ZhuDong Church Pictures竹東教會的照片專輯

Please click the following link to enjoy 498 pictures at Zhudong Church.
請點閱下面的聯結﹐欣賞498張竹東教會的照片。

ZhuDong Church

BeiPu Jr. High Pictures北埔國中的照片專輯

Please click the following link to enjoy 410 pictures at BeiPu Jr. High School.

請點閱下面的聯結﹐欣賞410張北埔國中的照片。

BeiPu Jr. High pictures

Team Member and Prayer 短宣隊與禱告

Fun Moments Picture Movie 短宣的輕鬆片段

This is the last of the three picture movies made for the Taiwan mission
which reflects some of the fun moments.
Be sure and turn your sound on.

這個照片專輯﹐呈現台灣短宣輕鬆開懷的一面。
這也是全三集照片專輯中的最後一集。
別忘了打開你的播音器喔﹗

Picture Movie at BeiPu Jr. High 北埔國中的短片

Here is a picture movie of the second week at BeiPu.
Be sure and turn your sound on.

專輯裡的照片﹐是我們第二個星期在北埔拍攝的。別忘了打開你的播音器喔﹗

Picture Movie at ZhuDong 竹東教會的短片

Here is a picture movie of the first week at Zhudong.

Be sure and turn your sound on. This has a sound track of some pop-Taiwanese
Christian music.

專輯裡的照片﹐是我們第一個星期在竹東拍攝的。

別忘了打開你的播音器喔﹗清新的本土教會歌曲會讓你耳目一新。

Pray for HOC3 at Chiayi Too! 請為在嘉義短宣的第三家禱告

Dear All,

We are sorry that it is so late that we are posting our first, and
perhaps last, update about our missions trip here in Chiayi.





I (M) was perhaps too ambitious to set up a google group without having
ever done so. But thank you nonetheless for remembering us in your prayers.


God has been gracious to us and has brought us through Tues to Sat
night, and our missions trip will end tomorrow as we lead the Taibao
church in Sunday morning worship.


We had a few scattered ailments (Bessie's arm, Shihya's sore throat) among
us over the days, but nothing major, and all better by now.



Praise the Lord. We had some concerns that our planned programs might not "go as planned," i.e. timing too loose, run out of things to say, etc.,
but God graciously smiled on our plans and incorporated them into his.

Only one unexpected event-- a power outage during the second day of VBS--
ended up OK, so that we were able to conclude the day's activities outdoors.



Today (sat) we spent an afternoon and evening with youth from Taibao
and 2 other neighboring churches. We were not sure how our "discussion
groups" would go, but they went smoothly, and were able to get to make
a little more connection with individuals.
Prayer requests-- that the VBS families that we visited on Friday
would be led to attend church tomorrow. James will give the message
tomorrow, Shihya will share her testimony.
May the Lord establish the
works we wish to offer.

Thanks for reading and supporting.

Margaret

Checking out the Fruits and Veggies 台灣的水果與蔬菜

The Reflection from Mrs. Lai 台灣短宣感言-黎師母

台灣臨行之前﹐倉促間忘了帶記事本﹐裡面記載我去年接觸的一些學生資訊。

在北埔國中短宣的最後一天﹐我幾乎已放棄希望尋找的男孩﹐竟然出現在臺上為我
們吹奏口琴。男孩下臺後﹐我跑過去找他。他還記得我們去年埋葬鳥兒的事呢﹗我
終於實現我的諾言﹐送給這心地善良的男孩我答應的書籍﹔“四個屬靈的定律”。

感謝神﹗他是信實的。他知道我的信心微小。可是﹐他豐盛的賜予卻遠大於我所該得的。讚美主﹗


Before I left for Taiwan, I had a prayer that I may be able to meet some
students who I knew from last year. To my regret, I forgot to bring the
handbook which has all the information I need with me. On the first two
days while we were in Beipu, I tried to look through the faces across
me.

Surprisingly, I did recognize several students and said hi to them,
but the one I particularly looking for was lost in the woods. On the third
day morning, when I almost gave up the hope, God amazingly granted me a
precious gift. A boy was announced to perform a solo harmonica, and HE
was exactly the one I hoped to see.

Why is he so special? Last year when
we first met, his kind heart of asking me to bury a dead bird with him
really touched me. I also shared 4 spiritual laws with him. I promised
to mail a copy of English/Chinese copy of the 4 spiritual laws to him, but
I didn't fulfill the promise until this trip. When he came down from the
stage, I ran over to
him and asked if he remembered me. He responded with a sweetest childlike
smile and said "dead bird".... I was about to cry. I handed a copy of the
4 spiritual laws to him. We hugged and shared a couple words before he had
to leave for his class.....

Thanks the Lord; He knows how little faith I have. He rewarded me with something
I didn't deserve. Praise His Name.

Esther

Making friends 交朋友

Faces of Taiwan 各種面孔

Most of my photography has been plants, animals, mountains, and other nature
shots. With the telephoto lens, it is possible to photograph people from
a distance with them unaware, and it became apparent that one of the most
interesting subjects for photographers is the human face. Among the creatures
that God has created, only humans have such a wide range of facial expression
that I know of. Perhaps this has something to do with verses like this:

"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
" - Numbers 6:24-26

A relative is waiting on a scooter to take a child home after school.

Junior high boys seem harder to photograph than the girls. My current theory
is that most of the time the guys are being silly and teasing each other
so that I don't much care for the expression. This was not one of those
instances.

I think this young lady is suspicious of my camera.





Here is another one who was vigilant and escaped my lens for a day, but
the camera keeps searching for a victim and it is getting faster as it practices.


The calm face turned to panic exactly .32 seconds after the button was
pushed, but she and her friends had a lot of fun looking at the pictures
immediately afterward. It was a good way to establish friendships.