Wonderful Fellowship

What a wonderful fellowship at NTGH on 26/10/08. For the first time both the members pf the Nepali Fellowship and Vietnamese Fellowship met together. We have sharing, worship, and also presentation of items, as well as the preaching of the gospel.

In everything we said, we need to interprete into Vietnamese and Nepali languages. We have Amar and Joe acting as interpreters. At the end of the service is a simple dinner for all.

Thank God for such a wonderful time together.

Prayer Request

The Chinese youth camp is just round the corner: Nov 23-26 at CCC Penang. 76 campers had sign up for the camp. Pray for the camp committee: Camp Commandant, Game Organiser, Secretary, group leaders, camp teachers etc.

Pray for a spiritual awakening among the campers and also great learning from the lessons.

Pray for the safety of all campers.

Special Occasion in NTGH

If I am not mistaken it is a rare occasion for a couple to accept Christ as their Lord and saviour and be baptised on the same day.Mr.& Mrs Tiah Chang Ti got baptised on 19/10/2008 in NTGH. Their children and mother witnessed this baptism too. Pray that more of the family members will come to know the Lord.

Pantai Remis Gospel Hall

I was in Pantai Remis some time ago to take a special gospel meeting. This is no small town! Its business activities is better than many other towns, and definitely much better than Nibong Tebal.

Thank God for not forsaking the Assembly in Pantai Remis. There is a flame of revival in the Assembly.It has acquired a new premises, a shoplot for church meeting. It can take in over a hundred. It has a beautiful stage and a very up todate sound system.

During the special meeting over 80 people turned up. There were many non Christian friends in the meeting. Do remember to pray for the work in this fishing town of Pantai Remis. They have a need to meet their loans for their new premises. If God move your heart to exrecise fellowship with them, send them a gift. Visit Pantai Remis and see for yourself how God is working among them.

Joy Of Salvation

I had an opportunity to speak at two special meetings up in the Cameron. One was their Latern Festival--- an outreach effort. Another was a baptismal service.

Both the services strongly remind us of the need of strong fellowship and rejoicing with those who have come to the Lord.

We can see how the newly baptised brother and sister presented a praise and worship to the Lord for their step of faith in baptism.

Praise the Lord.

Need of Support

During the recent Oversight meeting we noticed the following:

1. We need fund to continue supporting the ministry among the foreign workers. We have just launch a food aid program in July. We encourage our members to contribute in cash and kind to assist these foreign workers in their daily food provisions to make up for the high cost of living created by the fuel price crisis.

2. We need fund to pay back the bank loans for the two inits of shoplots that we are presently using as our church premises. Every month NTGH is paying RM3200.00 (begining August 2008) for the loan repayment instalments.

3. We need volunteers to drive the church van to help fetching some foreign workers back to their quarters after the morning worship services. (To cut down the number of trips for the hired van.)

4. We need fund to pay for the air-cond project (still short of RM1900).

May our good God continue to bless NTGH.

Making Good Use of Opportunity

NTGH English Assembly leadership believed that we must make good use of opportunity to equip the Nepali Christians preparing them to do church planting back in their motherland. Thus we encouraged them to come and stay in church on Saturday night. We planned to hold a special teaching session with them during the night and God, willing, teach them English as much as we can.

This was officially started on 2nd August. Fifiteen of them came. Kiwi will be doing with them the module on "Local church and it's missions". We hope to cover this for August and September.

After the night sessions the group put up in the church and preparing themselves for the worship the next morning. Do Pray with us that the group will be euipped for future church planting in Nepal.

Inter-Assembly YP Fellowship day

On 31/5 five Chinese Assemblies young people met at Butterworth Gospel Hall for inter-fellowship.

This is an anual affair to encourage the young people in their faith and to creat opportunity for them to know each other. We aim to creat a clique that holds them together in brotherly love in the household of God.

Two more being added to the Church

Thank God for two Nepali believers coming forward to accept the water baptism on 23/6/08

They were baptised by their own Nepali leaders. It is our prayer that these Nepali believers will be equiped to lead and to propagate the gospel in Nepal when they returned home one day. Their hands-on expereinces will surely prepare them for such a day.

Vietnamese Special

Thank God another 10 of the Vietnamese were baptised. Just pray that they will grow up in the faith.

Visit to Bidor Gospel Centre

I was placed to speak at Bidor Gospel Centre this morning (13/4/08). They had thei sunday service at 9.00am It is a bi-linggual Chinese and English service.

I started my journey at 6.10am and had my breakfast at the popular Bidor Pang Zhang. I must say the mee is really expensive RM5.00 each plate. Nevertheless, it was good to be back at a old familiar shop which I used to drop in before the present Express way was built.

Bidor has a small congregation, but it has good fellowship and full of life among its members. May God bless them with more believers joining them. Pray the those who attend their students' fellowship will one day come for the worship service too.

Thank God for the opportunity to minister to the saints at Bidor.

Serving Silently Behind the Scene

Who is this? She has served the Lord in NTGH for the past 18 years. She served as a Youth Worker wroking among the youth of the Chinese Assembly.

Many of our youth will remember her for her deligent service, her wholehearted service and her care and guidance in their lives.

Many church members will remember her for the van driving, her joyful services and her practical fellowship.

Very often churches have forgotten these sisters who serve behind the scene. Very often they are unknown to many. They do not receive practical fellowship from churches just like their male counterparts. Yet they are happily serving God.

Do remember these sisters in your churches in your prayer and thanksgivings. Extend some form of fellowship to encourage them. God bless our sisters.

She is sister Tong Gaik Sim of NTGH.Praise the Lord for her services.

Easter Special

Thank God for a good turn up during the Vietnamese Easter Special. The Crowd was presented with the Jesus Film in Vietnamese while waiting for the rest to come in. We have Joe and Henry at the meeting. Joe led in some singing, while Ann and another sister led in worship. Henry presented to them the gospel.

Thanks for those who have given towards the refreshment. Surely the Lord will bless the ministry as more Vietnamese are being led to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Joe was blessed with a new motorcycle just recently. Both Jeo and Ann will be moving around in their ministry with their newly purchased motorcycle. Pray for their safety as they travel on the road.

Giving Our Blessings

Our elders committed this couple to work with the Vietnamese. They have just joined us for this ministry. We pray that God will do wonderful works through this young couple.

They joined us in faith, and we have to look to God to provide them their monthly allowances. If God touch your heart, you may want to support them through our VN Ministry. Joe is a graduate and he holds a Master in Div. One of our sisters in NTGH has given them her flat to stay while they are serving with NTGH. Praise the Lord!

God's Provisions for Jireh Home

Rebeka & David are running an Aged Home in Kulim----Jireh Home. It has been 15 years since. They have to feed some 25 inmates.

Praise God, they were invited to share with the saints in NTGH English Assembly on 27/1/2008. From their sharing we see how God has been graciously providing them through both believers and non-believers.

We rejoice with them for the good work done. May God bless them.

Joyful Moment

By God's grace, another three Nepali believers were baptised on 27/1/2008 Together with them was a Sabahan sister.The difference this time is that we have two sisters baptised and two brothers as well. A big crowd came to witness their baptism.

Surely this is a good start for the year 2008. Praise the Lord.

Action speaks louder than words.

I was given the privilege to speak at the New Year Dinner organised by Taiping Gospel Hall on 1st.January 2008. It was held in a restaurant. In fact, it has been their "tradition" for the past few years. A mean of celebration with the intend to share God's love with friends and loved ones.

It is such a friendly atmosphere in a dinner for all the visitors. They sit in to listen to Christian songs and testimonies. They had the opportunity to hear the gospel. Praise God for their leader Mr.Lai Su. He worked hard to plan and to make the occasion a success. This is an example of a working leadership, not one who leads by words of instruction and rebuke, but by personal example and hard work.

Pray that God will raise up more leaders among the assemblies who would lead in the front and getting involved personally in the ministry. This will bring about a revival in the assemblies.

Motivation Seminar

In the business world many of us have attended some form of motivational seminar one time or other. I was thrilled when I was invited to take a series of meetings at the AIGC Leadership Seminar. I was told the nature of the seminar is motivation to serve the Lord.

In fact, at this time of the year, many corporate companies are holding some kind of an Annual Dinner for their staff. The purpose of this dinner is to motivate and to lift up working morale among the staff, and an act of appreciation for their hardwork put in for the year.

I hope church leaders should give a thought of how to encourage their team of leadership to contribute wholeheartedly for the Lord. It is time to review how the leaders are showing their appreciation for the team work of all the participating membership.

Praise God for AIGC. Their team of leadership itself is like a size for many existing small assemblies. They have over 150 membership, on going ministry, missions, and also had expanded from one shop lot to three shop lots.

I can forsee that they will soon plant new churches in the next 10 years.

May God continue to bless AIGC for the good work put in to reach out to the lost.

Year End Decision for the Lord

Charles joined us at NTGH just in recent months. Praise the Lord, he finally decided to commit his life to the Lord. He also decided to go for baptism before end of 2007. We met to prepare for our trip to Jireh Home on 16/12 at 5.30pm Before we went off to Kulim, we had a baptismal service for Charles.

Thank God for the blessings from his wife and family members. They came to witness his baptism too.

Immediately after the baptism, both Mr.& Mrs Charles joined us to Jireh Home. May God bless our brother and his family for his faith in Christ Jesus.

Jireh Home In Kulim

Jireh Home in Kulim is the faith ministry run by David and Rebeca, fulltime ministers of the Home.
They have launched the caring ministry since their marriage. Today they have two kids.(Picture David and children.)

The Home keeps and feed the desolated people from the streets. They have both inmates from the Indian and Chinese communities. It is housed in a shop lot (coner lot) in Kulim. They have prayer and services at the Home itself for the inmates. Throughout these many years, they have brought many such lonely and unattended people to the Lord through their loving care.

NTGH English Assembly visits the home regularly. We provide some practical help as well. Every Christmas we would cooked and have a meal with the inmates of the Home. We would sing carols to them and have fellowship with the pastor.

The Home needs practical fellowship from all caring Christians and churches. We encourage Pastor Divid to avail himself to take meetings in some churches in 2008. In this way, we believe more Christians will be made aware of such a work and be able to partner with them to care for the desolated.

You can contribute to the Home through NTGH English Assembly. Receipt will be send to you from Jireh Home when we pass over your gift to them.