親愛的弟兄姊妹平安：
三個月的述職轉眼就結束，感謝 神與差會的安排，闊別三年之後，得以與眾弟兄姊妹見面，其中還有些新相識的，包括好些年長的弟兄姊妹，更有一位十幾年沒有見面的姊妹，實在奇妙！
這次述職，除了拜訪支持我的教會之外，還有機會到幾家新的教會去分享在德國的華人事工，讓他們對這事工有更多的認識，了解那邊的需要，藉此鼓勵弟兄姊妹對德國華人事工有更多的關心與代禱的支持。
至於個人方面，感謝 主預備一位推拿醫師，可以在這期間做些治療，減輕一點坐骨神經的痛楚，和肩膀緊繃的肌肉也得以鬆弛下來。特別感謝個別弟兄姊妹對我的關愛，雖然有些弟兄姊妹因為繁忙沒有機會相約，但是能見一面，也是寶貴！
雖然回來述職，但是 主也有特別預備的服事機會，就是參與一間教會的事工，每週一次探訪一間老人公寓；大樓住了不少的華人老同胞，有上百人，大部份都是講粵語的，其中信徒只有幾位，當中也有幾位是講國語的，他們大多是基督徒。每次與他們唱詩，他們都不會唱，但是看見他們從起初不開口到慢慢跟著唱，努力去學，很感恩。每次也有些福音信息，雖然未能讓他們馬上接受，求 神繼續感動他們，打開他們的心，讓他們早日接受主的救恩！
從差會得知，每次回來述職，經濟上都有些進步，可是隨著我的離開，經濟上的支持也會隨著年日每年下降，這是一個循環現象。除了經費未能達標之外，加上美元對歐元的匯率，每季寄到德國的支票都會有幾百美元的落差。但是感謝 神的恩典，在經費困難之間，差會和我還是靠著主恩，繼續勉力作主交託的工，感謝你們十多年來對我的支持、關心、代禱與幫助。你們這樣的擺上，為的也是遵從耶穌基督的大使命，使萬民作門徒。由於工場的教會和查經班，無論在佈道、牧養、教導、服事、經費各方面仍需外來的幫助，因此，你們在經濟上的支持，無論是教會或是弟兄姊妹的個人奉獻，都很重要。差會方面為了減少額外開支，也盡量以電子郵件方式來分發我的代禱信，若是沒有電子郵箱的，還會用傳統方式寄出。所以我也更新了教會與弟兄姊妹的資料，若是你需要更新郵寄地址，請與差會聯絡。若是不願意接收日後的信件，也請告知差會停止寄出，謝謝你們的合作！
謝謝你們長久以來的支持與代禱！願 主祝福你們，常與你們同在！中秋節快樂！
主的使女
鄧秀珍
2015年9月22日
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Germany – Karen Tang’s prayer letter September, 2015
Dear brothers and sisters,
Before we realized, 3 months of furlough had gone by. Thank God and CEM’s arrangement, after 3 years of absence, I was glad to meet brothers and sisters again. I was able to meet some new faces including some elderlies. Amazingly, I met a sister whom I hadn’t seen for more than 10 years!
Besides visiting my supporting churches, there were also opportunities to visit a few more new churches. After sharing with them the Chinese ministry in Germany, they understood more about this ministry and learned about the needs there. Pray that more brothers and sisters are encouraged to care about this ministry and pray for us.
Personally, thank God for providing a Chinese doctor for some massage treatment during this furlough. Though he didn’t eliminate the pain but had lessened it and my shoulder muscle was more relaxed. I would also like to express my gratitude to those who had cared for me and had spent time fellowshipping with me. Though there were some brothers and sisters who were busy to meet again, meeting one another at church for even one time was a precious moment for me.
Although the main purpose of this trip was home assignment, God had provided an opportunity to participate a church ministry. Every week we visited a senior housing where there were over a hundred more Chinese living. Majority of the Chinese were Cantonese speaking and there were only a few Christians. There were also some Mandarin speaking and most of them are Christians. Every time we taught them a Christian song or two, they said they didn’t know how to sing. But it was good to see that slowly they would open their mouth and try hard to sing along. Every time we also shared some gospel news to them. Though they didn’t respond immediately, some did come to listen regularly. Pray that God will continue to touch their heart and they would come to accept Jesus’ salvation.
From CEM, I learned that every time I returned for furlough, there was some progress financially. As years gone by, my financial support dropped gradually. This is a cyclic phenomenon. Besides not meeting the budget financially, there was also an exchange rate loss of several hundred dollars every time CEM sent a check seasonally to FMCD. Despite of the financial difficulty, with God’s grace, both CEM and I continue to fulfill what God has bestowed on us. Thank you so much for the past support, over a decade of not only financial but also your care, your prayer and help. The way you put such effort was to obey Jesus Christ’s great commission and make disciple of all nation. Because of the lack of resource in the church or bible study groups here, be it evangelizing, pastoring, teaching, serving or financially, external supports are still needed. Therefore, your financial supports, whether from churches or from individual, are very important to us. In order to cut down the expense, CEM is sending my prayer letters through email. If you do not have an email address, CEM will continue to send it through the postal service. As such, I have also updated your information. If you need to update your address, pls contact CEM. If you do not want to receive any mail in the future, pls also contact CEM to stop sending. Thank you for your corporation!
Thank you for your longtime prayer and financial support!
May God bless you and be with you!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Serving Him,
Karen Tang
Email address: [email protected]
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Check title: China Evangelistic Mission, pls state “for missionary Karen Tang”.
Send to : China Evangelistic Mission, 2400 Old Crow Canyon Road, Ste A6,
San Ramon CA 94583
