East Asian Peoples Update, March 2012
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The Chinese have just celebrated – and continue to celebrate all week – a new year. This year will be the year of the dragon.
Fran & I are out of the country for a few days at a meeting. When we were preparing to leave, Fran wanted to know if the hotel provided a hairdryer and /or a hot water maker. While looking at the hotel’s website for that kind of information we found the following:

It took a minute but when I realized that they offered a baby sister with the room we had to re-think whether or not we wanted to stay there.
Check out the **Taiwan in Focus section below for some really good info and a link to a short video . . .
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December 2011
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| Big plans for Christmas | |
| “I knew the Father had big plans for my Christmas that would ultimately lead to His glory, yet I had no idea He would be taking me to the other side of the earth to spend it with people I had never even met.” Hundreds of university students will spend this Christmas in China. A firsthand account will be posted December 21 at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/student-blog/first-person-my-christmas-in-china. |
Give to the nations this Christmas
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering provides 57 percent of the support for the Southern Baptist missionary force of 4,952 missionaries worldwide.This year’s goal is $175 million. Give so that others can hear of Christ’s love. Go to http://www.imb.org/.”We thank you for your sacrificial giving, and your prayer and support of us as we serve the Father here.” Worker in EA “If not for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, I don’t think we’d have the opportunity to be here doing what we’re doing.” Worker in EA |
The gift of prayer
Radical needs call for radical prayerJoin us in praying all year long for the East Asian Peoples andencourage others to do so too. Order multiple copies of the 2012 East Asian Peoples Prayer Calendar through the IMB Resource Center at 1-800-999-3113 or online at http://imbresources.org/. The resource is free and is also available in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. It can be previewed or downloaded at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/resources/.Christmas prayer requests from frontline workers
Go to http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/prayer-blog/christmas-prayer-requests/for more Christmas requests. Prayer for Tibetans, Muslims and Mongolians Download the December PEAP (Praying for the East Asian Peoples)
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What Christmas is all about
“They may be getting harder to find in America, but you can locatepeople all over the world who know what Christmas is all about. They’re in some surprising places …” Read the story at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org. |
Japan in recovery
| Child of PeaceMany births that took place in Japan on November 1, the day the world’s population exceeded 7 billion, were to parents who suffered as a result of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisis. Mrs. Kawamura-san learned she was pregnant only four days before the earthquake and there were times during her pregnancy when she was unable to get proper nutrition. But now she holds a healthy daughter named Nene, which means “peace”. Parents are welcoming babies as symbols of hope and recovery. Pray that many Japanese will hear of the birth of the Prince of Peace. http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/japan-in-crisis/.Send in the clowns “IMB missionaries Tak and Lana Oue say ‘heart care’ … is one of the top priorities in this stage of disaster relief. When community leaders told them it was time for the people to move on with their lives —to laugh and be cheered, they knew it was time to bring the clowning ministry from Georgia.” Read the story at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/feature/clown-ministry-boosts-healing-process-in-japan/. |
**Taiwan in focus
| Churches reaching outDecember is the busiest month of the year in Taiwan’s evangelical churches, 212 of which are Baptist. Beginning in early December and lasting through Christmas Day, outreaches are held in homes, parks, schools and on the streets. Almost every church building will be packed on Christmas Eve, with many of the churches winding up their festivities in the wee hours of Christmas morning with caroling throughout the community. Pray with Taiwan Christians that a huge segment of its 23 million people will accept Christ this season.Idols on parade“She froze — partly because the road was blocked and she had to stop, but mostly because she was shocked at what she saw. For 45 minutes, she watched a parade of idols, carried on floats, proceed down a main road in Taipei.” Read the story at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/portraits-of-an-east-asian-city-taipei-taiwan/ Visit fascinating Taipei online at http://vimeo.com/channels/245669#33505849. ![]() |
Stay in Touch
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to read the latest stories and features. Our East Asian Peoples Twitter
and Facebook are also updated frequently. Sign on to stay in the know! http://www.facebook.com/pages/IMB-East-Asian-Peoples/156767504344205?v=wall http://twitter.com/#!/eapeoples
Double celebration
Most of the East Asian Peoples will celebrate two New Years in
January: January 1 and the Lunar New Year that will fall on January 23,
2012. This is a great time to share Christ with your Chinese friends
and neighbors anywhere in the world. Special Chinese New Year’s
evangelistic resources will be posted on December 26 at http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/resources/.

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I know I am biased but a really good cause to support with year end giving is the International Mission Board.
100% of your gift to The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goes to overseas missions (IMB) and directly affects our yearly budget.
This is a link to a brief article about Lottie Moon.
This is a direct link to the page where you can contribute online to this very worthy cause.

Just wanted to give you another teaser that might start you investigating on your own . . .
This is from “An Evaluation of Gender Language in the in the 2011 Edition of the NIV Bible” at the website The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
“These problems fall in several main categories, including these: changing singular pronouns (“he/him/his”) to plurals (“they/ them/ their”); changing “man” to “human” or “person”; changing “brother” to “friend” or something else; changing “son” to “child” or “children”; and changing “father” to “parent” or “parents.” Detailed lists of these changes can be found at
http://www.dennyburk.com/JBMW/NIV2011-OT-Spreadsheet.xlsx and http://www.dennyburk.com/JBMW/NIV2011-NT-Spreadsheet.xlsx.”
It will not be long before all the 1984 NIVs are gone and replaced with the “improved” 2011 translation.