We are enjoying a long weekend. On Saturday was Baozhong’s annual Flower Drum Festival with creative dance and other entertainment. (Click here to see FaceBook photos; click on the photo to see the next one in the series.) Monday is the Dragon Boat Festival and we were able to eat zongzi (the traditional rice dumplings wrapped in leaves for cooking). This is also considered to be the start of summer, and the weather has turned hot to remind us of that fact.

We are now in the last month of class for local schools. Because of scheduled activities at the school, and things in our schedule, this will be the last week for this semester that we volunteer at two of the schools. The other school, the one where the summer children’s camp will be held, will still have a few more weeks of class.

This past week we received good news and bad news from the boss of the air conditioning shop. The good news was that he can install an A/C on the first floor in the room used for meetings. We are using a gift from a church in Canada and funds the church has on hand to pay for this. The bad news was that the A/C in one of our guest rooms is not repairable and must be replaced. The guest room is used for hosting short term teams and other guests, so it is imperative that it can be kept comfortable. The cost will be about CAD$800.00. We are praying for good weather so that they can be installed on Thursday or Friday this week. If you feel that you would like to give toward the cost of replacing the guestroom A/C, please designate your gift Taiwan – White Outfit Fund.

Next week, June 9-13, we will attend the annual field conference with the other C&MA missionaries. In addition to having a guest speaker give us some spiritual food, there will also be time for relaxation and some strategizing. We are looking forward to this break from our regular routine.

Over the next few weeks our team needs to discuss and to know God’s will regarding a number of important matters. Please pray for us:

• The search for a full-time Taiwanese co-worker continues.
• The potential involvement of student intern(s) in the work beginning in the Fall.
• The frequency of children and youth activities, and how to better promote these. Should they happen more often?
•  Are we able to continue the same level of community service in the Fall? Can someone else help?
• The visitation and follow-up of people is important. How can this be done more effectively and who should be involved?
• Planning the final details for the summer camps and the hosting of the short term teams that will help.
• Planning details for an October Prayer-Focussed Short Term Team coming from Canada.

Thanks for doing the important work of prayer. Prayer does not change things or situations, but the God who hears does.