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>3020 Edition

>January 11~17, 2010

Youth help others and experience transformation through outreach  ministries

>Reported by Chen Wei-jian

>Written by Lydia Ma

On January 10, Taichung’s Chung-Hsiao Road Presbyterian  Church youth showed their

concern for typhoon victims by holding a bazaar to raise funds to  support a retreat designed

especially for typhoon victims living in the region of Chasan near  Alishan Mountain. Through

the enthusiastic support and participation of church members, the  bazaar raised more than

NT$110,000 in one day, exceeding everyone’s expectations. All  the proceeds will go toward

covering retreat expenses and buying winter clothes and daily  necessities for children from

>poor families.

According to the church’s youth pastor, Wang Hsin-te, this is  the third or fourth year that church

youth have been involved in short-term missions with children as  the main focus. Every year,

the church chooses a small, rural church in coastal areas or in  the mountains where they can

send their teens to minister to kids. This year, victims of  Typhoon Morakot living in Chasan

who desperately need assistance caught the church’s  attention.

According to Wang, kids living in the city enjoy a good, material  life but often feel dissatisfied.

Short-term missions can help them put things into perspective when  they realize how many

kids in other parts of the world lack material resources and yet  are able to live happily. Wang

said many church youth come back transformed and it shows in the  way they treat people and

>things afterward.

Besides training youth, the bazaar also provided an opportunity  for church members to get

involved in post-Morakot rebuilding efforts because though many  cannot do much personally,

their financial donations can go a long way. Wang said he was  surprised by the outpouring of

support as the church prepared for this bazaar. Some church  members were moved by the

Holy Spirit to donate items produced by their own manufacturing  companies.

The church’s youth fellowship will partner with a local  school fellowship in organizing this camp

slated to run from January 31 to February 5, 2010.

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