Title: Foreign prisoners urgently need visitors: they dont have relatives, who can visit them they can phon
1Foreign prisoners urgently need visitorsthey
dont have relatives, who can visit them they
can phone them now only one time in 3 monthsmany
can not communicate with other prisonersthey are
desperately lonely
2But they are open for the Gospel
3The number of foreign prisoners in Taipei Main
Prison located in Guishan is now as follows
4The ministry to the foreign prisoners in
Guishan1. Weekly visits and bible studies
byPastor Robert (English and Tagalog)Pastor
Zhang (Indonesian and Chinese)Pastor Immanuel
(Thai and Chinese) Sunny (English), Rose (Thai
and Chinese)Mr. Hsinsheng (Chinese) 2. Every
year a Christmas Party
5One of the largest groups are the 21 Thais
675 of them are joining bible study groups
712 have received Christ in Prison, 10 are already
baptized, 5 of them in October 2003
8These five have been baptized in October 2003
9Praise the Lord!
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11This 70 year old man received Jesus and was
baptized in Summer 2003
12The biggest event of the year is the Christmas
party It is the only day the foreigners can
meet their countrymen, which are separated in 18
different prison departments
13Only then they can get favorite food from their
home country.
14Christmas is a day of big joy for them
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17Some of the foreign prisoners have been moved to
Kuang Fu prison, 80 km south of Hualien
- It takes an 12 hour car ride or 8 hours by train
to visit them, but we try to visit them every
month
18The Kuang Fu Prison is a no wall prison, but
now security has been raised high.
19Before the worship time we can have a meal with
them
20This Vietnamese received Christ end of 2002 and
asked to be baptized in March 2003, but due to
SARS, a new director and to raised security
devices he had to wait until October 2003
21How glad he was, to be baptized!
22In Kuang Fu too, like every year, we will prepare
an Christmas Party
23For the Christmas parties we need your help1.
We need many Christians to speak with
prisoners2. We need people preparing food for
the different nationalities
- 3. We need Christmas presents und people helping
to pack them - 4. We need funds of about 150 000 NT to cover
all expenses.
24 Dont forget Foreign prisoners
urgently need helpthey dont have relatives,
who can visit them they can
phone them now only one time in
3 monthsmany can not communicate
with other prisonersthey are desperately
lonely!
25Jesus taught us to visit the brothers and sisters
in Christ in Prison
- Thank you very much for all support