Update: this news just in...

Very happy to report that our congregation has grown to the point where we cannot accommodate anymore people. So after much consideration the elder body has found the perfect location to start a new English group. Right in the middle of a town full of factories where hundreds of eager Filipinos work. Many of whom studied or have been introduced to the truth but were never able to make it all the way out to our KH before. The brothers are very confident that this will result in huge growth for the English territory. In a few weeks we are sending about 40 publishers to Shulin (about an hour and a half train ride away) where the new group will be. And even more, one of the English cong. south of us has grown to the point of needing to expand as well, so they are forming a group in an otherwise seldom worked area. We will now have 5 English congregations and two groups in Taiwan. This is going to provide many people with the opportunity to come to the meetings that never could before.

In summation... the English field here is expanding rapidly, and we are all very excited to see how Jehovah blesses these new changes.

It's been really amazing to watch, each meeting there are bible studies attending by the hand full. Last Sunday a worldly girl and her boyfriend came to the meeting, following along in their Chinese Bibles as best they could. And when a brother asked for the reading of a scripture in the WT, the girl raised her hand, stood up, and began reading aloud for the whole congregation. She was so excited to take part in the meeting that she didn't even wait until the brother called on anyone. She had been following along and anticipated ahead of time that the scripture was coming. It was really cute to see such enthusiasm in a study.

I have been asked to take over a bible study for one of the sisters that is moving to the new group next month, so I'm looking forward to starting that as soon as I return from Japan.

I also have a few more leads on jobs thanks to the friends, so I'm becoming more optimistic about the work situation.

Wish you could all be here to experience these exciting times. Keep up the good work back home!