Ministry Update April 2007
11 April 2007
Entering into the second quarter of the year gives the impression that things are moving so fast, maybe just too fast. On Good Friday I finished the last of the assignments for my doctoral seminar (I have some doctoral seminars & several master level courses for my ThM program & there's only one more master level course in July besides the thesis to complete my program) I spent Resurrection Day with two wonderful friends. We had the best koay teow thng in town for breakfast & attended Easter Service in church; then we proceeded to the best char koay teow in town for lunch, then adjourned to the best ice-cream parlor in town. What a Sunday!
I preached the Easter message at the Vietnamese church & it was frustrating because my interpreter could not understand "evidence" nor "proof" – so I let you imagine how I delivered a message on the proof of Easter…I hope my next preaching engagement this Sunday will turn out better. After all, she eagerly asked for the message script to be emailed to her as soon as possible. Please pray for this ministry. They are extremely hungry for God's Word and whenever the Vietnamese pastor is away, we are limited by language.
We had the second youth meeting at GBC South last Saturday (someone mentioned that I ought to report about church ministry in my updates) The first meeting the previous month had 3 members & the second (last Saturday) we had 9. Please join us to pray for this young group. They are very fun & active.
I led the dawn prayer meeting in campus this morning, once again sharing the burden in my heart for revival. Was pretty upset & disappointed seeing blank faces staring at me in the midst of the meeting. But God never fail to amaze me. Despite being so disappointed with myself & the students, great things are churning. One student shared with me of her burden to pray more, to soak campus with prayer, etc. then at lunch another student stepped up beside me to ask if I have the burden to join him in praying for our cousins. And guess what?! These two students are Honkies! Malaysians, where are you?!
Soon we will be publishing several books translated into BM. They are now in the final stages of editing before publishing. There are exciting developments in the BM Dept. (sorry I can't be more specific), teaching/preaching engagements, my mission trip to Acheh and most of all great things God is revealing everyday…Thank you for your partnership in ministry.
