Dear partners in ministry,
I echo the statement of Dr Martin Luther, as he stood before the Diet of Worms…Here I stand, I can do no other. So, help me God…
I stand at a cross road today, undecided. It is a simple yes or no. Yet, each carries a series of serious consequences. Please pray for me, for wisdom and for discernment.
June is concluding and July starts with another session with the FGA BM pastors. The following day I will travel to JB. On Friday morning I will meet my thesis supervisor in Singapore. I will meet most of my team when they arrive on Friday night in JB. We will be in JB, ministering to the OA community, consisting of mostly East Malaysians who work in Singapore but staying in JB. Our host church is the Anglican church. We will stay here till Wednesday. Then we travel to Malacca where we will minister to another OA community. This is the Peninsular OA people group. Our host will be the Baptist and SIB churches. Two additional team members will join us here in Malacca. Our departure is also fragmented, as I may be traveling back to JB a day earlier than the rest. I am blaming Firefly for this. They changed their JB-PEN schedule a whole four hours earlier. Four team members will return to JB to catch the JB-PEN flight while two others who join us only in Malacca will travel Malacca-KL LCCT- PEN. Pretty confusing series of movements actually. Do remember us in prayer. Thank you.
Will update with the trip report upon my return on 12th July.
SB
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Ministry Update: June 2009
Ah, the month of June. This marks the entry to the first half of the year. How quick time flies. The seconds and minutes, then, the hours and the days. Needless to repeat that I was so blessed by the month long trip in the interior. It was a reverse culture shock for me to adapt back to city life…no it was nothing drastic, just my play of words to exaggerate. But I returned with a stronger passion for the ministry and I suddenly realized that as long as I am in my present capacity, there is just so much I can do. However, the work has so much more potential. It is frustrating for an eagle to be given the wings of a house fly. Please pray for me, the ministry, and mostly the ability to discern God in His marvelous work around us here in Malaysia.
Middle of the month, I have a class in Ipoh. This may be an extension point where the students may not need to come all the way up north to the main campus. Then early July is the mission trip to Johore and Malacca. I will briefly drop by Singapore to meet my thesis supervisor and hope to kick start my research proper. I received an invitation to initiate BM classes for master level students in Malacca. Yes, on one hand I am excited at the prospect. On the other hand…well, I am still asking myself whether it will be worth it to continue on in my present capacity that limits a ministry of vast potential because the leaders subscribe to its conservative policies.
Middle of the month, I have a class in Ipoh. This may be an extension point where the students may not need to come all the way up north to the main campus. Then early July is the mission trip to Johore and Malacca. I will briefly drop by Singapore to meet my thesis supervisor and hope to kick start my research proper. I received an invitation to initiate BM classes for master level students in Malacca. Yes, on one hand I am excited at the prospect. On the other hand…well, I am still asking myself whether it will be worth it to continue on in my present capacity that limits a ministry of vast potential because the leaders subscribe to its conservative policies.
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