Thank-you for praying for the conference in Thailand.  There was a clear sense of the Holy Spirit at work.  As we return we want to continue to hear His voice, and sense His work in our daily lives.  Please pray for daily submission to, daily filling by, and daily empowering of the Holy Spirit.

What does being “On Mission Together” mean?  Some aspects that come to mind are:

1) sharing our hearts and having others come alongside with words of encouragement and praying with each other
2) working together on projects to demonstrate the love of Christ as we hold camps or build something together
3) contributing resources to accomplish the task and wisely managing what is received
4) facing hardships together and expectantly asking God to intervene in situations
5) rejoicing together when we see God do something in us, through us, or in spite of us

Today we are facing one of those hardships.  We are at the start of a new budget year.  Expenses such as rent are fixed and paid in Taiwan dollars.  We anticipated that it would be that way but not that the Canadian dollar would weaken so drastically and so quickly.  Today it buys about 7% less Taiwan dollars than it did six weeks ago.  The exchange rate is not something we can control.  BUT it is something that we can pray about!  Please join us in praying, asking God what He desires us to do.  We want our leaders to do more than listen to the advice of financial pundits. The resources belong to God, and in faith we want to join them in seeking His direction for their use.  Please pray about this rather urgent need.

The youth will be having a movie night at our home on Saturday.  They are just beginning their Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) vacation.  Please pray that our interactions with them and others in the community will help point them toward a relationship with Jesus.