1. The citywide gathering of the church in NYC this upcoming Lord’s Day, February 5–Let us pray that all the saints will be able to attend, for all the practical services related to this gathering, and for the release of the Lord’s speaking to supply all the saints and to take the church on this year
2. The strengthening of the churches in Upstate NY and the ongoing FTTA gospel trip–The team of 6 FTTA trainees and other burdened saints will visit Rosendale and Albany this week and go out with local saints to preach the gospel on college campuses in and around these localities
3. The strengthening of the churches in New Jersey and the ongoing gospel trip–Another team of 6 FTTA trainees and other burdened saints will visit the churches in NJ this week and go out with local saints to preach the gospel on college campuses, such as Rutgers University and Princeton University, and in various communities (this team will visit NYC next week)
4. All the other FTTA gospel trips taking place this week and next week in Europe (in 20 different countries) and North America (in the U.S. and Canada)
5. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) to be held in Anaheim, CA over the weekend of February 17-19
6. The churches in New Zealand–This upcoming weekend there will be a conference for all the churches in New Zealand with brother Ed Marks
7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)