Homeward Bound

Week 2 is over!! More info to come soon...I am leaving for the airport soon with John Heald, Benedict Yuan, Joyce Chin, Samantha Chu, Thomas Wei, Brian Wuu, and myself. Sam Pan and Alex are leaving today as well.

Albert, Evany, and Sung are leaving on Thursday. Nathan and Christine are leaving Tomorrow.

The rest of the team is sporadically heading home soon as well.

Please pray for safety as all the members are now leaving to head back home.

Be on the lookout for the testimonies of all the members on this site!

I get down, He lifts me up!

Greetings!

So we've wound down to our very last day!! Some of us really can't believe the camp is finishing today!

We've had two team members come down with fevers within the past two days, but both have broke through, so we praise God for that. Everyone is tired and weary, but we continue to praise God for sustaining us and being ever faithful. Our God is truly an awesome God.

Last night was altar call night for the 2nd session campers. Again, around 55 children and Taiwan coworkers raised their hands and stepped forward to receive Christ, but amongst this number are children who may not understand the meaning behind their decision, children who were just "testing it" to see what would happen when they walked to the front of the room, and children who raised their hands because the kids next to them raised their hands. It is very difficult to tell who truly understood and who didn't, so we pray for the follow up, that these children would continue to grow in Christ.

Today's program consists of Sunday worship with the children and then our Talent Show, where each group performs a short skit for their parents to see. After lunch, our camp closes and the children go home. Everyone has made close bonds and friendships, so today will be bittersweet for sure.


Pictures soon!
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Pressing Onward!

Good afternoon everyone!

Praise God!! We have had relatively clear skies these past few days. We are so blessed to have weather that does not impede on our program. There has only been one child sent home this week of a fever, but other than that, the children are generally healthy. As for our American team, we have been giving those who are feeling under the weather the rest that they need, mostly in the form of naps here and there. Eric, Albert, and Evany step in to fill in any gaps while English teachers are resting. Everyone still feels exhausted and so we have to be extra careful and sensitive with each other-- your prayers are much appreciated! Every day God has been so good and for sure He will continue to provide as we continue to lean on Him.

Before our morning program today we took a look at 1 Peter 4: 7-19. This passage was a great reminder of what our attitude should be like towards each otheras well as an encouragement to press on. We took some time to pray and realign our hearts to God and we can only pray that in these last few days our team will work as one to effectively witness to the children.

Tonight Pastor John will be laying the groundwork for tomorrow's altar call. Please pray for both Taiwan and American teams, the children, and that everything we do would glorify God.

Thanks!! :D

Week 2

Hello everyone!

Last night we kicked-off week 2 of our trip, SEC's 2nd session! It was a crazy night. Though we have about 90 registrants (~40 less than last week), they seem to be much more vocal at the start of the week than the last group of kids. Praise God!

Nevertheless, Satan is attacking us, and hard. Our entire team is very tired and exhausted. Many are coming down with sore throats, headaches, and chill/sweating combos. Everyone really needs more rest, but week 2 has already started, so down time is scarce. With the heightened stress and sickness, emotional fuses tend to be short, so please pray for our team, that we would be renewed and refreshed with each day and that we would not lose focus of our purpose here in Taiwan.

Also, word is that a typhoon is scheduled to hit Taiwan tomorrow. We already had rain last night and, as you can imagine, that really throws a wrench into our plans. Hard to believe, but the harsh Taiwan sun is preferred to typhoons! Please pray that the weather holds up!


Thanks for your continued support!
We miss you!