wfn.org | Foreign workers’ outreach comforts hearts, sows gospel seeds

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>      Taiwan Church News

>3036 Edition

>May 3~9, 2010

Foreign workers’ outreach comforts hearts, sows gospel seeds

>Reported by Chen Wei-chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

“The old adage says you must depend on friends when  you’re away from home. We 
just want

to introduce Jesus, the best friend in the world, to our friends  living far 
away from home,” said

Chen Chi-yun, a staff from Gideon 300 Evangelical Association.

On May 2, Gideon 300 and other organizations staged a concert in a  plaza near 
the rear exit

of Taoyuan Train Station. The concert was especially designed to  attract 
foreign workers living

in Taiwan and drew approximately 200 people, most of them  Vietnamese.

Besides listening bands perform gospel songs, the audience was  also treated to 
an array of

hot food. Gideon 300 went out of its way to ensure that the  audience’s spirit, 
soul, and body

would be fed and satisfied. Vietnam General Association of  Christian Churches 
and a few

PCT youth were also involved in planning this outreach.

The concert also featured a few performances by “Psalm 23 &  Douzi” band, whose 
members

were PCT youth. Rev. Chuang Fei, an Assemblies of God minister,  delivered the 
message

followed by an altar call. Throughout the concert and message,  Vietnamese 
subtitles or live

translations were provided so that the audience would understand  God’s love 
for them and

grasp the passion emanating from local churches.

Though many in the audience came from Buddhist backgrounds, they  were visibly 
comforted

when they listened to these performances. For many of them, merely  seeing 
their native

language again soothed some of their homesickness. Many Vietnamese  people began

enquiring about the nearest church as the concert ended.

According to Chen, this is the first time Gideon 300 has done a  foreign 
workers’ outreach.

Christians from various churches helped out by providing food and  giving away 
small gifts. But

the most memorable moment of this outreach was when one Vietnamese  Christian 
sent 30

lunchboxes to volunteers working at the concert. This lady, who  remains 
anonymous, had once

been encouraged and helped by Christian organizations.

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