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WHO declares Coronavirus an International Emergency / Source: South China Morning Post

Hello friends and partners, we wanted to send everyone an update on the impact the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has been having on us here in Hong Kong. As many of you know, the outbreak of the virus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

It has since spread around the world, with now over 60,000 reported cases and over 1,300 deaths and the numbers are accelerating. Currently there are no approved vaccines or cure.

Source: South China Morning Post

The situation in Hong Kong is very intense. People are scared. Extreme measures have been taken to avoid the spread of the virus. Schools are closed, businesses are asking employees to work from home, people are avoiding any kind of public event (including church), and everyone is wearing masks.

To cooperate with the schools and government we considered cancelling our church services until this passed. But after our staff prayer two weeks ago we had a God idea! Let’s go to an online only service—and start it off with a 20 min “Kids Church” segment. Then we can do a shortened worship and message and finish with 15 min of all church prayer for our families, city and country.

About 20 faithful volunteers from our Dream Team brave the outbreak to put on the online broadcast.

Kids from Faith Family Church joining the service from home with their families (the wonderful Life Church Open Network children’s video is an integral part of our Kids Church experience)

We asked everyone in the church to let others know about this new online service. We even asked the kids to let their school friends know about the Kids Church segment.

The online-only service views leaped by approx 5 times larger than usual—to over 800 and counting!

After months of violent protests rocking the city of Hong Kong (which are still occurring), people thought things could not get any worse. Then Coronavirus hit the city amidst a worldwide pandemic. Now more than ever, this city is under an all out assault from the enemy to crush the spiritual impact it has on China.

Hong Kong riot police are still stopping and inspecting the belongings of suspected individuals during the virus outbreak.

We need your help as we hold the battle line in Hong Kong and carry on the mission. This virus has brought unprecedented backlash from Chinese citizens in Hong Kong and in China against the Communist Government. The future remains uncertain…

How you can help:

1. Send face masks to Hong Kong!

There is a desperate need for medical grade face-masks to prevent the spread of the virus. You can buy masks and mail yourself, or buy online and ship directly to us here. The address is:

Fischer
30 Wu Shek Kok Tsuen
Sha Tau Kok Road
Fanling, N.T. Hong Kong

We will work on getting any masks received to those who need them most, starting with the believers in our church who are running out.

2. PRAY

Please pray for a cure to be discovered.
Pray for Hong Kong to remain strong.
Pray for Faith Family Church to reach unchurched people in an unprecedented way during this crisis.
Pray for the millions in Wuhan who are suffering, scared and trapped in “ground zero” of the outbreak.
Pray that God will work for good in this situation–that many will be saved!

3. GIVE
Help carry the mission of reaching Hong Kong and China with the message of Jesus through your giving.

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You can find out more on the virus and its impact on China with this well made article:
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3047038/wuhan-virus/

We in the 16 member strong (and growing) Fischer family have laid down our lives for this missions calling, and now are facing that even literally! We ask you to stand with us in prayer and financial support so we may remain here and advance the Kingdom of heaven.

Together, we can make a difference in so many people’s lives we cannot begin to count them all!

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer

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Just a few days ago on Monday, October 1st was the 70th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China. In our city of Hong Kong, radical protesters took to the streets bringing about destructive confrontations with police. It was one of the ‘most violent days’ in the history of Hong Kong and was an attempt to steal the spotlight from the celebration in Beijing.

The political and social turmoil gets most of the news headlines. But there is a bigger underlying issue which we, as Christians, are concerned about: Religious Freedom.

Over the last few weeks our ministry has put together a short mini-movie attempting to answer one simple question: Why Hong Kong?
The video takes a look at the unique history of this city, the current social and political turmoil, and our unique place in God’s master plan of China evangelism that YOU, our partners, have a part in.

If after watching the video you would like to make an eternal difference in Hong Kong and China, here’s how you can be a part:

GO
Send us an email at trips@chinamissions.net if your church is interested in sending out a missions team.

PRAY
We continue to ask for increased prayer for these three points:

For peace and a de-escalation of tensions between the protesters and government
For Hong Kong to remain as a base of religious freedom to strategically reach out to China with the Gospel
For the continued safety of the Fischer family in Hong Kong

GIVE
Join the monthly support team or make a one time donation.

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family

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For many years we have used our ministry names “Fischer Family Ministries” and “China Missions” interchangeably. Generally China Missions has referred to our team trips arm of the ministry. For the utmost clarity and simplicity, we have decided to bring all our our ministry aspects under one name: China Missions.

We are excited about this small but significant change, and will begin implementing it across all of our web, social media, and print outlets over the next few months.

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Upon hearing the word “leper”, one would typically think of biblical times and the healings of Jesus, or maybe even the movie Ben-Hur. That’s what we thought—until last month—when we were invited to visit a leper colony in the mountains of southwest China.

As we prepared for the drive to the mountains, the local contact shared with our team how these lepers live alone in the mountains. The government has built enclosed villages for them to live in, but they rarely, if ever, have visitors.

Our China Missions team loaded a horse with rice and cooking oil for the leper colony and hiked up the mountain on a long dirt trail.

Upon arriving we hugged them, prayed, worshiped, and loved on them until it was time to leave. The people in the colonies we visited had been treated and had varying degrees of physical deformities. But what was most noticeable was their excitement and friendliness towards us.

Some of them were believers through the work of the local contact. We encouraged those who were, and witnessed to those who weren’t. In China, ministry is accomplished through small, baby steps. We believe a new door of ministry has opened up in this region and by prayer and patience we’ll be walking it out.

Things are rapidly changing across China. Christian ministry has become increasingly difficult. So it is all the more important that you, our faith support team, have enabled us to press forward with strength.

Our vision is to be a missions base in Hong Kong (with complete religious freedom) that strategically reaches into China to help reach the over 200 million people who’ve never heard the name of Jesus even once. On nearly every missions trip we’ve lead into China, Hong Kong church members have joined. These future missionaries are getting a heart to reach their own people in a climate where it is becoming increasingly difficult for foreigners to do the work.

This visit to the leper colony is just one example of that working. You are touching the ‘untouchable’ with the love of Jesus. Thank you.

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family

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Before we get to the exciting part, you need to understand the context of this story:

00.2%

00.2% is the total Christian population in a city in southwestern China where our recent China Missions teams have gone.

500,000 people and less than 1,000 Christians.

This is why China Missions is so important. Because over 200 million people in China have never heard the name of Jesus even once.

Sharing the Gospel in a formal school setting without restrictions.

But in the midst of such spiritual darkness, something happened here that we have never seen before: we were able to openly share the Gospel without any restraint in a large kindergarten! In over fifteen years in China, we have not seen this type of ministry done before in a formal school setting. The kids, 2-5 years old, had never heard the name of Jesus. But after the songs, crafts, clown skit, and sharing, 173 kindergarteners prayed to receive Jesus!

This area has now gone from 00.20% to 00.23% Christian!

Kindergarteners learning the creation story.

The Principal of the kindergarten was deeply moved and said that the China Missions Team inspired him with new ways to teach the kids. We believe that these “open doors” for the Gospel are a direct result of your prayers. We could not do it without you!

We also went into the mountain villages, orphanages, and house churches. In one of the orphanages, the leaders of the registered church came and met us. We had a mini-revival because after years of seed sown, they were finally open to receiving the Holy Spirit.

Registered Church Leaders receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Rice, Bibles and most importantly, the Gospel, was taken to the rural villages of this area of China.

Mountain village home.

Village house church meeting.

Bibles, devotionals and Children’s Bibles delivered.

One of our China Missions teams visiting the mountains

Thank you for standing with us here on the mission field. And a special thank you to all those who’ve come out on a China Missions trip.

Together we can evangelize and disciple the next generation of unreached Chinese people!

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family

PS. More updates to come on the church launch and our recent team up with Global Ventures for a big impact in Hong Kong and China!

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Our China Missions team went into the mountain villages, orphanages, and house churches. In one of the orphanages, the leaders of the registered church came and met us. There was a mini-revival because after years of seed sown, they were finally open to receiving the Holy Spirit.

Rice, Bibles and most importantly, the Gospel, was taken to the rural villages of this area of China.

Mountain village home.

Village house church meeting.

Bibles, devotionals and Children’s Bibles delivered.

One of our China Missions teams visiting the mountains

Thank you for standing with us here on the mission field. And a special thank you to all those who’ve come out on a China Missions trip.

Together we can evangelize and disciple the next generation of unreached Chinese people!

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family

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Tseung Kwan O has a New Church!

Faith Family Church—TKO!

“Launch Sunday” by the numbers:
440 people attended the combined services
67 were children
662 people viewed the live-stream on Facebook
86 people made a decision for Christ!
62 HKDI students volunteered (most all were unsaved)

Nearly everyone who visited came because of the city-wide advertising on Billboards, Buses, Subway Trains, and Mailers.

Thanks so much to all who gave towards this launch, making the advertising possible!!!

The launch morning greeted us with a cold and rainy day, but visitors got out their umbrellas and came anyways. Most had never been to a church service ever in their lives, and a few others that had said they’d never been to a contemporary service like this.

There was a strong connection made with many families. We believe these families will be the foundation of the church. Parents shared how they felt like everyone was so loving and their kids didn’t want to leave.

A young lady who attend the service with her sister, shared how she had been praying for a church. She was contemplating suicide, feeling totally unwanted. Now she and her sister are looking to connect with the church and grow in their relationship with Jesus.

The “church launch phase” is not over! Over the next few weeks the attendance is expected to drop. But after about a month it should stabilize and we’ll have a core group of people who will “stick” and then growth will continue from there.

A school has allowed us to temporarily use their school hall for services for the next month. We are still searching for a long-term location (which we sent an email about a couple of weeks ago). Please keep this in prayer!

We’ll keep you updated as things progress!

Thanks again to all of you who prayed and gave to help make this possible!!!

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family

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IT’S OURS!!!

Church Launch Facility Approved
March 4, 2018!

We’ve just received the go-ahead for launching Faith Family Church at the most outstanding and strategic location in Tseung Kwan O—the “Hong Kong Design Institute” (HKDI).

For three months we painstakingly applied for every Sunday from December to April and were methodically turned down each time. After spending countless hours on the phone and making multiple site visits we began to make headway with the venue rental department personnel as we kept sharing the “Why” for the church launch. Several began to get excited with us as they saw the win-win benefit for everyone.

Unexpectedly, one of the venue personnel discovered that the Sunday on March 4, 2018 was only reserved but not booked. So, on our behalf, they pursued the potential party and requested they confirm—of which they then (mysteriously) declined! They immediately gave us the “reservation” (even though others were interested) and we immediately accepted and confirmed!

Last month we sent an email asking for prayer…”that doors would be open for us”—and they literally were!” We deeply thank all of you who responded and interceded! We don’t believe this would have happened without prayer paving the way!

Inside the 740 seat HKDI auditorium where our first service will be held. This is the only venue of its kind in Tseung Kwan O.

The next totally unexpected surprise is that the HKDI requires their (7000) students to get 40 hours of outside “internship experience” while attending school. And how perfect would it be to help a church launch right on their own campus! Students are learning to work with lights, sound, cameras, promotional advertising, design—and even Child Care! With the help of excited HKDI instructors we are now rounding up a team of these students to help us in all of these areas. And of course, you know what benefit they will receive in return—an opportunity to meet Jesus himself!

This arial view photo of Tseung Kwan O shows the location of the HKDI.

**This dream has now become reality, but we need your help to finance this amazing opportunity!**

We only have $97,000USD towards our Launch Budget goal of $200,000USD. We must raise just over a hundred thousand dollars in the next month to ensure that every part of the strategic ARC launch strategy works.

The INVESTMENT:

$200,000USD
One family of twelve (and 2 more on the way) willing to lay down their lives to bring this to pass.
A lot more prayer…

The RETURN:

A district of 400,000 people will receive a life-giving church (only one of its kind in TKO).
A church that can then reach out to the other 7 million in HK that is only 5% Christian.
A base that can then launch Chinese and Western missionaries into Mainland China to reach the over 200K who’ve never heard the name of Jesus even once.

Will you help us?

Below is a breakdown of the expenses for the pre-launch, launch day and portable church location. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to give you a call or answer an email.

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Thank you for standing with us and helping to carry the vision to reach Hong Kong and China for Jesus!

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China

P.S. If you haven’t seen the 3 minute promo video for the church launch, watch it here.

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Fact # 3 of 3

This means that Hong Kong is tired. Work takes precedence over everything. Overtime is the norm, not the exception. This in turn makes Hong Kong one of the most difficult cities for unreached people to attend church. People feel like they just don’t have any time—or energy.

This is one of the reasons we are so passionate about our church launching in a mega-residential suburb of Hong Kong. We are taking the church right where the people live. We believe this will help eliminate barriers many would face when visiting church for the first time.

The people in Hong Kong desperately need the peace found in Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…”
You are helping them find it.

Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China

Check out Fact #1 and Fact #2 if you missed them from earlier this year!

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WE NEED PRAYER!

Right now is a critical time in the church launch phase. Like Paul said “pray for us…that doors be opened for us…” Hong Kong, has few options for rent that will work for a church launch the size of what God has put on our hearts.

But in one particular University that God has put on our hearts, we are working with department heads, lecturers, and students that are excited about the opportunity to help us launch a life-giving church right here on their campus! However, the auditorium we’d need to use is in heavy demand. But after searching for many months, we believe there may be an opening in early 2018.

We believe all obstacles can be overcome through prayer. Would you stand in agreement with us in prayer this facility would be opened up for the church launch?

This is a photo of the HKDI building, Hong Kong Design Institute, and we are one approval away from making this our launch point!

This aerial view photo of Tseung Kwan O will help you get the idea of how tight and competitive the battle for space is (the green areas are actually quite mountainous.)

Launch Budget

We are excited to update that approx $85,000 has come in towards the church launch! A big thank you to all who’ve already given. These donations have come in from over 60 different pastors, businessmen, and individuals from across the USA and Hong Kong.

We still need help! If you have already committed to give to the launch—please send it in. If you haven’t considered it we just ask you to ask God if He would have you do anything to help us, then do it!—no pressure.

This is the largest step our family has ever undertaken in the last 17 years of full-time ministry and it will have unmeasurable effect. The people in Hong Kong and China are so open to the Gospel. The harvest is ripe and now is the time to act!

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Thank you for standing with us and helping to carry the vision to reach Hong Kong and China for Jesus!

Together,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China!

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Tseung Kwan O has a New Church!

Faith Family Church—TKO!

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IT’S OURS!!!

Church Launch Facility ApprovedMarch 4, 2018!

This dream has now become reality, but we need your help to finance this amazing opportunity!

Will you help us?

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Fact # 3 of 3

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WE NEED PRAYER!

Launch Budget

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Church Launch Facility Approved
March 4, 2018!

**This dream has now become reality, but we need your help to finance this amazing opportunity!**