Grubb Mission
Report - October 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 Church of Christ, Chestnut
Mountain, Georgia USA
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China –
Singapore Trip
Sept. 6 – Oct.
10
On September 6th, I began my 65th
overseas mission trip. The route for this trip to China was a little different
this year. I first went to Detroit before taking a non-stop flight to Shanghai.
I wish I could say it was uneventful, but once again, I left my small bag on
the plane and had to hustle around to get it back in time to make my flight to
Shanghai. I was able to sleep quite a bit on the flight to Shanghai and was met
by Bob when I arrived. I got settled in and was able to get about six hours
sleep the first night in town. On Friday morning, I looked for my socks – no
socks! I forgot to pack them! There is a first time for everything. In the
afternoon I went to buy some socks.
On Friday morning, I went to a Bible
class with about ten in attendance. A brother from Singapore taught the class.
Another class with another group of Christians met on Friday night. A third
class was conducted on Saturday afternoon. When we go to the different places
for these Bible classes it usually takes a subway or bus ride and quite a bit
of walking.
On Sunday morning, I visited a different
congregation. Bob, his family, and I went there for worship. They do not have a
regular preacher, so the different preachers I am working with take turns
helping them. I spoke on the 12th and 13th chapters of 2 Corinthians. There were
about twenty in attendance. During the times we were not teaching or traveling,
I spent time working on manuscripts and lessons for future appointments.
On Monday, I moved over to the other side
of Shanghai to begin teaching a class on “God’s Pattern.” On Monday afternoon,
I taught for four hours. On Tuesday, I taught in the morning and afternoon. On
Wednesday, I taught again in the morning. In the afternoon, I went back to the
other side of Shanghai where I had a class on Wednesday night. I only had one
student for class this year. He traveled up to Shanghai each Monday from a city
near Wuhan.
On Thursday morning, Bob and I had
another appointment to teach a friend of some of the brethren in Singapore. We
had a very good discussion with him for almost two hours. On Friday, I taught
the regular Friday morning Bible class at one the congregations in west
Shanghai. On Friday evening, I taught the regular class conducted in an office
of one of the brethren in Shanghai.
On Saturday, September 16th, the east
Shanghai congregation conducted a youth program. I had the privilege to speak
twice on this day. We had about 30 to attend this event. We concluded a little
early because it was thought a government man came to “spy” on the meeting.
On Sunday, I spoke at two different
churches in Shanghai. We had more than thirty to attend the first service today
and about twenty for the other congregation. These are places I have spoken for
in the past.
On Monday, I went back to the east side
to teach three days – morning and afternoon. We finally got some rain on
Wednesday. I gave a test on Thursday then headed back to the west side for
classes on Friday and Saturday.
On Sunday, I went to Nanjing for the
first time. Bob, Rebecca, and Joshua took me down there. It was a little
disappointing because there was only one person who attended the service. Also,
it rained and rained and rained. We stayed over for two days so that I could do
some sightseeing in this historic Chinese city. We were not able to go to the
main historic sites on Monday because they were all closed. I was able to visit
a former temple ground that has been turned into a tourist attraction.
On Tuesday, before heading back to
Shanghai, I was able to visit the Nanjing 1937 Massacre Museum and also a World
War II exhibit. We headed back to Shanghai on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday we
were supposed to have another regular Bible study with a few students, but
because of an upcoming holiday, they were not able to attend the class. On
Thursday, I worked on a number of projects for next month.
There were two more Bible studies on
Friday. On Friday morning, we had about twelve to attend that class. During the
afternoon, I made my annual trip to the historic Bund next to the Whangpu River
in Shanghai. On Friday evening, I spent another session in helping the brethren
know how to teach their friends and neighbors how to become a New Testament
Christian.
Sunday was the beginning of my last week
in China. I spoke at two services on Sunday. On Monday morning, about thirty
Christians from Shanghai took a bus to another province to conduct a two day
lectureship/camp. I spoke on Monday afternoon. We had a good study on the subject
of the book of Ephesians with about 35 in attendance. We had a total of five
speakers at the camp. On Wednesday, we returned to Shanghai. On Thursday, I
visited with one of the local families and got my luggage ready for the trip to
Singapore. I also was able to get my hair cut. With the discount provided by
the local brother, I was able to get a wash and cut for US$1.50!
On Friday morning, I took a car out to
the Shanghai International Airport for my flight to Singapore. As I was
upgraded to business class from Atlanta to Detroit, I was also upgraded from
Shanghai to Tokyo. As I was going to the gate to board the plane to Singapore,
I saw James Andrews waiting on the same plane. He was on his way to Indonesia
to work with the brethren there. After safe arrival in Singapore, I went to the
hotel.
On Saturday morning, I traveled to the
Jurong church building in Singapore for the wedding of Goh Ser Ern and Ong Jun
Wei. I was privileged to be able to attend the wedding along with about 200 other
friends, relatives, and Christians. It was a very nice wedding and lunch.
On Sunday, I had the privilege to preach
in English and Chinese at the Lim Ah Pin congregation. For the English worship
service, I preached on the “Pillars of Successful Marriage.” For the Bible
class, I talked about “God’s Promise to Abraham.” After the morning services, I
had lunch with the Chua family. In the afternoon, I spoke at the two Chinese
services. My topic for the afternoon sessions was “We Must Speak The Truth in
Love.”
Monday was my last day in Singapore. I
was able to get a good walk in, do some last minute shopping and have dinner
with one of my friends.
On Tuesday morning (Singapore time), I
got up at 1:30 am to begin the journey home. I arrived at the airport at 3:40
am and checked in for my flight to Narita (Tokyo). The flight went well and I
was able to catch up on some of the sleep I missed during the night. After
about a two hour layover in Tokyo, I boarded the plane to Atlanta. Again, it was
a good flight and I was able to sleep about half of the time. We arrived early
in Atlanta, I was able to get through customs pretty quickly and was on my way
home. I arrived safely.
Thanks for all of the prayers offered on
my behalf during this trip. The trip to China was very useful and I also had
the opportunity to encourage the brethren in Singapore as well. I will quickly
add, I received a great deal of encouragement from the brethren over there as
well.
I am scheduled to go to Memphis to attend
the 2nd Annual Mission Forum at Forest Hill which will be conducted October
13-14. There will be more mutual encouragement from brethren interested in
mission work.
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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
2017
October 28-29
Richmond Hill, GA Lectures
November 20-26
Singapore
November 27-29
Batam, Indonesia
November 30
Travel Day
December 1-19 –
Taiwan
2018
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
– John M. Grubb
Send all contributions to: Grubb Mission Fund, P.O. Box 7450, Chestnut Mountain, GA
30502
