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Shalom, dear all!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us. Douglas had a productive shopping trip in Australia. And my visa application process has moved from the Labor Department to the immigration though it has been in the tubes for a year. Now we are back to Wewak.
代禱勇士們，收信平安：
感謝您忠心為我們禱告。道格拉斯在澳大利亞的購物之旅頗有果效。我的簽證申請已經跑流程跑一年了，這次案子從勞工部兜轉到了移民局。現在我們回到威瓦克。

I had been quite ill before we went to POM. And I caught a severe flu while staying in POM that knocked me down and put me in bed for 3 days. Not being fit enough for the rough journey back to Ambunti, I have to rest few more days in Wewak. Hopefully, we will be going back to Ambunti later this week and life can be back to normal. But we are waiting to see what the visa agent would say and if we need to make another trip to PIM, or to leave the country. Anyway, I need to get well.
在到首都莫斯比港之前，我就已經病得很了。在莫斯比港的幾天又得了重感冒，病歪歪地臥床三天。現在身體太虛弱，還禁不起回安布恩提的顛簸路程，必須在威瓦克再多待幾天。希望我們本周晚些日子可以回到安布恩提，生活可以恢復正常。但我們還得等等看(簽證)代辦人怎麼說，不知是否需要再去莫斯比港一趟，或者需要離境。不論怎樣，我都得把身體養好。

Knowing that they are in my mind, he ladies in Ambunti sent me photos of the women’s group having their sewing class. They are making a sleeveless top that is project developed for an extensive course for Level Two. Wondering how great the patience it takes Beverlyn and Jennifer to teach in the church, I trust them in God’s Mighty Hands. Some of photos were sent from AOG church. They are doing the original project for Level Two.
在安布恩提的婦女們知道我心裡掛念她們，特傳來她們在教會婦女團契上縫紉課的相片。她們正在做一件無袖上衣，是為第二級的延伸課程開發的作品。真不知道貝芙琳和珍妮芙在教會教授這課程需要多麼大的耐心，唯將她們交託在上帝大能手中。神召會也傳來了照片，她們做的是第二級的原始作品。

We are still praying about upgrading sewing resource in Ambunti. In May 2022, we bought four hand-paddled sewing machines for class use. Hand-paddled sewing machines break easily and don’t last long. The participants have spent more than half of the time in class struggling with the machines instead of sewing. But most of the sewing women in PNG use this type of sewing machine, probably because most households do not have electricity supply. At that time, there were also many electric sewing machines in the stores in Wewak, which cost about two times as much as hand-paddled sewing machines. They don’t last long either, mainly because of the weather and users’ knowledge on mechanics. Last year, hand-paddled machines and electric ones started to withdraw from the stores in Wewak. What are on the shelves are mainly rejected NG products. But one of the stores has imported quite a number of industrial sewing machines with basic sewing function which cost about 5 times as much as hand-paddled ones. They work very efficiently and hardly break down.
我們仍然在為提升安布恩提的縫紉資源一事祈禱：2022年五月，我們買了四台手槳式縫紉機供課堂使用。手槳式縫紉機故障率很高，用不了多久就壞了。學員們課堂上大半時間不是在縫紉，而是在與縫紉機搏鬥。但是大部分新幾內亞有在縫紉的婦女都是用這款縫紉機，大概也是因為大部分家庭沒有電力。那時威瓦克的商店裡還有很多電動縫紉機，價錢約手槳式縫紉機的兩倍。電動縫紉機也是撐不了多久就壞掉了，主要是氣候因素和使用者對機器的了解不足。去年，手槳式及電動縫紉機開始在威瓦克的市面消失，架子上的都是故障被退回店裡的。但其中一家商店進口了很多部基本功能的工業縫紉機，其價格約為手槳式的五倍，它們效率很高，幾乎不會損壞。

At the end of 2022, a missionary who served in Africa told us that their team were rejected to take a great lot of donated used computers into the mission field and were asked by the custom office to pay a lot of money for disposing those used computers. This inspired me that no third-world countries would like to be treated like secondary countries, and they welcome resources that make them upgraded. I am also thinking that although most houses in rural areas do not have electricity, our classroom equipment must prepare them for jobs with electricity. Whether preparing them for the development of electricity in their villages, or preparing for their going to towns with electricity to develop their careers, we should develop the sewing resources of the classroom in the direction of upgrading.
2022年底，一位在非洲服務的宣教士告訴我們，他們的團隊要將一大批受贈的二手電腦帶入宣教禾場時被拒，並且在海關還被要求支付大筆費用處理那批二手電腦。這件事給我一些啟發：沒有任何第三世界的國家願意被視作次級國家，他們歡迎的是可以令他們提升的資源。我也在想，雖然偏鄉大多數家庭沒有電力，但是我們的教室設備必須要為他們朝向有電力做準備。不管是將來村子裡發展電力，或者他們將來要到有電力的鄉鎮發展生涯，我們都應該往提升的方向發展教室的縫紉資源。

Please remember us in your prayers.

敬請繼續在禱告中記念我們：

1. PNG government is short of US Dollars for buying fuel. The chain effects have caused a sharp rise in prices and other social issues. May God help PNG government in sorting out the fuel crisis.
新幾內亞政府缺乏購買燃油的美元。其連鎖效應導致物價大幅上漲及其他社會問題。願上帝幫助新幾內亞政府解決燃油危機。

2. Mission Aviation Fellowship is facing severe shortage of manpower, aircrafts and fuel. May God has His mercy on the great needs of missionaries in PNG.
宣教飛行團契正面對人力、飛機及燃油的嚴重短缺，願上帝憐憫在新幾內亞宣教士們的大量飛行需要。

3. PIM has been having a project with The Education Department of PNG, distributing 100,000 copies of religious education textbooks to high schools in all provinces in PNG. May God bless the big job of distribution.
PIM與新幾內亞教育部已經展開合作方案，發送十萬份宗教教育教科書到各省的公立中學。求神保守此龐大的分發工作。

4. May God grand wisdom and patience to the trained women in the sewing training course in developing the sewing ministries of Dorcas Fellowship in South Sea Evangelical Church in Ambnuti and the AOG Church in Ambunti.
求神保守在縫紉訓練課程受訓的學員，讓她們有智慧及耐心在《安布恩提南海福音教會》及《安布恩提神召會》發展多加團契縫紉事工。

5. May God give me wisdom in efficiently helping the ladies here in long term with pricy sewing resource.
求神給Sandy智慧有效且長效地幫助這裡的婦女解決縫紉物資的問題。

6. May God remember Beverlyn’s & Jennifer’s hearts in serving Him in the sewing ministry, and provide their families with their needs.
求神記念貝芙琳和珍妮芙在縫紉事工事奉祂的用心，供應她們家庭的需要。

7. May God bless the work of the Women’s fellowship in South Sea Evangelical Church in Ambunti at raising fund for the generator.
求神記念並賜福安布恩提南海福音教會婦女團契為發電機募款的努力。

8. May God remember Douglas’ hard working and bless him with good health.
願上帝記念道格拉斯的工作辛勞，保守他有健康的身體。

9. May God strengthen me and make me fit enough for the rough journey on the road and river.
願上帝賞賜力量，使我有足夠體力可以應付顛簸的車舟旅程。

10. Yesterday, there was a big flight in the water front of Sepik River, Pagwi, where people transit between cars and boat, and houses were burnt down. May God bless us a safe journey back to Ambunti.
昨天希比克河邊的車船轉運站《帕格維》發生嚴重打鬥，許多房屋被燒掉。願上帝保守我們回安布恩提旅程一路平安。

11. May God pave our path to renewing my work visa.
求神為Sandy工作簽證的續簽程序開路。

12. 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。

13. May God watch over my brother’s family：remember their hard working and traveling, and bless their work and study.
願神看顧Sandy弟弟的家庭，記念他們的辛勤與奔波，賜福他們的工作與學業。

All for Him

願神得榮耀

主內末肢

In Christ

Sandy

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The latest update of Douglas Feb. 2024 道格拉斯近期通訊 2024年二月(新New)