Wow. Tonight I was blown away. Preacher Lily shared tonight about her trip to the US recently. Lily and Janice went to the USA for 3 weeks to share at numerous churches along the east coast to talk about this little church in YuChih and encourage the Chinese churches over there with stories.
Background info: Lily and Janice are the two missionaries who started this Church over 15 years ago in this little village. Now Grace and her husband have taken over and Janice has gone to lecture at a Bible College up north and Lily will soon be leaving as well. Janice was my first point of contact and was the reason why I was able to come work in this village 4 years ago and thank God her and Lily could speak English!
She finished the night giving a speech about how although this Church has gone through so many hardships and it's still slowly growing, it has been an immense joy for her to be a part of it. She shared about how it was a blessing that God brought Grace and Vincent (the new couple who run the Church) to YuChih. She shared how some prominent members of the Church like Aunty Axiang and another girl Amy have been with the Church for so long and come to know Christ only through this Church years and years ago. She also mentioned how God brought Australians (us) to this place 4 years ago via an email and a connection through a friend of my mum's in Taipei and how our work has really drawn more young people to this Church. She said that everything that has happened, all the blessings the Church has received, all the workers and missionaries that have come through, and how the Church has grown and is continuing to grow is all ultimately the work of our amazing Lord Jesus Christ. Even though I only understood 75% of it (it was all in chinese), it was sooo touching and encouraging and we can only pray that God will continue to work in this Church and bring light to this spiritually dark village. Praise God for the work Lily and Janice has done in this village and pray that Grace and Vincent will continue to be faithful ministers to this Church!
Background info: Lily and Janice are the two missionaries who started this Church over 15 years ago in this little village. Now Grace and her husband have taken over and Janice has gone to lecture at a Bible College up north and Lily will soon be leaving as well. Janice was my first point of contact and was the reason why I was able to come work in this village 4 years ago and thank God her and Lily could speak English!
She finished the night giving a speech about how although this Church has gone through so many hardships and it's still slowly growing, it has been an immense joy for her to be a part of it. She shared about how it was a blessing that God brought Grace and Vincent (the new couple who run the Church) to YuChih. She shared how some prominent members of the Church like Aunty Axiang and another girl Amy have been with the Church for so long and come to know Christ only through this Church years and years ago. She also mentioned how God brought Australians (us) to this place 4 years ago via an email and a connection through a friend of my mum's in Taipei and how our work has really drawn more young people to this Church. She said that everything that has happened, all the blessings the Church has received, all the workers and missionaries that have come through, and how the Church has grown and is continuing to grow is all ultimately the work of our amazing Lord Jesus Christ. Even though I only understood 75% of it (it was all in chinese), it was sooo touching and encouraging and we can only pray that God will continue to work in this Church and bring light to this spiritually dark village. Praise God for the work Lily and Janice has done in this village and pray that Grace and Vincent will continue to be faithful ministers to this Church!
encouraging stuff man. praise God
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