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Shalom, dear all!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us. We had a very good time in Maui with our son, Sam, daughter-in-law, Christine, their alpacas, llamas, and rabbits. We didn’t look forward to going to the beach, but to enjoying family time with them. It’s a wonderful blessing to eat, talk, and work with family, especially for us who serve abroad. Now, we are staying in a motel in Reno, Nevada It’s the city the other family members live in. And we stay two days per week in PIM office in Grass Velley, California.

代禱勇士們，收信平安：

感謝您忠心為我們禱告。我們在茂宜島有兒子山姆、兒媳克莉絲汀與他們養的羊駝、駱馬及兔子的陪伴，真是十分快樂。我們不想到海邊，只想與他們一起享受家庭時光。特別對我們在海外服事的人來說，能夠和家人一起吃飯、聊天、工作，是很棒的祝福。現在我們人在內華達州里諾的一所汽車旅館，其他的家人都住在這個城市。每周兩天我們住在加州葛雷斯瓦歷的PIM辦公室。

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Another son, Chris (middle in the back row), was visiting Sam and Christine, too. He left in the evening of the day we arrived. 另一個兒子克里斯(後排中間)也去拜訪山姆漢克莉絲汀，我們抵達那天的晚上，他正好離開。

I am especially thankful for the spiritually therapeutic time Christine allowed me to join her work with the animals. Sam and Christine, as alpaqueros, gave me surprising understanding of the love of our Lord Jesus, the Greatest Shepard.

我特別感謝克莉絲汀讓我和她一起照顧動物，那是很靈性療癒的時光。山姆和克莉絲汀這兩位羊駝駱馬的牧人（英文叫做alpaquero，中文不知叫做什麼）讓我對我們主耶穌這大牧人的愛有令人驚訝的了解。

The shearers came and shear the animals once a year. Christine skirting the fleeces, cards the fur, ……spins the wool, makes the yarns and does the knitting work all by herself. Not only was there each of their names on the leashes, but also the knitting works Christine made of their fur.Sam and Christine gave a Biblical name to each of the couple dozens of alpacas and llamas of theirs. And when they called the animals’ names, they did know their names be called.

剪毛工人一年來給動物們剪毛一次。揀毛、刷毛……紡線以及編織的工作都是克莉絲汀自己做的。山姆和克莉絲汀給他們擁有的二十幾頭羊駝駱馬的每一頭都取了聖經名字。不只牠們各個的韁繩上有牠們的名字，克莉絲汀用牠們的毛編織出來的毛線作品上也標有牠們的名字。而當他們呼叫這些動物的名字時，牠們真的知道叫到牠們的名字了。

Raising alpacas and llamas is not elegant and poetic as most people could imagine. It is demanding and pricy. The alpaqueros have to train the animals, clean their dung, monitor closely the amount of bugs in their dung with microscopes in order to decide when to give medical treatments, and help with deliveries of calves. Sam and Christine raise these animals for Christine’s pursuing high quality of her knitting works. They did appreciate a lot the products that have come out of the fur of them. But that doesn’t mean the work is profitable at all. If it was not the persistent love of good works, this work could not be continued. As we are works of God’s hands, we shall spend quality time in meditating God’s efforts, persistence, intention, and the way He values us.

飼養羊駝駱馬並不像大多數人想像地那樣詩情畫意。事實上，那是耗費大量心力且花費大量金錢的事。照顧者必須訓練牠們、清理動物糞便、使用顯微鏡密切監控寄生蟲的數量以決定是否投藥，還要負責接生工作。山姆和克莉絲汀養這些動物是為了克莉絲汀追求針織作品的極致品質。他們十分激賞牠們的毛髮所做成的產品，但這工作沒有獲利的空間。工作得以持續完全是出自對於精工的摯愛。而我們既是上帝手中的作品，應該也要好好花時間默想上帝的付出、堅持、意圖，以及祂用什麼方式看待我們。

On one of the days of our staying in Maui, Christine and I spent the entire afternoon “skirting” the fleeces. It was a dusty task as it’s handling not only adorable, soft and fluffy fleeces, but also dust, dry grass, even dry mud and dry dung. As we were doing it, Christine would tell me the story of each animal of which the fleece we were dealing with, including what happened when they were bought or born, their likes and dislikes, and even the amount of bugs in a gram of their dung. My dear friends, no matter what beautiful work we can contribute, we are all being dealt with our filth by the Lord. And He knows better even the number of bugs in our characters than any of our criticizers do. He keeps everything about us in His mind knitted with loving string and caring yarn.

我們待在茂宜島的其中一天，克莉絲汀和我整個下午都在〝揀毛〞。這是一個灰撲撲的工作，因為我們處理的不只是令人愛不釋手的蓬鬆軟毛，上面還有很多灰塵、乾草、甚至是乾泥巴和乾糞便。我們一邊做，克莉絲汀就一邊告訴我每頭動物的事蹟，包括牠們被買來或被生下來時發生的事、牠們的喜好和厭惡，甚至是牠們每公克糞便的寄生蟲數量。親愛的朋友們，不管我們拿得出績效多麼漂亮的貢獻，我們都需要主來對付我們生命中的汙穢，祂比任何一位批評我們的人都了解我們性格中有多少缺陷。祂把我們的所有事情都懷搋在祂那慈繩愛索所編織的心中。

When opening up the fleece of a black alpaca, Christine told me with a lovingly worried face that this alpaca had 5000 bugs in per gram of its dung. When the number is 300, the report would say this animal needs to receive medical treatments. Now, the number was 5000. The report said that this animal was dead. But it was not!! This is how we are to the Lord. We are already dead. But we are not!!! It is all about His love and our relationship with Him.

在我們打開從一頭黑色羊駝身上剪下來的毛時，克莉絲汀的臉上出現愛意深濃的憂慮。她告訴我這頭羊駝每公克糞便中有5000隻蟲。數字是300的話，分析報告會顯示該動物需要開始藥物處理。現在，數字是5000，報告上顯示這頭動物已經死翹翹了，但是牠沒死。我們之於主也是如此，我們已經死翹翹了，但是我們沒死。這全是關乎祂的愛與我們與祂之間的關係。

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 currency issue and 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貨幣問題及燃油危機。

2. Mission Aviation Fellowship is facing severe shortage of manpower, aircrafts and fuel. May God has His mercy on the great aviation 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 grant Douglas wisdom and strength in preparing for the board’s meeting of PIM USA that is going to take place in May 10th.
道格拉斯正為五月10日要舉行的PIM美國理監事會做準備，求神賞賜給他智慧與力量。

5. Besides the tasks in the USA, Douglas is handling the tasks of PIM happening in PNG, working day and night. May God remember his hard-working and bless him with good health.
道格拉斯日夜工作，除了處理美國PIM的事務，同時也要掌握PIM在新幾內亞正在進行的各項事務。求神記念他的辛勞，賞賜給他健康的身體。

6. May God grant 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。

7. 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。

8. 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。

9. 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。

10. 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。

11. 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。

12. 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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P. S. Sandy在結婚之後仍然需要兄姐們的支持。若您有感動為Sandy奉獻，敬請與我聯絡。願神賜福給您。

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

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