Dear Friends,

We wanted to share some recent prayer requests the Lord has answered with a YES.

Our church is currently in a 40-day prayer and fasting season, which is something we corporately do 3 times a year. This means that each member is encouraged to fast 1 meal a day, and donate the money saved to our church's cafeteria, which serves meals to poor people for free. While the idea of a church-wide fast might seem unusual to our Western mindset, it actually makes a lot of sense here in a collectivist, hierarchical culture. It's refreshing for us to experience such unity in the church body, as it's a great encouragement to fast and pray together.

One of the things we have been praying for during the last few weeks is our finances. As you know, we are $400 under-supported monthly, which always makes itself felt when our tuition payment for our Chinese classes comes around every 3 months. It's about that time again, and we have been praying for the Lord to provide some additional funds to meet this need. Also, our computer is about 4 years old now, and getting very slow, so we were praying for the funds to purchase a new one in the Fall.

You can imagine our excitement when we received notice that one of our supporters had given us a $1,000 gift for our recent Birthday! In addition, another friend gave us a $600 gift! Their generosity makes it possible to pay for our next quarter of tuition. Praise the Lord with us for His kindness - He is a God of power who answers prayer!

As to the computer, our home church in the US, Mount Calvary Church of Elizabethtown, recently gave us $1,000 in extra support towards a new computer. We are so grateful for a church family that cares about the needs of their missionaries!

Thanks to all of you who pray for us regularly, and who give to the Lord's work here in Taiwan!!

Blessings,
Erich and Kelley