Grubb Mission Report December 2016
“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-Indonesia-Malaysia Trip (Nov.
21-Dec. 19)
On November 21st, I began my 61st mission trip. I
had an fast trip, with a short connection in Japan, to Singapore. I arrived in
Singapore at 11 PM. on Tuesday night. The 9th Annual Four Seas College Lectures
held at the Jurong Church of Christ began Wednesday morning. The theme of the
lectures was: “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth.”
On Wednesday night, I spoke at the midweek
English Bible class of the Jurong congregation. On Thursday night, I was
invited to speak at the Chinese Bible class at Lim Ah Pin. On Friday, I
participated in a question and answer session with Billy Bland and Roger
Campbell. On Saturday morning, I presented my lectureship lesson. The
lectureship came to an end on Saturday afternoon. There were gospel meetings
being conducted each evening at Lim Ah Pin and Jurong. I attended the Lim Ah
Pin meetings. Billy Bland was the speaker there.
On Sunday morning, I was transported over to
the Malaysia side to teach a Chinese Bible class and preach a bi-lingual sermon
at the Johor Bahru congregation. In the evening, I presented another bi-lingual
lesson at the new congregation in Johor State: Skudai. I went back to the
Singapore side to spend the night, then took the boat ferry to Batam island
(Indonesia) to begin a three day effort with the church there. Alex and Rita
Daniel from Lampung traveled to Batam to meet me and Alex translated for me
while there.
For three days, we spent about 2-3 hours
each night teaching on Basic Facts of the Bible. There were between 50-60 to
attend each of the night sessions.
On December 1st, I was in three different
countries. I started out in Indonesia. By 8:30 AM, I was in Singapore. I then
flew to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the afternoon. My first place to preach was
the Section 17 congregation. I taught the Friday night Bible class and preached
both lessons on Sunday. In between I had the opportunity to visit with many of
the brethren. On Monday, the Section 17 congregation had a camp in Ipoh. I
spoke four times at the camp. It was a good opportunity to be with about 35
members of the congregation and some of their friends. I also was able to spend
time with Mike and June Leong and my “adopted” granddaughter, Hannah. She is so
much fun and so cute.
On the weekend of December 8th, I was with
the Kota Kemuning congregation in the Shah Alam section of Kuala Lumpur. On
Friday night and Sunday morning, I delivered lessons from God’s Word. On
Saturday afternoon, we had a three hour singing workshop. After the services on
Friday night, I had the opportunity to visit with a few of the families. On
Saturday night, after the singing workshop, several of the young people took me
to dinner and had a number of Bible questions to ask me. On Sunday morning,
before worship, I had the opportunity to answer more Bible questions during
breakfast. After the morning worship, the brethren had a potluck at the
building and we were able to visit further with the member. After the potluck,
I went to brother Eng and sister Shirley’s house until Kam Wah and Janet Leong
picked me up. I spent Sunday night at their house.
On Monday morning, the three of us left for
my favorite location in Malaysia – Cameron Highlands. We spent a couple of days
up there enjoying the cool weather. On Wednesday, we came back and I stayed two
more days in the Damansara area of Kuala Lumpur before moving on to my last
appointment for this trip – Subang Jaya. Before going to SJ, I had some
additional opportunities for fellowship with the brethren at Section 17.
On my last weekend in Malaysia, I preached
at the Subang Jaya congregation a three part sermon on “Speaking as the Oracles
of God.” On Friday night, we had about 30 to attend the service. Saturday
evening, I went to dinner with some of the members of the congregation. After
delivering the final two lessons, Sunday afternoon, I traveled by plane back to
Singapore and departed the next day for home.
My flight from Tokyo to Atlanta was
cancelled, but I was fortunate to get a flight to Seattle then get a seat on an
earlier flight to get home just three hours later than I would have with the
original flight.
Thanks to all the brethren who helped to
make this trip possible and successful. Thanks for all the prayers on behalf of
these efforts.
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SPEAKING SCHEDULE
2017
Jan. 31 – Mar. 14 – New Zealand (Arrive 2-2)
2-9
Feb. South Auckland
10-16
Feb. Hamilton
17-19
Feb. Hawke’s Bay
20-26
Feb. Palmerston North/Wanganui
27
Feb. – 5 Mar. New Plymouth
6-12
Mar. Porirua/Hutt Valley
13
Mar. Depart Wellington
14
Mar. Depart Auckland for home
Apr. 24-25 McCaysville Lectureship
May 6 GSOP Lectures – Mission Report
May-June – Malaysia
June
1-3 Chinese Asian Bible Lectures
September – China
December – Taiwan
2018
April 15-19 Gospel Meeting – Shelbyville Rd.
Apr. 22-25 Gospel Meeting – Collinsville, IL
Budget Setting Time
Please keep our work in mind for next year
when you plan your budget for 2017.
– John M. Grubb
