MEETING NEEDS IN A CHINESE COMMUNITY RESULTS IN SAFER/HEALTHIER FAMILIES

by Audrey Folkenberg
When MaeLi and Shouling started their missionary work in their assigned unreached area, they first went door to door and visited every family. In the process, they found that many young girls, age 13-14, had been left alone at home as parents went to work in a larger city. No one was caring for or looking after these adolescent girls. The hardships on these girls’ faces was evident as they were, at times, exploited while their parents were gone.
MaeLi and Shouling began going to the homes of these girls and visiting with them. They helped them wash their clothes and cooked dinner for them. They invited the young girls to their own home, played hymns for them, and told them Bible stories. Before long, when the girls had finished their homework, MaeLi and Shouling gathered them all together, prayed, and invited them to come to church.
Of course, this pioneer team took the time to locate and contact the parents of each girl and communicated with them about how their daughters were doing. The parents were then invited to join them for Sabbath worship in their house church.
God has been faithful and has rewarded the outreach of MaeLi and Shouling. You can only imagine their joy when the parents themselves learned to pray and began praying for their families.
As a result of their efforts, there have been 10 baptisms, an average of 15 weekly Bible studies, and a church membership of 36.
Your gift of $1,500 will help support a Chinese Bible worker for one year. To make a donation, call Phil Bond at Florida Conference: (407) 618-0243.