Hi Church! How are you? Hope you all are feeling good and well! I am glad to be able to write to you once again! It has been a week in Siliguri and our ministry time here has come to an end. How fast time flies when we enjoyed His presence! Coming to Siliguri was very fruitful for us! We were working closely with a church here and praise God, the partnership went very well! We went to a village to do door to door evangelism (and one 24 yrs old man, Robin, came to Christ through this); And at another village, we shared the gospel through our songs, dance, skit and testimonies.

All of us had a chance to preach in a two day youth workshop too! I shared on our identity in Christ and many youths responsed to the altar call and it was exciting to see many received their new destiny in Him! They are now able to see how God sees them! Amen! Another highlight for me was that I was asked by my leader to lead worship for the sunday service!!! This was a first time for me and I tk God it turned out good! All glory to God!

Outside ministry time, I had a few divine appointments too! I met a young working adult named, Mintu, at a resturant and I invited him to join me for breakfast since both of us was alone. As we talked, I realised he stammers, so after some sharing about ourselves, I offered to pray for him and also shared the gospel with him. He was very happy! I believe God will healed him and he will turn to Christ! Amen!

Another divine appointment was Beenu! A young lady who just graduated from university. We met her while we were having lunch. And it all started by me asking her boyfriend for help in ordering foods and after that, she just approached us and helped us with further orderings. And I knew it was God’s plan that we met. So I offered to pray for her to find a job and this led her to re-commit herself back to Jesus! She back-slided but God won her back! Amen!

Therefore, let us con’t to pray for these two souls, Mintu and Beenu. That they will experience God every new day! From these two incidents, I realised that God is truly at work all the time! Even when we were having meals! Amen! We just have to open our 5 senses and join Him in His work!

Last,but not least, tk you for praying for us! I was healed very soon after I sent out my last email to you! No more cough and cold! How powerful is our God and our prayers! Amen!

Dear Church!
Finally able to write to you and update you about our journey here in India with our Loving God! We just arrived Siliguri from Darjeeling and today is our “rest day”! Have you all heard that there are strikes going on in Darjeeling ? Worry not as we are all safe and sound! Thank God! Apart from the strikes, Darjeeling is one beautiful city!! Weather is so good and cooling and its people so friendly!! I really could see God in them. Both the mountains and the people! So wonderfully and fearfully created with love!!

In Darjeeling , I had the chance to visit the sick in a hospital. Talked with them; prayed for them; and sharing the gospel with them. And as a team, we went to a Christian school to reach out to the children. Many of them are pre-believers. We led their morning chapel and its after school programme. It was our blessing to be able to see the kids and performing for them before God! The kids are all so pretty and beautiful!! Praise God for His creation! I had the opportunity to share my testimony with them too!

Before we left Darjeeling , we went to a nearby village called, TakDah, to lead their one day children camp! And it was very good! I even got the chance to preach to the kids for the “first-time” and it was overwhelming for me to see almost all the kids, and some adults too, accepting Jesus into their lives! PTL!

God is at work in Darjeeling ! And we had certainly brought the Kingdom of God nearer to them. And for those who had accepted Christ, His Kingdom is already living in them! Amen!

Prayer requests:
Please continue to pray for us for good health as some of us had not been feeling good recently, myself included. I had running nose and slight cough. WE could be facing spiritual warfare but, fear not, we are fighting from victory! Amen! When the light comes, darkness flee and hide!

Siliguri’s weather is hot and dry! The roads super dusty too! but God spoke to us that we shall not complain or compare it with Darjeeling . Cos, He made them both beautiful in His ways! Amen!

Alright folks, will write to you again when i had the chance. And if i dont write, pls know that we are super safe and sound in His name! Amen!

The H1N1 flu is spreading in the community. Today’s national papers said there are now 315 infected people in Singapore and the assumption is that this will increase. Though not as fatal as once thought, we need to be on our guard, keep our families healthy and well, and pray for God’s protection. Here are some common sense advice for you to heed so that it does not spread in church meetings:

-See your family doctor if you are not feeling well. Rest at home, and do not go to work or to church meetings till you are well.

-Take note of people sitting around you when you are at church meetings.

-Avoid shaking hands but find another way to acknowledge or say hi to each other.

-Use the hand disinfectant dispensers available around the church.

-If you have  a fever or have travelled to flu affected places, like Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, DominicanRepublic, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Indonesia and Hong Kong SAR, within a week, please do stay at home.

- Look out for flash news on this website for the latest church related infection information.

more on WRPF’s facebook page.

The facility that will be used to house Pastor John’s family, and a church plant, and that will be our base for further church planting is now being built. Thanks to the patient painstaking trust relationship built by pastor Thomas Tan with pastor John, we have now forged a solid partnership that can bring the work of God and missions forward. Do continue to pray,  missions in third world countries, is unpredictable because of governance issues and where rule of law is not practiced. However, the Lord is still sitting on the throne, and works all things for the good of His people. The photos below shows the groundlaying and the beginnings of the building of the walls. God willing by the end of the year when our church teams minister in Yangon, the building may be completed! Hallelujah!

Peter Tan, Victor(interpreter), and Robert(interpreter’s friend) brought Pastor Mary, my wife and I,  on a exploratory visit to a Batam Center Indonesian church of 70 members called GTI Bukit Zaitun. We visited a small cluster of families that reared pigs but were resettled after an earthquake in Nias, in Sumatra. It was a hot, humid bare piece of land on a slope and the houses were patched together and squatter like. And then we had lunch and ministered at the youth service of the church we were exploring as a place for youth mission trips. There were about twenty youths and their singing was robust and inspiring. After the message we prayed for them and the Lord was present to touch their hearts. On Sunday, we woke up early for an unusually early morning service at 8.30am and this time, while Mary took the sunday school, I preached an encouraging Pentecost Sunday message on how the Holy Spirit comes to take away our fears and gave an altar call and prayed for people. The Lord was present and touched the people. We had lunch with the pastor, took the ferry and were home by about 5pm, tired out from the ministry, travelling, and heat. We were thankful to God for the trip and also for Peter Tan, Victor and Robert who introduced us to the place and acted as interpreter.