Baozhong Jr Hi Summer Camp Participants with the shirts they dyed

Thank-you for your prayers throughout the past week.  There were 15 campers and one helper from the local community who participated in the camp.  The leadership included Lorne and Sherry from Baozhong, Curtis and Claire from Taipei, along with Gary and Sue from Nanaimo, BC.  Kathy-Lu had help from Joanne from White Rock providing meals and keeping the house in order.  Everyone at camp had fun singing, studying English, playing group games, and doing crafts.  There was an opportunity at the end of each camp day for Lorne to share a Bible story and some Bible truths.  We are hoping to continue the relationships with many of the students, and desire that each one will experience God’s saving work in their lives.

Happy Family Rally watching the Traditional Instrument Ensemble

On Friday evening the Happy Family Rally was held at the Jr Hi School gymnasium.  Over 100 people were present for at least part of the event.  Unfortunately there was another community event happening simultaneously, and some friends were not able to attend the rally.  We are thankful for the support we received from community and school leaders.

We also had five friends stay for the complete Jeremy Lin Youth broadcast on Sunday evening.  He told his own testimony and presented the gospel message.  Please pray that God will continue to work in the hearts of those who attended, all of whom come from traditional Taiwanese religious backgrounds.

At the above events we informed people that there is a weekly Bible study on Wednesday evenings, worship times on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, and on the fourth Saturday of each month there will be Children’s activities in the afternoon and a youth drop-in coffeehouse in the evening.  It will still take more effort to promote these events, but we believe this will help us follow-up some who we connected with in the past week.  Please pray for us as these ministries begin.

We accepted the invitations to teach English at Fuhsing and Chaurtsuo Elementary Schools, beginning the first week of September.  Please pray for us as we prepare and then interact with the students.