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May you pour your prayer for me and intercede for me and for the Great Commission, seeking first God's kingdom and God's righteousness.
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March 8, 2000

Glimpse of Ministry: The gift of "prophecy" or preaching is not one of the spiritual gifts that I have. However, it can be "eagerly" desired (1 Co 14:1). I have been preaching for 6 or 7 times last year and on March 19 this year will be my first preaching assignment. Not ever have I felt the gift of "prophecy" was in me; however, God's grace is so amazing during my preaching sessions. Everytime when I preach, I tremble and fear the Lord and the days before preaching, I loose sleep and peace in my heart! Sometime I even doubted God's calling for me into full time ministry! Thus, I covet your prayers. Preaching is the most stressful part of all my other ministry duties. I would rather be picking up dog manure in front of the church door and hopelessly facing interpersonal conflicts, than to preach the Word of God unprepared...

Glimpse of Life: On the average i spend 3 - 5 hours a day on the internet working on writing webpages, chatting, emailing, surfing, and so forth. Sometime it is so physically exhausting. I covet your prayer for my integrity online as well as not be a workaholic. A typical day for me would be like this: getting up in the late morning, then head out to the library and spend time there, then at 3 pm I work at the church's after school program until 6:30 or 7pm. Then I clean up the fingerprints of God through the kids' traces of mess since the kids can get very very messy but through the years i have learned them mess as fingerprints of God. Then I would rest a little such as eat my diner bachelor-made, often consist of a deli sandwich, or a delicious doggy bag, or some microwave stuff, but sometime just junk food... Then I would either watch the news or go right into internet useage onto the late evening and late night. What I do online? Most of the time i go to the Christian chat rooms. There go my typical day! But the most important part of the day of course would be the morning and evening quiet time or personal devotion: reading one chapter of OT and one chapter of NT each day.

Glimpse of Spiritual Walk: My spiritual walk has been nothing but the "grace of God"! God's grace is absolutely amazing. I am a failure in terms of spirituality. At time even carnal! However, the Holy Spirit would convicts me and I would repent. The Holy Spirit counsels me and directs me. The Word of God comforts and guides me. I am sure my life with God owes to many people's prayer and supports. Also, God's love and forgiveness and mercy are incredible in spite of my weaknesses.

Glimpse of missionary work: At present time, GO Intl. has approved of my joining the Arab 2000 to reach out to the Arabic speaking communities in the New York City vincinity. There are about 250,000 Arabic speakers in Brooklyn and 200,000 of them in New Jersey (please don't quote these figures yet, i am just quoting them off my poor memory). However, the figures of Muslims in the New York City vincinity has ranged from 400,000 to 700,000. Also, there are over 100 mosques. Out of these Muslims, there are about 100,000 from Bangladesh! As you may know, there are very few Muslims convert into Christian faith. And if they convert, they will be obstracized by their community and family; and if they were in their old countries, that can be a death penalty even! How I covet your prayers for these converts and future converts! Please don't forget Revelation 7:9-10 which said, out of the multitude there will be people from every nations every tribe every language worshipping God... Will we join God in the Great Commission?

Prayer requests:
1) pray for my preaching preparations for March 19 as well as future preaching assignments...
2) pray for my liver or that vincinity of physical health since i do get pain there whenever i am tire...
3) pray for my after school program's students (Dan. and Gor. as they may stay back, and also Ste. and Don. and Vin. who have strong Buddhist family influence, and also An. & Shi. who have back slid from their faith in Christ); also pray for our church in adopting these kids' family in our prayer campaign to evangelize their family members in the Stephen Tong Crusade coming up in July in New York City.
4) pray for my internet integrity.
5) pray for my relationship skill with people in general.
6) pray for my missionary work preparation and support raising.
7) pray for my mom who is not saved.

Love in Christ,
annonymous

摆, ―濌界иヰ, ΓΓ窵窵ㄆい, 倒и妮ぱ醇紌, 稰谅
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Dec. 22, 1999

Dear Lord, I pray that you will help me in my interpersonal relationship and not to repeat the same kind of silly mistakes. These mistakes are such as speaking with people in illogical way and ungodly way. Some of these people are reduced to object rather than human beings made in the image of God and with redeemed new life. Lord God, I pray that You help me to develop godly relationship with good Christians brothers and sisters. Lord, I pray that you help me to use the chat online to glorify Your name and worship You! Lord, protect me from evil and renew my online relationships. In Jesusˇ name I pray.
January 6, A.D. 2000

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Sunday, January 16, 2000
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摆ииゼㄓぇユ濌も, ―濌硑碞, 杆称, ㊣, ㄏΤ荐ぇ畉肚毙みв毙幠砰のㄤゼ眔ぇチ約肚褐ョ―濌程続, 琵и笿ǎ, 濌┮﹚ぇ, ㄏи┘粄﹚の瞏粄醚―界妮ぱ醇紌, иぃ今, 琵濌眔篴模

瑿縬―

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September 1, 1999

    Dear prayer supporters,

    Please pray for me in having heavenly wisdom about maintaining this webpage. I feel more and more uneasy about posting confidential prayer letters on the internet since anyone may access it. However, I am taking this great risk and bold step in order for more of the born again evangelical Christians to join me in this outreaching effort to reach the Muslims with Jesus. There are 1.2 billion Muslim lost souls living today!!! For the sake of the kingdom of God and His righteousness, I am not ashamed of the Gospel. Neither shall I fear persecution and trials, for the Lord God is in all of this with me. Also, the blood of the martyrs is the seed for the Church. However, we do need to pray for protection as well as for heavenly wisdom. Please pray for me and for the unreached Muslims.

    In His service,
    Annonymous

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June 24, 1999

    Dear mission supporters,

    Once upon a time there was a tongue tied, introvert, little boy. Other than the selected few, there were very few people that he would open up to and talk with. He grew up and one day he discovered the truth that there is a God, and later came to know and believe that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is this God.

    His family were Muslims for generations for centuries. Now his new found religion was in deep disharmony with his culture and family and religion and all. Where should he turns to? What should he do?

    This is a made up story, but not totally impossible to have happened. I myself am tongue tied, introvert, and socially inept. What fortunate environment and freedom I have! and you have too! Is our comfort zone becoming such that we have not been able to experience the grace, almighty power, and faithfulness of God?

    Also, the story above is a rare case, for there are so few Christians among the 1.2 billion Muslims in the world! However, some of the Muslims may even be living next door to you or working in your work place! The Lord said in Isaiah, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Today, there are still so few workers reaching out to the Muslims. Maybe 1 per 1 million! "But how are men to call upon him [Jesus] in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent?" (RSV, Romans 10:14-15a)

    Will you prayerfully consider supporting me and sending me?

    In His service,
    brother annonymous

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Jan. 15, 1999

    Dear Spiritual Seniors & Brothers and Sisters,

    Praise the Lord for the wonderful fire ignited and spiritual edification planted in the hearts of many delegates in CM'98. Praise the Lord for God's grace, providence, guidance, protection, and Word. CM'98 has done great wonders for me.

    After serving as a seminary intern assisting a pastor in planting a church in a large metropolitan city, and after finishing seminary and served several months as the church's assistant pastor, by the grace of God I am now serving as my local church's missionary intern. Through CM'98, the Lord has led me to share the burden of applying to Central Asia to serve long term there. All glory be to God.

    Why Central Asia? Well, God called me to full time ministry in 1993. Somehow, I have been feeling the burden for Central Asia for several years and have been praying specifically for Central Asia's Muslims. In the past several years, by the grace and sovereignty of God, through visions and prayers, short term mission experiences, seminary studies, various mission conferences, spiritual mentoring, internship, local church serving and ministries, daily praying for the Muslim people groups, and now through CM'98, I am now at a point sensing God's leading me to reach the unreached peoples in Central Asia. Please pray with me in choosing the "Mission Agency" as well as seeking the Lord's confirmation for Central Asia.

    God used CM'98 to help me to talk to representatives of various Mission Agencies, and for me to be consulted and counseled in various missions concerns such as marital, financial, spiritual, directional matters, etc. I am greatly encouraged and blessed by CM'98.

    After CM'98, returning to my local church ministries, I will be able to be more focus and live in the center of God's will as I continue to do His will and follow God's lead. Please pray with me in my following God's lead, that I will be able to submissively follow the Lord wherever He sends me. May all the glory be to God.

    Prayer requests:

    [Mondays] your personal PRAISING AND WORSHIPPING GOD

    [Tuesdays] your Waiting upon God in your being still before God

    [Wednesdays] please pray for my local MINISTRIES---1) prayer, 2) preaching, 3) teaching, 4) children ministries, 5) discipleship of believers, 6) music & drama & media ministry, 7) evangelism & discipleship

    [Thursdays] please pray for my vision, passion, and adventure--- 1) VISION: share the vision (of reaching Muslims with Jesus) that the Lord has given me with brothers and sisters, & begin prayer networking to find 100 prayer supporters who are willing to commit to pray for me, 2) PASSION: be faithful servant at my local church ministries, and be faithful, wise, and innocent witness to Muslim here and abroad, praying earnestly for Muslim opinion leaders worldwide in their becoming followers of Jesus Christ. 3) ADVENTURE: no longer be passive and wishy-washy in the Great Commission matter, and in my case that means I have to follow the Lord's lead in my applying to "The Mission Agency" by this year's Spring season deadline to attend this year's summer Candidate School of such mission agency.

    [Fridays] please pray for my RELATIONHSIPS---1) with superiors and authorities, 2) with my future other half, 3) with my co-workers in ministries.

    [Saturdays] your Praising and Worshipping God.

    In His service,
    Allah's servant

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October 9, 1998

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June 9, 1998:

    Hello, dear prayer supporters, I am writing from an internet center booth at the heart of Kulua Lumpur. This city is fantastic and has many Malays Musims, Chinese Malays, Indian Muslims, Bangledesh Muslims, and the city is fascinating. The work here is great and the weather is good. I hope you do read this prayer request page often for I will be updating you on what is going on the best I can, to be as wise as snake and as innocent as dove. I may travel north in a couple of days to visit a Malays Muslim family by mysef. Please pray for my travel safety. My health is good. The food here is very spicy. I have to eat in the local Muslim's style sometime: eating with my right hand picking up rice to shove the food into my mouth, without useage of utensils. I hope all of you are doing well. May your ministry and service for Him above be fruitful and rewarding and edifying. I look forward to write to you again in more personal way. In the past week I have send out some post cards to some of you. Hope you will be receiving them. Last Friday, June the fifth I arrived Kulua Lumpur. Many friendships and relationships are built, and more friendships are to be made in the next ten days of my stay here. I really love the Malays Muslims and the other Muslim people groups here. They are friendly, and hospitable. Some of them are quite religiously devoted people. I have to go now as some passer-by are looking at this Netcenter booth. Anyway, Lumpa Legi, that means good-bye in Behasa Melayu. Prayer requests: 1) good health, 2) safety in travel, 3) good friendship and relationship built for long term, 4) team unity and spiritual growth, 5) good stewardship.

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May 28, 1998/Prayer Requests prior to my departure to S.E.Asia:
    1) HEALTH: that we will be in good and excellent health;
    2) SAFETY: that we will have lots of traveling and journey safety;
    3) TEAM UNITY: that we will work together in excellent team work and unity;
    4) WISDOM: that we will have wisdom on what to do, say, and be, and where to go;
    5) DISCERNMENT: that we will have discernment to know what to say to whom at when.

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