March 2003

Send the Light
This month at Lighthouse has been a time of mission’s emphasis with the theme “Send the Light”. Two special speakers brought challenging and instructional messages along these lines. Currently, the church supports one missionary couple in Thailand. We challenged them to increase their faith so that at least one more missionary could be supported and, praise the Lord, the response so far has been enough to begin supporting a second missionary! At the same time, we have been giving more instruction in personal evangelism as well as providing more ministry opportunities. We ask you to pray for two things regarding this. First, please pray that the people will be faithful to their prayer and financial commitment toward missions. We know that it is easy for young Christians to make a commitment but harder to remain consistent to it. Second, pray for our people to have a burden for their family, friends and neighbors and to get involved in outreach ministries. We want to see more people come to the Lord and know that for this to happen our people must take an active role.

Headed Home
In January we told you about Jang Yien-mei an elderly lady from Mainland China who became a member of our church. Recently, her family in the Mainland asked her to return to care for a grandchild. In the short time before she left, we tried to disciple her and get good Bible material for her to take back for personal use as well as to share with other believers. We were sad to see her go but hope that her brief time with us may help her to be a witness to those we cannot reach. As she left she told us that she hoped to be able to return someday and join us in serving the Lord in Taiwan. Please pray for the salvation of her daughter and family who live in Taiwan and have attended services several times.

Taya Anniversary
Taya Bible Baptist Church celebrated another anniversary this month with special music, a message on the importance of the church, and dinner-on-the-grounds. Photos from the church’s conception to the present were displayed, and it was fun to see everyone looking at how much they as well as the church had changed. We praise the Lord that the Taya church continues to grow not only numerically but especially in spiritual understanding and desire. Despite this there is still much to be done and your prayers for continued growth of believers and for more to accept Christ are greatly needed.

Finally, we ask you to pray for our Easter services as we begin to plan and prepare. Thank you for your continued commitment and involvement in the Lord’s harvest fields.