Grubb
Mission Report – December 2019
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
A
Work of the Chestnut Mountain Church of Christ, Chestnut Mountain, Georgia USA
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PLEASE PASS THIS REPORT TO THOSE YOU THINK MIGHT HAVE
INTEREST IN OUR WORK!
If any congregation would like for me to come and give
a report of our work, please let me know so that we can schedule it.
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Back to Asia
On November 5th, I headed back to Indonesia
to see my wife and to begin my 74th mission trip. This was one of the easiest
trips to Jakarta I have ever made as I was able to go from Atlanta to Jakarta
with just one stopover in Incheon, South Korea.
My wife was at the airport in Jakarta to meet
me. We spent two days in the city before heading back home in Lampung. On the
first Sunday back in Indonesia, I had the privilege to preach a sermon and
teach a Bible class at the Asoka congregation. From November 11-22 (with two
days off for midterm tests), I had the privilege to teach at the Southern
Sumatra Bible Academy on the Book of Mark. I also had the privilege to teach
the midweek Bible class while in Lampung.
On November 23rd, Jessica, Jovita, Eta, and I
left for Singapore to attend the Four Seas College Lectureship and joint gospel
meetings. There were record crowds for the lectureship this year with morning
attendance more than 200 each day. On Saturday, there were 230 in attendance.
It was a joy to be with brethren from
Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, and the United States. Of course,
Eta, Jessica, and Jovita represented Indonesia.
On Monday, December 2nd, Jessica and Jovita
went back to Indonesia and Eta and I headed to Taiwan to begin a two-week
effort in the cities of Taichung, Hualien, and Taipei. There will be a
lectureship in Taichung and a gospel meeting in Hualien.
We are so thankful for all of your prayers
while we are traveling in Asia during these weeks.
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Financial Support
It is now the time of year when congregations
start making their budgets for the next year. Also, as we get near to the end
of the year, brethren think about making one-time contributions to a work, or
make a decision to become a regular supporter of a work. Our brethren have been
generous through the years and we are thankful for the continued generosity
which makes this work possible.
For the past thirty-eight years of our work,
our contributions and some of our contributors have changed from year to year.
We are thankful for the steady support we have received through the decades.
We hope that in the coming year, 2020, we
will be able to keep our current contributions, and, if possible, to have some
new contributors begin to support our work. It may be possible that some of our
contributors will be able to increase their contributions in the new year. If
that is possible, it will be greatly appreciated.
If you know of brethren who might be
interested in becoming part of our work, please forward this report to them, or
put them in touch with me so that I can inform them of the work we are trying
to do in evangelism and edification. This year, except for China and the United
States, my wife is traveling with me on all of my mission trips. I am thankful
she is able to do this to enhance the work we are doing. Because of our
inability to obtain a visa for her, I am spending more time overseas than I
normally would. We will be going to several cities in Indonesia during the
months of February and March, 2020, to encourage the churches in those cities.
Those cities include Manado, Palembang, Batam, Jakarta, and Lampung.
Thanks to you who have already made a
contribution to keep our work going. John and Eta Grubb.
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USEFUL WEBSITES
http://www.grubbchinese.org
http://www.wvbs.org
http://www.gbntv.org
http://www.ibtministries.org
http://www.oabs.org
http://ChineseBibleSchool.org
apologeticspress.org/OL_Chinese.aspx
Grubb Mission Reports can be read here:
http://grubbmissionwork.blogspot.com
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TRAVELING SCHEDULE
2019
Nov. 5 – Jan. 8 Singapore – Taiwan – Indonesia
Dec. 2 – 17
Taiwan
2020
Feb. 6 – Mar. 16 Indonesia Mission Trip
May – June
Indonesia/Malaysia Trip
September – China
December – Taiwan
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Final Note
Eta will be
trying for another tourist visa before the end of the year. Thanks for your
prayers on her and my behalf as we try to arrange for her first trip to the United
States.
– John and Eta Grubb
