Happiness of A Sort

Chongqing not only lays claim to being the world's largest city, it now claims to have the world's largest bathroom. A four-story public bathroom with more than 1,000 toilets has recently opened. The so called "porcelain palace" has an Egyptian decor facade and features not only soothing music, but TV programming! A local official summed it up. "After people use this bathroom, they will be very, very happy."

Touch China with your prayers, giving, and service!

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Sunlight Shining Through the Rain

A Story to Warm Your Heart - From a Frontline Worker

We have become good friends with two young medical students. We've had meals together and they've been guests in our home on several occasions. During the first meeting I had with them I had the opportunity to share my personal testimony.

Last week both of these young men spent several hours in our apartment sharing several meals and talking until the wee hours of the morning about life issues. After completing several Bible stories, John* asked about the source of the stories and we were obliged to give them their very own copies of the New Testament. They asked us about our favorite music and we played some of our favorite Christian artists. They liked the music and so we loaned them copies of some of our CDs.

The next day we met them for lunch. I asked them if they had a chance to read their New Testaments and listen to the Christian music. John's face brightened and he said, "Oh yes! I have read the first book (Gospel of Matthew) and listened to all of the CDs." I asked him what he thought and he smiled, and said, "You know! When I read that book it is like the sun is shining brightly in my heart, even though it is so dark and raining outside. Those stories really touch me! I can't explain it!" Go to http://easia.imb.org/stories/092407.htm to read the complete story.

*Name Changed

Reasons to Rejoice

So Much Fun to Tell the Gospel

"In China, relationships are very important. So I laugh with the Chinese people. I cry with them. I genuinely care about them, and I love them. These are the ones that God sent me to love, and they can see that. If I meet someone, then eventually God puts me in the path of their relatives and their best friends, and I just branch out that way. But I firmly believe that the people that I come in contact with are those that need to hear the Gospel. They're hand-picked, selected by God Himself. And it's so much fun, so much fun to tell the Gospel." (A worker in China)

Continued Church Growth in Mongolia

There were only a handful of Christians in Mongolia 16 years ago and now there are about 10,000. Evangelistic efforts are ongoing in the cities and in nomadic "yurt communities" spread throughout the vast land.

New Believers in Taiwan

The temperature was at record highs and the participants were drenched with sweat much of the week. But when the invitation was given at the end of the summer camp in Taiwan, more than 50 Chinese young people accepted Christ. Many of them were baptized shortly thereafter.

Southern Cross Expands

Southern Cross, an East Asia ministry focused on distributing evangelistic literature to Chinese tourists, has already expanded beyond Thailand and neighboring Asian countries. Soon New Zealand will be added as a venue. An advance team has recently moved there to lay groundwork.

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