The Kairos Course- Timely course all the time

It’s been a wonderful 3.5 weeks learning with facilitators and believers who are passionate about the mission works in the Kairos Course. During the course, God stirred my heart as He challenged me to visit His heartbeat – the establishment of His eternal Kingdom! His heart is to see every tongue and tribe gather before His throne and worship Him. But are we taking extra efforts to work towards that to happen? Sad to say, no.

My heart cried when I see that there are still 6,900 unreached people group living on this face of the earth, die by thousands daily without knowing that their eternal destiny could be changed through faith in Jesus Christ. My heart was troubled when I see that His churches seem focusing on building own Kingdom with their own way instead of focusing on the frontier mission – evangelizing the 6,900 unreached people group! I felt ashamed because when we talk about the 2nd coming of Christ, more than 1/3 of the world population has no one consistently telling them about the 1st coming! “Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations (peoples”). Jesus said it 2,000 years ago. Where do we stand today? Do we care what God cares?

God showed me that you and I have an active role to play as a Body of Christ to help fulfill the Great Commission. Unless we work together as one, and march towards the same direction, we can never shed the tears of joy when Christ finally comes that day, receive worship of every tribe and tongue on this earth. God desires to see His church do His will with the different gifts He entrusted and be effective in wherever are He wants us to contribute. I hope that messages from the Bible (highlighted in the Kairos course) will wake up the churches all around the world to see the remaining urgent tasks to accomplish- Evangelizing the unreached people group!

MAOL-Master of Art in Organizational Leadership (Lesson learned)

I felt like a college student again! Last 2 weeks (19-30 November) had been one of my highlights this year. Learning intensively for 2 weeks was quite tiring, yet quite fulfilling! Immersing myself in the Words of God is such a wonderful experience! I will never trade such joy and fulfillment for any things else!

I thank God for such a time to learn how to study the Words of God inductively: these are the new skills and knowledge I gained from the 1st week learning:

• Interpreting the Bible passage by studying the context and the content of the Bible passage

• Consult Bible dictionaries and concordances for clearer understanding on particular nouns or verbs.

• Feel what the author felt, see what the readers’ need.

• How to apply God’s Words practically into my life, and communicate such application to others.

The most important part was where I seek God for guidance in doing my personal Bible study. I was convicted to study on the Book of Romans (which my sister has been talking about all these while). As you know I’ve been dealing with personal issues like: Personal holiness, mortification of sins and so forth. I believe God has very personal message to me as I study. Share with you more as I go

As for another subject, spiritual formation, I learned:

• How to study the Bible contemplatively (with meditation, imagination and personal application)

• Learning the Christian journey from John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” (must-read and must-watch for every Christians!)

• Spot the spiritual blind-spots of Malaysia Chinese believers (including myself) particularly on issues regarding the attributes of God, and salvation and sanctification.

• Counterfeit those spotted err with the Truths of God • Rekindled the passion to have personal retreat and quiet time with God.

• Openness to God and to others

Another highlight of this 2-weeks course was the time spent with staffs, and our instructor, Kuya Rod Santos! It’s been wonderful time sharing, sight-seeing and makan together! I’m really blessed with friendships like such! Special thanks also for those of you who pray for me on the day I sit for the test (especially my CG Members from PJEFC, Terima Kasih banyak banyak!!).

Pray for me that I will continue to practice what I learn, and apply it to my life, and also communicate it with my friends around me.

Like what i posted on my twitter: MAOL has passed, but My-(the)Almighty-Orchestrated-Life is still going on, and going to be better!

Kuya Rod Santos, our dedicated instructor

Fellow classmates

 

With Kuya Rod's younger daughter, Bethel-Joy

 

 

Executive Retreat 2009

God is AWESOME! That’s all I can say!

The last weekends (25-27 September) had been a life-changing moments. More than one time, my spirit burst out joy and wonders as I hear people sharing the supernatural and life-changing stories God has done.

A former death-row inmate turned into a new-born pastor

A former drunkard, violent husband and dad, turned into a man who could shed tears of repentance on stage when he recap how bad he treated his children and wife

A former proud and dangerous military man who led a military havoc in Philippine year 2003 called “Oakwood Mutiny” turned into a humble servant of God

A hateful man whom brother is killed, turned into someone who is willing to forgive, and share the love of Jesus with that very man who killed his own brother.

A man who used to own almost everything a man wants in the world, yet lost it all over night, humbled, and decided to live right for God, surrendered to Jesus, and God lifted him up again.

Jesus changes lives! You may think that money, position, military power or any other human efforts can change lives, like the men I mentioned above, yet they failed. Now they understood: We can only live a new life in Jesus, and no where else. That’s why they are bold to stand up for Jesus, because they witnessed what Jesus did to them, and changed them

I thank God for every moments spent in Executive Retreat. I enjoyed working with influencing people who desire to know God, and please God and God alone in their lives. My heart is thankful as I see God is working in mighty and powerful ways!

Most of all, I am excited of journeying with a God whom no one could stop Him from doing great and mighty works wherever He wants, and that I am part of this wonderful plan.

Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Philippines to Scandavania (Norway, German and Iceland). Her conviction to be an ambassador for Christ touched me deeply. To me, she is more like a missionary than an ambassador. She always say that her job is to bring Gospel to everyone she come in touch with, and her "other job" is to be a diplomat. He life impacted me to see our primary calling as Ambassador of Christ, and secondly, our identity on earth.

Rev. & Mrs. Peter Tan-chi, the founder of Christ Commission Fellowship in Manila. Their humility and vital relationship with God tell me that the greatest asset a person can have is that genuine love towards God and towards people around them. His simplicity in delivering the messages of God also leave long-lasting impact in my mind.

Formerly a military man, notable professor in military school of Philippine, a would-be general of Philippine, laid down everything and follow where God wants him to be- -start all over, and be a full time missionary with Philippine Campus Crusade for Christ.

Geri/Geraldo Gembala. Don't undemine this physically small guy. He was former Philippine military man, fought 8 years of endless Philippine sounthern border war, and was the leader who led a group of 321 armed soldiers who called themselves "Bagong Katipuneros", held their country "hostage" for 24 hours on July 27, 2003, in an event commonly called "Oakwood Mutiny". He met Jesus in prison, and his life is transformed. My aquaintance with him was wonderful, and you can 'smell' the humility of Christ in him! He is now serving with PCCC Leader's Movement, as a staff ministering mainly to the military of Philippine, and worldwide.

These were only some of the people whom life had been transformed by Jesus Christ. There are more people who joined the Executive Retreat have met Jesus Christ in special ways too! Their lives are beautiful, and I was ministered by God deeply as I see their lives.

I too, want to live such a life that is worthy of God’s grace- – His transforming, freely-given and eternal grace.

An Interesting Illustration

Got this story from the forwarded e-mail. Author unknown. I was encouraged and thought it would be great to share it with you. Hope the truths in it give you hope and set you free to soar high!

The Value

A wellknown speaker started off his seminar by:
holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked,  
‘Who would like this $20 bill?’  

Hands started going up. 
He said, ‘I am going to give this $20 to one of you  
but first, let me do this.  

He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked,
‘Who
still wants it?’  
Still the hands were up in the air.  

Well, he replied, ‘What if I do this?’  
And he dropped it on the ground  
and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.  
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

‘Now, who still wants it?’ 
Still the hands went into the air. 

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.  
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it  
because it did not decrease in value.. 
It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, 
we are dropped, crumpled, and ground
into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless.  

But no matter what has happened or  
what will happen, you will never lose your value..

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE. 

You are special
-
Don’t EVER forget it.’

Count your blessings, not your problems.

‘And remember: amateurs built the ark …
professionals built the Titanic.

If God brings you to it – He will bring you through it!

Only One Lifetime

Finally, after 2 long years, I’ve graduated from New Staff Training of Malaysia Campus Crusade for Christ!

“Graduate? I thought you are working now? What do you graduate from?” you may ask.

Haha, sorry for confusing you (If I did). Well, to make you understand in an easier way: I am ‘working’ as a full time Christian Worker, where my first and foremost duty is to help people around me, and people I’m assigned to, to know the meaning of life, and the importance of having a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. In order to do that better, I need to be trained in various skills and knowledge. So this training is what we called “New Staff Training”. So this is why the term ‘graduation’ makes sense-  -I have graduated from the new staff training!

The graduation theme was 1 Dream, 1 Lifetime, 1 Generation. Our Theme song is Only One Lifetime. These speak exactly what has been in my mind for months. “I want to live to be your delight, Only one lifetime, only one lifetime, only one life to give you my all!”

God (well, He is also my Heavenly Dad, my boss, my lord and my friend at the same time) had been putting this quest inside my heart all these while: Live a life worth living for! I’ve been thinking: I am 25 now, if I can ever live up to 75 (Insya-Allah!), I have basically passed the 1/3 of my life span. Have I done anything significant? Have I been living a life worth living for? The Bible says: “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalms 60:12) It is true. Unless we ‘number’ our age, we can never live rightly.

Imagine. All of the sudden, you now have the best car in the world (well, that’s it, that ‘best posh-car’ that appears in your mind now). It parks right in front of you. With the key and paper of ownership all in your hands (and of course the car works perfectly well!). You opened the door, jump into the driver’s seat, start the engine, ‘VROOOOM– VROOOOM’ as you test the car by pressing some gas. When you are just about to put down the handbreaks and release the car to freedom of running, you discover something: You can only drive the car using that tank of petrol in the car now. No refill is possible, because the petrol tank is totally ‘sealed’, no way to pump in any extra petrol.

Now, how would you use that car?

Would you put it right there and never drive it anymore? Would you drive to here and there with no purpose? Or would you plan carefully, and make sure you use the car to the fullest, that, when eventually, you finished the petrol in the car, you will say to yourself: I have the best meaningful times with this car, and I have no regrets owning it, even for just a while.

That’s exactly like our lives, isn’t it?

Now, how would you ‘drive’ your life? Have you done anything meaningful and significant?

“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 16: 26

As for me, I believe my life can be meaningful only when I do what my creator wants me to do. Because He understands what life is all about! I have no regrets to follow Him all these while, and I believe walking with Him is the best experience I can ever have.

Now, my concern is, what do you think that makes your life meaningful and worth living?

I love you my friend, and I hope that you will find true meaning of life in Jesus Christ, and willing to let Him lead your life now, just like what I am doing now. If you have not experienced how to live abundantly, please log on to (if you read Chinese) http://aibenfang.com/a/reallife.html and (if you read English) http://www.everystudent.com/my/features/reallife.html

The graduation was just a ceremony, though a very meaningful and significant one, but the most precious thing of it is this lesson that God has taught me

Thanks for being a support, a friend and a partner in this journey.  I hope that you will be benefited just as much as I have!

God changed my heart for Malaysia- – Sharing of my experience in NECF National Prayer Rally

I’m sharing this with a prayer, that whoever reads this will also share the burden I have for my nation. Let the Holy Spirit works in your heart.

The Excitement of the Prayer Rally

It was a phenomenal, spirit-thrilling prayer rally! I have not been joining NECF Prayer Rally for years. Somehow this year, I have such an eagerness to join. I believe it was God who urged me to join other Christian in praying for my nation. God has put in me greater knowledge about my nation in the past 3 years, and I think it has to do with what He wants me to do. I don’t want to miss out any of His plans for this nation. I believe this prayer rally will give me a clearer picture.

Condition of My Heart

I was a little bit late for the National Prayer Rally (30 Aug, 7pm, FGA KL). The main hall had been filled up by people and part of the congregation need to go to another hall to join by watching the live video from the main hall. I was excited about this prayer rally, as I told God: “God, I need a change within me.” Frankly speaking, I do not see the urge to pray for my nation like there’s no tomorrow. I’m still putting on an indifferent attitude towards the eternal destiny of my nation. My heart for this nation had long lost, and my passion ceased.

“God, tonight, please change my heart tonight!” I prayed, with anticipation.

The Opening Speech

God is always wonderful. And let me affirm this with you: When you ask God to change your heart, you will see immediate answer of prayer! God prepared my heart with the welcome speech by Rev. Eu Hong Seng, President of NECF. He talked on the lessons of 2 the mountains in the Old Testament time: Mountain Camel – Where Elijah prayed there by putting his head between his knees, an act of total dependence of God. He said “ Elijah’s pose demonstrated the urgency and restlessness making that prayer – Asking God to answer by fire!” He stated: “Let us continue to ask God, rain down fire of revival and burn this nation! A humble cry, to admit that only God can do such a work! Pray urgently, and restlessly!”

Mountain Moriah- A mountain where Abraham was tested to sacrifice his only son Isaac. He said “Nothing significance is ever achieve without sacrifice. Revival happens when God’s people willing to give what is best to God!” My heart cried when I see myself make no sacrifice for my nation, not even prayer time. “God gives us to give when we have the heart to give!” He closed his speech. I then, made a prayer to God: “Father, yes, you give us that heart and I want that heart, a heart for my nation”

“Has Malaysia Born in your heart?” – Ps. Philip Mantofa

“Has Malaysia born in your heart?” He asked this question right after he went on stage. “I’m not asking whether you are born in Malaysia, I’m not asking your nationality, what passport you hold in your hands. I’m asking whether you have the heart for this nation! If you do not have, ask God for it!” This statement blew me away. Yes, I am a Malaysian, but do I have my nation in my heart? I wept over the condition in my heart.

“God’s calling for me to come to Malaysia this time is to wake up the Holy Giant in Malaysia” He said. Long in sleep? I can see myself as someone like that. He further prepared us by saying: “Sermons are always meant to entertain, but messages are always meant to change. Listen to what God has to tell you tonight!” Yes, God had a personal message to all of us there, and here it is: He spoke from Numbers 13:31-14:9. An incident I always identify myself with. An event where differentiates people with real faith and people with temporal faith. There were great fear and great faith existing at the same time, there were 10 people saying negative things about the promised land of God, yet there were significant 2 persons, trusting in the promise of God, not knowing how, insisting that God will grant them the land according to His promises.

Grasshopper vs. Giants Mentality

For the Israelites, some see themselves as grasshoppers as compared to the Canaanites. “How do you see yourself, people of God in Malaysia? Grasshopper? Or a Giant?” Frankly speaking, in terms of size, and the guts to stand up for righteousness, or standing against the ungodliness of what happen in our society nowadays, I cannot deny that we see ourselves as grasshoppers at times. “God wants us to see us as Giants, not grasshoppers! Distorted eyesight! We’ve got saved from sin, yet we often walk blindly in our path of salvation!” What a statement! Sharp and clear!

Prayers of Faith

“When you really know God’s desire and message, how would you respond?” He asked us. “Are you keep on praying yet do nothing? Do something before God let you see that He grant you what He promised! God says: “As you respond to me by faith, I’ll be responsible to do what I promised to do!” He said. “If prayer doesn’t make you know clearer of what you need to do, don’t pray as if you care!” True and genuine prayer leads to action. You cannot pray for a person’s salvation without asking God to use you as an instrument of God’s love to that person’s life, and make God known to that person. You cannot pray for the salvation of a nation without bringing positive impact or making a difference to the nation.

Suddenly, I get it. I get what God heart is. He whispered: “ Malaysian, you have prayed too much, and you have been complacent with your current situation now. Now go out, and do something!”

Call to Action

He then called us to the following actions:

1. Pray for Muslims – Make yourself a friend to them and love them, even though love brings much hurt! The sin of the church today is creating more ‘commandments’ to stop evangelism from happening to our nation. Although you are restricted by the law to share Gospel to them, but you are not restricted to ‘live out’ the Gospel to them!

2. Grow Christian Influence – Bring more non-Malays to Christ, equip them and grow them (businessmen, politicians). Win the leaders, influence others to a point where the government see that people are free to decide what they want to believe (law enforcement) – The Lord has the ultimate authority to decide the law, not government, not law makers!

3. Encourage and support each others! Do not compete among yourselves, church! (English churches, Chinese churches, Tamil churches, Orang Asli churchs) Unite as one, share resources! Stop criticizing others! Prepare workers for revival: Win more non-Malays!

4. Stop singing lullabies to your church or nation! Wake up! Sing song of praise! Sing songs of victory! Do not be complacent!

Miraculous Moment of God’s Conviction in the Spirit

He ended his message with a very emotional illustration of how much he is convicted for our nation! It was a miraculous moment where I myself sensed strongly how much God desires us, His people in Malaysia, to move out from our comfort zone, and do what God desires, with full of faith and brokenness inside. It was a moment where I deeply sensed the grief of seeing my own people, people of Malaysia, going to the dreadful hell without salvation. The horror of hopelessness in their soul made me want to break myself in deep mourning for forgiveness over my nation.

Like Joshua and Caleb in the incident, they tore their clothes when they see the others do not believe that God will grant them the promise land. “How many people in this land are convicted to tear their clothes for their nation? Grief breaks free faith!” That night, the same spirit that filled me the day I accepted Jesus Christ, convicted me to love this land again. The whole congregation, about 1,500 of us, from different races, knelt before God and prayed like there’s no tomorrow! We wept as we repent for our indifferent attitude, we wept for the lost, we wept as we really long to see God work in our nation, and we cannot do it on our own!

The Difference in the condition of my heart

I left the prayer rally with a renewed spirit. A spirit in my heart that urge me to pray and give until something happen in my land. Today, when I say I love Malaysia, it is not very much because I am born in this nation, it is because God had made this nation born in me. Just like my national anthem sings: “Negaraku, tanah tumpahnya darahku” (My nation, where my blood is poured onto). If it cost my life to bring my nation come any closer to God, I am willing to lay it down, for the Glory of God.

I hope this sharing of what I learned in the prayer rally bless you in some ways. Let our love for this land not just stop in prayer, but in our day-to-day life. Ask God how you can make a difference for this nation, and He will show you how!

Congregation Mourned for Revival

Pastor Philip Mantofa from Surabaya, Indonesia

我不会爱

老实说，我很害怕接到你的电话!
我不知道你又会要我为你作什么事
看着电话荧幕显示着不知名的电话，我就直觉是你打来了
每一次心里都有很大的挣扎。

接嘛，我就一定要想办法帮助你，甚至要牺牲自己的时间，暂时离开自己已定的工作，有时还要付出一笔不少的费用：交通、请你吃饭、付一些钱让你买东西吃。。。

不接嘛，就是对我自己爱心最直接的控诉
老实说，好几次我都把电话消音，
好让我不至于需要面对那因逃避你的电话所带来的罪疚感。

那天，我还真的狠下心跟你说：“我今天帮不了你，我在外地，你去找别人吧！”
虽然我知道你刚被以前的仇家打得面肿眼肿的。
我真的狠下心。把这件事情放到一边。不理了！
“不用理他，反正他是会生存下去的”
“他真的会找我的弱点，他在利用我！”我心里一直重复这样对自己说

但那一夜，我的心非常不舒服
彻夜辗转难眠。。。
静下心来时，耶稣轻声对我说：
“帮助他。他在需要帮助的时候，他才会想起你，就是因为他信任你。他知道你能够帮到他”
讽刺的是，我忽然之间觉得耶稣在讲着我
我又何尝不是？往往在需要帮助的时候才会找上耶稣？
我在床上，留着眼泪，答应主如果明天你再打来，我就会去帮助你
但是，我希望你能够看见：是耶稣在帮你，而不是我在帮你。

“主啊，我愿意，但我极度需要你的恩典去帮助他！”我祷告着，也睡了

果然，第二天中午，你打来了
电话那头的你，说你眼睛的肿消了些，但这两天痛得没法睡觉，想买些止痛药。
我二话不说，约了你一个时间地点，就去找你
老实说，我的心还是去得心不甘情不愿的
等了你大约半个小时，才看见你带着微拐的脚步走来
左边脸肿了一大块，左眼也挣不大，还有严重的瘀青
我的心顿时沉了下来，
带你去药剂房买消肿和止痛的药，带你去茶室吃午餐，
看着别人对你投向异样的眼光
我竟然有一些光荣的感觉
“看吧，我在帮助一个这样的人！伟大吧？”（我的骄傲，可怜地袒露无疑。。。）

老实说，每一次面对你就是自己爱心承受最大考验的时候！
那天下午，看着眼肿脸肿的你辛苦地吃着那碗猪肉粉
我的心中起了极大的交战
我觉得自己的爱心在你这个人面前时完完全全地被榨干了
我不知道要怎样表现我的爱心。我不知道你几时会真的改变
我不知道你几时会从耶稣那里找到真正的帮助！
在你面前，我不说话。疲惫地伏在餐桌上
我想让自己的心歇一歇。

顿时，耳边传来了邻座uncle谈论着耶稣的事情

“You know, Jesus performed so many miracle!
One of it was feeding 5 thousands men with only 2 fishes and 5 loaves of bread…”
那位印度老伯，手扶着半杯啤酒，向他的另外4位啤酒kaki说着
老实说，我还是第一次，在Chow Kit这个三教九流的地方
听到有人在分享有关耶稣的故事

“天父啊，谢谢祢的奇妙提醒。
你是那位能够用五饼二鱼喂饱五千人的主。
五饼二鱼，真的很少，也很有限
但是如果没有摆上，给祢使用来祝福他人，还是一样少，一样有限！
五饼二鱼，如果门徒们没有凭信心分出去
还是只有五个饼，两条鱼
但是当他们按着祢的吩咐，凭信心去分享的时候
神迹就发生了。
天父啊，我有的爱心，
可能比五饼二鱼还少。但是我愿意摆上
帮助我，让我看见不是我
而是祢在祝福。“

我抬起头，看着你，你若无其事地吃着你的猪肉粉
肯定是没听懂隔壁桌老伯们的谈话
但那不重要。
重要的是，天父改变了我的心态。

我不知道我能够陪你走多久。
我只是希望，我能够帮助你看见耶稣这一路来对你的不离不弃
我谢谢你，给我更认识自己软弱的机会
也让我有机会学习如何以神的爱爱人。。

Goodbye Yasmin…

Yasmin Ahmad

Heard the shocking news only this afternoon that Yasmin Ahmad has gone on Saturday night after struggling with coma due to the unexpected stroke on Thursday.
Yasmin has been one of the great film director that I look up to in my country. She is no doubt a very gifted filmmaker!  Her appropriate use of humor, and balancing facts and emotions, ends with challenging thoughts in her film makes her every films (and short clips) leave long lasting impact in my mind.

It is habitual for me to shed tears over every films ad clips she made. Her messages are strong, like the deepest quest in our heart: Love, Harmony and total Acceptance of each others.

Here’s one of her latest clips I saw on youtube. The Funeral. This clip actually helped me to know that: Somehow, we’ve missed much of the good things in life when we focus too much on the bad things someone has in their life. Simple yet very strong message. God somehow heals part of the wounds in my life as I watch this clip.

Here’s another short clip with very impactful message. Who’s Your Best Friend? Made in conjunction with the 50th Independent day of our country.

I do look up to Yasmin Ahmad, and it has been my passion to produce films that help my viewers to recall of that basic quest in our heart: Love. Harmony and Acceptance.

Thank God for giving Yasmin Ahmad to Malaysia

Mobilephone vs. Bible

Saw this article in my mailbox today. Thought it is nice to share with you

Mobile phone vs. Bible

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our mobile phone?

What if we carried  it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped  through it several time a day?
What if we turned  back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it  to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated  it like we couldn’t live without it?
What if we gave it  to Kids as gifts?
What if we used it  when we traveled?
What if we used it  in case of emergency?

This is something  to make you go….hmm…where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more  thing.
Unlike our cell  phone, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because  Jesus already paid the  bill.

Makes you stop and think ‘where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!

Trust in the Lord and *ASAP (Always Say A Prayer)

Grateful I-Connect!

Praise God, it has been an impactful week for all of us who join I-Connect Phase 1 here at Majodi Centre, Plentong JB. God has ministered to all of us with His Words and He also called some of the students to offer themselves for Him to use them fully! Praise the Lord!

It had been an exciting week as well as we see God moves as we humble ourselves before Him and walk closely with Him. I particularly enjoy the morning prayer and group devotion together. God’s presence just ministered to me everytime I see how His faithfulness is seen in other people’s lives!

MEDIA WORKSHOP

We have 21 students joining the media workshop this year. I’m very encouraged by their positive attitude: They are humble in learning, give each others help and accept one another. I can see Christ through everyone of them as they produce the assignments. Unlike previous asignment, they need to produce documentary this time instead of shortfilm. This is to give them the first taste of experience in video production, and not to wear them down so much as filmmaking has the tendency of doing it over night…

The team "Gospel-ING" is looking carefully at what they have shot

Working on editing

Bro. Aron Koh, facilitator from LimKokWing University helping a student on his team project

Another team: M-Generation. These guys have just fell in love with the gadgets!

They are super creative and I’m really impressed! Please pray for me that I’ll be challenging them to join me in the Campus Media Ministry as interns or Full time worker. Pray for fruitful relationship to be built and follow up works can be effective!

EVENTS DURING PHASE 2 IN JB AND SKUDAI

As we are ending the 1st phase, we continue to need your support in prayer for the 2nd phase. 7 teams will set foot at Johor Bahru and Skudai area for the coming 10 days. We’ll be ministering to local people here.

If you are happen to be in JB on 16 May 2009, please join the I-Connect Carnival at Sutera Mall, 10am-10pm held on the 1st floor of the mall. We’ve prepared all sorts of activities and services to help you knit stronger with your family members as well as increase social awareness! Please call Peter Ling (016-4965500) for more details!

On May 23, we have a big event at Good Hope Hotel, Skudai main ball room. It will be a meeting focusing on parenting and courtship. We’ve invited Mdm. Siew Lai Kuan to be the main speaker. Though her face was scarred due to the brutal attack of an envious man she aquainted in the past years, she accepted Christ and left her sinful lifestyle and became a born again Christian. She is now a counselor and has helped so many young lives to find true meaning to keep on living. Please do not miss! You may contact Grace Tan (016-9291179) for te ticket selling only at RM3 per entry!

PRAYER ITEMS FROM SABAH MISSION TRIP TEAM

I won’t be joining the majority in serving JB people. I’ll be flying to Sabah as a special team to minister to indigenous people there. Going together with me is 7 other chinese (including our staff leader Hoon Guan, 6 students). Please pray:

1. For us to be filled by the Holy Spirit FROM TIME TO TIME.
2. For journey mercy – we’re flying on 16 May, 7am flight from JB to Kota Kinabalu, then we’ll go into the village after meeting up with staffs there.
3. For God’s spirit to work in those villages as we preach
4. For the raising up of workers (FULL TIME Especially) after they join the trip
5. For gifts of speaking BM – We’ll be using BM mainly during the whole trip
6. For health unity and humility among the team members
7. For protection over our loved ones while we are away

Thank you so much! I’ll not be able to log on to Internet in coming week. I’ll update you as soon as I’m back from the battle field! God bless