Whaaaaaaatt???? What's happening in Canada??

[Truly Blessed]

Originally Posted by Maple Leaf

Thanks for the great reports.

I have enjoyed reading about your trip immensely.

Are you able to conduct open baptisms?

The short answer is "no". Just before I left Hong Kong in 1988, I was baptizing openly in a local lake and we even had an open meeting in one of the parks. However, since the Tiennemen Square incident in 1989 things have been more difficult.

I just returned home from China yesterday, so I will update you on our New Direction Student Fellowship at the university. We had three wonderful days with the students.
On Saturday we spent the day with 5 students who had been led to faith in Christ last Spring. I had the opportunity to share a Bible study on baptism with the students, but no opportunity to actually baptize them while I was there. All five see their need to be baptized. Joshua who now pastors the church we planted in Yuen Long will return to China in two weeks and will arrange their baptism. Joshua has baptized more than 120 in another area of China in the last two years. Praise the Lord!

On Sunday I spent the afternoon with these 5 students from last year and an additional 8 students receiving bursaries this year. We just hung out together, walking around the university campus, eating a snack together, and getting to know one another. At one point we had a guitar and I sang a couple of Christian songs for them as we sat on the steps of the administration building. It amazed me how quickly this group formed a bond of friendship with one another over the three days. They didn't know each other until we brought them together as recipients of a S.T.A.N.D. Bursary. The 13 of them will be New Direction Student Fellowship and are encouraged to bring their friends.

This is the cheapest and most effective outreach I have ever been involved in. There are 14,000 students enrolled at this university. If any of you or your churches want to invest in the eternal destiny of university students in China, we encourage you to sponsor a student through New Direction China Ministries. When you do, you receive their personal information and become an active partner with us, through email, in helping encourage them in their spiritual journey. If you can't give please pray for this ministry!

[seguidordejesus]

Originally Posted by Truly Blessed

This is the cheapest and most effective outreach I have ever been involved in. There are 14,000 students enrolled at this university. If any of you or your churches want to invest in the eternal destiny of university students in China, we encourage you to sponsor a student through New Direction China Ministries. When you do, you receive their personal information and become an active partner with us, through email, in helping encourage them in their spiritual journey. If you can't give please pray for this ministry!

How could we go about this? Is there a form?

[Truly Blessed]

Originally Posted by seguidordejesus

How could we go about this? Is there a form?

We have a brochure that explains our ministry and includes a sponsorship form.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Truly Blessed

The short answer is "no". Just before I left Hong Kong in 1988, I was baptizing openly in a local lake and we even had an open meeting in one of the parks. However, since the Tiennemen Square incident in 1989 things have been more difficult.

I just returned home from China yesterday, so I will update you on our New Direction Student Fellowship at the university. We had three wonderful days with the students.
On Saturday we spent the day with 5 students who had been led to faith in Christ last Spring. I had the opportunity to share a Bible study on baptism with the students, but no opportunity to actually baptize them while I was there. All five see their need to be baptized. Joshua who now pastors the church we planted in Yuen Long will return to China in two weeks and will arrange their baptism. Joshua has baptized more than 120 in another area of China in the last two years. Praise the Lord!

On Sunday I spent the afternoon with these 5 students from last year and an additional 8 students receiving bursaries this year. We just hung out together, walking around the university campus, eating a snack together, and getting to know one another. At one point we had a guitar and I sang a couple of Christian songs for them as we sat on the steps of the administration building. It amazed me how quickly this group formed a bond of friendship with one another over the three days. They didn't know each other until we brought them together as recipients of a S.T.A.N.D. Bursary. The 13 of them will be New Direction Student Fellowship and are encouraged to bring their friends.

This is the cheapest and most effective outreach I have ever been involved in. There are 14,000 students enrolled at this university. If any of you or your churches want to invest in the eternal destiny of university students in China, we encourage you to sponsor a student through New Direction China Ministries. When you do, you receive their personal information and become an active partner with us, through email, in helping encourage them in their spiritual journey. If you can't give please pray for this ministry!

This is great news, TB...thank the Lord for the work you and Felicity are doing and for travleing mercies.

[Firewind]

Originally Posted by TopDog

I know that some posters to this forum knew Mike Firlotte - formerly of Gateway Cathedral in St. Stephen, NB. He had relocated to Saskatchewan with his family a few years ago. I believe an nFCF member - Firewind - had met him when he pastored in Frenchman's Butte SK. There are other posters here who know, or know of him.

For those who are not aware, Mike died in an industrial accident two weeks ago this past Friday.

I saw your post just today, TopDog. I did indeed meet Mike and was wondering about him just a few days ago, so this is terribly sad news. It's likely I'll be visiting Frenchman Butte again before long, and I was looking forward to seeing him.

[seguidordejesus]

How are you, Firewind?

[Rachel]

Originally Posted by Monkeyman

We are very excited about what God is doing, and my hat is off to Rachel, Justin, and all of their crew who are in the trenches trying to save souls!!! We will do whatever it takes to assist in any way...

*shudders at the though of fiddleheads.. *

So excited to see the Iranian couple out again last night. And another young man from overseas in youth for the second time. Another young girl from the university is 'suppsoed' to be coming Sunday morning so we are thrilled with what God is doing. We're starting to form plans for next term (our big event) and also we'd like to do 'street interviews' on the two campuses to gain more insight into what our peers think and believe. Exciting times.

[TRIPLE E]

Originally Posted by Rachel

*shudders at the though of fiddleheads.. *

So excited to see the Iranian couple out again last night. And another young man from overseas in youth for the second time. Another young girl from the university is 'suppsoed' to be coming Sunday morning so we are thrilled with what God is doing. We're starting to form plans for next term (our big event) and also we'd like to do 'street interviews' on the two campuses to gain more insight into what our peers think and believe. Exciting times.

This is great news ,we had a young man who said he was from Persia a while back in a service and not too long ago we had 5 chinese people visiting a service and they seemed to really enjoy the service!I hope this outreach to the universities will spread.
Say Hi to your parents from me wherever they abide at this time!

[Monkeyman]

Originally Posted by TRIPLE E

This is great news ,we had a young man who said he was from Persia a while back in a service and not too long ago we had 5 chinese people visiting a service and they seemed to really enjoy the service!I hope this outreach to the universities will spread.
Say Hi to your parents from me wherever they abide at this time!

Bro, that is AWESOME news, we will keep ya in prayer...shake that city!!

[Monkeyman]

*******MORE GOOD NEWS**********

We had a kids crusade this weekend, 5 kids received the Holy Ghost this morning, including Missionary to Austria grandson, 1 baptized!!!!!!

****WooHOOOOO*****



Can't wait until tonight!!!!!!!!