FRIDAY!

The time is here for our Hokkien Harvest team to head to a new ministry area in SE Asia. They leave FRIDAY, April 28 12 hours ahead of USA CST) and will return on MAY 2. A lot of prayer has been invested in this particular opportunity. Thanks for joining us in prayer.

Several years ago, we traveled to this area to better understand the culture and needs of the people. It was a new cultural experience for us. Some local workers there shared about challenges in the past regarding persecution and religious liberty for Chinese people.

We were royally escorted through many communities to get a personal view of communities among these people. There was a lot of poverty and need for educational assistance. The Chinese children and families were beautiful with a blended Hokkien and local culture. Local Christians there were praying to the Lord of the Harvest for more workers to minister full time among the people. We met a young couple who both came from traditional Chinese religious backgrounds. They had accepted Christ in their teenage years and are now serving in ministry among their own people. The young mother shared that her father was still serving as a religious medium in their community. Our desire is for families to come together to know Christ as Savior and Lord. 

PRAY WITH US . . .

♥ God is at work. God has HIS timing. God loves these people! Pray with us as the Hokkien team mingles and loves the people there.

♥ Pray that their eyes will be open and their minds clear to be able to discern the TRUTH. Many religious groups exist in these communities. There is a lot of spiritual warfare.

♥ God has already prepared this team to enter this ministry field. Pray for local workers to be raised up to serve in this area.

♥ Pray for a leader among these people in this country to lead out in establishing a local Hokkien Harvest network to reach into Hokkien communities.

♥ Pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit to reign in this community that will bring about a Spiritual Awakening among the people.

♥ Pray too against forces and challenges that would keep people from following Christ.

We can’t wait to report about Hokkien Happenings from this mission trip. Thank you so much. Keep on praying!

MY BAD

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers. We asked you to pray for our Hokkien team members as they are on mission in SE Asia. WELL, yours truly made a mistake. It was definitely a GLITCH on my part. The teams leave on April 27 for SE Asia and will return on May 2. YET our prayers have not been wasted. We have prayed well in advance for people who have not had a chance to hear of God’s saving grace. NOW, we have a second chance to continue those prayers and ask for miracles to appear among these Hokkien people. We are so very grateful for you joining us in this journey. We definitely will be sharing the mission “happenings” with you after they return. God continues to speak into the hearts of Hokkien people, and with eagerness we anticipate and expect to see wonderful things happen during and after this mission trip. Prayer requests for this mission trip are listed below.

♥ Pray for our team members to be spiritually prepared.

♥ Pray for resources to be available as needed.

♥ Pray for open hearts among the Hokkien people.

♥ Pray to the Lord of the Harvest for more Hokkien leaders.

♥ Pray for Hokkien people to have the courage to leave traditional ways.

♥ Pray for God’s courage to prevail among Hokkien believers.

♥ Pray for new believers as they face persecution.

HOME SWEET HOME

WE HAVE FOUND A HOUSE and should close on it on April 21 or hopefully sooner. THANK YOU so much for all of your prayers. In Midlothian, Virginia, we put our house up and had a contract to sell it after 4 days! That is absolutely amazing. We certainly didn’t expect to find a house in Texas with the same kind of speed. BUT WE DID! The first day we went out to search we found our house. Our realtor, Jody, had done her homework and knew what we wanted. She also knew the area, and we had all prayed about that. We are grateful for the quick response.

Tomorrow, April 6, we do our first walk through to check for any things that need attention. So we are moving right along. We have a lot to do to move in: buy needed furniture, decorate, set up new accounts for electricity, water, internet, cable, etc. Well, you know what I mean.

Please continue to pray for us as we seek out a church home and opportunities for ministry. THANKS for partnering with us. At this Easter season we have so much to reflect on . . . a lot of transition, but many blessings for which to give thanks.

We pray blessings on each of you, and will definitely update you as we move in and get settled.