Prayer List of April, 2004

1. Pray for CCYF's evangelical efforts - CCYF is located in uptown Manhattan area where there are few Chinese churches. There are many Chinese students, exchange scholars and their families living nearby. Let's pray the Lord use us as a vessel to preach Gospel to them.
2. Pray for QFL - From 5/28 to 5/31 Rutgers Church will host its 11th Quest For Life Gospel Camp. Many of us have joined this camp and come to know God. Now is the great chance to invite your friends/family to participate! Details and registration info can be found at http://www.rccc.org/gcamp/Default.aspx
3. Pray for brothers/sisters in job search - Most of us have experienced the anxious waiting during a job search. Please pray for our brothers/sisters in fellowship who are in this process. May the Lord grant them the peace, patience and wisdom needed to succeed.
4. Pray for next Chairperson and new coworkers - CCYF needs brothers/sisters to step up and serve our Lord in unity. May the Lord give us the burden to take these positions in our fellowship. Also pray for coworker's family whose faithful support are critical to our coworkers.
5. Pray for brother JianZhou - Let's pray for our dear brother JianZhou who often travels between U.S and from China. May the Lord greatly utilize him to evangelize. Pray that God also provides him and his family abundantly.

   The following are excerpts from Pray for China email list:

6. Pray for unemployed workers and shortage of well-trained pastors - Premier Wen Jiabao expects to keep the economic running stable while preventing the wheels from becoming too hot. He pledged to create 9 million jobs for urban residents and get 5 million laid-off workers re-employed. Let us remember all those who are unemployed. Again, we covet your prayers for the shortage of well-trained pastors to fill nearly 2/3 of the churches
7. Pray for visa application process of Chinese students and campus ministry - China has shut down the phone company running the US Consulate's visa information center because of complaints of overcharging. It means no longer scheduling visa interviews anywhere in China. The call center services up to 10,000 calls a week. It's about time for students who have received US school admission to apply for visas. We pray for the student ministry among campuses in North America and that God will grant intelligence and diligence to Chinese and U.S. officials to resolve the differences
8. Pray for the stand against homosexuality of Taiwan churches and their revival - A Presbyterian minister has become Taiwan's first openly gay Christian pastor. Tseng Shu-min was ordained a minister in the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church last week. Homosexuality is still a growing issue among churches and society. Let us diligently pray for churches in Taiwan, for their revival, their stand and outreach to the gay.

        (Contributed by Lily Zhang)