Andrea #6

Dear friends and family,


How is everyone doing? I hope all is fine with you all. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers. I am doing well and enjoying my stay here. Its been about 11 days since the church started the 1-month fast, and I'm glad to say that I am doing well. Initially it was tough because I wasn't used to fasting for so many hours (morning till 5pm), but thank God that He helped me and now I'm getting used to it. Of course there're days where I really felt like breaking my fast a couple of hours earlier, but whenever that feeling comes, I will pray to God for His strength, and then I feel better.

We had a 2 day crusade (28th & 29th November) in a public open-air area. An all Indonesian-Chinese team, about 20 people, from Jakarta came to conduct it. Our church help to get everything ready; printed flyers, served as ushers etc. Although we prayed for no rain, it still rained pretty heavily for both nights till certain areas of the open-stage were flooded and muddy. But the amazing thing is that there were still quite a number of people who came, and you could see people listening to the sermon and worshiping underneath umbrellas under the rain! And towards the end, a lot of the youth went to the front to worship and praise Jesus under the rain! It was so much fun! Initially I was thinking why God allowed it to rain, but then I felt that God telling me that He can do whatever He wants to, and that He has everything under control. He can still do amazing things in the midst of rains! And I truly saw that. People didn't care that it was raining; they still stood through the entire 2 hours hearing the word of God and singing songs of worship. We probably won't see that happening in America. It was a very good experience that I will definitely remember. I can'tt wait to show photos when I'm back!

5 of my family members, including my mom came to visit Berastagi about 2 weeks ago, and it lifted my spirits to see them. We had lots of fun together, especially with my cousins. My uncle shared his testimony about how he came to know Jesus in the Mandarin service, and my mum preached in the 2nd service. Many people came to tell me how much they were blessed by my family. I thank God that He also was able to use my family to be a blessing to the people here.

Thanks for everything and continue to keep me and the church here (Elim Kairos) in your prayers. I will see all of you really soon.

Love and blessings,
Andrea