親愛的代禱夥伴：

最近有三位姐妹信主。她們信主的過程都不相同，但是，都是因為得到基督徒愛心的幫助，以及信徒在主前的代求，成就了美好的事。

顧姐妹的妹妹是個熱心傳福音的信徒，為姐姐能夠信主，與帶領她信主的印度裔馬利亞姐妹十多年來一直為姐姐信主同心祈求，並且勸她信主。但顧姐妹拜佛多年，她固定會去參加佛堂的各項活動，並且從台灣買來高價的偶像參拜。雖然我們有機會與她交談，但是無法和她談福音，因為她都會很禮貌而且直接的回絕你。雖然她的心被蒙蔽，但主仍要拯救她。主藉著她的獨生女兒的病，讓她看見神的大能和眷顧。她女兒生了一個很特別血不凝固的病，兩年來嘗試了各樣的方法都沒有治好，嚴重時甚至要到醫院做脊椎穿刺，一家人都心力交瘁。在她女兒血小板指數落到個位數字時，在人的盡頭，她的心被軟化了，她轉向真神，她向神呼求醫治她的女兒，主應允了她！她女兒的血小板神奇的回升，（現今她女兒血小板已回復正常指數），顧姐妹立刻決定信主，要離棄偶像。那天我們帶著教會的同工、她的親妹妹和馬利亞姐妹去除偶像，也為他們住屋及工廠潔淨和祝福。在她做決志禱告時，她的淚水不住的湧流在她臉上。我們從心底發出對神的讚美，感謝神拯救了她！

張姐妹從中國來南非打工，後來和朋友一起經營成衣廠。她到了南非之後，跟人去佛堂拜，但也不知道拜的是什麼，認為有拜就有保佑。前幾個月，她生了重病，不會說英語也不懂得去哪裡找醫生。我們教會一位剛受洗的丁姐妹，任勞任怨的接送她去醫院看病與動手術，為她翻譯，總是安慰她，鼓勵她，替她身體康復禱告，勸她信耶穌，出院後帶她參加教會聚會。後來我們向她傳講福音，她就決志信主。

張姐妹的朋友那天也和她一起決志接受耶穌基督的救恩。侯姐妹也是從中國來。她和我們曾在別的城市相識。因著丁姐妹的邀請，她也來到教會。她本來居住的地方很不寧靜，常遭宵小，晚上都很害怕不能入睡。她決志那天我們一起同心為她居住的平安祈求神。隔週神就引領她搬到一間安全可住宿的小店。一次解決她的安全、房租和工作的問題。她對神的感謝和她的歡樂是可想像的。我們亦驚訝不已，神行事奇妙，祂是恩典的主。

我們因此增加了基本要道的課程為初信的信徒上課，有良好的真理根基才會有健康的靈性成長，請為她們的學習代禱。也請為前一批受洗信徒的課程學習及成長代禱。教會中有幾位弟兄姐妹有潛力服事的，我們另外以不同的研討輔助課程訓練他們，也請為這幾位弟兄姐妹代禱。

感謝主！兩個月來我們感到和開普敦教會的成員有更多良好的互動。在開普敦北區週三晚上原有的查經聚會之外，我們這個月在開普敦南區科里蒙 (Claremont) 增加了週日晚的一個查經小組。求神給我們有更多機會瞭解當地的需要，知道如何規劃事工。

代禱事項：

1. 求主保守新近信主的三位姐妹，求主使她們的信心因為學習而繼續成長。
2. 為參加不同課程的弟兄姐妹代禱，求主賜他們受教的心去學習。
3. 請繼續為我們支援開普敦事工的服事代禱，求主使用我們融入事工、堅立信徒。
4. 請繼續為各教會中的慕道友信主代禱。求主軟化他們驕傲的心，使他們明白需要被拯救。
5. 請繼續為我們出外往各地事工及行車的安全代禱。

您的同工
克達、雅麗
二零一七年二月

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Dear Prayer Partners,

God gave us three new Christians! They all came to know the Lord in different ways, but all because of Christian love and prayer intercessions.

Sister Ku’s sister has been evangelizing to her since she became a Christian more than 10 years ago.  The one who led her to Christ is also Sister Ku’s friend, and together they have been praying for her salvation.  However, Sister Ku had been a devoted Buddhist and attended all the activities of the local Buddhist temple.  She even purchased a very expensive idol from Taiwan and worshiped it at her home.  Whenever we chatted with her, we were not able to touch on the gospel because she would very politely but firmly reject it.  Even though she was blinded, God never gave up on her!  The Lord let her experience His power and mercy.  About two years ago, her daughter developed a depletion of blood platelets.  The medication did not seem to help, and she even needed to stay in the hospital for a spinal puncture.  It was draining for the whole family both physically and emotionally.  At one point, the blood platelets count was down to single digit.  Last December, her daughter had to do another blood test to determine if she needed to go to the hospital again.  At that point, Sister Ku’s heart was finally open to the Lord and cried out to Him for help.  God answered her prayer!  The result was good enough for her not to go through another spinal puncture.  (Her blood platelets count has since been steady within the normal range.)  She immediately told her sister and wanted to become a Christian and get rid of her idol.  That day, together with some church leaders, her sister and their friend, we went to her home to remove her idol and pray for her house and factory.  When she prayed to accept Christ, her tears kept running down her face.  We were truly in awe and praised God!

Sister Zhang first came to South Africa from China for employment.  Later she was able to start her own manufacturing factory.  Some of her friends had taken her to the Buddhist temple before, but she did not understand what she was doing.  She just thought that any god is better than no god.  A few months ago, she got really sick.  She did not speak much English and did not know where to find the right doctor.  One of the new Christians, Sister Ding, in our church knew of her situation.  She took the time to help her find the right doctor and accompanied her to all doctor visits to translate for her.  She also constantly encouraged her, comforted her, prayed for her and told her to rely on Jesus.  After her operation, our sister invited her to church.  Afterwards, we had a chance to share the gospel with her when we visited her in her factory.  She accepted Christ right away.

Sister Zhang’s friend, Sister Hau, also accepted Christ with her.  Sister Hau also came from China; we actually met her before in another city.  She was also invited by Sister Ding to come to church.  She used to live in a very unsafe flat, and her place had been broken in a few times.  She was so afraid at night that she was not able to sleep at all.  We prayed together for her and asked for God’s protection.  Within a week, she and her husband found a shop space with living quarters behind the shop.  The rent is not too much more than what they used to pay plus she now has a shop to make a living.  The way God solved her problem was way beyond what we could think of asking!  She is full of joy, and we are again truly amazed by God’s wondrous grace!

As a result, we added two new Basic Christianity classes for the new Christians (one for Sister Ku, another one for Sister Zhang and Sister Hau).  Please pray for them as faith can only grow on a solid truth foundation.  Please continue to pray for the on-going class for the recently baptized Christians that they may grow in knowledge and love.  We also started different classes to train those whom we believe have the heart and potential to serve.  Please pray for them as well.

Praise the Lord!  In the past two months, we were able to get acquainted with the brothers and sisters of the Cape Town church.  In addition to the regular Bible study on Wednesday night, this month we began a second Bible study on Sunday night in the southern part of the city (Claremont).  May God give us more opportunities to assess the needs in Cape Town and know how He wants us to serve in this community.

Prayer Requests:

1. Please pray for the three new Christians that the Lord will strengthen their faith through the study of His truth.
2. Please pray for all the different classes that brothers and sisters are eager to learn and obey.
3. Please continue to pray for the new ministry in Cape Town that we may be useful to the Lord in helping Christians to stand firm in their faith as well as outreaching to others in the Chinese community.
4. Please pray for the seekers in all the churches. May the Lord soften their hearts to understand their need for salvation.
5. Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel to different cities and towns.

In His service,
Ko-Ta & Christina

弟兄姊妹平安!  我們一家已經在2016年12月27日離開南非，完成了宣教生涯。自從99年神學畢業之後，上帝帶領我和秀雲加入中華福音使命團，差遣我們去南非和瑞士宣教。在這17年裡面，可以說是有歡笑、有淚水、有失敗、有成功、有灰心、有振奮……….。感謝您們的代禱和支持，讓我們可以完成上帝的使命。在執筆的時候，真是百感交集，千頭萬緒，不知從何說起。

回想2004年8月來南非開普頓，我們從零開始，開荒植堂。想不到在整整3年多的時間，沒有一個人來參加聚會。我們不停禱告，也感謝您們的代禱，上帝為我們開福音的門。首先在開普頓開始黑人福音事工，繼而上帝帶領華人來參加聚會，並且在2010年成立開普頓福音教會，現在回想起來，都是上帝的恩典。

我們一家喜歡南非的開普頓，這裡環境優美，生活舒適，有上帝給我們的教會，有愛我們的信徒。我們一家感謝上帝的恩典，使我們可以在開普頓建立祂的國度；在2015年的1月份，因著家人年老體弱，需要我們的照顧，希望我們能夠回去。我們用了一年的時間來禱告，尋求神的指引，最後我們決定回多倫多，家齊在那裡牧養教會 ，也可以照顧母親；秀雲可以在父親有需要的時候，回去瑞士照顧他。

請繼續為開普頓華人福音教會禱告，我們離開之後，教會暫時由黃安偉弟兄夫婦和南非德班的任克達牧師來安排聚會。我們祈禱求神差遣祂的工人，可以長期來開普頓，牧養這裡的華人。謝謝您們在禱告和金錢上的支持，讓我們可以同工，完成上帝的使命。我們每逢想念您們，就感謝我們的神，因為從頭一天直到如今，您們和我們都是同心合意的興旺福音。

主僕
張家齊、潘秀雲、張以信

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親愛的代禱夥伴：

因為中福團在開普敦的宣教士將在年底完成他的任期後離開南非，我們決定去支援那裡教會的事工。感謝主，我們在十一月及十二月份有機會到開普敦瞭解那裡事工的近況，也很順利的安排好需要的衣食住行與生活起居。我們在一個安全的住宅區租到一個大房間，而且可以在有鐵門的園子裡停放車子。居住的地點和聚會崇拜教會、商店和超市都不遠，並且可以從機場搭巴士轉接兩次抵達住處。所以，每個月我們從德班飛往開普敦時，出入往返都可以自己安排；否則接機和送機，特別是週間清早在交通高峰時段出入機場，可會是一個大費週章的事。

在開普敦教會的弟兄姐妹中有幾位是從伊利沙白港搬遷過來的，從前就熟識的，再次見面，探詢一些弟兄姐妹的近況，有共通的話題，所以大家交談特別親切。我們也在開普敦教會中見到在微信群裡上課的一個姐妹和她的丈夫。他們熱情的接待我們，並且告訴我們他們將在明年中搬家去四十分鐘外的大學城斯泰倫博斯 (Stellenbosch) 生活。他們知道有不少華人在那個城中開店，也有不少的華人學生在那裡生活，他們邀請我們在他們搬去後，到那裡一同開荒佈道。請你為這個事工代禱。求主引領。

我們亦有機會見到一個從紐卡索搬到開普敦的家庭。因為他們住在開普敦的南區，加上交通安排上的問題，一直都沒有參加聚會。他們也希望我們將來能固定在他們南區有聚會，查經或團契都可以。

我們也感謝主有愛主的弟兄姐妹願意為主的事工付出，求主記念他們奉獻的心志。我們求主引領開拓這些可能的事工。願祂的旨意成就。

為著支援開普敦教會的事工，我們需要重新分配現有不同聚會點的聚會比重。從2017年起，各個地點聚會時間都有減少，我們會按這未來六個月的試行結果及開普敦的發展再作調整。請你也為這些改變所帶來的影響可以減到最小代禱。

雖然今年十二月份有許多華人回國，今年聖誕感恩崇拜聚會還是有五十多人來參加。除了獻詩外還有感恩見證及兒童敬拜舞。今年兒童敬拜舞博得全場的掌聲。感謝主，賓主盡歡，神得榮耀！會後，大家享用南北各色佳餚，願主記念教會弟兄姐妹同心合一的服事。請為當天來聚會的福音朋友代禱，願聖誕的信息與信徒的見證打開他們的心門來尋求真神！

代禱事項：

1. 請為我們支援開普敦事工的服事代禱，求主讓我們能很快熟悉弟兄姐妹並配合現有事工需要。
2. 求主引領我們在開普敦開拓其它可能建立的新事工和時機。
3. 求主保守我們現有各個聚會點繼續堅立，不因新的調整受到影響。
4. 求主幫助我們用適合的方法去跟進來參加聖誕感恩崇拜聚會的福音朋友。
5. 請繼續為我們出外往各地事工及行車的安全代禱。

您的同工
克達、雅麗
二零一六年十二月

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South Africa Prayer letter ( 12/2016 )

Dear Prayer Partners,

Due to the departure of CEM’s missionary in Cape Town by the end of this year, we have decided to support the ministry by making monthly visits there from Durban. We thank God for his providence. When we visited Cape Town in November and early December, we were able to secure a room with a reasonable monthly rate in a safe residential area near the church. We will be able to park our car (left by our missionary) behind a locked gate. It is also close to supermarkets and shops. Most important of all, the city bus travels through this area, and we only need to make two exchanges to get to our place from the airport. It is extremely convenient as we can come and go ourselves without the trouble of arranging rides and worrying about being stuck in traffic while traveling to and from the airport.

There are a few brothers and sisters in the Cape Town church that we know from Port Elizabeth. We had a great time catching up and getting reacquainted. We also met a sister who is in the WeChat group that Ko-Ta teaches. She and her husband received us with great hospitality. They told us that they would be moving to the college town Stellenbosch in the middle of next year. It is about a 40-minute drive from Cape Town. They also told us that there are quite a number of Chinese merchants and students in Stellenbosch, and they were excited about the possibility of our working together for evangelization outreach. May the Lord lead us to His harvest!

We were also able to meet up with a family from Newcastle in December. Because they live far away from where the church is located and cannot arrange for transportation, they were unable to attend church. They also made the request for us to have a Bible study or fellowship meeting in their area whenever we visit Cape Town.

We thank God for brothers and sisters who are willing to make extra offering for this ministry. May the Lord remember their giving from their hearts! May His will be done and lead us in these different ministry possibilities.

To accommodate the addition ministry in Cape Town, we will need to rearrange our schedule. Starting 2017, the meeting frequency in most of our existing ministry locations will be decreased. We will readjust after six months as the situation in Cape Town takes shape. Please pray that any disruption will be kept to a minimum.

Although many Chinese left for their home countries during the holiday, there were still over 50 people at our Christmas worship. In addition to the choir’s special praises, there were thanksgiving testimonies and children’s worship dance. The children’s worship dance was especially well received. Everyone’s spirit was lifted, and God’s name was highly exalted! Thanks to the coordination and preparation of our brothers and sisters, everyone enjoyed a great feast after the worship. May the Lord remember their loving service in unity! Please pray for the non-believers that joined us at the worship. May the Christmas message they heard and the Christian testimonies they witnessed open their hearts to seek the Lord!

Prayer Requests:

1. Please pray for the new ministry in Cape Town. May the Lord help us get to know the brothers and sisters quickly and be able to meet their need.
2. May the Lord lead us in different ministry opportunities and start them at the right time.
3. May the Lord strengthen all existing ministries that the rearrangements will not have any adverse effect.
4. Please pray for wisdom in following up with non-believers who attended our Christmas worship.
5. Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel to different cities and towns.

In His service,
Ko-Ta & Christina

親愛的代禱夥伴：

神聽禱告而且行事奇妙。教會的張姊妹的女兒早幾年因為服用藥物的副作用，皮膚會發出紅斑而且臟腑會疼痛。後來症狀消失，她也沒有在意。但是，最近幾個月她女兒的皮膚紅斑又出現，而且臟腑又再疼痛。一位中醫朋友介紹她一種植物能治療她女兒的病，並繪了一個圖給她。許多個月她到處去尋找都找不到，也不知道南非有沒有這種植物。她也一直祈求主幫助她尋找，三個星期前，她們一家人去德班的日本公園遊玩，竟然看見了那種亞洲植物出現在非洲的公園裡。神有預備！她的女兒現今已復原。這個主日她在講台上見證並感恩。

在六月剛受洗的繆姊妹也見證神的奇妙恩典，上月她得知在中國的父親檢查到有兩公分的腫瘤，後來更長到四點五公分，她在主前呼求主憐憫恩待她的父親。前一週她父親在省級醫院覆診，她父親的腫瘤被診斷為良性，只需移除就好。感謝主！因為這個神奇的見證，她的父親也願意將家中的偶像除去。請為繆姊妹父親信主禱告。

我們一直在為在去年受洗的楊弟兄的太太信主禱告，因為每次我們去探望他們時，她總是一面顧店一面聽我們的分享。她對我們分享的見證最感興趣。但是，因為招呼客人常會被中斷。感謝主，她在前三個主日聚會後決志信主。她分享到她信仰的開始是因為看見她丈夫信主之後的改變。她後來也開始向主禱告，也看見主真的行了奇事。她的分享提醒我們，每一個信主的人生命的見證是引人歸主的鐵證。我們禱告不可灰心，我們要將一切的事帶到主前祈求。「應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉禱告、祈求，和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。」（腓4：6）

最近有另外三位慕道友信主，每一位都有不同的境遇。范姊妹因為姑姑是基督徒，所以來教會聚會；林弟兄在基督徒的工廠打工，所以來了解基督教；丁姊妹先前接觸過佛教，也在本來的城鎮去過南非白人的教會，但是不能溝通。最近搬到城市中認識了基督徒，她讀了中信，積極尋求獨一的真神。神用不同的人成為他們的引路人，這些引路人都有美好的生命見證，引導他們成為天國之子。你我身邊還有許多人，需要有人願意關心他們靈魂的歸處、為他們代禱、帶他們去教會、鼓勵他們參加聚會。願意你我都成為天國的引路人！

代禱事項：

1. 感謝主，最近四位新信主的弟兄姊妹會在十一月受洗。求主幫助他們真道課程的學習，也給我們智慧引領他們成長。
2. 請為在德班新華商城公寓的週一團契聚會代禱。感謝主，現在來參加的人數穩定。除固守真道的主題外，也有家庭生活主題。求主使用這個聚會。
3. 為教會中固定來參加聚會的慕道友許教授、王先生、吳女士和新華商城慕道友陳太太及她的媳婦代禱。求主感化他們，能早日信主。
4. 感謝主，上個月我們收到三萬件衣服慈惠贈品，通過與我們合作的南非教會分送給德班附近貧窮地區的人。求主使用我們的慈惠事工見證主的愛。
5. 感謝主，藉著網路微信群，克達得以在每週四和週日晚上為南非不同城鎮的信徒上課，也有良好的回應。求主祝福這個事工。
6. 請為我們出外往各地事工及行車的安全代禱。

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克達、雅麗
二零一六年十月

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South Africa Prayer letter ( 10/2016 )

Dear Prayer Partners,

God answers prayers in amazing ways!  Sister Zhang’s daughter suffered from rashes and abdominal pain as a result of side effects from her medication a few years ago.   She had since recovered, and it was long forgotten.  A few months ago, the symptoms came back.  They went to see a Chinese doctor and were told that a certain herb will relieve the symptoms.  However, the doctor did not know where they could find it in South Africa and only drew a picture of the plant for them.  They had been searching for months with no results and kept on praying for God’s help.  A few weeks ago, the family went to a Japanese Garden and found this Asian plant in South Africa!  The LORD will provide!  Her daughter had totally recovered!  Sister Zhang gave her testimony and expressed her gratefulness to the Lord at this week’s worship service.  Sister Miao who was baptized in June also shared her testimony.  Last month her father in China was diagnosed with a 2-cm growth in his stomach; and it had rapidly grown to 4.5 cm.  She cried out to God for her father.  Last week her father went for another examination at the provincial hospital, and the doctor confirmed that it was benign.  All they need to do is to remove it.  Praise the Lord!  Due to this miraculous turn of event, her father agreed to destroy all his idols in his home.  Please pray for his salvation.

Since Brother Yang was baptized last year, we have been praying for his wife’s salvation.  Every time we visit them, she always pays close attention to our sharing.  Due to the coming and going of customers, she sometimes gets distracted.  Praise the Lord!  She accepted Christ as her personal savior three weeks ago after the worship service.  She shared that she decided to take a serious look at Christianity because she saw the changes in her husband’s life.  In addition, she tried praying to God, and He answered her in wonderful ways.  This really reminds us that God’s power in renewing our lives is the undeniable proof that leads people to Christ.  So we should continue to pray without ceasing and bring everything to the Lord.  “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Phil. 4:6)

The other three new Christians all came to know the Lord under different circumstances.  Sister Fan came to church with her Christian auntie; Brother Lin wanted to understand his Christian boss’ belief; Sister Ding was exposed to Buddhism first, then attended a local church but could not understand what they said, afterwards she moved to town, met some Christians, loved to read the

Chinese Christian Today magazines and wanted to find the one true God.  God utilized different Christians with genuine living testimonies to be the guides in leading them to His kingdom.  There are still so many lost souls around us that need a guide to care for them, to pray for them, to introduce them to church and to encourage them to seek the truth.  May we continue to thrive to be God’s faithful guide.

Prayer Requests:

1. We thank God that the four new believers will be baptized in November.  Please pray for their learning in their Basic Christianity classes, and may God grant us wisdom to lead them in their spiritual growth.
2. Please pray for the new Monday night Bible study at the XinHua Centre.  We thank God that the attendance has been stable.  In addition to apologetic topics, we also study family-related issues.  May the Lord use this meeting to strengthen our brothers and sisters.
3.   Please continue to pray for the seekers who come to our Bible study meetings regularly—Professor Xu, Mr. Huang, Ms. Wu as well as Mrs. Chen and her daughter-in-law at the XinHua Centre.  May the Lord work in their hearts and they be saved.
4.    We thank God that we received a donation of 30,000 T-shirts last month.  With the partnership of a local church, we were able to distribute them to the poor communities in our area.  May this community service be a testimony of God’s love for those in need.
5.    We thank God that, through WeChat, Ko-Ta is able to hold two classes (Thursday and Sunday nights) every week for Christians in remote areas of the country.  We have received very good responses.  May the Lord continue to bless this ministry.
6.    Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel to different cities and towns.

In His service,
Ko-Ta & Christina