Mondays with the Whites 
Volume 52   December 24, 2018   

Greetings from our house to yours on this Christmas Eve!  We have a generous God Who sacrificed to give us abundant life.  May you experience His Love, His Joy, and His Peace as you celebrate.

Praise Items

• Thank-you to those who responded to last week’s letter.  Confirmed registration for the January Camp is 32 students.  Donations have been received toward their camp lunches.  Others have made the commitment to pray.  We are blessed with a great group of partners—-YOU!
• Praise the Lord that more than 130 attended the Christmas outreach event.  Please pray as we try to follow-up those who came as a result of an invitation from our church members.

Mondays with the Whites 
Volume 51   December 17, 2018   

Some people might wonder why we go to the schools and to the nursing home.

The reason is that we have opportunities to interact with more people by going to where they are,  They will not likely come to an event held at the church building.

Above is the photo of everyone at the nursing home Christmas event.

“Go, into all the world and share the good news.”  Mark 16:15

We are expecting 35-40 students at the “Inside the Walls of Babylon” Camp January 21-25.  We have just learned that there has been a change of plans, and we must pay for lunches each day for all the students who attend.  In Canadian funds, one lunch costs $2.40. That means we need $420.00 – 480.00 depending on how many students register.  (The additional cost of CAD$140.00 for the teachers’ lunches will be covered by the teachers themselves.)

Would you like to contribute? 

It is OK to choose to give enough for just a few lunches.  The funds should be designated as instructed below.  Please do not add additional designations in the comments section.  If you would like you can write us an email and tell us how many lunches you are contributing.  We’d like that.

You can help by giving online and using the drop-down box to designate your gift “Lorne and Kathy-Lu’s Work Fund (6215).”    DONATE

In the event that we receive more than what is needed, we will use the funds to provide for ongoing ministry to these students and their families.

If you are not able to contribute financially at this time, please consider making a contribution of time, praying that the students will come to know Christ as their Saviour through the camp and school ministry.   Send us an email and let us know you will pray. (Taiwanwhites@gmail.com)

Thank-you for your generosity!

  “As part of the C&MA family, we are very appreciative of your ongoing support to the Global Advance Fund (GAF).  The GAF supports 225+ workers to be living and serving in places all around the globe where there is very little access to Jesus. As we approach year-end, would you consider a special gift to the GAF.  Thank-you.”

Mondays with the Whites 
Volume 50   December 10, 2018   

People join events for different reasons:

• They want to do the handcraft
• They want to learn English
• They want to be with friends
• They want to learn about Jesus
• They want to escape being included in something else that is happening

Regardless of the motivation, God is able to breakthrough and help people discover a relationship with Jesus.

Please pray that God will work to reveal Himself to those who are seeking.  Pray that people will be attracted to a relationship with Christ even more than they are drawn to other things competing for their attention.

Mondays with the Whites 
Volume 48   November 26, 2018   

The Deep Grace Alliance Church (ShenKeng District of New Taipei City) has partnered with us for many years.  In the past they have sent workers to help with Saturday children and youth ministries.  Last Friday, about half of their church members made the trip down to visit us.  For some this was a return visit, others it was their first time to see Baozhong.

It was an encouraging time of fellowship.  The two photos on the top right show that we made good use of our expanded facility as we hosted them.  Our hope is that the churches can have further opportunities to fellowship and that they can support each other in evangelistic endeavors.

May (last week we referred to her as “Beautiful-Jade) gave her testimony and was baptized.  The other two photos were taken on her baptism Sunday.  It is exciting to see God answering her simple prayers of faith.  We are praying that her husband will be willing to hear more about Christ as he sees her changed life.

Mondays with the Whites 
Volume 47   November 19, 2018   

Today, Kathy-Lu had the privilege of teaching Sunday School for eight children.  They are age six through twelve.

Because the story was about five loaves and two fish, she brought some homemade pita bread.  She described the scene, helping them understand there was no easy way to provide food.  There were many people who were getting hungry.  She showed the bread to the children, and said the boy that shared his lunch had five loaves of bread like this, and two fish.  She asked: “Would 5 loaves and 2 fish be enough for more than 5000 people?”

She expected to hear “No way,” or “Of course not.”  But a third grade boy from a non-Christian home said:  “Enough!  Enough!” (”夠了！夠了！”)

She asked again:  “Enough.  Really?”  He replied: “Yes, with Jesus or when Jesus is there whatever you have is enough.“  （”是的。 耶穌在有什麼都夠啦！”）

Do we believe that?  It seems that he is beginning to understand this truth.

A young mother told us this week she wants to be baptized on November 25.  She had previously attended the new believer classes that Pastor Joshua taught, but some family tragedies meant that a few weeks ago she was not ready to be baptized.  Now she is excitedly ready.  Please pray for “Beautiful-Jade” as she prepares to share her testimony and be baptized next Sunday.

• The C&MA international workers will gather on Thursday to celebrate American Thanksgiving.  There will be a meal and an opportunity to give thanks to God.  It will also be an opportunity to say “Good-bye” to John and Bev Tolbert.  They will be redeploying away from Taiwan at the end of the year.
• Melody Truong is back from her missions trip.  We are looking forward to hearing about her experiences on Thursday.
• Saturday, Nov. 24, is the Nine-in-One Ekection.  Mayors, Council Members, and Neighbourhood Chiefs will be elected for all areas of Taiwan.  There are also referendum questions that deal with the definition of marriage and other public matters.  We know that God is Sovereign over such things.  Please pray for harmony in the community and for Christians to be wise in their conversations so that their testimony for Christ shines brightly.
• The poster for the Christmas Outreach has been designed and will be printed this week.  Please pray that people will respond to the invitations and come.
• The Sunday School children are practicing a short play that they will do at the Nursing Home on December 15 and at the Christmas Outreach on December 23.  Please pray that the modern version of the prodigal son will touch their lives and the lives of those who watch them.