Greetings from the Christian Witness Center at Warsaw, Missouri! May the blessing of the Lord be with you and your family!
I. September Mission Team- Thank God for the
wonderful mission to out reach the campuses in Arkansas, Mississippi
and Louisiana. It was a long journey to reach those campuses. The grace
of God is sufficient for all of our need. Thank God for the safe trip.
Thank God for leading many people into His Kingdom. Please continue to
pray that the seeds of gospel may bear fruit from the hearts of those
students.
II. Preparation for Future Winter Meetings- After
the mission trips in August and September, we are working hard in
preparation for the Winter Conference, December Discipleship Training
Camp, and Bible Camp. The Bible Camp application form has already been
posted on the web. Discipleship Training and Winter Conference forms
will be posted soon. Please pray for those meetings and also mark them
on your calendars and arrange to attend those meetings.
(A) The Winter Retreat will be held at the Kansas
City Hyatt Hotel from the evening of December 21 to noon of December
25. Our speakers will be Rev. Moses Yu, Rev. Edwin Su, Brother Chih-Min
Yuen and Bro. Balex Sit. Pray that God will use this meeting to out
reach many people and edify His children. http://cwcnet.org/cwc/00/12_WC_FLYER.pdf
(B) Discipleship Training will be held at Warsaw, MO (the Center) from December 25 to 29. Our speakers will be Bro. Balex Sit. http://cwcnet.org/cwc/00/12_DS_EMAILFORM.doc
(C) Bible Camp will be held from December 30, 2007
to January 5, 2008. This time we will study the General Epistles. Ours
speakers are Rev. James Ip and Sister Grace Lee. The strict due date is
November 15. If you have not registered yet, please start to do so now.
Most applicants began studying in early August. It is still not too
late to apply now. http://cwcnet.org/cwc/00/01_BC_APPLICATION.pdf
III. Coworkers Updates:
(1) Sister Cindy Chiang---She has had four busy months: two trainings
in May, early June Youth Camp, Holy Land trip and a whole month of
financial statement preparation for CPA auditing in July, two Trainings
in August, two mission trips in each of August and September, and more.
Cindy finally can go back to her "normal routine" life. Currently she
is wrapping up left-over office work, preparing for all the winter
meetings, and serving her regular weekend ministry. She especially asks
you to pray for her teeth treatment. It is time-consuming,
money-consuming, and painful. Please pray for a good dentist to fix all
of the problems.
(2) Pastor Joel Li---After the Labor Day Summer Retreat, he can
concentrate on ministry at two campuses, the University of Kansas and
Kansas State University. This semester he will preach from the book of
Hebrew on the preeminence of Christ. He asks that we join his prayer
that the semester theme "To know Christ, To Make Him known" will be
understood and practiced by the brothers and sisters there. He also is
training individual brothers on preaching and teaching skills. He will
use the Book of James to lead the Lawrence, KS, Family Group. He also
asks you to pray for him, so that he can lead his family in learning
the Bible and in honoring God.
(3) Sister Vivian Tsen---Beside the ministry in Iowa City, Sister Tsen
has been busy all over Iowa state. Starting this semester, she has been
asked to help more at Ames, IA. It is a three hour drive from Iowa City
to Ames. Please pray for her busy schedule and her safe journey.
(4) Sister Ching Kuan---This semester there are more than 100 new
students enrolled at the Columbia, MO campus. Her work load becomes
heavier than before. She asked you to pray for the good memory and
wisdom to minister to those new faces who came to the church. She also
needs to lead the Mom's group (New Life and New Living), Senior group
(Gospel), Sunday School (Old Testament Survey). She thanks the Lord for
the workers who can cowork with her on those ministries. She prays for
more coworkers who can lead others to Christ or lead others to love the
Lord more.
(5) Brother Dale Beyer---Joining us in September, Dale and his family
settled in and are enjoying life at the Center. Dale and his wife have
four kids, all home schooled. When we have meetings, they are very
helpful with children's ministry. Dale is a hard-working person. Please
pray for their ministry here.
(6) Pastor Ko---I am busy traveling to many campuses. Please pray for
the strength and wisdom for all different kind of ministries. If
possible, please also pray for good weather on weekends, so that I can
fly to different cities instead of driving for long hours. Please also
pray for my administration and planning ministry. Your remembering of
my health, spiritual growing and my entire family is much appreciated.
Thank you for your faithful prayers. See you soon in the Winter Meetings! God bless you.
In Him,
Billy Ko
Director
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