Grubb Mission Report – September 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, GA

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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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Upcoming China Trip

  On August 8th, I headed back to Indonesia to be reunited with my wife and to try to get her a visa to enable her to travel to the states. For the third time, it was denied. We will be trying other methods of acquiring the visa sometime next year.

  The Sunter congregation in Jakarta had a seminar of how to determine what God authorizes in the Bible. Mike Leong and Tammy Swithern, from Malaysia, were the speakers for this program. Even though the entire seminar was conducted in the Indonesian language, I was able to get much out of the lessons.

  We then headed back to Lampung where Eta and I spent two weeks helping with the teaching of English at the Southern Sumatra Bible Academy. This class was for the third-year students. Eta is a trained language teacher and can teach Indonesian to foreigners and English to Indonesians. We had a couple of others join the class as well.

  While in Lampung, I have had several opportunities to teach Thursday night Bible class and to preach on several Sundays.

  I am trying to improve my ability to speak Indonesian. I am learning new words all the time and hope to be able to start putting together sentences in the near future. I do have a goal to preach a sermon in Indonesian before the end of this year.

  I am scheduled to arrive in Shanghai on September 5th and will be there until September 23rd. I will make a report of this trip to visit our friends in Shanghai recorded in the October report.

  As usual, when I return to the United States, I will give a report of my latest mission to the Chestnut Mountain congregation. It will be at the evening worship service on October 13th.

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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 many 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. 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 have in the past.

  Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for making all of this possible. John and Eta Grubb

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Speaking Appointments in October

  If you are near where I will be speaking in October, we will look forward to seeing you at Chestnut Mountain, Forest Park/Atlanta, or Cape Fear, NC, or Richmond Hill, GA

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

Aug. 8-Oct. 10th – Indonesia, China, Malaysia

   September 5-23 – China

Oct. 18 Forest Park Mission Forum

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

Oct. 26-27 S.E. GA Lectures – Richmond Hill

Nov. 5 – Jan. 6 Singapore – Taiwan – Indonesia

2020

Feb. 10 – Mar. 10 Indonesia Mission Trip

May – June Malaysia Trip

– John and Eta Grubb