Grubb Mission Report – January 2022 “Much to Do in ‘22”

“Happy New Year”

“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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December – The Last Month of the Year

  We were off to a good start for the month of December. After getting out of quarantine on the 28th of November, the first major event of the month of December was taking part in the annual Taichung, Taiwan Chinese Lectureship. Seven lessons were delivered over the three-day event. Two of the lessons were delivered at the church building in Taichung. The remaining five lessons were presented on the internet. There were more than fifty people in person or online to attend this lectureship.

  Thanks to the local preacher, John Yo, and his wife, Michelle, for all of their hard work involved in this effort. The planning for the lectureship for 2022 is already in the planning stages. In 2022, the lectureship will be December 2-4 on the theme of the “Seven Churches of Asia.” We are hoping it can be done in person, but we will have to wait and see.

Regular Classes and Worship

   As you know, because of covid, all of the Asian countries where I would travel to teach and preach are still closed. However, we are thankful for the internet which allows us to continue to have a part in Bible study and worship services in Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan. In the new year, I will also have the opportunity to speak to the brethren at the Church St. congregation in the city of Melbourne, Australia. This will also be through an internet platform. As interest continues, I will take part in online Bible study with the Subang Jaya congregation in Malaysia, as well as the Section 17 congregation there as well. I have the privilege to take part in both English and Chinese services.

  In addition, I still take part in the weekly chapel services at Four Seas College (Chinese Department). Even though I am not currently teaching a course there, I am in preparation to begin teaching “Church History” the middle of February. I am currently preparing my bi-lingual PowerPoint charts that I will use in the class. I use both English and Chinese on the charts to enable some who speak Chinese but do not read it well to be able to follow the notes. It takes me a great deal of time to prepare these charts.

   On January 22nd, Four Seas College, Chinese Department, will conduct a morning workshop with three speakers. The workshop will be conducted in Chinese and will be from 9 am to 1 pm (Jan. 21st, 8 pm – midnight – Eastern Standard Time). It will be conducted on Zoom – 2021030111, Password: 392766.

During the month of January, I will be re-applying for my Indonesian visa. Especially in light of covid, it is very important that I keep my visa current. It is the only way that I can continue to travel back to my Asian base.

Eta and I are scheduled to return to the USA on Feb. 10th. We will be in the states until April 20th. We are looking forward to visiting with many of our brethren during that time.

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE – 2022

Jan. 2 Taichung, Taiwan (LINE)

Jan. 9 Section 17 Chinese (Zoom)

Jan. 16 Boonlay Chinese Singapore

Jan. 22 Four Seas-Chinese Workshop

Jan. 26 Subang Jaya In-devo (Zoom)

Mar. 6 Church St. Melbourne (Google Meet)

Dec. 2-4 Taichung Lectureship – “Seven Churches of Asia.

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USEFUL WEBSITES

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

Four Seas College Chinese

https://www.fourseas-chinese.org/

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– John and Eta Grubb

Grubb Mission Report is a monthly publication under the oversight of the Chestnut Mountain church of Christ, Email address: jmgrubb@yahoo.com Telephone: (678) 538-7601 Send all contributions to: Grubb Mission Fund, P.O. Box 7450, Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502

 

 

 

Grubb Mission Report – December 2021

“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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Activities During the Month of November

   The month of November has been busy as usual. I have been keeping the same schedule as I have been for several weeks. Of course, because we were in the states during this time, I had to arrange my schedule to make sure I was able to take part in the various classes, services, and meetings in Asia.

  Every month, I speak in Chinese on the first Sunday at the Taichung church in Taiwan. On the second Sunday, I preach in Chinese to the Section 17 congregation in Malaysia. Every Monday morning, we have chapel services at the Chinese Dept. of Four Seas College in Singapore. I also attend the Sunday morning Chinese worship service at the Boonlay congregation – online. On Tuesday night, I participate in the Subang Jaya Chinese class and help with questions and answers.

  I attend and take part in the Wednesday night and Friday night English Bible classes at Subang Jaya (online) every week. When I am overseas, I also tune in to the Chestnut Mountain Bible classes and worship.

I am thankful for the opportunities that are available on-line.

  Eta and I had the privilege to take part in the Schertz Lectureship in the state of Texas. The topic for this year was the book of Job. We both spoke on Monday. She spoke to the ladies’ class in the afternoon while I spoke at the evening service.

  It was great to see many old friends and also to meet many new brethren at the lectureship this year. Thanks to the elders for arranging the program and all of the members who helped to make it a success. Thanks for the Schertz church making it possible for us to attend.

  On the Friday after the lectures, we had the opportunity to visit the brethren at World Video Bible School in Maxwell, TX, and also to visit with Steve and Valerie Lloyd at the Southwest School of Bible Studies in Austin, TX.

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Our Stateside Trip Comes to an End

  It has been costly for the flights and the traveling we have done while in the states. If any congregations or members of the Church of Christ would like to help to defray these costs, it will be greatly appreciated. We have had several to help already. All contributions can be sent to: Grubb Mission Fund, P.O. Box 7450, Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502.

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Because of covid, we have lost a great deal of support in the last year.

My wife and I express thanks for all of our financial supporters who enable us to continue to have a part in our efforts among the Chinese and Asian people.

May the Lord continue to bless these efforts to try to help spread the gospel among the Chinese-speaking people as well as others in Asia.

We are scheduled to return to Indonesia on November 24th. We are scheduled to return on Feb. 10th.

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE – 2021

Dec. 3-5 – Taichung Lectures (LINE)

Dec. 12 – Section 17 Chinese

Dec. 22 – Subang Jaya – English

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USEFUL WEBSITES

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

Four Seas College Chinese

https://www.fourseas-chinese.org/

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– John and Eta Grubb

 

Post Script: Our Trip Back to Indonesia

We had an interesting and not totally enjoyable trip back to Indonesia.

I had booked our flights several weeks ahead of our flight. We were scheduled to have a 23 hour and 45 minute layover in Korea before going on to Indonesia. If you have more than a 24hour layover in Korea, you have to get a visa ahead of time. Delta changed our flight so that we would have a 24 hour and ten-minute layover in Korea.

I called Delta and talked to them about this. The agent along with his supervisor assured me the original times would apply and we would be able to get on the plane. NOTE: Do not depend upon this assurance!

When Eta and I arrived at the airport in Atlanta, we attempted to check in for our non-stop flight from ATL to ICN (Atlanta to Incheon/Korea). We were not allowed to do so. Finally, we were rebooked to fly through Detroit and then connect to Korea from there. We had to run to make the flight to Detroit. We made it! Then, we were got to Detroit, we had to run to catch our next flight to Korea. Fortunately, our gates were very near to each other and we were able to make it. After we got through that part of the trip, everything went well. We were treated very well in the Korean airport by the Korean Airlines ground staff. We were also able to take advantage of the Korean Airlines (KAL) lounge. 

On the following day, we flew Korean Airlines to Jakarta and we were very well treated by the KAL staff. Kudos to all those who helped us to make all of our flights.

When we arrived in Jakarta, we had to go through a few stations to clear the health checks before going through immigration and customs. We then had to wait about forty minutes before the test results came back to allow us to proceed to our quarantine hotel. We were thankful we only had three days of quarantine. The day after we left quarantine, they increased it to seven days.

At first, we had trouble getting airline tickets back to Lampung, but finally were able to get them. We are glad to, because we considered taking the ferry across the strait between Java and Sumatra, but later learned high seas caused a lot of problems for the ferry ride.

We finally arrived safely in Lampung, six days after we left the USA. Thanks for all of your prayers on our behalf as we made this trip back to Indonesia.

John and Eta Grubb

Grubb Mission Report is a monthly publication under the oversight of the Chestnut Mountain church of Christ, 5111 Old Winder Hwy. 211, Braselton, GA 30517, USA Email addresses: jmgrubb@yahoo.com Telephone: (678) 538-7601 Send all contributions to: Grubb Mission Fund, P.O. Box 7450, Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502