November 2009

Dear Friends,

It has been a while since we communicated with you all. We trust you had a wonderful THANKSGIVING with family and friends! Luke and I (Andrew) had a blessed time in both Indonesia and India. Both APT Bible Colleges in those countries are doing very well, PTL for that! Our leaders and staff are doing a terrific job :-)

We sensed to spend an extended time in Andrew's 'original' home city of Bangalore in India, and that turned out to be rather profitable, too. As a result we only returned to our home base in Phoenix, Arizona, December 2nd, and are looking forward to spending at least 2 months "off road" before needing to leave yet again for APT Bible College in Fiji, and a time of ministry in Australia.

Attached is a picture of the brand new Auditorium (adjacent to the new Kitchen facility) at APT Bible College in Bilaspur, North India! It is a beautiful, spacious hall and can accommodate about 450 people comfortably.

We ask your understanding for any lack of email communication on our part to you the past 3 months due to inability to use our primary email address while in Asia, but we THANK YOU, and are very grateful for all your faithful love and support of this Missions ministry, regardless! We also have some big repair bills to the campus in FIJI. If you sense to do something special to avail the year-end giving, may we ask you to prayerfully consider that at this time?

May your CHRISTmas 2009 be truly HOLY, and may the New Year 2010 be your best yet!

Andrew Taylor

December 2009

Dear Friends,

As you know we extended our time in India on our last ministry trip there. The key reason was that I (Andrew) met a lady who has become very special to me. We knew each other when she was leader of the Youth Group at the AOG church that both our families attended in Bangalore, India. We reconnected in Bangalore 3 years ago (after 28 years), then met again 2 years back. Been in touch by phone and email as friends, until this trip when we realized the Lord was drawing us together!

AnnE (with an "E") is an architect, and worked for 20+ years in Adelaide, Australia. She then left it all to return to Bangalore, India, to begin a ministry to poverty-stricken children from the slums. Her ministry called "The Door Of Hope, Bangalore" ministers to approximately 25 very poor and needy children 5 days a week.

Attached is a picture of Anne - who has won my heart. It is truly amazing how we sense, and have, a very deep soul-tie! We connect so easily spiritually, culturally, emotionally, and intellectually. As children, we even attended sister schools less than half a mile from each other. And both of us are involved in Missions work, too!

Since 'falling in love', we discerned that it would still be good for us to have a time of separation, thus I returned to the USA without AnnE. She then has come to visit me in Arizona, so she could have a sense for where I am at (and Luke, too) and then make a final decision. We wish to share with you all that I have asked Anne to marry me, and she has consented to be my wife. I am honored by her acceptance! We are announcing our Engagement here in Phoenix, and are planning our wedding in Adelaide, Australia in mid-to-late, February 2010. (Details will follow.) All her immediate family members live in Adelaide.

Because we know so many folk in so many parts of the world, we are planning RECEPTIONS in:

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Summer 2010
• Brisbane, Australia - April 2010
• Phoenix, Arizona - May 2010
• Bangalore, India T.B.A.

God has blessed AnnE and myself with our own fully furnished homes, thus there aren't really any tangible "gifts' that we are in need of. If anyone wishes to bless us, then you may consider simply sending a separate gift to the ministry instead. Because APT has three Bible schools in Fiji, India, and Indonesia, and AnnE has "Door Of Hope" in India, we felt to divide all gifts proportionately, so all four aspects are covered equally. And since they go towards ministry, all gifts to APT FOUNDATION (in the USA) will be deemed Tax-Deductible.

Thank you for your love and support, and for sharing in our happiness! We love and bless every one of you!

Andrew (& Anne) Taylor, + Luke