泉源之聲 The Spring News

[International Ministry / Article: Yu-ping Wu / Translation: Melody Pan ] 【國際事工部 / 報導 吳玉萍/ 翻譯 潘鳳珠】 In the afternoon of January 15, in room 602 filled with warmth, the core staff and co-workers of the International Ministry enjoyed having afternoon tea and sharing life stories together with Pastor Stephen Kao and his wife Ruth. 1/15下午在溫馨的602教室，國際事工部的核心同工們與高牧師伉儷一起享受下午茶和生活分享。陽光灑落、咖啡飄香、每個人看起來充滿期待和喜樂。 In a very relaxing, laidback atmosphere, Pastor Kao invited everyone to introduce themselves and share their life stories as well as their journey of serving the Lord.  A year ago, Dylan and Elaine Olding from South Africa, who have been in Taiwan for nine years, were praying and seeking to see if they should stay in Taiwan.  Miraculously, God gave them a precious gift, their daughter who is now one year old.  They came to Tainan in the hope of finding an English-speaking church, and TNHC has provided them with a warm and spiritual home.  More and more internationa...

【International Ministry / Yuting Lin】On November 27, the International Ministry hosted a first-time ever Thanksgiving luncheon, and it was very successful. The International Ministry decided to host another first-time ever Christmas Lunch Party on December 25 to invite more international friends to celebrate Christmas. 【國際事工部 / 林鈺婷 翻譯】上個月台南聖教會國際事工部第一次在十一月二十七日舉辦了感恩節聚餐，受到熱烈迴響，本月聖誕節適逢週日，國際事工部再度舉辦首次的聖誕午宴，邀請更多國際友人一起歡度聖誕佳節。

◎International Ministry / Elaine Olding　　翻譯/ 陳欣汝 Today is a special day as we dedicate Bethany. She's our little miracle, a gift from God. Dylan and I have been married for 13 years! For many years I didn't think I would be a mother. I wanted to be, I believed God had created me to be a mother but my circumstances were telling me it wasn't possible. 2 bible verses have always been special to me and God has used them to build my faith. 今天這個特別的日子，我們將Bethany獻給神，小Bethany是神創造的奇蹟，是上帝的禮物，Dylan和我結婚13年，許多年過去我想我大概沒有機會當媽媽，我一直渴望當媽媽，也相信上帝創造我是讓我成為母親，但現實一直在提醒我這有多不可能。有兩段經文對我來說特別有意義，神用祂的話語建立我的信心。

◎馬太牧區/林淑熹 　20幾年前，大一的時候，在一個海水浴場的海岸，一位同學在我面前被漲潮帶走。往海裡走去之前， 他：「我們去玩水！」 我：「我不會游泳。」 他：「沒關係，我也不會，只是玩玩水。」 我：「可是，我不想弄濕褲子。」 於是，他走離海岸線，去找在遠處游泳的其他同學。 　當幾位僑生走到我身邊，要我跟著一起喊：「太遠了！回來！」已經來不及了，兇勢漲潮努力要把大家拖走，大家手拉手合力，奮力回到岸上，只有他，在10幾個小時之後，經過一個夜，被海送回來。

【International Ministry / Dylan Olding；國際事工部/姜冠群 翻譯】In our small group we've been wanting to spend more time together so on the 4th and 5th of April we did! We went to Xiao Liu Qiu together. We had a great time together. How amazing to find such great friends and family from all over the place. 　在英文小組中，我們一直希望可以有更多時間相聚，四月四、五日的小琉球之旅終於讓我們實現這個願望！我們一起同享歡樂，多麼奇妙我們可以與來自世界各地的弟兄姊妹，建立如同好友又如同家人一般的情誼。

◎Charlotte Lin (林湘汝) Before 2014 the English fellowship was led by Taiwanese brothers and sisters. Mainly focus on teaching English and bible reading. Most of the people came because they wanted to learn English and 99 percent of them are Taiwanese. (another 1 percent is Andy haha)

【國際事工部/吳玉萍報導】神對祂的教會的慈愛和應許從不落空！當高牧師在十年前曾經向與聖教會長年合作的國際宣教會(OMS)總幹事Rod Williamson(威樂義)提出申請，希望OMS能夠差派一位宣教士來台南協助我們發展英語事工，這個需求和禱告一直到白牧師伉儷(Rick Beard & Barb Beard)回應神的呼召，在最好的時刻中被成就了，我們體會到神的時間表和作為竟然是這麼奇妙！

【International Community/Dylan Olding】 On Sunday the 24th the International Community Small Group learned how to make delicious dumplings. It’s something we’ve all eaten before, but now we have an appreciation for the work that goes into preparing them. We learned about what goes into the filling and how to fold them, we still need to practice this a lot more though. Thankfully no filling oozed out when they were cooked, so our folding skills aren’t too bad. We had a lot of fun but more importantly we got to eat the most delicious dumplings in Tainan！ Thank you to everyone who taught us.