From December 13 to 20, Doris Brougham, Hazel Johansen, Rachel Sawatzky, Steve Marth and Heavenly Melody held large evangelistic meetings in seven cities across Taiwan. Approximately 20,000 attended these 12 meetings. 720 made decisions to accept Christ, and 1450 were interested in hearing more about the Gospel. This year's meetings, entitled JOY, combined Heavenly Melody performances in English, Chinese, and aboriginal languages. Audiences participated through sing-a-longs and warm-up games. Special guests included Mayor Hsu of Tainan and Mayor Yeh of Kaohsiung.

Heavenly Melody singer Pastor Wesley Hsu gave a testimony about how faith in Jesus brought peace and joy to his father, the son of a deaf and mute. Wesley's father later attended Bible school and was taught by Doris. Doris' story of preaching to the aboriginals, Wesley's testimony, and Heavenly Melody songs introduced the true meaning of Christmas, a celebration of the birth of Jesus bringing the gift of eternal life, true peace and joy, to the audiences. Local churches are helping with the follow-up work, and we pray that the seeds of the Gospel that have been planted will be harvested.