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Shalom, dear all!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us. God has granted His mercy to us in Ambunti. The police are taking control of the big fight. Some trouble makers have been fined for what they had done. And the parliament member from Ambunti has promise to deal with compensation related issues. The fish sellers are still too timid to come to the market though.
各位代禱勇士，收信平安。
感謝你忠心地為我們禱告。上帝在安布恩提顯出祂的憐憫。目前警方已經控制整個惡鬥的局面，許多肇事者被處以罰金。安布恩提選出的國會議員已經承諾處理賠償等問題。只是魚販們還是害怕到菜市場做生意。
The teachers of PIM schools have all come to headquarter of PIM in Ambunti, and are receiving teachers’ training. 3 of our 7 partners for the following month arrived today. And my sewing class is still going on. We feel the PIM base is full of activities that we have to move the sewing class to the room under our unit. (One of the pictures shows Douglas making an opening speech to the teachers who have come for the training.)
PIM學校的教師們都來到位於安布恩提的PIM總部，並正在接受教師培訓。我們下個月的 7 個合作夥伴中有 3 個今天到達。而我開辦的縫紉課還在繼續。我們覺得PIM基地已經活動滿檔了，縫紉課也必須挪到我們住處樓下的房間。(其中一張照片是道格拉斯對來受訓的教師們做開訓短講。)
The participants in the sewing class have tried very hard to learn to use rulers, make correct measurements of the body size, and make patterns. All these are very new technics to them as they had not even known the difference between lengths widths. Now, I would not say that they understand the lessons very well. But they are able to do the job correctly when they work together except one who doesn’t function in class at all and keeps asking others to do her work.
縫紉班的學員們非常努力地學習如何用尺、正確測量身體尺寸、製作版型。這些對他們來說都是非常新的技術，因為之前他們甚至不知道長度寬度之間的區別。現在，我不敢說他們全然了解這些課程。但是當他們湊在一起合作時，就能夠正確地完成工作。只有一位例外，她完全沒辦法吸收此次的課程，而且一直要求其他學員替她完成作品。
However, we did not manage to finish the course last week. And the participants are going to come to me in the afternoon until their sewing projects are all done. Since it is extra class time, they seem to relax and do their sewing work more cheerfully. I am glad that at least 5 out of the 23 Level One students are conducting sewing fellowship in their churches. And they are courageous to come for the Level Two training and are learning very hard in class. Hopefully, they will become blessings of their own people.
我們上周沒能完成課程。學員們會在下午來找我，直到他們的縫紉作品全部完成。由於是額外的上課時間，他們似乎放鬆了，做縫紉時更愉快。我很高興第一級縫紉訓練的23名學員中至少有5名在他們的教會開辦縫紉團契。他們勇敢地參加第二級培訓，並且在課堂上非常努力學習。希望他們能成為自己族人的祝福。
What they have learned this time will be enough to keep their church sewing fellowship going for at least 6 months. Therefore, we are not to have them come back for Level Three training when I come back to Ambunti in May. Instead, we will invite some women from the village in another part of Sepik River Basin to come to Ambunti for 2 weeks and receive the Level One training.
他們這次課程所學的，將足夠他們的教會縫紉團契至少持續6個月。因此，當我五月份回到安布恩提時，我們不會讓這一批學員回來接受第三級訓練。相反，我們將邀請希比克河流域另一村莊的婦女來安布恩提2周以接受第一級培訓。
Please remember us in your prayers.
敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：
1. May God bless us with continuous good reception of cellphone signal and network.
求神繼續保守我們在安布恩提有穩定的收訊及網路。
2. May God continue to protect our participants who attend the Level Two training course of sewing and Bible story devotion, and bless the teachers’ training of PIM schools that starts this week.
願上帝繼續保守參加縫紉和聖經故事靈修第二級培訓課程的學員，並賜福給這個星期開始的PIM學校教師培訓。
3. PIM is having trouble transferring fund from the USA to PNG due to the currency issue of PNG. The fund that was wired two weeks ago hasn’t shown up in the PNG account yet though Douglas has been keeping tracing the process of it. May God guide Douglas in communicating with the bank.
由於新幾內亞的貨幣問題，PIM將資金從美國匯到新幾內亞的過程遇到一些問題。 即使道格拉斯不斷打電話跟進，兩周前電匯的基金尚未出現在新幾內亞的帳戶中。願上帝引導道格拉斯與銀行進行溝通。
4. Douglas is having a swollen ankle on his right leg again. May God heal him. |
道格拉斯右腿腳踝又腫起來了。 願上帝治癒他。
5. Joseph Ogmu who was a teacher in the PIM school in Ambunti was transferred to the position as the center ma*nager of the PIM base in Wewak last year due to the frequent medical need of his two children. His wife has been quite ill recently. And the hospital blood bank is unable to provide his children's regular need of blood this week. May God grant His mercy to Joseph’s family.
約瑟夫．歐格姆原本是PIM安布恩提的學校教師，去年因為兩個小孩需要頻繁就醫，調職到威瓦克擔任PIM基地經理。最近他的太太也病得不輕，本周醫院血庫也無法供應他小孩的定期用血，願神施恩憐憫約瑟夫一家人。
6. There are unknow sarcomas forming up in my gum. May God heal me.
我的牙齦中長出類似肉瘤的東西。願上帝治癒我。
7. Douglas and I are planning to go back to Taiwan in March mainly for him to visit my family and relatives and for me to get medical care. May God guide us with the preparations and the trip planning.
我和道格拉斯計劃三月份回臺灣，主要是為了讓他探望我的家人和親戚，也讓我就醫。願上帝引導我們進行準備工作以及行程安排。
8. 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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