We are excited to hear of new training taking place in Lam-a-khe and Toa-Sia led by HH team members. The goal in this training is that it will result in these believers becoming witnesses and trainers themselves.
Pray that we will be able to train several who will share our vision and ministry this month.
Pray that the training taking place this month through our team members will result in a multiplication of evangelism and training. We are all asking God to move our churches to start second generation churches.
Mike
Categories: Prayer Requests · What's Going On
Last Sunday, we were in a new area called Hong-bi-thau.
Eric, one of our new team members, shared the gospel with a middle-aged woman named Mrs. Lo. She welcomed us to her home and trusted Christ that afternoon. We will be doing follow-up with her this week.
She is the first person led to Christ in this little community with no church and we pray she will be just the first of many new believers.
Please join us in praying for Mrs. Lo and the new ministry in Hong-bi-thau.
Mike
Categories: Praises · Prayer Requests · What's Going On
Thanks so much for your prayers for our three mission teams over the past three weeks. God has blessed each one of the teams and their ministries here!
Several people have accepted the Lord. Please pray for us as we follow up with them!
I met a lady at the park who is a Christian and is interested in being trained with Training for Trainers (T4T). She also has friends who want to be trained. Please pray for me as we work out the details of that discipleship group!
Dan and I will begin training our Church members in T4T on August 20th. Please pray that many of them will participate and go on to train others to share their faith!
The boys and Dan start school on Monday, August 14th. Please be in prayer for Dan as he tries to get many things done before school starts. Please also pray for the boys as they start their next year of school. Zachary will be in 3rd Grade and Joshua will be starting First Grade.
TONIGHT, August 12th, we will be having a big evangelistic event at a local auditorium. The team from Tainan has been inviting people to come out all week. Please pray that the weather will be good (not raining) so that people will not be hindered by the weather. Also pray that many people will come to find out about our Lord Jesus Christ and how much He loves them!
TOMORROW, August 13th, we will be having worship out at our local park. Please be in prayer for good weather (no rain) and for many people to come and hear God’s word and to respond by accepting Him!
Thank you for remembering us to the Father!
Mary Agnes
Categories: Prayer Requests · What's Going On
No, I’m not talking about the kind that burns a hole in your back pocket. It’s much more serious than that.
Hokkien people burn “spirit money” (also called “ghost money” or “paper money”). They burn it believing that it is going to their ancestors who can then use the money to buy things in the spirit world. Twice a month, I can see people in my neighborhood burning money to the spirits.
Right now, it is the middle of Ghost Month, so there is even more burning of paper money than normal. Ghost Month is a month where the Hokkien (and other people groups across Asia) believe that the gates of Hades are opened and the spirits allowed to roam free on earth. While the ghosts roam the land of the living, the living must appease them by offering them food, gifts, and money. Moreover, the living are scared and try to take precautions against avoiding evil–they will not move to new houses, will not marry, will not make any major purchases, and will not go swimming or take part in other “dangerous sports.”
Please pray for the Hokkien People. Oh how they need to be set free from the lies and the fear that binds them!
In Christ Alone,
amanda
Categories: Hokkien Beliefs · Prayer Requests
I would like to introduce you to three new Hokkien Harvest team members—Eric Katzung, Julie Theobald, and Rachel Gilfillan. They will be our first three Missionary Plus! team members and will be arriving on Friday, August 11 in Taipei. Chris will be going up to meet them at the airport. They will be in Taiwan for at least a year doing ministry while supporting themselves through English teaching.
Please pray for them as they transition to live in Taiwan,
Mike Miller
Eric is the one in the middle with the white shirt.
Rachel and Julie (Rachel is the taller of the two.)
Categories: The Team
In the next few weeks, there will be three Taiwanese mission teams (Praise the Lord!!) coming to work with the Minnichs and their Church in order to tell the people in their area about Christ. Sam (my younger brother who is visiting me this summer) and I got to join the Minnich family and their pastor’s family pass out flyers at the night market inviting people to the upcoming events.
Please pray for the Minnich family, the Pastor’s family, and the Taiwanese teams that are preparing to come to DaShe. Please also pray for many Hokkien to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ this summer and for God to do a work of grace in their lives.
Please pray for church planting movement that is beyond our comprehension to start among the Hokkien!
in Christ,
amanda
Categories: Prayer Requests · What's Going On
Steps to adopting a people group:
- AWARENESS – Stimulating and Catalyzing the church’s interest in missions
- RESEARCH – Finding information and Selecting an unreached people group
- ENGAGEMENT- Linking and Mobilizing the church with missionaries, organizations and/or other field-based personnel
- PARTNERSHIP – Enabling the church to be directly involved with the missions efforts
To adopt the Hokkien People, contact us.
Categories: Adopt the Hokkien People
