Reports from the Mission Field

THE CLOW COMMUNICATORMarch 2021 Since our last newsletter, we have had the opportunity to visit in person with Naperville Pres in IL. For those who don't know, that is where we were living when God called us to serve with MTW. It was a sweet time to see dear friends and even meet some new ones. Due to COVID and a winter storm, we didn't get to see as many as we would have...

The opposition of the entire world cannot frustrate the plans of God. But from our perspective, it can certainly appear that circumstances are conspiring to limit the work of God. In these times, we need to wait, pray, and trust that God's agenda is moving forward even if we cannot see it happening. GOD'S AGENDAChrist's Kingdom Continues to AdvanceI preached recently fro...

Here are some updates from the current semester! First of all, it is quite snowy and icy in here in Richmond. So class cancellations, low mobility, etc. have been the norm for a couple weeks. Apart from that, Bible studies and our weekly meetings are going strong. The two pictures you see are of our Junior Men's Bible study as well as a recent weekly meeting. Our staff te...

Dear prayer partners, As you can see from the pictures below, we've been very busy! We just held our first church retreat which was a great success. About 30 people came for an overnight trip to a campsite in central Taiwan. We had a good combination of fun together and spiritual input. Jennifer was able to share the gospel with several non-Christian youth and Thomas ga...

Prayer walk with the staff team to pray over the student, resident halls, and academic buildings as classes start and students begin coming back. UTC started classes for the spring semester on January 19th, but were completely online until February 1st. The university asked all student organizations to also remain virtual until the 1st as well, so all of our m...

I am reminded of the two great promises contained within the Great Commission. As he bid farewell to his disciples, Christ stated "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Christ is the one who orchestrates the events in heaven and on earth. He also said, "And surely I am with you always (lit. "all the days"), to the very end of the age." There is no eve...

Welcoming the Nations toThe University ofTennessee Sticking TogetherMost of us weremore than glad to welcome in the new year,butit remains to be seen if the much-longed for predictabilityand peace that so eluded us in2020 will indeed be found in 2021. If we eradicated the Coronavirus and erased the social strife in our world would that be enough to bring rest to our souls...

Some general plans for the semester...-UTC students start their spring semester on January 19. We expect to be in person this semester just like last semester as long as no major changes take place regarding the pandemic.-I willcontinueto lead freshmen girls in Bible study and begindiscipleship with them this semester. I am very excited to start discipleship with these...

Dear prayer partners,We celebrated the Christmas season with 2 baptisms and several evangelistic outreaches in partnership with a Chinese-speaking YWAM short term team. The highlight was seeing Claire, who Jennifer especially has been ministering to for the past 10 years, finally get baptized!Click here for the one minute highlight videoand see pictures below. We greatly...

Our summer plans were minimal, like most of the world. I was still on sabbatical but helped Susan as she took a graduate class for her therapist certification. The class, of course, was via Zoom. Dan was able to resume his visits to his mom in August. (She is in a nursing facility in Illinois.) But he had to either meet her outside or talk to her through the window of her...