Still Equipping from Afar ...

Our first year Equip Asia students are just one week away from completing their studies in the book of Romans. Following this, they will study Ephesians. This course is linked together with a module called Families in Ministry. After that comes the first letter from Paul to the Corinthian church, and then two subjects closely tied to the experience of the Corinthian Christians: Conflict Resolution, and Holiness & Purity. It is a joy to walk through these studies together with them. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will use these lessons to strengthen the faith of these students and prepare them for ministry. 

Our second-year students are working through a series of modules we call Culture and Language Acquisition. These modules are introductory and are constructed to prepare them for things they will encounter as they move into cross cultural ministries in non-church situations.

Several of the students in the second-year class are living in an eastern state of the Russian Federation. We are unsure how these students will be impacted by measures taken against Russia resulting from the events in Ukraine. It is possible that we may lose our internet links, so we are actively planning another strategy, just in case. Please pray with us about this situation.
 

“Travel plans” are just that: plans! And we all know that our plans or timing are not always the Lord plans! Barrie was quite sick in February, so we weren’t able to attend important meetings with our other mission leaders from different parts of the world. That was a big disappointment — for both of us, since Cherri was planning to go to these meetings as well. Thankfully we were able to join in via Zoom, though it wasn’t like being there in person. Barrie also had plans to travel overseas to Singapore and possibly Malaysia next month, but we recently found out that there are still tight restrictions in place in those areas. Other places he’s hoping to visit as soon as possible are Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. We appreciate your prayers that the Lord will give guidance and wisdom concerning these things.