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Thank God for allowing me to attend the KIMNET retreat through God’s grace. The KIMNET Latin American Mission Forum was held at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on May 14-17. From UBF, 5 people attended. M. Isaac C. was invited as one of the ten speakers. M. Mary C., M. Timothy R., M. Hannah R. and M. Henry P. (UBF representative for KIMNET) joined. The KIMNET Latin American Mission Forum was held at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on May 14-17. From UBF, 5 people attended. M. Isaac C. was invited as one of the ten speakers. M. Mary C., M. Timothy R., M. Hannah R. and M. Henry P. (UBF representative for KIMNET) joined. On the second day of the retreat, missionary Isaac C., who serves the ministry of Argentina la Plata, graciously presented a missionary story titled “Be faithful to the point of death.” His lecture is posted in Korean at https://youtu.be/6OcoHHFbtcs.

The groups and churches that attended the retreat asked many questions with fresh interest in UBF's self-supporting missions and discipleship, which were slightly different. Some people had misconceptions about UBF ministry. Accordingly, M. Henry P. went to the front and gave a brief explanation of UBF ministry. Even after the meeting ended, many people were interested and asked many questions. Another pastor gave a message and said loudly that we should do missions like UBF.

We are grateful that God has used the sincerity we have offered so far as a grain of wheat and preciously used it in the history of the world church. We pray that we will realize the meaning of what we are doing and work harder.

On Sunday, May 19, we attended the worship service at the home church of M. Jorge A. in the Dominican Republic. It was a great comfort, gratitude, and joy that Missionaries Henry P., Isaac C., and Maria C. stayed behind from their busy schedule to participate in this visiting.

The house church is located in a very small two-story house on a small side street. Unusually, there were dozens of very small potted plants hanging from a protective net on the street side of the second floor, which shaded the worship center and looked very pretty.

The first part of the service was led by M. Timothy R., who spoke from Ephesians 1:15-23. He prayed that we would deeply embrace the power of life given to the church and believers and live lives that witness to the power of that life on campus. The second part of the service was the baptism and communion of missionaries M. Jorge A. and M. Isabel. It was a historic and gracious time for all. Both missionaries were sent as missionaries before we began baptizing in Guadalajara.

The prayer topics for the Dominican Republic are:  

1. For an in-depth study of the book of Matthew each week
2. For God to raise up 12 disciples
3. For Daniela's (the second daughter) autism to be healed and for her to live a life of praise to God
4. For missionary Isabel's thyroid to be healed.
5. That we would be able to move to a bigger place to serve the sheep
6. For finanical independence

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