Prayer Letter from Pastor Zhou of the Kenyan Chinese Yongguang Church, December 2022年12月肯尼亚华人永光堂周牧师代祷信

Peace in the Lord, brothers and sisters,
弟兄姐妹主内平安，

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.

过去三年疫情对教会产生了很大的冲击，直接反应在教会的参与人数和奉献情况。事奉同工的人数也随之减少。现在实体敬拜大概廿十人左右。教会周三祷告会、查经都改成线上进行，主日祟拜也改为线上直播和实体並行。目前教会也缺少对儿童主日学有负担的同工。


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.

感谢神今年感恩节期间带领新希望短宣队来到肯尼亚探访这里的华人社区。队员们的信仰生命分享鼓励了当地华人信徒。通过队员们分享自己在北美时的教会生活，让当地的信徒认识到健康教会生活的必要，也让信徒们看到如何谦卑配合牧者同心建立教会。


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.

我们祷告，求神使用新希望带领更多的短宣队来到肯尼亚探访华人教会。在肯尼亚的信徒盼望与短宣队有更多团契的时间。也邀请更多有各样恩赐的弟兄姐妹来到我们当中，例如专业營養師、牙医等我们可以安排简单的讲座，这些恩赐能够补偿宣教士本身的不足。


In Him,
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Pastor Zhou
周牧师