Dear Friend,
" See, I am doing a new thing! ... " (Isa. 43:19)
Happy Easter! The vision now stretches its
impact from Africa to Asia. Eunice and I were recently in Manila, Philippines,
teaching at and having meetings with the International Graduate School of Leadership.
While we were there, we felt the Lord’s leading to relocate to Philippines and
serve with IGSL as resident faculty. What attracted us most there was the fact
IGSL draws nearly 300 elite students each trimester from 20 Asian countries,
many of which the gospel is critically hindered. These students are enrolled in
transformative leadership programs of MA, MDiv, DMin and PhD. It seemed obvious
that partnering with IGSL will be an extension of the EAPTC’s initial vision to
raise Christ’s disciples on the Word and power to build God’s Church so that
the lost millions may be led to our God’s presence. I’ll be teaching as professor
of intercultural studies and Eunice in a children’s school within, if
everything goes as planned. However, it will be support-raising, not paid
positions (yes, we are still missionaries!) and will require us seek supports
for our living costs in Philippines.
EAPTC Africa keeps marching on to cover the
beloved continent with the message. Boma-Ngombe school in Tanzania finally got its
school registration approved from the government. The school can now freely
provide elementary to high school level educations in a superb Christian
setting. However, construction is prolonged due to lack of funds and is still on
the way both for the school site and church site, both of which, we pray, would
serve as a base for EAPTC Tanzania. More conversions and baptisms continued as
Lilongwe church in Malawi was preparing for 2015 Easter gathering of EAPTC
national church leaders. Pastors and church leaders are joining from all
corners of Malawi throughout this Passion Week for the time of recharge and
fellowship.
Some of our supporters have dropped their
regular giving to EAPTC while we were on our study leave. Would you kindly
consider resuming your supports to EAPTC, or if you’ve never supported the
works of EAPTC before, we encourage you to consider doing so. We believe this
ministry is a good soil for your heartfelt donation to get stretched far to
touch many lives in Africa and Asia. More people are destitute in these parts
of the world and direly need to hear the gospel. Also, if you wish to help us
raise support for teaching ministry at IGSL-Philippines, you can simply
indicate “Philippines” on the memo of your check to EAPTC.
Alongside
of raising supports for Philippines ministry, Eunice and I are still involved
in leadership training in the Far East. The second intake of School of Mission in
Korea is kicked off in Seoul. We trust and pray that the school will be more
organized and better structured this time to recruit more upcoming Korean
missionary candidates. Also, three Bible training centers that were set up in the
C-nation last November are to have the second module classes convened in April
and May. I’ll be travelling soon to those centers to teach and mentor, after
which I’ll stop by Osaka, Japan for the Christian & Missionary Alliance
(C&MA) Korea’s missions conference.
Your continuous prayers and financial
giving keep us going toward this biblical mandate; to raise up preachers who
will take good news from all nations to all nations (See Romans 10:14-15). Thank
you for standing with us in this glorious adventure as you pray and participate.
Sincerely,
Paul Lee, Ph.D (& Eunice Jaeun)
Director, EAPTC International