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The end of the semester at SBS was busy. Seven out of nine students graduated from the Intensive English Centre (IEC) into the mainstream classroom. I am very thankful that the IEC initiative was a success, and these students were able to participate. God is good!
Doug and I have improved considerably, but he is still coughing a bit, and I am still struggling with back pain occasionally. We covet your prayers for our health.
We are on holiday, although I have a lot of documents to prepare to transfer my visa to the new school. I have also started going to Cedar International School to discuss curriculum needs. Cedar is a Chinese Christian school that opened a year ago, aiming to serve the Christian community from China. The owners are two Chinese Christian ladies who have a big heart but little knowledge about education. One of them is married to a pastor who also started Bethlehem church in Chiang Mai. We will have a Bible study training for seven teachers in the next few days to prepare them to teach the Community Bible Study (CBS) program in the classroom from Kindergarten to secondary school. I will be teaching the Bible to teachers starting in August. God is good!
God richly bless you and SCCEFC!
Katia, for the Flowers
Doug – 我在沙省北部教書時，透過宣教士家庭和基督教教師的影響而接觸基督。我原本是天主教徒，所以我花了半年多的時間才了解福音和我對救主的需要。 在1989 年復活節早上，我接受了基督。完成教學合約後，我進入Prairie Bible Institute 學院, 學習更多關於宣教和如何成為基督教教師。我和我的妻子Katia在Prairie 相識並結婚。
Katia- 我的母親和阿姨在我在巴西上大學時帶領我歸主。我一直經歷很多痛苦，所以我的阿姨邀請我去參與她在郊外的教會。我接受了耶穌並開始祈禱和禁食。幾週後，我回到阿姨的小鎮，牧師為我禱告。第二天醒來時，我所有的痛苦都消失了，我意識到福音派信仰是真實的，並決定尋求它。
Doug和Katia相識後，我們便為到要加入哪個宣教機構以及去哪裡開始尋求主。祂一步步帶領我們，我們很榮幸能夠在過去的28年裡一直在亞洲事奉上帝。
我目前在 ACTION 的角色
我們內心的激情是兩方面的：
a. 為國際學校的學生和老師傳揚基督。我們是“帳幕建造者”，學校的環境為見證和門訓提供了理想的機會，為影響教師、學生及其家庭大開門戶。我們將真理融入我們的課堂，並在每週的聖經班以及兒童和成人的佈道會上事奉。
b. 培養人們對學習的熱愛，裝備教師和教會領袖，並提高教育和道德標準。我們培訓教師，教導教會領袖聖經，並為有需要的人提供諮詢。
有關 ACTION
Action International Ministries （ACTION）是一個全球差傳機構，致力於差派重視耶穌基督的多國工人，以言語和行為傳揚祂的福音，主要服事貧困群體。
1974年，ACTION開始與馬尼拉街頭的一些菲律賓小型教會合作，服事那些離家出走的街頭兒童。 從這一小小的開始，我們逐漸發展成為一個福音派、跨宗派的差傳機構，在非洲、亞洲、歐洲、拉丁美洲和中東的30個國家都有同工在服侍。