This month’s newsletter highlights Kazzkhstan, one of the fastest growing countries in Central Asia.

I pray that you are doing well, and particularly, connected with God and the church family in various ways during these unprecedented spiritual, social-economic, and political challenges brought by the pandemic. I would like to share with you how God has strengthened our faith and blessed us through our Sunday school in the last few months.

A few days ago, smoke from the western U.S. had turned skies shocking shades of bright red and orange. Photos and videos of the hazy sky looked apocalyptic. According to NASA, the color-changing skies were a result of smoke particles, which blocked certain wavelength colors—such as blue, yellow, and green—from the sun.

Loving God and loving others is Jesus’ Great Commandment to his followers. The Apostle Paul also wrote of the importance of loving followers and non-followers of Jesus: in other words, everyone!

Greetings from Minnesota! They have been doing well, staying in good health while sticking close to home because of COVID-19. Praises & prayer requests: They celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary; Prayer for Sandy's back and leg pain; Praise that Jim is doing okay; Prayer for them to continue to be careful with their health issues; prayer for a deaf lady who has been sick; for God to heal our country.

We will be visiting our grandchildren in the near future. Both of them are growing so fast. Physical growth is normal for children, and spiritual growth is normal for God’s children!