Celebration

On Sunday afternoon, the Taiwan Alliance Theological College in Taipei held a graduation ceremony for the 32nd and 33rd graduating classes.  The 2021 and 2022 Spring graduation ceremonies had been postponed due to Covid restrictions on gatherings.

In the 32nd class, one of the graduates was YuanFang, a former intern at Baozhong Alliance Church.  He received his Master of Ministry Degree. He serves as the director of the OPERATION DAWN Addictions Treatment Program in PingTung Taiwan.

Pastor Joshua graduated in the following year’s class.  He also received a Master of Ministry Degree.  His wife Ilaine and his children were able to be at the ceremony to witness him receiving recognition for this achievement. Their son John is probably too young to remember, but he was there.

Our prayer for these two, and the other eight who graduated with theological degrees, is that God will use what they have learned to help them serve the Lord well.  May God give them creative ideas of how to use the divine opportunities given them to share the gospel with those who have not yet heard.

Praise and Prayer

• The church van is being delivered on Thursday. Please pray that this will enhance ministry and provide new opportunities to serve God and those around us.
• Covid infections influence people’s lives and church activities.  Parents of children in the Homework Club tested positive this past week.  That means the children must also isolate.  They are finding it very difficult.  Please pray for the children as they adjust expectations.  Pray that it will make them more open to listening to God’s truth when they are permitted to return.
• Please pray for breakthroughs in some long-term relationships we have with people. Sometimes they expect us to talk about Christ, and that becomes a defense against personalizing the truth for themselves. Only God can help take relationships to the next level.