Grubb Mission Report – May 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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72nd Mission Trip – April 18-July 1

  On April 18th, I departed for Indonesia to unite with my wife and begin my 72nd Mission Trip since 1985. This will be my wife’s third mission trip. I am thankful she can accompany me on our trips to be an encouragement to the local brethren and to me wherever we go.

   I had an uneventful trip to Jakarta. First, going from Atlanta to Tokyo. Second, Tokyo to Singapore. After an eight-hour layover in Singapore, I took the last part of the trip on to Jakarta. I arrived on time in Jakarta and took a taxi to meet my wife and step-daughters.

  On Sunday morning (April 21), we attended the Sunter congregation. The brethren there asked me to speak at the worship and the Bible class. We stayed in Jakarta for the appointment for Eta to meet with the officials at the American Embassy. Her appointment was on Wednesday morning. As with her first application, the second application was also rejected. We are going to explore the options we have available to us and see what action we might take. For now, Eta does not have a visa which will enable her to accompany me to the United States. Please continue to remember us in prayer. I plan to write letters to various of our federal officials, but we do not know if it will be of any help.

  On April 24th, we returned to Lampung where I would begin two weeks of classes at the Southern Sumatra Bible Academy. These classes are scheduled through May 9th. I am teaching the Epistles of John to about twelve 1st and 2nd year students at the school. Most of the students have been Christians for less than two years, but they are doing very well in their study of the Bible. Jon Ropelemba has been doing the translating for me. He is one of the three full-time teachers at the school.

  In addition to the classes, I also have had the opportunity teach the Thursday night classes and the Sunday services.

  The house that belongs to my wife has been in need of renovations for a number of years. In the past month, she has been working on getting many improvements made on the house that will allow me to fit in. Even though it will be several more weeks before the house renovations are completed, we will begin living there the first week in May.

  On May 16th, Eta and I will begin another of our mission trips, this time to Malaysia. I will be speaking at the Section 17 congregation on two different occasions in both English and Chinese. They now have a Sunday night Chinese service. Already, they have had two baptisms as a result of these efforts. On the following weekend, we will be at the Subang Jaya congregation. The following weekend we will be at the Chinese Asian Bible Lectureship. We are looking forward to being with our brethren in Malaysia.

  While we are in Malaysia, we will travel to Melaka to allow Eta to see her doctor for her annual medical check-up.

  After returning to Indonesia in June, we are planning a reception for friends and family who were unable to attend the wedding in November. My youngest son, Sam, and my daughter, Libby, are planning on attending this event. Following the reception, my two attending children, Eta’s two girls, and we will go to Bali for a few days. We will worship with the church in Bali while there.

  It had been our plan to return to the states on July 1st, but as it stands right now, I will be returning to the states alone. Please continue to pray for our ability to travel together in the world proclaiming the precious gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Eta and I are so thankful for your prayers. We knew when we got married, we would have to make adjustments in our lives. But, at the same time, we are going to continue to do what we can to reach out to the Chinese-speaking world.

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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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SPEAKING SCHEDULE

2019

Tentative Trips

Apr. 18 – July 1 – Indonesia/Malaysia

September – China (Tentative)

Oct. 18 Forest Park Mission Forum

Oct. 20-23 Gospel Meeting - Cape Fear, NC

Oct. 26-27 S.E. GA Lectures

Nov. 24 – Jan. 6 Singapore – Taiwan – Indonesia

2020

Feb. 10 – Mar. 10 Indonesia Mission Trip

– John M. Grubb