Saturday, January 26, 2008

back to school

After a term of much hard work, everyone took a two-week break in December.
Here's what some of us did: Bataa flew home to Mongolia to see his sister, who's diagnosed with hepatitis A.
"It was a surprise; she cried and cried when she saw me," he says.
His sister received Christ six months ago when she visited him in Singapore.
Tunji returned to the Seychelles where he served as a missionary and spoke at his church.
"I taught 70 workers church growth principles I just learned at EAST.
"And I applied what I learned on 'Steps to freedom' to help a lady who came to me for counseling."
Tunji is pleased to announce that his congregation saw the birth of a new church in a port area before he came back.
Siew Kim led a team to Cambodia on mission trip.
"God answered many prayers and we learned a lot as we reached out to the people," she shares.
Roland and Ying Kheng Tan, faculty, went to Japan to minister at a staff retreat for more than 100 Campus Crusade workers.
"It was cold--minus 3 degrees C when we left--but the hospitality of the believers and the love the Lord showed us through His provision kept our hearts warm," says Roland.

About Me

In the Old Testament in the Bible, there was a man named Jacob who "wrestled with God and man." He wouldn't let God go until God answered his prayers. God admired that and renamed him Israel, "the one who fought or wrestled and prevailed". He fought with man--his inner man--and conquered his own weaknesses. He's my hero. He is what I hope God and man see me to be.