Grubb Mission Report – December 2017

 “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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Singapore – Batam – Taiwan

     On November 20th, I left for my 66th overseas mission trip. I overnighted in Taiwan before heading on to attend the Four Seas College Lectureship to encourage those who attended, to visit with friends, and speak at three Chinese services at the Lim Ah Pin church.

      After attending the lectureship and speaking at the Chinese services at Lim Ah Pin, I traveled to the island of Batam, Indonesia to teach two nights to the brethren there. Timbul Siriat, one of the instructors at the Southern Sumatra Bible Academy, traveled from Lampung Province to translate for me. While I there, I spoke on Leadership in the Church and Leadership in the Home. On the second day, we had a baptism of one of the teenagers of the congregations in Batam. After those two days, I overnighted in Singapore then headed to Taiwan for the rest of the trip. I arrived safely and Taiwan and made my way down to Taichung via train and taxi. Brother Kwan also was in Taiwan for teaching in Taipei and at the lectureship in Taichung.

      The lectureship began Friday night, December 1st. Brother Wang was the first speaker. The theme of the lectureship was the book of Nehemiah. There were more than thirty in attendance for the first session of the lectures. There were five visitors included in that number. As usual, brother Wang did a great job in presenting a lesson on the first two chapters of Nehemiah.

      On Saturday morning, brother Jao from Taipei spoke, followed by brother Wang. In the afternoon, I spoke on Nehemiah chapter six and brother Kwan spoke on chapters 7-12. After this lesson, we had the opportunity to baptize a lady into Christ. Brother Kwan met with her for about an hour to make sure she was ready to become a Christian. We then had a lesson on Saturday night by Jadyn Chen. He is the preacher for Batu Pahat in Malaysia. Sunday morning brought the lectureship to an end. I spoke on Nehemiah chapter thirteen and brother Kwan spoke concerning the prayers made by Nehemiah throughout the book.

      On Monday and Tuesday, we made a number of visits with members and prospects. We had some very good visits on these two days. The same is true for Wednesday. On Thursday, I traveled by train to Hualien, where I would be for the next week.

     On Friday, we made one visit after another with members and visitors to teach and encourage. On Saturday morning, we continued the visiting.

      Sunday is always a busy day in Hualien. The day begins at 5:50 AM as we head for the Assisted Living home for the first of four services on the day. I speak in Mandarin at the homes and brother Wang translates into Taiwanese. There were about 45 in attendance for the service, including a 104 year old brother. After this service, we had Bible study and worship services at the church building. I spoke at both the Bible class and worship periods. At 2:30 in the afternoon, we conducted the worship service at the second Assisted Living home. For the three services, about seventy people here in Hualien worshipped with us on Sunday.

      On Monday, we had a Bible study in the morning with a few of the people at the assisted living home. In the afternoon, we studied with brother Wang’s nephew. In the evening we had dinner with one of our members who was visiting from southern Taiwan and one of her friends. On Tuesday morning, we had a lengthy Bible study with two members who are having difficulty with understanding some difficult passages. In the late afternoon, we visited one of the older members to encourage her.

      Wednesday started and ended with a Bible study. In between, we drove down the east coast of Taiwan toward Taitung. On the trip, we crossed over the Tropic of Cancer. I have done this several times in my life, but I have never seen a marker before. My last day in Hualien, I taught classes at both of the assisted living homes and was taken to another beautiful place outside of Hualien I had never seen before.

      On Friday, I took the train to Taipei. I arrived about noon and did some quick shopping before checking in to my room. I took the rest of the day to rest up a bit. On Saturday, I attended the funeral of brother William Chen’s father. In the evening, I preached Saturday night for about 90 minutes. On Sunday, I preached at the worship service and at the Bible study. We had about fifteen to attend. In the afternoon, I went to view a British Library exhibit of Egyptian mummies at the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

      On Monday, I began my trip home. Even though there were some slight delays, I still arrived home ahead and schedule. Thanks for all the prayers offered on my behalf and all the hospitality shown to me by my brethren overseas.

      My next scheduled overseas trip is to Indonesia in February 2018.

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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

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– John M. Grubb

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE

2018

Jan. 21 – Goodsprings, AL

Feb. 5 – Mar. 8 – Indonesia

   7 Feb arrive in Manado.

   8-18 Feb teaching in Manado and Swaan.

 19 Feb fly to Lampung

 20- 25 Feb teaching and preaching in Lampung.

 26-28 Feb fly to Palembang and teaching.

  1-2 March teaching in Bandung

  3 March fly to Jakarta.

  4-6 Teaching and preaching in Sunter Jakarta.

   7 Fly to Singapore.

   8 Go home.

April 15-19 Gospel Meeting – Shelbyville Rd.

Apr. 22-25 Gospel Meeting – Collinsville, IL

May – June – CABL and Malaysia Venues

September – China

Nov. Dec. – Singapore, Batam, Taiwan