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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Greeting from the Lord to you during this Thanksgiving month.Let us allgive the Lord our thanksgiving and praise.

In early October, around30 ministers whose ministriesemphasize Chinese university students in the US,gathered together for a two-daymeeting at the headquarters of Ambassadors for Christ in Paradise, PA. The meeting was set up because all of these ministers are aware that recently so many young college Chinese students have poured into the US. We all realize thatGod has given us a great opportunity to reach out to these new students. But at the same time many campus ministers felt challenges as theyencounter difficulties and resistance.Many efforts have beentried butwithout obvious results.At my turn to share,Itold them how God hasbeen doing wonderful works among the young Chinese students in the Midwest. This year students in many Midwest campuses are very receptive to the gospel. Many mission team membersfelt amazed thatso many students are willing toattend theevangelistic meetings. And manyyoung students accepted Jesus as their Savior.In addition to this,half of our Discipleship Training attendees areyoung Chinese students. Their lives have been changed by the Lord during these meetings. I have to give thanks to the Lord for such blessings.

During the meeting, a presentation helpedme realize why ministry to the young Chinese students in the Midwest is easier than in other places. The presentation said that there arefour groups of young Chinese students:

  1. “QQ Group”–They are very nice and quiet students who spend much time in front of computers or studying. They may not want to talk to you very much. A good way to reach them is the way they talk to others near and far, through the Chinese-language instant messaging service qq.com, explained in Wikipedia. They will like to be friends with you once you join in this form of communication.
  2. “Mars Group”–Young people have always differentiated themselves from the previous generation—but these you may think come from a different world! They look different. They dress different.You may find difficulty communicating. Even from their writing, you will thinkyou are reading Martian literature. This bewilderment may be what some intend. You think they are strangers. They think you are strangers too.
  3. “Non-Mainstream Group”–They consider themselves as a highersocio-economic class. They expect you are from the middle class. They might not agree with you or initially understand you, but will still respect you andwill try to work with you.
  4. “Non-Traditional Group”–These might be better called anti-traditional. These students consider themselves intellectually up-to-date and thoroughly modern or beyond modern, rejecting obsolete traditions they believe you represent.

That speaker shared that studentscoming from wealthier families are more likely to belong the to Non-Mainstream Group and Non-Traditional Group. Students comingfrom relatively less wealthy families are more likely belonging to the QQ Group. Tuition and the living standard is much lowerin the Midwest than on the east and the west UScoasts.Therefore, young Chinese students in the Midwest are more likely to belong to the QQ Group. They are often receptive to other people and are willing to turn to Christ. Thank God for bringing these people to the Midwest. It is a wonderful opportunity toreach out tothem. If we do not grabthis opportunity, we may lose these opportunities in afew years.

Two week ago, Iled a mission team from North Carolina to reach out to acampus in the far west of North Dakota. This small university has about two hundred young Chinese students. Thank God that most of the students are very receptive to the gospel. They enjoy talking to themission teams about the gospel. More than 30 people attended theGospel meeting and somestudents accepted Christ astheir Savior. A brother who teaches in a university 90 miles away has committed to come to lead a Chinese Bible study group there every week.

By the grace of God, inthis Fallsemester the mission teams and the coworkers of CWC havereached out to five newcampuses in the Midwest. Right now eachcampuses has started its own Chinese Bible study group.Some faithful brothers and sisters sometimes need to travel one or two hours one-way to helpthese new campuses. Praise God for this. Please also pray for those brothers and sisters and those new Chinese Bible Study groups.

Future Meetings:

(A)The CWC WinterConference, 30th Anniversary celebration, and a Memorial Service for Rev.Moses Yuwill be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri this year from the evening of December 22 to the noontime of Dec.26.Application form is posted on the web. You may download it for the preparation and the invitation. Online registration will not be posted until aroundNov. 15. Everybody must online register.Because of the huge amount of data to process, the strict due date is 4:00 pm of December 19. Any lateapplications will not be accepted. The English meeting will be divided into Junior, Senior, and Young Adult groups. Some of the speakers include Pastor Steven Chen, Dr. Elwood Chipchase, and Stephan Tan. Please pray for the Conference and schedule time to attend.Please also remember all the CWC coworkers and the volunteer coworkers’ workload in your prayers. Please also pray that the blessings of God will pour onto those who will come.

(B)Discipleship Trainingwill be held at Warsaw, MO from the evening of December 26 to the noontime of January 1, 2011.Our speakers will be Rev. Daniel Rao from Taiwan,Elder Peter Liu, and BrotherJeremiah Cua. Thank God for so many speakers. Please pray for them.Many of you may think that the big Winter conference is the most important meeting for CWC. The Christian workers and Disciples Training is the mostimportant meeting among theCWC meetings. The training in December is crucial to help each campus prepare fornew coworkers for the new semester.We welcomeyou to attend both meetings!

(C)January Bible Camp – will be held from the evening of January 2 to the noontime of January 8, 2011. This time we will study the books of history from Joshua to King Solomon.These books (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I and II Samuel, I Chronicle and II Chronicle 1-9, I Kings 1-11) are the most interesting history of the Israelites.They are very applicable to our daily lives and spiritual growth. We hope you will not miss this opportunity. Brother Jeremiah Cua and Sister Grace Lee will be our speakers. Becauseall the attendees need time to prepare for the lessons in advance, the strict due date for application is November 15.If you have not registered yet, please do not delay.All assignments have been mailed to eachapplicant. From November 1 to Dec. 15 is the time for them to write thoseassignments. So, if you have not applied nor prepared, you need to hurry up now.

Thank you for your faithful prayers.See you soon in all the winter meetings! God bless you.

In Him,

Billy Ko

Director

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