back from maur mission trip!!
haha back from 4 days mission trip in maur!! it was really an AMAZING TRIP!! like what zhipeng said.. it was really “FENG YUN”!! totally blown away!! haha I will try to keep this blog as short as possible.. cos really too many things happended in just 4 days!!
(pastor Lilian is so kind to come and pick up up from marsiling!)
(their new church building in skudai!:)
(their new church hall!! :)
(sisterhood unite!! =)
(they brought us to eat a sumptous seafood lunch!! :)
(reached maur harvest church!! :)
(their stage!:)
(their console!)
(their children church!! :)
Firstly wanted to share about God’s divine strength upon my health.. 1-2 days before the trip, I was already starting to feel feverish and cough because of a sudden flu.. feeling quite bad actually.. had never feel this sick ever since I have remembered.. but the amazing thing is God strength and protection is there to sustain me.. never letting my body fall.. Thanks for all the prayers from w479 and marketplace people! :) after 2nd day, my fever had subsided.. but guess just recovered so suddenly feel very ‘blank’ in my mind.. but at least I recovered! :D
(the 1st service with all the youths!! :)
(worshipping God..)
(qifang sharing her testimony!:)
wow.. muar isn’t a very big church.. I guess its only about less than 80 people? but one thing they have is they have a very innocent heart.. they didn’t really have much.. but whatever they do, they just want to do their best for God. when they heard the team from CHC is coming over, all of them are so excited!! and you can really see the desire in their heart to try to learn as much as possible from the team and try to suck as much annointing as they can.. really hungry to learn from the team! it’s not that the team really have so much to offer, but what I see is their innocent hearts and willingness to learn!
(zhenying sharing her word for the youth service! :)
(all the youths responsed to the altar call… WOW!!)
first of all we are all VERY VERY blessed by them… really touched by their simple gesture! although they didn’t have much, but they gave us in little ways whatever they can! take for example their staff Ah Chuan, he didn’t really have much, but all he has is a servant heart. throughout the 4 days, he was driving us around in his van to bring us to the various places and for vistations.. never once complained but so faithful in doing so.. even in church.. he serve in whatever ministry which needs his help.. didn’t ask for anything in return.
(fellowshiping with the people there! :)
and their members were so kind to show us around! bring us to eat the nice food in maur, and allowing us to visit their otah and bread factories. They are so kind to give us big bags of otahs, breads, mangoes and even dragonfruits for us to bring back to Singapore for our family.. although it isn’t what valuable things.. but.. they are REALLY their token of love and appreciation for the team.. *so touched*
(LYL ROX BAND!! HEHE :)
even on the last day.. one of their member xulan jie is so kind to invite us over to his salon for haircut and facial treatment! she help us to facial, clean our faces and trim our eyebrow for free!! even gave us pimple cream to bring back! and she is also the one who owns the bread factory!! a really 2 different side of her! even in the midst of her work, on the last day, she even volunteered to drive us to the bus terminal and to make sure all of the 9 team members board the bus safely.. wow.. we are really blessed? :D
(wow.. beautiful photos taken with their youth service! :)
let me tell you how amazing our God is!! firstly like what I shared, He really sustained my health!! and you know throughout the trip, alot of us were not used to the new environment and was falling sick, but by the grace of God, we managed to keep all our plans in place to run the 2 services for the muar harvest church and even conducted training lessons to disciple their ministry workers as well as impact their cellgroup meetings. God is a God who never shortchained His people! :D
(wow.. she is really very sweeeet!! :)
(me with ah chuan!! :)
Another amazing thing is.. the team from Singapore is almost all ‘jia gang dang’ one haha.. never have we spoke alot of chinese even in Singapore, needless to say to preach and share in chinese!! wow.. but it’s really by the grace of God that all of us are able to pray, share messages and testimony and to convey the love of God through chinese. Zhen ying took less than an hour to conver her sermon from ultra chim version to a simplified sermon just before the 1st service starts. And guess what? Almost all of the youth responsed and I believed for most of them, they are very impacted by the word and the prescence of God! and for Zhipeng.. before the 2nd svc he was having difficulty praying in Chinese, and even during preaching, he made some mistakes in chinese, but God’s grace still prove more than enough for us. During the end of the preaching towards the ministry time, the prescene of God is so strong.. everyone knelt down on their feet, even for many of the new friends who came to church 1st time.. and tears was rolling down their eyes.. this is an adult service and you can really see their broken and contrite spirit.. wanting to give their life to God once again.. to love God all over again.. after that, zhipeng and the team laid hands on almost everyone that came for the service, many fell under the power of God.. wow.. the atmosphere was simply.. very strong.. everyday was tearing including pastor Lilian.. how amazingly God has touched everyone in that meeting.. and I just feel most of the members (most of them are elderly) caught the calling from God again.. to bring revival together for maur harvest church:)
(pastor lilian leading the prayer meeting before the adult service)
even for me I have to made many prayers in chinese.. as well as shared a chinese testimony with jonathan during the adult service and really thank God for using our testimony to touch the lives of their congregation. I also had to attend one of their cellgroup alone as Logan suddenly fall sick and it was really a BIG step of faith for me to attend the cellgroup alone and even have to share something to really bless them and encourage their members.. don’t forget for this cellgroup I am attending, most of them are aunties and uncles around 40+.. Do you know while I am on the way, I was still so nervous in thinking of what games to lead them and what message to bring across to them through my testimony? ROFL.. But God never fails His servant whom He has called! I was so amazed how God grace has been upon me.. Firstly, I have never shared my testimony in chinese before, and has never really prepared in what to share to them. But thank God for putting into my mind and my mouth on what to share. I was so amazed by how the words can just flow out of my mouth, and how easily by the grace of God that I manage to bring the points across to them. While I was sharing I could really see they are really hungry by what I am going to share and after sharing.. I really feel they have caught what are the things that God has wanted me to share! :) All Glory to God!! :) I also prayed a prayer of blessing over their cellgroup and their members :)
(zhipeng preaching in adult service!!:)
(all the children!! :)
Another I caught is really their love for people.. it’s really tangible.. you can REALLY see their love.. that is what the bible always say.. Love is not words, Love is action! :) Why? For God so love the world.. that He GAVE his only Son! :)
So many things we have learned from maur harvest church.. so blessed by them.. such a simple faith they have, and I really believe through this church, a great revival is going to come forth just by their simple faith! ok there so so many things to write about.. but many of them is not sufficient to just put them into words. take a look at the pictures!! :D
(in the presence of God.. everyone on their knees.. very much like Steve’s Munsey’s style!! hahaha you must watch the video! :D)
(wow.. their church appreciate us at the end of the service.. that’s pastor Lilian!! :)
(their adult service with their children!! :)
(can’t really bear to part with them on the bus.. (they sending us off:)
Ok the rest below are rest of the pictures from last week!! :)
(yilun teaching robin how to play ‘citadels’!! =)
(playing boardgame with the marketplace friends and eating mac at the same time! :)
(haha promised amenda to post this :) the shortest prayer meeting ever!! 1.45 minutes –_-.. keewei gonna kill her ROFL :)
on September 18, 2009 at 1:09 pm
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Man, i didn’t know you really going to post that out, :( Sigh.
on September 18, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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ya of course! :D good things must share one :P don’t worry la you still cute haha! =)