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