親愛的代禱夥伴：

        感謝主的恩典，南非電力不足、長時間斷電的問題，最近有了改善；現在有些地方每天只停電兩三個小時。傳聞是電力公司中那些監守自盗的人被查出了，所以問題才能如此迅速改進，真相如何恐怕永遠無法知道。對大多數的人民來說，只要恢復供電，不影響生活就好。希望南非的工商業也能夠因為電力的恢復而興旺，經濟能更好。

        前幾個星期我們收到紐卡索教會曾弟兄的短訊，告知我們他的近況：「最近我開始了帶領一週的查經團契：有星期二的福音查經團契、有星期五的新生命查經團契、有星期六的新生命查經團契。這些我都參與帶領。星期二是魏弟兄跟我搭配帶領。星期五是老楊弟兄跟我搭配帶領。星期六只有我帶領，但因為停電時間影響，暫時停止。」

        我們實在為曾弟兄感謝神，因為他接續了帶領查經的事奉。神對他一步一步的帶領，直到今天。他受到母親的影響，本來是拜佛的，他的基督徒朋友將他介紹給我們認識，我們向他傳福音及帶領他信主，並且介紹他繼續接受浸信會牧師的聖經裝備課程，前前後後有兩年的訓練。那時不明白是神在預備他，現今看見其實是神的計劃。因為曾弟兄較年輕，我們曾經擔心大家能否接納他作教導，現今看見一切的運作都很平順，證明大家在靈性上的成熟，大家才能夠彼此接納，如此融合。感謝主。

        這件事的發展也提醒我們，要從神掌管萬事、凡事神都有計劃的角度去看我們的事工。事工是神興起，不是人的努力而促成的，事工的延續是因為神有衪的工作要成就，神必預備合宜的人選完成衪的工。衪是耶和華以勒。

請您為這些事情代禱：

1. 感謝主使查經團契正常運作。求主幫助曾弟兄能有效地帶領一週的查經團契。
2. 求主幫助南非政府能完全解決電力供應的問題。
3. 求主幫助南非政府能有效發展經濟並控制通貨膨脹，提高就業率。
4. 求主保守我們能繼續在網絡上，和南非兩個教會的弟兄姐妹一起敬拜及查考聖經都能正常運作。

您的同工
克達、雅麗
二零二三年六月

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Dear Prayer Partners,

        Praise the Lord!  The electricity crisis in South Africa has been turned around for now.  Instead of long hours of load shedding, most areas only experience two to three hours of outages.  Rumor has it that some corrupt officials and those responsible for sabotage were caught, thus most areas are able to recover so smoothly.  Yet we may never know the whole story!  To the general public, their main concern is that their lives can get back to normal.  May this improvement stabilize all businesses and quickly strengthen the economy.

        A few weeks ago, we received the following message from Brother Tseng of our Newcastle church:“Recently I began to lead all the weekly Bible study meetings – Tuesday Gospel Bible Study, Friday New Life Bible Study and Saturday New Life Bible Study.  Brother Wei co-leads with me on Tuesday, and Brother Yang co-leads with me on Friday.  I am leading Saturday by myself, but due to power outages, it is now being suspended.”

        We are really excited for Brother Tseng.  Due to his mother’s influence, he used to be deeply involved with Buddhism.  Some of his Christian friends introduced him to us.  We shared the gospel with him and led him to Christ.  He was so eager to serve the Lord.  We put him in contact with the pastor of a local Baptist church to begin Bible training which lasted for two years.  We did not know at the time that God had searched him and equipped him for the church.  At first, we were concerned that the church might have reservations about him because of his young age (in his early 30’s).  Now we can see this acceptance and embrace as a sign of the church’s spiritual maturity.  We are so thankful!

        This reminds us that we should view our ministry from the perspective that God reigns and He already has a plan for all His work.  Nothing is accomplished due to men’s efforts.  He raises up and keeps his Church, and He provides the right people to serve His Church.  He is Jehovah Jireh!

Please pray for the following:

1. May the Lord continue to equip and lead Brother Tseng in his service.
2. May the Lord continue to help the government in resolving its electricity crisis.
3. May the Lord give wisdom to the government in controlling its inflation rate and improving its economy.
4. May the Lord continue to bless our on-line Bible study meetings and worship services.

In His service,
Ko-Ta & Christina