親愛的弟兄姊妹平安，
「我們將所看見、所聽見的傳給你們，使你們與我們相交。我們乃是與父並他兒子耶穌基督相交的。我們將這些話寫給你們，使你們的喜樂充足。」約壹一：3-4
感謝主的保守，讓復活節的造就營順利完成！由於第一次租用那場地，有些特殊狀況出現，赤字也比往年超出很多。但是弟兄姊妹都很配合，出營後的奉獻也有增加，赤字也下降了很多。離營後與弟兄姊妹一起午膳，聽到一位弟兄說已經把手機的遊戲刪掉。這是 神藉著講員勸勉的果效之一，感謝主！
營會回來趕緊幫三位弟兄個別補課，因為他們上受洗課程時缺課。這次受洗的全是弟兄，比較特別。唯一一位青年姊妹，她不會中文，所以請德國年輕傳道給她上課。受洗前一週才知道她也決定受洗。她因為手受傷，要等復原，才有空來教會參加青年班，清楚認識主接受水禮。有一位弟兄的太太去年受洗，他參加幾次查經班之後就願意來參加洗禮課程。一位爸爸為了兒子的前途申請投資移民，在等候辦理手續的期間，進入教會，去年參加營會信了主。今年再來住的時間比較長，可以上課並受洗。其他三位弟兄的見證也看到 神有奇妙的帶領。認識主後，他們都很想把福音傳給家人和朋友。
去年有一位患了癌症的姊妹，由於在偏僻的小地方工作，沒有華人在那裡，因為一個人，化療時身體虛弱需要有人照顧，所以找到我們教會的姊妹，在前期化療去幫助照顧她。後來她申請到父母過來，我便去接機把他們送去她住的地方。轉眼他們來照顧女兒已經快八個月了，除了聖誕節邀請他們來我家住了兩天參加聖誕聚會外，他們基本上都沒去哪裡，媽媽倒是陪著女兒進出醫院的。這期間，他們經歷了德國陰暗的冬天，一家人都先後感冒生病過。五月份開始有些太陽，上週六看到天氣那麼好，便邀請他們去參加吉森的查經聚會。因為我去接他們，他們也樂意離開小地方到外面走走。到團契，他們也感受到弟兄姊妹的溫情。到我們學生聚會時，有一位年長的弟兄便找他們單獨去談信仰。飯後送他們回家，姊妹的爸爸說了一句感謝的話。姊妹很驚訝，因為她說她爸爸從來不會這樣說話的。因為他知道我是繞了一些路去接他們的，看來他是有所感動。姊妹的父母沒有接觸過基督教信仰，但姊妹說她爸爸現在有時也會看一下聖經，可惜他們下個月就要回家，因為女兒的治療要吿一個段落。
感恩代禱事項：
- 感謝 神的保守，弟兄姊妹的配搭事奉，讓我完成營會所託付給我的任務！求主保守弟兄姊妹在營會時立下的心志，好好遵行！
- 感謝 神奇妙的帶領，使六位受洗的弟兄姊妹得到救恩並願意受洗！求主使用他們的見證，向家人與朋友傳福音！
- 求主醫治得癌症的姊妹，使她康復並身體得力，應付未來的工作！感恩讓她父母看到弟兄姊妹的愛心，減輕他們之前對女兒的擔心！求主感動他們認識真神後接受救恩！
感謝你們的代禱，三年轉眼就快過去，下次就可以親身與你們見面。我將於6月27日至9月24日在灣區工作匯報，期待著與你們一同分享神的恩典！
主的使女
鄧秀珍
二零一八年五月八日
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Dear brothers and sisters,
“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.”1Jn 1:3-4
Thank God for carrying us through the Easter Camp smoothly despite the fact that there were some unexpected situations because it was the first time we rented that site. There was also a higher deficit than past years. But our brothers and sisters were very cooperative. They also sent in more donations after the camp. The deficit dropped drastically. After leaving the camp, I went to have lunch with brothers and sisters before heading back home. One brother told us that he had already deleted his app on games! Praise the Lord for using our speakers to edify our brothers and sisters!
After the camp, I had to make up some baptismal classes which were missed by 3 brothers individually. Interestingly, those who were being baptised were all brothers. Normally, there were more sisters being baptised. One young sister who had come to my class a few times. Since she doesn’t know written Chinese, I asked our youth German pastor to give her the lesson. One week before the baptism was I told that she wanted to be baptised also. Because she had a hand injury, she has been waiting for it to be healed. That was why she found time to come to church and got to know Christ more seriously. One brother’s wife was baptised last year. He attended our couple fellowship a few times and decided to take the baptismal class and was baptised this year. Another brother who for the sake of his son, applied to immigrate to Germany. While waiting for the application to be processed, he entered into our church last year. He became a Christian after attending last year’s Easter Camp. This year, he had to stay for a longer period in order to be qualified for the application, he attended our baptismal class and got baptised. We also saw God’s wonderful guidance in the other 3 brothers’ testimonies. After knowing Christ themselves, they also expressed their desire to spread the gospel to their friends and family members!
One sister found a job in a remote area near Frankfurt after graduation. She is the only Chinese in that “village”. When she was diagnosed with cancer last year, she called our church for help because she needed someone to take care of her during her cancer treatment. For the first two chemical treatments, she was being taken care of by two of our sisters. When her parents finally came, I went to pick them up at the airport and drove them to their daughter’s place. Before one realised it, they have been taking care of their daughter for almost 8 months now. Besides the two days that I invited them to stay in my place in order to attend our Christmas meeting at church, they had gone nowhere. The mother usually accompanied the daughter to the hospital. During these months, they experienced our gloomy, cold winter and got sick themselves at some point. Finally, we got some sunshine in May. Last Saturday we had a very sunny day. So, I invited them to join our bible study group in Giessen. Because I offered to give them a ride, they were happy to leave the small place. They felt the warm welcome by our brothers and sisters. During our student group meeting, one elderly brother brought them to another room to spread the good news to the parents. After dinner with brothers and sisters, I drove them home. The father expressed his gratitude to me. Her daughter was very surprised to hear him say such thing for she had never heard her father said something like that before. Probably because he knew that I had to drive extra miles to pick them up and was touched by it. The parents had no contact with Christianity before. The sister told me that her father began to read the bible every now and then. Unfortunately, they have to go home next month when her daughter’s treatments will be complete.
Thanksgiving and prayer items:
- Thank God for His keeping so that with the help of brothers and sisters, the task that was given to me by the Easter Camp committee was accomplished! Pray that God will keep the brothers and sisters to walk according to what they have promised before God at the camp.
- Thank God for His salvation for the 6 brothers and sister being baptised! Pray that God will use their testimonies to witness to their family members and friends!
- Pray that God will heal the sister who got the cancer! Pray that God will give her strength to be able to work again after her complete treatment! Thank God that her parents saw the love of brothers and sisters that they were less worry for their daughter! Pray that they will come to know our God and accept His salvation!
Thank you for your prayer support! Three years will be passed soon! I will see you physically next time when I will have my furlough from June 27 to Sept. 24. Looking forward to meeting you and let’s share God’s grace together!
Serving Him,
Karen Tang
