So we have quickly flew past two months into this “new”
year. I think many of us are still reeling from New Year or Chinese New Year.
Now, entering into the Lent season, churches are gearing up for Easter
preparations.
February was pretty busy. With the CNY festivity end
Jan/start Feb, the festivity in the air breathes “laziness” into most of us.
The ASOD team went into the villages n it was a refreshing “break” for me to
commune with the “jungle” at the start of this “new” year. Then we had the
Northern Clergy Retreat at a beach hotel in Penang. It was good to be
“pampered” in comfort. Getting in touch, networking, n fellowship with fellow
ministry workers was refreshing. After the retreat came loads of work!
SAM Penang SP is continuing their first course of the year
in Cultural Anthropology. I seized the opportunity to stay at a nearby hotel
when the class was held on the eve of the Thaipusam break. Well, it was boring.
SP has nothing much to offer. The budget hotel I stayed at was pretty unique
actually. Its deco carries the Middle Eastern theme but the wi-fi speed was so
slow I didn’t manage to get into the internet at all. Classes will conclude at
the close of March.
SAM Ipoh held two classes in February. At the start of the
month was a two-weeks nightly class for certificate students n towards the end
of the month was the intensive one-week day classes for diploma students.
SAM Penang Prai will begin their academic year with the
study on Christian Discipleship tonight (27Feb).
Elsewhere, our signed MoU with STS to offer the Master in
Ministry program in BM, also begins our planning towards the first module to be
offered in June in Ipoh. Do pray for us as we need a minimum count of 10
students for the class to commence n thus far we hv 7 with a few
undecided/pending inquiries.
Prayer items:
1. Expansion of
partnership/networking with other churches/Christian organizations in areas of
finance, training, ministry, etc
2. Expediting
process of creating a new bank account accessible by SAM central committee for
a more efficient responses in financial matters
3. SAM
leadership: unity, wisdom, perseverance in ministry
Thank you for your partnership in ministry
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