CBM hosted a children’s day camp during the Chinese New Year break in Taiwan. It was a great experience for both the volunteers from the church and the local children. One camper who was invited by a classmate whose family attends their church plant was noticeably hostile to the Christian message at first. By the end of the camp, she had softened her demeanor and she and her sister even visited Sunday School a few weeks after the camp.

In Alameda County, we have approximately 1200 children in our foster care system, - 228 of them are sent out of our county because there are not enough foster homes each year--away from their homes, relatives, schools.

The month’s mission focus is to pray as we support Jason Adams-Brown who is serving with Global Gates to reach the Afghan population in the Bay Area.

This month's newsletter has these prayer prompts: "Thank you, Lord, for Pastor Andimi. Like Isaac, his obedience and trust were larger than his fear and he chose faithfulness no matter the cost. Bless the families of all martyred Christian pastors.

Baptist World Mission (Brazil) – Tom and Penny Latham were in the US for a family reunion in March. Pastor Latham also preached at a Dallas church that he had not visited for 20 years. He returned to Brazil on March 27 and Penny two weeks later.

Pray for Sandy (Sandra) and her family as her husband and our missionary, James Spellman passed away surrounded by family on September 6, 2022. Jim’s favorite verse was: ”Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17.