Hello!
I just wanted to let you all know that I am safe and sound back in the USA. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who helped make my short stay with you a very wonderful experience. It meant a lot to me, the warm welcome I received upon my first visit, and the continued hospitality I experienced thereafter. Who knows? Maybe I will be back some time in the future (Singapore has left its mark on me... I miss it).
So, thanks again, and may God continueto richly bless the congregation at Pasir Panjang.
Your sister in Christ,
Meisha Bynoe
USA
The Hearing Impaired Webpage is so great. It's my first
time to visit the HI webpage.
Nancy Tang Hui Ting
Singapore
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Thank you all for answering my prayers.
Again thank you guys for your display of practical Christianity and you know
PP (old Tanglin Halt Church) was my birth place and my heart is always
there with you guys, especially the 'old gang' who are still faithful
through so many many many years. Special thanks to Paul Quek - Paul, you are
my angel, my love and thanks to you and your family.
My special love to you Henry and Nat, you have been a rock to me and PP
Church has been there for my family through many years of trial, so please
accept my undying gratitude and love to you.
I will return to the hospital on the 13th October for clearance, so do
continue to pray for me.
Love you guys.
Keep on keeping on.
Nancy Lee
Friday, October 03, 2003
Dear Pasir Panjang church of Christ,
I am a writer and a graduate of Abilene Christian University & David Lipscomb University. I thought that it would be a nice idea to try to give something back to say thank you to my colleges & to the churches of Christ. The idea that I had is to email my poetry to churches of Christ and allow them to print my poems in their church newsletters or on their websites if they would like to. I am not charging anything, I am simply saying "Hi, I am here, I am a writer, and I would like to share my writings with the churches of Christ.
I am including one of my poems here and I give you my permission to use it in your church newsletter if you would like to. I hope you will like my idea and my poetry. If you do like it then I have more that you can use at my website under "The Songs of Chapelgate." Please feel free to go there, copy what you like and use it. I thank you for the work you are doing for the body of Christ and wish you the very best.
Sincerely,
Ms. Angel Isaacs
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/chapelgate (my poems & fiction)
http://www.mp3.com/Angel_Isaacs (my songs)
******************
Heaven
I believe there's pearly gates
And I can't wait to see
The mansion He's preparing
And building just for me
His kingdom is within us
His kingdom is yet to be
I want to live in Heaven
And let Heaven live in me
Heaven's streets are paved with gold
And people will cry no more
But down here on earth we think we're waiting
All along we have the keys to Heaven's door
His kingdom is within us
His kingdom is yet to be
I want to live in Heaven
And let Heaven live in me
Yes, we are his holy people
And I can't wait to be
Made of gold and filled with treasure
Oh, He's building inside me.
Copyright 1986/2003 Angel Isaacs All Rights Reserved
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/chapelgate
http://www.mp3.com/Angel_Isaacs
ChapelgateAngel@aol.com
Angel Isaacs has a BA in Mass Communication Radio/TV from Abilene Christian University & a Master's Degree in Religion from David Lipscomb University. She invites you to visit her websites if you would like to read more of her poetry, fiction, or listen to her songs. She would also like to say "Thank-you" to the churches of Christ and each individual member for the wonderful work they do.
Dear Henry,
I have been driving 14,000 miles and being a little tired afterwards. Anyway the efforts of raising funds for the church building and school building are going slow because of the economy and the churches have used their excess funds for missions this year. My presentation has been accepted well but most are looking towards next year. So far I have raised about $45,000 but $15,000 of it was delayed until next year. It is a whole lot more than what was rasied by others in the last six years but far short of what is needed. I have started promoting the fact that I want the school to be International because of the great need in the area for quality training of preachers and missionaries. This means that I am actually making plans on how to have a English program also instead of just a bahasa one.
My elders have finally got behind the work and have asked to have a meeting concerning developing a board for the school because those whom they have tried to raise funds have asked about this. I have given a lot of thought as to whom I would like to see on the board and your name always comes first to my mind for a number of reasons.
1. You are familar with the work and a participant in it.
2. Your name has influence not only in Asia but America also.
3. You are knowledgeable of how to teach Asian students.
Please give prayerful consideration to becoming a board member for the school. They have asked me to do something that I know nothing about as I have never done anything like this. However I am learning in a hurry especially about fund raising. I am thankful for men like John Massie and Henry Green who have been a termendous help.
The land for the church building has now been cleared and is ready, as far as I know, for construction but I don't have the funds to do it at this moment. I could really use a lot of help in raising the additional US$35,000 that is needed to complete this project. I am doing my best here but that seems to be falling far short because of the need for the school facilities. Trying to rasie funds for too many things dilutes the message and thus nothing comes in. I have decided to focus on the school facilities because that is the larger amount. I have some good possiblities but until one has it in hand it is only a possiblity. If there is anyway that PP and you could reach out to the rest of area to find the funds for the church building it would be a termendous blessing to the work and me. HELP!
I pray that Nat is better. Lusi is doing OK as I am. I had a problem with my ears but found some medicene that cleared up the problem. My heel has given me a lot of pain for the last four months but with better shoes and arch supports, that I found here, it seems to be getting better. The problem was that my arches had fallen and it caused my tendon in the heal to be inflamed. I haven't been exercising like I was in Batam so my tendious seems to want to come back. I have to find a way to keep fit while traveling around the country for the next three months. I will be returning on November 24. Take care.
With the love of Christ
Winston Bolt
Batam, Indonesia
Dear all,
Bet you were wondering what happenned to us!
We did make it to Starkville, MS okay it's just taken us awhile to get settled and get internet access again.
Thank you for the great send off at the airport! Even though it was early in the morning on a holiday many people made the extra effort to come and see us off.
Our family was very much strengthed by our stay in Singapore and the friendships we developed with the people at Pasir Panjang. Please keep in touch!
Now that we have internet access again we'll send updates to you, our family in Singapore.
Love,
JJjjj ( that's Jimmy, Janet, josslyn, justin and jarrod)
Dear brethren,
Greetings to you all brothers and sisters in Christ.
The church in Batam is going well and nothing special
exist during the month. Our attendance was a little
slow as many brethren were working on Sunday to cover
of the three days public holiday for celebration of
58th Independence Day of Republic of Indonesia (16-18
August), So our averaging is 50-55 each week and we
usually have 5 new guests. We continue to teach the
Bible class in the morning and Evening worship from
the book of James.
One of the most exciting in our teaching and preaching
activities here in Batam is Weekend Fellowship Class
every Saturday at 7 PM. Some of our attendance are
guests and members. Ferdinand and I are so happy to
see of their enthusiasm in singing, praying and ask
many questions about salvation. Our objectives in this
class is to build a study habit and this is a great
opportunity for us to teach the Bible
to them about Jesus and His church, how to obey His
gospel, and
having a new life in Jesus Christ. With this class we
establish some
good relationship with our prospects and mostly of
them agree into what
the Bible teaches.
During the month of August, we are so busy to prepare
of various things for School construction that we have
to start on next week according to schedule. We have
finished to make a Letter of Agreement in Notary and
we will cooperate with a qualify consultant to oversee
the construction. Please pray for this construction!
The other great blessing that we have here is our
mission to Duri. I went there 3 weeks ago to help the
Team there to arrange the various things about the
mission there. I was so happy to see the zeal of the
Team to teach and preach the Gospel to the lost people
there, but I found some problems there as follows:
1.Team is still young men
2.They don,t have experience yet
3.They have to speak to older people as the most
people there
4.Lack in wisdom
We made a meeting to evaluate and how to overcome the
above problems and the Team seems agree to change the
method and arrange the new system to teach and preach
the Gospel to the people there. Please pray for this
mission!
Our office hours we used for teaching the people who
came to the office to ask about Christianity and
during the month, we spoke to 14 person and some of
them are Chinese. The problem is we still difficult to
speak to Chinese and how to approach them. Suppose
anyone here in PP who able to send the material to us
how to speak and approach the Chinese people are very
welcome.
We have planned to establish a permanent congregation
in Batu Aji. It seems Batam government has given us a
green light to receive a land for the church as wide
2000M there. The reason of this is almost 30% the
population of Batam are living on this area. We can
build a simple building of the church there to begin
the evangelical and worship. The government has
provided infrastructure such as Electrical, Water
system, Telephone, Internet access, Road, Security
system, etc. We use every Saturday to visit and survey
this area and to promote the church to the people
there. So our vision in future that we will have four
congregations in Batam (Batam Center, Nongsa, East and
West Batu Aji). Batam as a small island will be an
educational Center and example to all the Churches of
Christ throughout Indonesia because we commit to the
Biblical principle in our leadership.
Thank you for your praying, financial support and for
your love to us in Batam - God bless.
Your fellow servant,
Herbin,
Batam, Indonesia
Dear henry,
I thank God that pp is 110% behind MARCH, the medical and dental missions in Philippines.
Your support and encouragement will only inspire us to do better and give
more of ourselves.
Thank you once again. You all have our greatest thanks.
By the way, I made the announcement this morning in church that pp was
coming december 12-14. has this been confirmed?
Chito,
Cebu, Philippines
Dear Bro. Henry,
This e-mail comes to you from me after a long time.
Sorry for the long silence.
Hope you continue to do well and it is our prayer.
The Lord's work is going on well in this part of the world.
The past 1.5 decades were the golden age of the church of Christ growth in this nation and praise be to Him
I am visiting Singapore for a few days.
After a few hours I fly from Chennai to Sigapore.
I will not be able to see your response via e-mail until next wednesday if you choose to communicate this way.
Very likely I will stay in HolidayInn park view
On the 17th sunday I am planing to come over to your place for worship.
Will be glad to speak for the church if you have time for me.
Love you for what you are and what you are doing.
In Him
Dr. Paul
Henry,
We have just found a way to get tickets for Janis & me at about half the price, BUT it requires that we do the trip in 30 days! So, it causes us a problem.
We can't wait until Nov. 2, Sunday to leave. So, to do this we will have to leave earlier than we intended,and miss Sunday, Nov. 2. I know you had set those Sundays ( 26th & Nov 2) for adult classes for Janis & me.
Would this be a disaster for our schedule if we had to miss the 2nd one? We would be happy to do anything to work with you as we wamt to devote our time & energy to Singapore and your efforts.
Would a special day of focus be out of the question at that time of the year? What do you think?
Our love to all,
Pence & Janis
Texas, USA
Dear All,
We have just moved to our new house in Cainta Rizal, (outside of Metro Manila and approx. 10 to 15 kms. from Makati City).
For those who wish to contact us, you can reach us through our new house number +632-645-4267 or email us smilegin@hotmail.com.
Please continue praying for us, for our new life,
Gina and Sonny
Manila, Philippines
Thanks for sending the Daily Care. It’s good to have some guide to read daily and also keep up-to-date with the latest happenings at PP.
USA
Benjamin Yam
Harding College, USA
Thanks for your response to my e-mail letter. We deeply appreciate the
generosity of the Pasir Panjang congregation and for your partnership in world evangelism. We are just thankful for your fellowship and your world vision.
Please express our thanks to all our brothers and sisters in Singapore. We love you with the love of God.
With respect, appreciation,
and brotherly love,
Dick Ady, USA
World English Institute
Greetings from KL! You must be pretty busy after the recent camp in Melaka. Keep up the good work you and the church in PP have been doing.
We are buying a piece of vacant land, about 3 km from city centre, which is certainly strategically-located. We want to build on the land for a new outreach work in the southern part of KL city (currently we are in the north).
Thank you for your generosity. God bless you in your work for Him.
In Christ,
Albert Wong, Malaysia
Thank you for the warm letter greeting me upon arrival in our home in Oregon. It stirred again the deep joy of being the servant of the Pasir Panjang family. The confirmation that dear ones are making a good use of the messages of the Lord is deeply encouraging to me.
I feel deeply in debt to you for the confidence you showed in my regards and the doors of ministry that your influence opened to me. I will continue to pray God's richest blessings on your pivotal service in the crossroads of Asia.
The generous hospitality of yourself and Nat and so many others deeply
touched me. The thoughtful words of encouragement of so many dear ones will be long treasured. The unselfish transportation service of many members and especially Moy Chee and her son in taking me to the airport will be long remembered, along with the meeting and farewells of the two couples.
My flight was safe and timely. Ferne was at the airport to meet me. After
two weeks of intense care of her critically ill parents she was probably more exhausted than I was. We are getting back on schedule and getting our "body clocks" regulated.
Ferne's parents are improving enough that Ferne was able to leave them in the care of other relatives. We plan to return in the near future.
Know of my joy in being included in the history of the congregation and of having contributed something of lasting value.
Know of my affection and esteem in the Lord,
Truman Scott
Sunset IBS, USA
I really enjoyed my visit to your congregation on March 18th. The lesson
was very good, the people were warm and friendly, and I felt welcome as a
brother in Christ.
It is truly an amazing thing that God has done in
planting members of His family all over the world. It is so refreshing to
worship with family wherever one goes.
Loy made me feel especially welcome at the men's class and during
worship. Paul, the one who volunteered to take me back to my hotel was
especially hospitable. We lunched together and visited for nearly two
hours. It was great fellowship! These men should be commended for their
spirit of hospitality.
I hope to one day visit again and hear God's message through you.
In Him,
Randy Crist
USA
|
