some of the stories might not be as successful as they would have hoped to be. One of the ladies asked, “What is the main purpose of God calling missionaries to go to the mission fields?” Well, the answer can be varied by experiences of individual missionaries. And my answer was, “We have ministries in the mission fields to witness for the Lord and to benefit people. But we mainly witness for the Lord by living amongst the local people and letting God use us as He wishes. Our listening to and obeying God is the best witness.” Too bad that we can’t always take the bird's eye view of God’s work, and we might not totally understand God’s work upon us over the years. But we trust His way is being made straight no matter what, and our efforts used in preparing for His Kingdom to come.
上週五，我被邀請參加了教會婦女的晨走。 當我們沿著湖邊的小徑散步時，我與她們分享我和其他宣教士的故事。有些故事可能並不像她們希望的那樣成功。其中一位女士問：「神呼召宣教士去宣教禾場的主要目的是什麼？」好吧，答案可能因個別宣教士的經歷而異。我的回答是，「我們在宣教禾場各有事工來見證主並造福人們。但是，我們見證主的方式主要是藉由居住在當地人當中，並讓神做任何他想臨到我們的事情。我們聆聽和順服神的旨意是最好的見證。很可惜我們不能總是從鳥瞰的角度來看待神的工作，我們可能不完全理解神多年來在我們身上的工作。但我們相信，無論發生什麼，都是在修直神的道路，我們都在準備迎接神的國度。
Because of being married to Douglas who does not belong to the same mission organization, I am supposed to leave TMM that is the branch of CMMI in Taiwan. As we are all parts of the body of Christ, let’s trust in all things God works for the good of those who love Him. I will still be doing a sewing and Bible story devotion ministry in PNG. And being Biblical, I am supposed to take marriage as the first priority in my ministries. May God be delighted.
因為我嫁給了道格拉斯，而他不屬於同一個宣教組織，我應該離開CMMI在臺灣的分支機構TMM。既然我們都是基督身體中的肢體，讓我們相信萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處。我仍然會在新幾內亞做縫紉和聖經故事靈修事工。而且我應該把婚姻作為我事工的首要任務，才算是符合真理。唯願討上帝喜悅。
Please remember us in your prayers.
敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：
1. May God give guidance to Meni Beach Baptist Church Wewak PNG in developing the ministry of making sanitary napkins for school girls and women who newly give a birth in the hospital.
求神引導新幾內亞威瓦克濱海浸信會發展衛生巾製作的事工(用以贈送給女學生以及醫院裡剛剛生下小孩的婦女。)
2. May God give confidence and willingness to those who have received Level One sewing training in Ambunti PNG that they will all use what they have been trained for developing Dorcas fellowship in their churches, and they will be better prepared for receiving Level Two sewing training.
求神將信心及願做的心賞賜給新幾內亞安布恩提接受過第一級縫紉訓練的婦女，使她們運用所學在教會推動多加團契，也好使她們更能預備好接受第二級縫紉訓練。
3. Douglas is getting ready for another board’s meeting of PIM that is going to take place on October 28th. May God bless their stewardship.
道格拉斯正在為十月二十八日太島宣教事工另一次理監事會議做準備，願神恩待他們作好管家。
4. Sandy is supposed to give a short talk in a women’s Bible study group on the morning of September 28th. May God do His work among us.
Sandy將於九月二十八日早上在婦女查經班短講，願神在我們當中運行。
5. Due to high frequency of changing residences recently, I have some difficulties in spatial cognition. May God heal me.
Sandy因最近過於頻繁更換居所，在空間認知上有些混淆，求神醫治。
6. May God take care of my old parents, grant them salvation, health, peace and joy.
願神看顧Sandy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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