Yes, I am aware that I did
not post an update last month. There were official travels one after another
and before I knew it, it was almost middle of the month! But August was fun, at
least the part where I spent 10 days in London. It was truly the Lord’s blessing
that I could travel so far for the first time and traveling alone. Well, when I
reached Heathrow and waiting in line to pass immigration, I really thought the
plane mistakenly landed in India!
Most of the time I was in
London, I roamed its narrow streets alone. I pray I have another opportunity to
visit this place. One visit is just not enough. I must say, I simply loved the
weather – it was between 13-19C most of the time and when it drizzled, the rain
was icy cold. The “hottest” day was 21C. Both my nephews were quick to warn me
that I will not like winter!
In the midst of my visit,
my mother had a fall. Praise God, it was nothing serious. However, she has
grown very dependant and I suppose all those who have had an experience
living/caring for old people can understand my situation. I have to cut down on
my out-station trips so that my mother can be “more secure.” We are still
searching for regular (paid) help. Someone who can stay at home to accompany my
mom each time I have to go out-station for ministry matters (any other
conditions/suggestions are negotiable).
September moved quickly.
After the many movements in July/August, I didn’t realize that my three full
weeks in Penang is wrapping up. Next week, I have a class in Ipoh. Following
that is a short trip to Chiangmai for a missions conference. I have called off
the plan to bring our OA graduating students to Seremban for their convocation
so I can be home after being away for pretty long. There’s still another trip
to the OA villages, probably over a weekend end of Oct before attending the
ordination/commissioning service on 30 Oct at All Saints’ Church, Taiping.
Regarding SAM Penang, the
“branch” in Sungai Petani had concluded its first class. Because this center
began “mid-stream” the next class will only commence at the start of next year.
The Prai class is on-going and scheduled to conclude end of October. SAM Ipoh
(dip/MMin) module will conclude after next week’s class while I believe the
certificate module has another class in November before they wrap up for the
year. Then the season for reports will commence…This year we have 5 graduating
students: 1 diploma graduate from Penang and 4 certificate graduates from Ipoh.
Once again, I thank you for
your partnership in ministry.
SB
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