◎    ( 2005 12-2006 02）

In China, God is using children ministry to bring many separated churches together. Thank God that, seeing revivals in house churches because of children ministry, tri-independence churches started caring more about children ministry and, by so doing, they went through many conflicts with the government authorities.（Chinese government forbids preaching gospel to children under age 18.）Their actions caused serious “concerns” from the government.

Many Sunday school teachers of house churches in China have been arrested because of their service in Sunday schools. Even Sunday school students were arrested. But thank God that, no mater how severely they were persecuted, they wouldn’t confess the names of their Sunday school teachers….

More than twenty years ago, our Joyful Island program received a letter from a child in China. He was a 10 year-old and he received God through listening to our program. With great joy, he followed the teachings in our program to preach gospel to his classmates. But his classmates didn’t want to listen to him and they even beat him seriously. They wanted him to deny the existence of God. Though he was beaten to the ground bleeding, he still insisted that he believed in God. Later he wrote the letter to ask us to pray for his classmates who beat him.

We are so touched by testimonies like this. We see the faith of the persecuted Christians, found not only in the early apostles, but also nowadays in China. God is still using many of his faithful servants who are loyal even to death to glorify His name.

Over these more than 20 years, working with God by being faithful to His calling, our three children programs, “Popcorn”, “Children’s Bible Stories”, and ” Joyful Island”, have been helping Sunday school ministry in China by providing materials and teachings to build up both the children and their teachers. We see the faithful testimonies of the Sunday school teachers and children and we know that “God has done great things for us!” Here we’d like to ask you to remember the suffering Sunday school teachers and children in China in your prayers.

We also sincerely invite you to work with us in the Lord, besides praying for them, to support financially the children broadcast ministry to share gospel with Chinese children. You may support these three programs with a fixed amount of donation and become one of our “Heaven’s Little Paratroopers.” So far, besides regular donation income for these three programs, there is a still monthly need of N.T$100,000 production cost.

◎    Due to heavy school pressure, a lot of young people in China are suffering from “childhood panic.” In a national survey, almost 80 percent of junior and elementary school students feel sad because of exams. One out of ten of them feel desperate because of pressure from exams or study. It’s a fact that there is fierce competition in our education system, in which parents always think that studying hard is the only way to succeed. Let’s pray for all Christian parents and their children that they will not only pursue academic performance, but also become faithful children of God.

Reaching Chinese children for Christ has been our unceasing mission and ministry over these twenty years. Thank God that, this year, “Popcorn” and “Joyful Island” will have even more abundant content to attract all Chinese children especially in in-land cities and villages to bring them to know God in their childhood and become healthy in body, mind, and spirit, so they can honor God in their school learning and walk in God’s way in all the days of their life.

Now, “Children’s Bible Stories” still needs volunteers to write the broadcast drafts. We sincerely hope that there will be more participation from brothers, sisters, or pastors who have the burden and the gift in this field. We need your prayers support and help in the Lord. （2006 03-2006 05）