It came to pass that the esteemed privilege of composing the update fell upon a certain member of the Ying Pan team. His name starts with Jo’el, ends with Feig, but will remain otherwise anonymous until the end of said update (so please don’t spoil the suspense by scrolling down). Ying Pan team members have been doing a lot of the recent updates, mainly because the internet in the other locations seams to be sparse. The team in Hualien does not have very good internet access as of yet. Please pray for their sanity.
The English camps being over, many of the English teachers are finding it difficult to know what to do with their extra time. Today, those at Ying Pan cleaned and rearranged their living quarters. Several times. As in over and over again. Well, maybe not but I still think the piano could have been moved one less time (please excuse the use of the first person). Anyway, the desired effect of all participants involved was finally realized. The living area is clean, and looks somewhat like a home. The two members of the Jiji team who are living in Ying Pan for the time being, Daniel and Holly, went with Chase to clean and prepare the house in Jiji.
Those in Ying Pan will begin teaching on Monday, and each teacher will be working at four different schools Monday through Thursday. On Friday, the principle has said that the teachers will be working at different schools teaching “Character English”. It seams that this is a new opportunity for English teachers this semester, so please pray that the Lord will be exemplified in this opening. The teams in Jiji and Jinmen will begin teaching Monday as well. The rest of the team members will arrive in Taiwan next Thursday and will start teaching the following week. But that is just the guess of the updater (new word, learned how to make them in TESOL), they never tell him anything for sure (not sure who they are, yet).
Please continue to pray for the health of the team in Taiwan. Remember those arriving from the US that they will adjust well to the heat, food, environment, people, strange team members, etc… Pray for all those that we come in contact with that they will see the Light of Christ shining out from us and feel the Love of Jesus in us. There are so many people in search of the Truth. Pray that God will use us to help them find it. Also, ask the Lord to help us to keep our focus on Him and the tasks that He has called us to do.
Thank you so much for your support and for the encouragement that you are to each of us. For the team, continue to be a light. I hope to hear from you or see you soon.
In Christ,
Jo’el
Ps. 100:2.
