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Middle-Age Full-Time Training

The fall term of the middle age training in Anaheim begins this week. One hundred ten are registered; 93 for the full term and 17 for a week or a few weeks. Please pray for the Lord’s moving in every trainee 1) for an eagerness to know Him and be trained, 2) for a strong exercise of the mingled spirit, and 3) for the 17, that the Lord will open a door and that each will give themselves to stay for the whole term.

Frankfurt, Germany

There has been a lot of positive development this year. Please continue to pray for us. Last fall, before the gospel activities started, we had a Lord’s Day attendance of 10-15 adults, meeting in homes. Now we have 35-45, including those who migrated here and new saints, not including visitors.

We have access to our new meeting hall starting this month. Besides meeting rooms, it has four small apartments. We praise and thank the Lord for His bountiful supply from the Body. We no longer need to change meeting places frequently through the week. Please pray that the new facility will release more blessing and building for the church, and be utilized profitably for the gospel and perfecting of the saints.

We have about 50 new ones from the Middle East who were baptized; the majority are Farsi speaking. We are laboring faithfully to enlarge our capacity to shepherd them with new believers’ meetings, home meetings, and other personal contacts. Please pray that many new ones will receive adequate shepherding and perfecting to become useful material for God’s building.

We also have several hundred on our master list seeking further contact through the Bible Table distributions. These are another field of labor. Among these are a handful of local Germans that we try to take care of. South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia

James Lee and Craig Birchler will be in South Africa for a conference in Pretoria September 9 to 11. At the conference many new ones are expected, especially a number from nearby countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Botswana.

After the conference James Lee will have a one week class at FTT Pretoria. The new ones from Angola, Zimbabwe, and Botswana will also join the class. This will be a very crucial time for saints from Zimbabwe and Angola because Zimbabwe is about to have their first Lord’s Table in early October and the testimony in Angola is getting restored and strengthened to go on with the rest of the recovery. Please pray for this conference and also for the Lord’s gaining these nearby countries for His testimony.

Conferences in Europe

The European Chinese-speaking conference will be September 9 to 11 in Paris.
There will be a conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 10 to 11.
There will be a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 10 to 11.

Lord’s Move in Asia

The current LMA newsletter has reports from a young adults’ training, church life, and gospelizing in Sri Lanka. It also has a report from the international college training held in July in Taiwan.

English: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/E-2016-08.pdf
Chinese: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Asia-2016-08.pdf

Announcements

  1. Morning revival: Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 7, week 39.
  2. The International Thanksgiving Conference will be in San Jose, CA November 24 to 27. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
  3. The Lord’s Move in Europe:
    Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
    Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
    Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.