Building for Eternity
Prayer
Thanks for your ongoing support of us – Richard Chin
3 months ago
Dear brothers and sisters,
Thanks for your ongoing prayers.
As I write, Bronwyn is studying biology with our oldest daughter (Rachel) who is in the middle of her higher school certificate (hsc) exams.3 down and 3 to go (finishing early November). All of us can’t wait for them to end! In the kindness of God, it’s been relatively stress free. (I’m sure parents get more stressed!)
Bronwyn was able to attend most of the AFES wives conference last weekend.As you can imagine, many were delighted that she was there and able to contribute helpfully.
Bronwyn is in good spirits (as always) and holding her own at 38 kg these days.Within hours of the last email I wrote, she was in hospital with pancreatitis.Although that has settled, we know how vulnerable she is.But God has graciously answered your prayers and sustained her with joy in Him, andan ability to endure through her weakness. Our next set of scans are in mid November. Will keep you informed.
Naomi, Grace, & Thomas are well and enjoying their busy lives at school & sport.
I’m a little weary but well. There’s a fair bit on my plate at the moment. But our church family continue to provide meals twice a week and mow our lawn, which we are so very very thankful for. It really is an enormous help.
Please thank God for:
- sustaining Bronwyn so graciously.
- enabling us to number our days for his glory keeping our family looking to Jesus
- providing us with so much help from our church family.
Please ask God our father to:
- continue to heal Bronwyn if it is his will.
- grow our children in the love and fear of Jesus.
- save and transform many lives at our National Training Event (NTE) this December.
- enable me to preach well at a combined churches event this Sunday night, and at NTE
Thank you for loving us.
All our love,
the Chin clan.
the Chin clan.
Missionary update – Charles family serving with CMS in Chile
4 months ago
Michael & Jo Charles with their 4 children are serving with Church Mission Society in Santiago Chile.
This week we’ ve received two newsletters from them click on the links below to view them.
September 2011 – Newsletter No. 82: Newsletter 82
October 2011 – Newsletter No. 83: Newsletter 83
Do take the time to read them, be informed and pray for the work they are doing under God in Chile.
Melting Moments with Philip & Deanne Gerber CMS Missionaries Northern Territory
4 months ago
Philip & Deanne Gerber serve with CMS in the Northern Territory and we partner with them both in prayer and financial support.
Click on this link to hear about the latest work by the Gerbers: Gerber – Newsletter Sept 2011
Link Missionary – Supporting AFES; Richard Chin, University Ministry
5 months ago
Richard has been busy caring for his sick wife, Bronwyn as well as continuing on with his work in sharing God within our Australian Universities. Richard is based in Wollongong and has sent us 3 quick updates which we now pass on to you for ongoing prayer.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE CHINS
- Fri 2 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you for your prayers. As I write, Bronwyn remains fragile but stable. The latest scans show a spot in her liver that suggests a low grade recurrence that is
being held at bay by sporadic chemotherapy for the moment. In God’s kindness however, she remains in wonderful spirits and full of humour. She was even Rachel’s most valuable study partner through her HSC trials which have gone relatively well. Otherwise family life is as busy as ever with the business end of the school term and the soccer season.
I’ve enjoyed preaching through Joshua and speaking at the Wollongong University Mission. Now I’m in the midst of preparing sermons for church on Job. What a great book of the bible. What a great God we have.
On the AFES front
* The missions around the country continue to see more students saved. God is so gracious.
* Another 10 (so far) have applied for senior staff positions and grants have been approved to seed fund 6 of them.
* Our National Training Event looms on the horizon.
If you are in striking distance to Wollongong, please join us for our Supporters’ Dinner
AFES SUPPORTERS DINNER:
When: Sat 17th September 6pm (registration) for a 6:30 pm dinner (there will be a tour of Wollongong Uni at 5pm if you would like a visit!)
Where: Wollongong TAFE (next to Wollongong Uni, directions to be received after RSPVP-ing)
Cost: $30 per person for a fabulous banquet meal (pay on the night)
RSVP: Sarah Schachtel on sarahschachtel@hotmail.com OR 0466413303 (mobile) OR 42107702 (home phone)
For your prayers Please thank God for
* Keeping our horizons on Jesus through Bronwyn’s cancer
* saving students on campuses throughout Australia
* growing our staff team Please pray that
* I faithfully preach through Job to the glory of God
* Bronwyn’s cancer helps us grow in Christ likeness and if it is God’s will that she is given long life for his glory.
* Many more students on campus are saved.
* More supporters will partner us to proclaim Christ on campus and raise up generations of students to serve him here and overseas.
Thank you for loving us.
The Chin clan.
URGENT UPDATES
- Sat 3 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters,
Within a few hours of sending my last email, Bronwyn developed acute abdominal pain and is now in Wollongong hospital with pancreatitis. It appears that one of the pancreatic ducts is obstructed. But we don’t know the cause conclusively. Obviously we think that a recurrence of the cancer is a very real possibility. Will find out over the next few days. Our surgeon is out of the country till next week.
Please ask our gracious God to:
* alleviate Bronwyn from the pain and heal her pancreatitis
* use this trial for his glory
- Wed 7 Sept
Dear brothers and sisters, God has mercifully answered your prayers. Bronwyn came home last night. She still has some residual (but very manageable) pain from the resolving pancreatitis. We still don’t know the actual cause conclusively, but the doctors have understandably adopted a wait and see approach. Not being able to eat (for a few days), coupled with her ongoing malabsorption, has meant even more weight loss. But thanks to God, her good spirits and humour remain unabated.
Although we don’t know how and why everything happens, we are grateful to know the God who knows how and why everything happens (in Jesus!). This lesson from the book of Job has been a gift of God throughout.
Thank you for your prayers, emails, phone calls, and personal visits. Sorry I cannot reply individually.
Please thank God that
* Bronwyn is back home.
* the other patients and medical staff knew she was a Christian as friends prayed with her
Please ask God
* to prevent the pancreatitis from recurring and heal her for his glory, if it is his will.
* help many others come to know him through our experience somehow.
Love the Chin family.