Prayer Letter from Pastor Zhou of the Kenyan Chinese Yongguang Church, December ｜ 2022年12月肯尼亞華人永光堂周牧師代禱信

Peace in the Lord, brothers and sisters,
弟兄姐妹主內平安，

In the past three years, the pandemic has had a great impact on the church, which is directly reflected in the number of attendees and tithe in the church. The number of serving co-workers also decreased accordingly. Now there are about 20 people worshiping in person on Sunday. The church's Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study have been changed to online, and Sunday worship has also been changed to online live broadcast and in person at same time. At present, the church also lacks co-workers who are responsible for children's Sunday school.

過去三年疫情對教會產生了很大的衝擊，直接反應在教會的參與人數和奉獻情況。事奉同工的人數也隨之減少。現在實體敬拜大概廿十人左右。教會週三禱告會、查經都改成線上進行，主日祟拜也改為線上直播和實體並行。目前教會也缺少對兒童主日學有負擔的同工。


Thank God for leading the Living Hope short-term mission team to Kenya to visit the Chinese community here during Thanksgiving this year. The team members’ testimonies encouraged local Chinese believers. Through team members sharing their church life in North America, local believers can understand the necessity of a healthy church life, and let believers see how to humbly cooperate with pastors to build a church.

感謝神今年感恩節期間帶領新希望短宣隊來到肯尼亞探訪這裡的華人社區。隊員們的信仰生命分享鼓勵了當地華人信徒。通過隊員們分享自己在北美時的教會生活，讓當地的信徒認識到健康教會生活的必要，也讓信徒們看到如何謙卑配合牧者同心建立教會。


We pray that God would use Living Hope to lead more short-term mission teams to visit Chinese churches in Kenya. Believers in Kenya look forward to more fellowship with the mission team. We also invite more brothers and sisters with various gifts to come to us, such as professional nutritionists, dentists, etc. We can arrange simple lectures. These gifts can make up for the lack of missionaries themselves.

我們禱告，求神使用新希望帶領更多的短宣隊來到肯尼亞探訪華人教會。在肯尼亞的信徒盼望與短宣隊有更多團契的時間。也邀請更多有各樣恩賜的弟兄姐妹來到我們當中，例如專業營養師、牙醫等我們可以安排簡單的講座，這些恩賜能夠補償宣教士本身的不足。


In Him,
主內



Pastor Zhou
周牧師