親愛的代禱夥伴：
四月底我們利用一個週日去到德班南邊二百公里外的小鎮伊科波（Ixopo）去探望遇綁脫險的陳程弟兄（黄姐妹的二哥）。克達帶領他作決志禱告並且宣告脫離偶像。我們也聚集他們三個兄弟夫婦和一位慕道友一起聚會。感謝主的保守陳弟兄雖然經歷巨大的危險卻沒有出現創傷後遺症（PTSD）。陳弟兄一直為他的脫險感恩，求主幫助他的信心繼續成長。也為來參加聚會的慕道友陳女士代禱，求主藉著陳程的經歷和聖經的話語，所播下的福音種子能發芽成長，使她早日信主。
五月中我們搬入德班市中心新華批發商城的公寓。公寓在大樓的最高兩層，大約有五十套房間。公寓像中國的四合院，有個中庭，供孩童遊樂，成人運動。五月十七日我們在這公寓的客廳開始了第一次崇拜聚會，有七位來參加，現在來聚會的人數逐漸穩定，有十多人。由於是在商城的公寓聚會，大家出席都很方便。我們為神的預備感恩。求主擴張我們的帳幕能服侍更多居住在商城的華人。
五月初克達為三位姊妹施洗：翁姐妹在基督教家庭長大，到了南非後，在生意、家庭生活中體驗到神的保守和引領而決定受洗；賈姐妹慕道一年多，她第一次參加教會正好有人受洗，她被受洗的見證所感動，從那時起開始來聚會，漸漸信心增長，生活中她的困難、工廠的運作等等，神都引領她渡過。神的信實是她的依靠，現在她不再擔心愁煩、發脾氣了。感謝主，現在她能心平氣和的處理問題；何姐妹慕道有七年，我們一直和她連繫，探訪她，為她祈求禱告。因為工作和年幼的孩子，她極少能來聚會，但我們探訪她時，她常分享到神的眷顧使她能有成功的事業，有幸福的婚姻和家庭。她分享到，當她信心單純祈求主，主就奇妙引領。現今事業有成，她深知不是她的能力強，而是神的眷顧，她感恩，所以要受洗，在眾人面前做見證，願一生榮耀主。何姐妹的信主提醒我們做應該做的事，談道亦好，探訪亦好，不要喪志；若不灰心，到了時候就要收成（加6：9）。
神是行奇事的神，為姊妹們施洗前的星期五晚上查經聚會時，弟兄姊妹分享到有一位外地來的信徒受了槍傷住在醫院裡。所以就相約第二天去探望這位受傷的弟兄。去到才知道開車的是多年舊相識，曾在衛爾科姆（Welkom）教會服事的高弟兄，受傷的弟兄坐在他車的後座。神奇妙保守了他們，搶匪超車並向他發了十幾槍，僅只有一槍打到後座的弟兄，子彈沒有傷到他的任何器官，停在肋骨旁、肺部的前面，醫生幾天後就將槍彈取出。太神奇了！大家一起為他們感恩。高弟兄告訴克達他深知神保守了他的生命，他要奉獻一生為主所用，他要結束他在南非的事業，回國讀神學並服事主。讚美主！
請您為以下的事項代禱：
- 感謝神我們已經開始了在新華商城公寓的晚堂聚會。請為來參加晚堂聚會的弟兄姊妹代禱，求主使用這個聚會堅固信徒並傳揚福音。
- 感謝神的預備，教會已經邀請到今年底的聯合家庭營會的講員了。
- 七月中旬我們會再往奈米比亞暸解那裡的事工及運作。請為我們行程、事工、往返之安全代禱。
- 請為海瑞斯密斯（Harrismith）鎮的聚會代禱。這個星期又有聚會，求主使用我們堅固信徒。
- 請為南非德班的華人信徒信心的成長及參與服事的心代禱。
- 請繼續為我們出外往各地事工的安全及行車的安全代禱。
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克達、雅麗
二零一五年六月
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South Africa Prayer letter ( 6/2015 )
Dear Prayer Partners,
This month has been busy but full of surprises, experiencing the handiwork of our amazing God!
By the Lord’s leading, our exploration trip in early March to Namibia (northwest of South Africa) was very fruitful. We visited the capital city Windhoek and the border town (with Angola) Oshikango. Most of the Chinese are concentrated in these two cities. We also visited the harbor city Walvis Bay and other small towns along the way. We distributed Chinese Christian materials in the Chinese wholesale cities and talked to some of the Chinese there. There are over 10,000 Chinese in all Namibia; most of them live in or around the wholesale cities. As the country is relatively safe and a lot of businessmen come from the oil-rich Angola to purchase merchandise, more and more Chinese are coming into Namibia. There are three Chinese wholesale cities in Oshikango as well as hundreds of retail stores. There are also three Chinese wholesale cities in Windhoek but bigger. There are different Chinese religions and cults, but there is no Chinese missionary yet; the number of Chinese Christians in all Namibia probably will not exceed 50. On our last day in Namibia when we were checking out at our lodge, the Lord amazingly led us to meet one of the few Chinese Christians there. He is burdened with the gospel, and he is ready to support the outreach by providing a meeting place and accommodation for the minister. Actually, he and his family are trying to find a minister to come to Namibia. We were surprised to see him; and he was even more surprised to see us. He would never dream of God actually leading a pastor to show up in front of him; it’s like God had made the appointment for us! Namibia is a ready harvest field. Lord’s willing, we will start with short-term missions and then visits with longer stays to prepare for the ground works of this new mission field.
Two days after we returned from Namibia, Sister Huang informed everyone in the church through WeChat to pray for her brother-in-law who was missing on his way to work. A few hours later, they received a call from his kidnappers demanding a huge ransom; everyone was in a state of panic and hopelessness. Sister Huang has been praying for his and his wife’s salvation for years. She traveled to their town with other relatives to comfort her sister-in-law. Sister Huang asked her to trust God and told her that only the true God can deliver her husband. They got on their knees and prayed, and her sister-in-law made a promise to believe in Jesus if her husband could return home safely. One hour later, her husband called home and told her that he was okay! What happened was that two of the kidnappers that were left behind to guard him somehow decided to do drugs, but then they felt sound asleep. He was able to escape. After climbing out of the forest and going through two hills, he found a road and got someone willing to stop his car to take him to the police. Praise the Lord for His unbelievable deliverance! The next morning, we drove to their town (about 200 km from Durban) and led Sister Huang’s sister-in-law to receive Christ as her personal savior and proclaimed her breakaway from her idols. Her husband is also willing to trust in Jesus.
We used to have a gospel center in one of Durban’s wholesale cities. It ended when the building was closed while a new building was being built. In addition, our Sunday evening service was also suspended by the end of last year when safety became a real concern. We have been praying for a way to come back to the wholesale city and also to restart the worship service for those store owners who work seven days a week. Lately we found out that new tenants are beginning to move into the new wholesale building’s residential floors. We went to inquire with the owner and got his consensus to rent one of the units to us; he also agreed to let us have worship services and Bible study meetings at the unit. So it is official: we will be moving into a two-bedroom apartment on the 6th floor of the new Chinese wholesale building. We will be using the living and dining area as our meeting place; the second bedroom will be our office/conference/guest room. We will be moving in by May. Praise the Lord!
Prayer Requests:
- Please give thanks for securing a venue for our yearend family retreat.
- Please give thanks for God’s marvelous leading in Namibia; please pray for this new mission field.
- Please pray for wisdom so we know how to plan to serve the shop owners and tenants at the Chinese wholesale building.
- Please pray for Sister Huang’s sister-in-law’s faith and her brother-in-law’s acceptance of Christ.
- Please pray for the seekers: Wu, Professor Hsu and Mr. and Mrs. Leong. May the Holy Spirit continue to work in their hearts to lead them into the truth.
- Please pray for our meeting in Harrismith next week, both our travel and those who will attend the meeting.
- Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel to different cities and towns.
In His service,
Ko-Ta & Christina
