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Shalom, dear all!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us. Douglas went to Wewak yesterday and POM this afternoon.
代禱勇士們，收信平安：
感謝你忠心地為我們禱告。道格拉斯昨天到了威瓦克了，今天下午抵達首都莫斯比港。
Coughing for a month has been pulling his muscles on his back and belly. And that has made him feel so painful and weak that we had to cancel our trips to observing several PIM schools in the remote areas. Even so, he still works day and night. And in Wewak, he is busy around with the duty of shopping until the last minute he had to rush to the airport. My heart aches for him that, after he arrives in POM, he will have 5 more flights to take before he reaches Reno, Nevada.
咳嗽一個月讓他背肌及腹肌拉傷，他的疼痛以及疼痛帶來的虛弱讓我們不得不取消幾趟視察PIM在偏鄉辦理學校的幾個行程。即便如此，他仍然日夜不停地工作。到了威瓦克，他還是忙著許多採購的任務，直到到機場的前一刻。我也很心疼他，到了首都後，他還要再搭五班飛機才能抵達內華達州的里諾呢！
I can’t go on the trip with Douglas since my visa application documents are still stuck in the Labor Department. I saw him off yesterday afternoon. After the aircraft took off and flew out of sight, people said to me, “Don’t worry. You are already a Wasku woman.” Wasku is the name of the language in this area. What they said meant that they would look after me when Douglas is away. Merolyn came in the evening and slept in our living room. This morning, she helped me go to the market, holding my hand as what Douglas would do so that I would not fall on the slippery muddy road. Thank God that we have friends in Ambunti who care about us.
我的簽證申請文件還卡在勞動部，故不能和道格拉斯一起去。昨天下午我送他上飛機。小飛機起飛，飛離視線後，其他人對我說，「別擔心，妳已經是瓦斯庫女子了！」瓦斯庫是這個地區語族的名稱，他們這麼說，意思是大家會在道格拉斯不在的時候照顧我。晚上，梅若琳來了，睡在我們的客廳。今天早上，她替道格拉斯牽著我上菜市場，讓我在鄉間泥濘的路上不致跌倒。感謝神，我們在安布恩提有關心我們的好朋友。
My sewing course is going to start next Monday. It will be taking place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. The sewing classes my students hold in the church have been going on. The church ladies try very hard in improving their skill of making biases. Seeing them excited with the vest shopping bags they are making, I am thankful that God gives me wisdom to tell what I should insist and what I should let go.
我的縫紉課程下星期一就要開課了。上課時間是星期一、三、五下午。我的學生在教會開的縫紉班也持續進行著，教會婦女們很努力在增進她們做包邊的技術。看著她們歡喜雀躍做著背心購物袋，我真感謝上帝給我智慧分辨，在一個異文化的宣教禾場，什麼該堅持、什麼該順勢。
Working on the handouts for the lessons, I need more and more wisdom from God so that I don’t drag the students into the wrong direction. Last year, I was talked into developing a course that was thought extremely needed in many third world countries. I prayed very hard but somehow, I did not really feel motivated finishing designing the project. I asked God “why?” until two months ago, I realized that people in PNG have something that is better and cheaper substitute, available and affordable. If I had insisted finishing that project last year, it could have ended up that I could have confused local students’ value system with my sense of superiority without knowing it.
為了編寫課程講義，我需要從神而來更多更多的智慧，好使我不致把學生拽入不正確的方向。去年我被說動開發一個公認第三世界極度需要的課程。我很努力為這事禱告，但不知怎麼就是沒有動力完成這個專案。我問上帝〝為什麼？〞直到兩個月前我才發現，在新幾內亞，人們有更好更便宜的替代品，買得到又買得起。如果我去年堅持做完那個專案，結果就會變成，我在不經意中用我的優越感來混淆當地人學員的價值觀。
A missionary is not a superman. We are ordinary persons. Beside the tension from work, sentiment from separation, I have been distressed by some worrisome news from my family back home in Taiwan. The police station that was miles away called my family to pick up my mom who has suffered from dementia for 4 and a half years. On the same day, my dad had a bad wound on the lip but refused to be sent to the hospital. Thankfully, my mom was not lost for a long time and my dad agreed to go to the hospital the next day…. It hasn’t been easy. We need strength and insight from God to get through all the difficulties inside and out.
宣教士不是超人。我們是普通人。除了工作上的緊張，分離的感傷，我也被台灣家裡來令人憂心的消息困擾著。在台灣離家幾哩路以外的警察局打電話給我家人去接我那患失智症四年半的媽媽。同一天，爸爸摔倒了，嘴上傷口很深卻拒絕就醫。幸好媽媽沒有丟失很久，爸爸也在隔天同意去醫院。…這些都不容易，我們需要從神而來的力量和洞察力來穿越所有內在與外在的艱難。
There have been frequent earthquakes these two weeks and quite a sensible one last Sunday evening. Douglas and I were having our devotion and I said to Douglas, “Don’t shake the chair. You are shaking the house.” The earthquake was centered in Madang. The airstrip in Madang airport cracked and the flights there have been canceled. Earthquakes, floods and wars that happen more and more frequently remind us that we all have to live our life wisely, looking forward to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
這兩周地震頻繁，上周日晚上地震相當有感。道格拉斯和我正在靈修，我還對道格拉斯說：“不要搖椅子，你弄得連房子都在搖晃了。”地震震央在馬當。馬當機場的飛機跑道裂開了，那裡的航班都被取消。越來越頻繁地發生的地震、洪水和戰爭都在提醒我們，我們必須明智度日，期待耶穌基督的第二次降臨。
Please remember us in your prayers.
敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：
1. May God be in charge of the fuel crisis in PNG.願上帝在新幾內亞的燃油危機中掌權。
2. Douglas is in charge of ministries of PIM in Ambunti, Wewak and the USA, working day and night with multi-tasks. May God bless him with good health. 道格拉斯主理PIM在安布恩提、威瓦克及美國的眾多事工，身兼多職、日夜工作。求神保守他身體健康。
3. May God bless PIM’s project with The Education Department of PNG, distributing 100,000 copies of religious education textbooks to high schools in all provinces in PNG. 願上帝賜福PIM與新幾內亞教育部與的合作方案，發送十萬份宗教教育教科書到各省的公立中學。
4. The application documents of my work visa had been misplaced by the government department. And the agent has resent them. May God pave our path. Sandy 的工作簽證申請文件被政府部門弄丟了，代辦員已經重新呈交文件，求神開路。
5. May God grant me His Divine Wisdom in preparing for the sewing course that is going to start next Monday. 願上帝賜下屬天智慧，使Sandy好好為下周一開始的縫紉班備課。
6. May God heal Douglas’ cough and aching muscles. 願上帝醫治道格拉斯的咳嗽及肌肉疼痛。
7. May God bless Douglas with a safe journey back to the USA. 願神保守道格拉斯回美國的飛機行程。
8. May God grant His mercy in my old parents’ financial needs, take care of them, and grant them salvation, health, peace and joy.願神憐憫Sandy年邁父母的財務需要、看顧他們，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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