This month’s missions focus is on Dr. David Eckman and Becoming What God Intended Ministries. Here is an update on their ministry.

Led by Pastor Anthony Chan, jnX served 5 churches in the Bay Area (including BACBC Alameda) in the first half of the year. Their ministry included preaching and leading worship in Sunday Services, sharing testimonies at church fellowship events, and conducting worship training workshops that covered both heart and technical issues.

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.