January 2012
IPOH Mobilisation trip (6-8 Jan)
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| Ps Robert & Ruth |
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| 1st AOG church |
4 of us (Iris, myself plus 2 volunteers, Heng Sau and Koon Yong) took this journey up to Ipoh, although 1 nearly didn’t make it as heavy traffic caused her to be delayed for 10 minutes beyond the departure time. It was an excruciating 10 minutes as we tried our best to persuade the bus company staff to wait for her, otherwise, she would have had to take the next available bus in the night or the next morning. Normally, they do not wait beyond 5 minutes, but the Lord’s favour was with us as we kept assuring them that she was not far away. After a long 9 hour bus ride, we finally reached Ipoh. Praise God for giving us the opportunity to re-connect with our dear fellow WEC missionaries, Robert and Ruth, who had served in Ghana, Africa for many years before returning to Ipoh. They are now the Missions Pastors of 1st Assembly of God Church in Ipoh. It is a Cantonese speaking church which was planted by an American missionary who used to serve in Hong Kong. WEC was invited to be co-partners for their Missions Sunday, which we thought was an excellent way to start the year, with their eyes focussed on the Great Commission.
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| Heng Sau & Koon Yong enjoying local durian |
The program began with their Friday night prayer meeting where we were asked to share about the culture and opportunities in East Asia. I was prepared to share to this small group in my simple Chinese, but after 5 minutes, I was told that there were some members who just walked in and did not understand Chinese. So I had to quickly also do English translation in between, which I wonder how I managed that. Normally, I think and speak in English, then translate into Chinese, but this time round, I had to think and speak in Chinese, then translate into English. Is this not the grace of God at work in my life again. Thank you Father! We had fantastic teamwork, as Iris chipped in with a pop quiz and Koon Yong shared her testimony of how the Lord is calling her to long term service in East Asia with translation by Heng Sau. These 2 volunteers are such an encouragement to us.
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| Sat. Youth Group |
The next day, Heng Sau, conducted a sharing on missions with the youth group, while the rest of us supported by getting to know the youths. The group was mostly girls, with only 2 boys, who were extremely shy. After some initial tense moments, the group warmed up a little and was more responsive to Heng Sau’s questions. They are quite a talented group, able to play musical instruments and were quite bilingual too. By Sunday morning, some of the youth came up to us and greeted us as we manned our booth to share to the rest of the church more about our work among Unreached People Groups. Another of our co-worker, Gary, who is a Malaysian and just returned from East Asia not too long ago, drove up from KL to preach the Word in Cantonese that morning. The congregation was rather responsive to his sharing and with jokes thrown in, the people were laughing in agreement to his message that all of us are able to share the good news, even those who are not eloquent or stammer. Praise God that a Short Term team will be formed from this church to go for a trip to East Asia in April 2012. We pray for more of such partnerships. Send forth your labourers, O Lord! Amen.
Radical Love, Deep Trust, Joyous Service.
Roy & Iris Low
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| Manning our booth |
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| Gary preaching |
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