Ahhh…a blink of an eye and we have almost conclude the first half of 2011. May had been a busy month, but was filled with exciting activities till I got my appointments mixed up. End of May was a trip to Kg Pergum in Simpang Pulai with Ipoh AOG Cantonese Church and about a week later was a trip to Kg Geruntum and Kg Kepayang in Gopeng with Jubilee Outreach, Penang Youth Group. It was also another round of preaching marathon with 11 speaking engagements through 7 weekends.
June sees 2 outstation trips. One is to a Bible Translation Workshop in KL on the first week and to Ipoh on the third week, bringing a teacher to teach a diploma class for SAM. That will allow me to do some admin work for the Ipoh center while visiting the OA villages and meet OA friends to interview them for my dissertation. The last week is scheduled for the first BM class in Anglican Training Center (ATC). I’ve yet to start actively publicize this class as I’ve been busy. Besides, I’m still chasing my printer for the brochures. It feels so lonely with no one sharing the similar burden and passion for this BM teaching ministry. Inquiries come but not translated to actual registration. But the English class will start in mid July after the Mandarin class in early July. Tamil is scheduled to start its first class in early September.
July will see another trip to the OA villages with another youth group. I’m hoping to start my dissertation write-up in July itself or I’ll be behind schedule. I’m planning to complete my study by end of next year. August is another busy month. ATC official opening has been re-scheduled to 13 August.
The highlight in May/June was obviously the OA village visits. Managed to visit Kg Kepayang, the much anticipated kampong visit. I think it is these visits that bring joy and excitement, besides the satisfaction and gladness in an otherwise monotonous ministry. Watching people grow in the Lord, escalating passion for ministry, and excitement in church related work…these are moments to cherish. The grocery store in the village is doing extremely well. I met with the coordinator recently and he told me he is considering re-stocking 4x a week, instead of 3x a week because business is good. I’m still looking into helping a local pastor with his kampong chicken project. At least to lighten his livelihood burden so he can focus on his studies and ministry.
I have photos of the recent OA visits posted on my facebook. Hope you take sometime to browse through them to see how exciting home missions is…
PHP 1:3 I thank my God every time I remember you.
