Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Henry and Ling Lu (General Director, Headquarter Office; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Praise the Lord for good teamwork and mutual encouragement from our staff, volunteer workers and STM members during the two back-‐ to-‐back Year End Mandarin camps. We thank the Lord especially for the group of young leaders in charge of the children’s program at the Christmas Family camp. Kids young and old all had a great Ime at the camp. Prayer requests 2. Please pray for Henry’s preaching and overseas travel this month: 6/1 South-‐end-‐on-‐sea CCC; 11-‐12/1Guildford CCC Vision sharing; 13/1 MK CCC; 24-‐31/1 to Davis, California to speak at Davis CCC’s mission conference as well as visiIng supporters in the area. 3. Ling is thankful for everything she has learned as the editor of Living Water Magazine over the past year. God is faithful and always sends people to help her in Ime of need. Pray that we will conInue to trust the Lord to provide and sustain our literature ministry. 4. Our daughter Annabel will have two AS exams on the 9th and 10th of January. Please pray for her to have good health, discipline and persistence to face the exam pressure. She is also looking for opportuniIes to gain good work experience and get to find out more about her future direcIon. Please conInue to pray that God will show her the way to go and we will know how to encourage and support her.
Rebecca Mao (Director of Member Care; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. For God's provision in all areas. 2. For God's enable in all ministry. 3. For good fellowship with co-‐workers and friends. Prayer Request 4. For the planning of ministry in Finland. 5. For preaching and ministries at local churches. 6. For the planning of ministries in the centre.
Gordon and Maggie Lam (Student Ministry; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Have good Ime with family and friends in Hong Kong. 2. Christmas events and BapIsm courses were completed, some non-‐believers accepted Christ as their Saviours and 2 people were bapIsed. 5 people have completed discipleship-‐training courses. Prayer Request 3. 9-‐14 /1 Gordon serving in Southern France – lead bible study and preach on Sunday service 4. 18-‐20/1 We will lead two workshops in Lancaster University Fellowship (Worship & ChrisIans BGR) 5. 24-‐27/1 Serving in Northern England – lead bible study and preach on Sunday service. 6. May God lead us in planning the theme, program format and content of 2013 Gospel Team events. 7. Pray for our health and our family members’ health, and that they can come to know Christ.
Connie Yu (Student Ministry; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Give thanks for good Ime with students in Leicester -‐ geing to know more of them and give thanks for developing a good rapport with students. Prayer Request 2. Please pray for me to have a quiet and akenIve heart towards God, to be sensiIve towards His heart, know the needs of the people and know how to help them. 3. Please pray for the following up work with students from year-‐end camp, may they have willing hearts to know more about God. 4. Please conInue to pray for my parents in China, that they would have a hunger for God.
Josh Shek (Second GeneraHon Ministry; Milton Keynes & Bristol UK) Thanksgiving 1. All 3 Children's programmes for this year's Family Camp went very well. I thank God for the many leaders and assistants who all sacrificially contributed to bless the children over the conference. 2. During the conference I led the Teen's group of the Children's programme. It was a great to meet and talk to the 15 teens that joined the camp. The result of the programme and the new friendships the group has now formed is more than I had hoped for. Praise God. 3. All technical projects to upgrade the Mission Centre's faciliIes were completed on Ime and successfully. Thank God for his provision and for the opportunity to minster even in the small things. Prayer Request 4. Please pray for the follow up work with the Teen's group from the Christmas Family Camp. Many of the teens present do not have youth groups or accessible pastoral care but the camp has provided a planorm for more pastoral relaIonships to form. Please pray for wisdom to know how to engage this properly. 5. In January I will return to Bristol to conInue supporIng the Youth Group there. The workload will be growing as one of the leaders is moving back to his home country. Please pray for strength to manage the work and guidance to know how best to serve the youths there.
Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Paul Du (IT/Maintenance; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Praise the Lord for giving us a wonderful Ime at the two year-‐end camps. It was Iring but meaningful. I gained renewed strength. Prayer Request 2. Please pray for plans in the New Year, that Paul would seek to understand God’s purpose and plan more. 3. Pray for my trip back home from 3/2 to 6/3 to celebrate Chinese New Year. Pray for safe journey and good relaIonships with family and friends. 4. Pray for opportuniIes to share the gospel with others. May God grant insight, paIence and a loving heart to see their needs and bring them to Christ. 5. Cranfield fellowship will start a new term. May God watch over the fellowship and bring students to our meeIngs with open hearts to seek the truth.
Dennis Yau and Jessica Guo (Associate; Bookroom; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God for a fruinul Christmas and New Year, especially Jessica's mum accepted Christ on Christmas day in family camp. Thank God for such a wonderful Christmas gio for our family. 2. Shannon Yau, daughter of Dennis and Jessica was born on 5th Jan. 2013. Both mother and daughter are both doing very well. We give thanks to the Lord for the smooth delivery. Prayer request 3. Please pray that Jessica will recover quickly and baby Shannon will adjust well in the coming days. 4. Dennis is a bit sick aoer the camp, pray that he will get well soon. 5. Pray that Jessica's mum conInues to read bible and understand God more. 6. Pray for Dennis's preaching in Luton church in January.
Min Yin (CommunicaHon; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God for keeping me well during two gospel camps at the end of 2012. I was also grateful for the opportunity to join in the team of Children’s programmes. It was a very rewarding experience for me. 2. Thank God for our small group during the student camp. All of us had a wonderful Ime together. 3. Thank God for road safety though my car had some problems. Prayer request 4. Pray that I will conInue to keep in touch with the students in my group, especially two boys who are not ChrisIans yet. May God open their hearts to receive His love in His Ime. 5. I met a young student who is very hunger for God’s truth in Canterbury. Please pray for him that God will open a door for him while he’s searching. 6. Pray for a Bible study group at my church for a group of university students. Pray that the Lord will grant us searching hearts to learn God’s Word. 7. I will go back home on 21 January and stay with my parents unIl 16 February. Please pray that they will come to know God. 8. Please pray for me as I’m going to start serving with Canterbury CCF in this coming March.
Tzyy-‐Terng Su and Yu-‐Mei Wu (Mission Centre Ministry CoordinaHon Manager; Graphic Designer; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that the volunteers were working hard for the preparaIon of the camps and the clean-‐up aoerwards. They were also doing maintenance work, drama and administraIve support during the camps. We thank God for His provision. Prayer requests 2. TFiL had our leaders’ retreat on 4-‐5 January. Pray that God will conInue to guide us so that more people will be built up to shine for the Lord. 3. We will go back to Taiwan in mid January. Please pray for our Ime with family and our sharing with home churches. Please also pray for the arrangement of operaIon schedule for Tzyy-‐Terng’s hernia. 4. Please pray for Yu-‐Mei’s design work COCM Link’s annual report issue.
Anthony Lau (AdministraHon; Milton Keynes & Cambridge UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that we had a busy yet peaceful Christmas. Prayer request 2. SEEC is moving quite slowly. MeeIng on 19 Jan. 3. Have had an allergy for about 2 months now. The source of the allergy cannot be isolated yet. Keep on taking pills to suppress rash.
Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Oiling Lam (Student Ministry; Colchester UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God for the past year. 2. Thank God that my Mum was bapIzed on Christmas Day. Prayer request 3. Please pray for three students who just made their commitments. May God strengthen them spiritually. 4. A student named Zhang is willing to know more about Jesus and may the Lord work in his life and grant us wisdom to help him. 5. Please pray for the schedule of this month and may God give me strength to do his work. 6. I will go back to Hong Kong for furlough in February and March. Please pray for God’s guidance.
Chu-‐Yin Ho (Student Ministry; Dundee UK) Prayer request 1. Thank God 3 students joined the year-‐end camp with me and one is not a believer. However, we are thankful that this student has become more open to God and God is working in her heart. Though she has not yet received Jesus but she said she would akend the fellowship on Friday and join the evangelisIc Bible study during the fellowship. Pray that God will keep her seeking heart and that she will be ready to receive Jesus in due Ime. 2. Those who joined the yearend camp this Ime have expressed that they enjoyed the camp and will want to join the Easter camp too. We thank God for the good work He has began and I am sure that God will bring this work to compleIon.
Monica Li (Student Ministry; Lancaster UK) Thanksgiving 1. Praise the Lord for being able to invite students round to my home in the December holidays. 15 of them came on Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of our Saviour. Prayer request 2. I will be starIng a follow up group for new believers in January. Please pray that God will help them to grow in the faith. 3. A colleague couple will come to Lancaster on the weekend of 18 and 19 January. They will share in the Fellowship and also conduct a worship workshop. May God use them to build up our students. 4. A female Masters graduate will be geing bapIzed at the Lancaster BapIst Church on 20 January and return to China in February. Please pray that God will greatly bless her on the day and that she will be steadfast in following Him. 5. Please pray for me as I share in the Fellowship on 25 January and speak at the Preston Chinese Church on 27th. May God lead me to speak His Word.
Yuen Yee Ting (Church PlanHng; Perth UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that one lady accepted Christ recently. Praise the Lord. 2. Thank God that a mum and a son went to the Chinese Church because they saw the good example of a ChrisIan. Prayer request 3. Pray for those faced difficulIes to have faith and strength in Jesus.
Simon and Lydia Tam (Church PlanHng; Colchester UK) Prayer request 1. Simon will serve in Romania on 10-‐21 January. May God give him strength and use his service. 2. Please pray for more people coming to serve as children’s Sunday school teachers and interpreter of Sunday sermons. Pray that God will provide.
Kam Hung and Mi Ting Ho (Interim Dirctor of Admin, Church PlanHng; Hull UK) Thanksgiving 1. Christmas passed away quickly. Brothers and sisters were very eager to spread the gospel of Christmas. So there are quite a number of new comers to our special celebraIons. Pray that they would conInue to seek God. 2. Thank God for leading brothers and sisters in Hull Chinese ChrisIan Church to love one another. Many experience the reality of Church as their family. Pray that God conInue to lead brothers and sisters to grow in Christ, to serve in the church and lead people to Christ. Prayer request 3. Pray for the brothers and sisters who will be bapIsed in Lincoln on 13th of January. 4. Pray that we could have good health and spiritual strength to serve God, to discern His will. 5. Pray that Gloria will adjust to her new job and new life in London. Also pray that we can adjust to the life on our own now.
Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Tin Chung and Carol Wong (Church PlanHng; Exeter UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God for watching over us in these years. 2. Thank God for good health and strength to serve him in various difficult situaIons. 3. Thank God for family reunion in December. 4. Thank God for giving us good weather on 25th so that brothers and sisters could walk to church to akend the Christmas service. Prayer request 5. Pray for 6 students who came to our Christmas service. It was the first Ime for them to hear the story about Jesus and pray that they will be akracted by God’s love. 6. Pray for Young People’s fellowship and may some of them come to know this true God among many other religions. 7. Pray for two Bible Study groups and the brothers and sisters there will learn more about God’s words. 8. Please pray for our visitaIon during Christmas and New Year holidays. 9. Pray for Adam and Enoch’s health and study (Enoch is taking university entrance exam in January). 10.Please pray for our financial needs.
Tiger and Joy Liaw (Student Ministry/Church PlanHng; London UK) Thanksgiving 1. We joined the SalvaIon Army Christmas carol service along with two other congregaIons for the first Ime, praising God in English, Hebrew, Mandarin and Romania. And had very Merry Christmas celebraIons with students at two universiIes. Prayer requests 2. For Joy to have a smooth delivery in Jan, for Tiger to have strength to take care of family & ministry. 3. For Church’s direcIon in the New Year. 4. Several students are considering to be bapIzed in Easter, pray for their spiritual growth and discipleship lessons.
Lawrence and Clara Sin (Student Ministry; Birmingham UK) Prayer requests 1. Teach TEE (theological educaIon by extension) in Ireland (next course in January). There are two more church groups in the UK joining TEE classes. Pray that Lawrence will have wisdom to allocate Ime so that each student will benefit from his teaching. 2. Organise and promote Midlands Easter Conference 2013. 3. Will be on furlough in Hong Kong between June and August 2013, pray that we can preach and share our vision in different churches and fellowships so that they would have greater support to us. 4. ConInue EE3 (evangelism explosion 3) personal evangelism training in Bristol.
Chi Ming and Wing Chun Tang (ExecuHve Director -‐ HK Office, Europe Field; HK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that everything’s going well with pace maker of Wing Chun’s Mum 2. Some new friends joined our Christmas party on 21 December. Pray that we will have opportunity to share gospel with them when we visit them in the future. 3. Ying Wai (son) has found a suitable place to stay in The Hague. Prayer requests 4. Chi Ming and Wing Chun will go back to Hong Kong on 22 January and come back to Holland together on 15 February. 5. Please pray for the follow up work and discipleship training of new believers.
Faye Lee (Missionary Partner; Milton Keynes and Manchester, UK) Prayer requests 1. The informaIon collecIon is finished for e-‐commence system of Bookroom and our IT volunteer Jianfeng is going to take care of rest of the workload. Please pray for him so that he will have wisdom and strength to keep up with the progress as he’s doing this at night. 2. Please pray for my service in Liverpool on 20 January. I’m going to preach in both the Mandarin and Cantonese congregaIons. I’m also going to teach Sunday school and do worship training. It will start from 10 am and finish at 6pm. Please pray for strength to serve and to get used to the interpretaIon while I preach to the Cantonese congregaIon. 3. Daughter Ruth is taking a gap year in Germany and is coming back home for a while. She will start to look for jobs as well as to learn German on herself. She also wants to apply for university entrance in Germany. May God guide her future path.
Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Tim Li (Volunteer Ministry worker; Glasgow, UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that I witnessed His wondrous deeds while I was serving as a group leader in the student camp. Two seekers accepted Jesus during the camp and we all formed a good relaIonship. 2. Thank God that I learned to manage my Ime well and be a faithful servant of Him. Prayer requests 3. Please pray for those seekers who are going to take exams aoer holidays. Pray that God will help them to manage their Ime so that they will also have Ime to akend Bible study groups. 4. I will be part of the discipleship training team in my church. Pray that God will help me to be built up so that together with other brothers and sisters we will be beker rooted in God’s word. 5. Aoer the student camp, the young people from my group created an online group. Pray that God will help me to spend Ime with these new believers. Many people in my group are currently facing problems in their relaIonships. May God help them to wait and seek His guidance.
May Tsang (Hong Kong Office; Hong Kong) Thanksgiving 1. May has been serving with COCM for 11 years and thank God for this opportunity to serve Him. 2. May’s son will turn 4 years old on 15 January. Pray that God will lead him to know Jesus when he is young. Prayer requests 3. May’s Dad was admiked into hospital because of swollen feet. May God heal him and give him hope. 4. Pray that May’s husband will have peace while he is working.