March 30, 2009

www.crossing7.com/reachtaiwan

Dear faithful supporters,

Greetings from Taipei! This week we will say goodbye to March and hello to April- how quickly time flies by! We are technically now in the rainy season, but this year has so far brought surprisingly little rain. I guess well just have to wait and see what the next few weeks bring! During the last month we enjoyed a 12 day visit with Kelleys mom, started level 3 of our Chinese studies which included getting a new teacher and classmates, continued being involved in both our Chinese and English cell groups, and most recently enjoyed a fun weekend at a camp with our 3E Seekers and co-workers. Our church is also in the midst of a 40 day prayer and fasting season leading up to Easter which we are partaking in. We are using this time to seek the Lord and pray for issues close to our hearts.

Prayer Requests:

• 3E Classroom is going wonderfully this season. Our current group of Seekers are very energetic and eager to learn both English and about the Christian faith. Pray for their hearts to remain open.
• Our Chinese class this semester is more challenging than any previous class. Our teacher holds us to a higher standard and is much stricter in grading. Pray for clarity, understanding, and good time management as we seek to learn this difficult language!
• We continue to need monthly support. Please pray for our remaining need of $725/month.

Praises:

• Our 3E Classroom outing was a great time of fun and deepening relationships among the Seekers and co-workers. Around 8 Seekers are currently being led through a study entitled Begin Your New Life, which is a basic introduction to the Christian faith. They havent made decisions to become Christians yet, but this is a great step towards seeing that happen!
• We are growing in our relationships with our classmates. Two girls we have known now for 4 months, as we were also classmates last semester. We thank the Lord for the chance to build a friendship with them and are planning to invite them to our churchs Easter celebration.

We have recently uploaded a bunch of pictures onto our ministry website, www.crossing7.com/reachtaiwan, so you can look at them and see what we have been up to lately. You are all a blessing to us!

For the Glory of God,

Erich and Kelley Schindler