Grubb Mission Report - June 2015

“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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2015 Malaysia Trip

 

      On May 19th, I left for Malaysia. This was my 56th overseas mission trip since 1985. I actually flew into and out of Singapore, as is my habit. I do that because of the lower cost and shorter travel time. I had an uneventful trip from Atlanta to Singapore.

 

      Before leaving for Malaysia, I was able to have lunch with Eddy Ee and Jedediah Yuan. That evening, I attended the English Bible class at Lim Ah Pin. On Friday morning, I rode an Aero Line Bus to One Utama in the Klang area. Peter Bang met me and got me settled in my hotel room. On Friday night, I spoke at the Section 17 Bible class. It was good to see so many good friends and brethren there.

 

      On Saturday afternoon, Kam Wah Leong took me over to the hotel where I would stay one night while presenting three lessons at the KL church. The topics were the same as the ones I would use for the bi-lingual gospel meeting in Kampar. I only used English to present the lessons at KL.

 

      After morning Bible study and worship at KL on Sunday, Chris Lopez and I rode a train to Kampar for the week long effort there. I spoke Sunday evening at the regular worship service there. After services, I made my way to my fourth different bed in five days.

 

      On Monday and Tuesday mornings, I joined the other brethren who gathered in Kampar to distribute advertisements for the Thursday through Saturday bi-lingual gospel meeting. A total of 20,000 ads saturated the area. Also, newspaper ads were run the week of the gospel meeting.

 

      The gospel meeting began on Thursday night. There were fifty people who attended the first night. Among those who attended were several from the community. On Friday night, there were sixty in attendance, again with several visitors from the community. On the last night of the gospel meeting, we had our best attendance of the meeting. We had 75 in attendance with 15 visitors from the community. At the end of the service, I went to stay the night in Ipoh in preparation for morning Bible study and worship on Sunday morning. We had a combined English and Chinese service and I delivered two bi-lingual lessons for Bible study and worship. There were a number of visitors present.

 

      On Sunday afternoon, we headed back to Kampar for the Sunday evening worship service there. I preached another bi-lingual lesson there. We had a Bible study with two of the many visitors that attended the gospel meeting. During the study, she started quoting one of my sermons word for word! Sometimes you wonder if people are listening to your lessons. She was! There were 34 who attended the Sunday service in Kampar with several visitors.

 

      Before heading for the Chinese Asian Bible Lectureship, two families from the Section 17 congregation took me up to Penang, Malaysia for a couple of days. There is a lot of British Colonial history in that city. Also one of the longest bridges in Asia – 23 kilometers long.

 

      The 10th Annual Chinese Asian Bible Lectureship was conducted at the Pulai Springs Resort outside of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. There were twelve speakers and four answer panel sessions during the lectureship. There were brethren in attendance from China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, India, and the United States. There were approximately 200 people who attended at least one of the sessions during the lectureship. The 11th Annual CABL is scheduled to be conducted next June in Melaka, Malaysia.

 

      On the Sunday following the CABL, I presented two lessons to the Section 17 congregation. I had the opportunity to meet some new families attending, including one family from Texas. During the time I was in Malaysia, if I had any down time, the Section 17 brethren took care of me. I really appreciate their hospitality.

 

      The last weekend in Malaysia I was with the Sabang Jaya congregation for a bi-lingual gospel meeting. I presented a lesson in English and Chinese on Friday night and for worship on Sunday morning. Because there were no Chinese only speaking people present for the Sunday morning Bible study, I presented the last lesson in English only but with Chinese characters on the PowerPoint slides. Sunday afternoon, I flew back to Singapore to spend the night before heading back to the United States on Monday. I returned home safely on Monday afternoon. Thanks for all your prayers, support, and encouragement on this recent trip. My next overseas trip will be in September.

 

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Materials Available

 

There are sixty Chinese lessons currently posted on YouTube. You can access them at: http://m.youtube.com/user/TheCoJC. I update my Facebook page all the time. Be sure to check my Facebook wall for pictures and news about my trips and activities. Be sure to check out my website: www.grubbchinese.org. http://grubbmissionwork.blogspot.com is my blog address. I post my monthly report there too.

 

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE

2015

 

September 8-29 – Taiwan

October 17 – Mission Forum – Forest Park

November 2-December 7 – China and Taiwan

 

2018

 

Apr. 22-25 Gospel Meeting – Collinsville, IL

 

– John M. Grubb