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The cost of being a Christian student in China: Across China the enforcement of religious regulations is having more and more impact. Education is a major target. School students and their parents are being told that religion will harm their education. University students are being given questionnaires which ask about religious activity, and Christians are told their graduation may be at risk. Some recent graduates have had job offers taken back once the applicant has indicated that they are a Christian. Pray that these young Christians will be willing to trust God in these circumstances. Pray they will have peace and be able to witness to God’s provision and protection. Ask that Christian teachers will know how to continue teaching yet also be faithful to their beliefs.
Christian radio station provides practical help: In September 2018, a devastating earthquake and tsunami shook the coast of Palu in Central Sulawesi, resulting in over 4,000 deaths. Thousands lost their homes. Since then the rebuilding has been taking place and one Christian radio station in Palu has been reaching out to the local community, providing food packs and installing ten new clean water wells. The station has also been distributing solar-powered radios to provide information, comfort, healing and hope through its broadcasts. Pray that this witness will impact many as the community rebuilds.
'Rice Intensification' to improve rice yields: In Eastern Shan, Myanmar, many people diagnosed with leprosy are forced to live hand to mouth surviving on subsistence farming. Praise God for the success of the new system of ‘Rice Intensification’, a method to improve rice yields. Pray that many people will benefit from this training and for the success of other income generating crops such as rubber and star beans. Pray too for the success of ‘Lunch for Leprosy’, a fundraising opportunity for supporters to share food together, raising funds to help people affected by leprosy.
Falling birthrate affects university admissions: St John’s University in Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult time due to falling admissions as the birth rate has long been declining steadily. As numbers continue to drop, the university tries hard to reassess, reinvent, revive and transform itself in order to stay financially viable. Pray for the new bishop of Taiwan, Rev Dr Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, as he works with the trustees and the university to find a way forward.