Local Delicacies

Many of the festivals in Taiwan have special foods associated with them.  Taiwanese like to eat moon-cakes and pomello at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This year we were given some moon-cakes packaged in a box resembling a train car, items that were made at the local farmer co-op.

The accompanying blessing 月圓人圓事事圓 translates as:  “The moon is round, people are round,  everything is round.”  Although the moon-cakes typically are very high in calories, this is not a wish for people to become fat.  In Taiwanese culture roundness symbolizes completeness and togetherness.  So this is a wish for prosperity and reunion for the whole family.

One of the blessings we receive in Christ is His peace, which brings all aspects of life into alignment with His standards.  Why not take a moment and pray for people you know and for the Taiwanese, that Christ’s presence in their lives would bring them to experience His perfect peace.

Praise and Prayer

• The first classes of the new semester, with a new classroom and new technology, went well. There were a total of 44 students that first day. Please pray that the students will experience God’s love as we serve as English teachers and story-tellers this school year.
• Thank-you for your generous giving towards our support and of others serving in many places around the globe. Thank you for your care and participation in global initiatives. Your giving to GAF allows our presence to bring access to Jesus where few or none have heard. Your prayer strengthens us in His work. We truly couldn’t do this without you.