Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends and those who join them with thankful hearts this week!  We are planning to attend the celebration with our American co-workers on Thursday prior to afternoon classes at Fuhsing Elementary School.

Flexibility is something we must have.  We learned that the Taiwan government has declared January 2, 2015 a holiday, giving people an extra long weekend. BUT in order to maintain productivity, citizens of Taiwan will work and go to school on December 27th (in in lieu of doing so on the above mentioned holiday).  This means that the elementary students will be in class on that day and unable to come to our originally planned activity.  This also means that Lorne will be telling Bible stories in the elementary school on that Saturday morning.

Saturday, November 29th is the Municipal Election Day for all cities, counties, and towns in Taiwan.  Because our town is located in a county, voters must cast ballots for both the county and local leadership positions.  In addition to mayors and councils, neighbourhood chiefs will be elected on that day too.  Loud campaigning is typical of rural areas such as ours, with broadcast trucks playing their messages from early morning until night, fireworks at all times of the day or night, parades through the streets, and door-to-door campaigning.  Our ears are ready for a rest from such activity. Please pray for the people of Taiwan as they elect all of their civic leaders on Saturday.

We are thankful to report that Kathy-Lu’s recovery from her cold has continued, and Lorne has been protected from sickness.  Thanks for your ongoing prayers for this.

We proceeding with our preparations for the Christmas activities mentioned in last week’s update.  Please pray that we will have many opportunities to talk about Jesus during this Christmas season.