Eleventh Partnership Newsletter- January 2014

Dear my Partners,     “Happy Chinese New Year!”

Thanksgivings: Thank you for remembering us in your prayers, Eva and I had great experience with the harvest at the COCM student camp in London and three weeks of fruitful studies with Jerusalem University College in Israel. We witnessed over ten Chinese students accepted Jesus in the year end camp, and many graduated students dedicated to God and will be serving in Europe and China as missionaries and professionals. Praise our Lord! We are very much encouraged and excited to experience the great need and harvest in the mission field in Europe, please remember this fact about the great mission field amount the students in UK in your prayers: “According to figures by the UK's Higher Education Statistics Agency, in 2008 and 2009, there were more than 47,000 students from China in nearly 50,000 in universities an increase of 3.7 from the previous year (in 2011-12, 78,715 students).”

       

News: I just heard great news today from a sister of Gordon-Conwell saying that she decides to serve in the church where I am doing mentored ministry now, Chinese Bible Church at Greater Lowell. Including Eva, and myself, Ruby, Joshua, and Matthew are serving in different congregations in the church. God is definitely blessing us and blessing the church. The small college town has HOPE!

           

Prayers Request: 1) Pray for all the lost souls to have the chance to hear the Gospel through Christians and the COCM missionary team, and the need of local churches and pastors.

2) Please pray for peace for Israel to have the everlasting shalom found in Jesus Christ, our Messiah.

3) Please pray for our new semester and ministry while Eva will be looking for counseling practicum and I will begin practicing spiritual direction.

       

Words from Philippians as To My Partners: “NO ONE CAN IMPRISON THE MESSAGE!”

Phil. 1:12-14 “I want to report to you, friends, that my imprisonment here has had the opposite of its intended effect. Instead of being squelched, the Message has actually prospered…”

So no matter how widespread atheism is in England, the Gospel will need to reach everyone;

And no matter how hard the heart of Israel is, the salvation will come to his chosen people.

As always, thank you for your partnership with me, and with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to a great multitude of needy people throughout the earth.

With Gratitude in Christ,

Tom Chow               

p.s. Please kindly reply, I hope to hear any news and prayer request from you!

2014 is here. I invite you to pray about continue partnering with me and Gordon-Conwell, “To advance Christ's Kingdom in every sphere of life by equipping Church leaders to think theologically, engage globally and live biblically."