August 2011 Report 2

Faith@Work Fellowship Reports August 2011 Report 2
21 Aug 2011

August 2011 Report 2

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August 14th, 2011
 Dear friend,
    Training Nationals for Nationals in integrity and skills (Psalm 78:72)
(Ecc 11:1)  Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
(Psa 118:23)  This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
I.    VIETNAM

It was with great joy and anticipation when the good Lord gave me the privilege to visit Vietnam again.  My first contact with the Vietnamese was during the 1980s when some Vietnamese were the boat-people, escaping from the tyranny of the Communist government.  They landed almost daily in Singapore and were encamped in Sembawang.  Some pastors and members of the church I was pastoring at that time took time off to minister to them.  God worked a great work, reviving Christians and saving unbelievers.  We had good baptism services in the sea off Sembawang Park.  One young man, who was disillusioned, re-dedicated his life to be the pastor of the group that went to Italy.  Their favourite song was “God will guide me with His eyes”, as they ventured forth into the unknown, into foreign soils.  Most immigrated to Australia.  I was privileged to visit some of them in Melbourne.

Soon after, another church that I was pastoring had the privilege to help support three Vietnamese families, one after another, when they were in Singapore for studies in Christian ministries.  It was great to have fellowship with two families, and to rejoice over God blessing their lives.  One is now pastoring a church of 800.  Another is an assistant pastor of a church of 450.  The third one is involved in training pastors and church leaders.  Praise the good Lord, for putting into our hearts to cast our bread upon the waters and we are seeing God multiplying the works of our hands.  Thank you, Lord.

We are praying for God’s leading and blessing for 2012 in Vietnam.  The first photo is of the picnic time we had.  The church uses times like this to bring new people and pre-believers to Jesus Christ.

II.    MYANMAR

Seminary for Adoption:  A training school of 50+ students and 8 faculty members are in dire need of about Sing$2000 or US$1600 per month for the next six months, till end of January, 2012.  After that, prayer and vision will be needed for the next phase.  Please pray about this as we desire to train leaders to the 55+ million nation.  The second photo is about the seminary with students, pastors and teachers.

Special Conferences:  Training for pastors and leaders will be held in Mandalay and Maymyo, 1-9 November.  One-day special conference on the History of Redemption will be held in Nov. 3 and another one in Nov. 4 in co-operation with a publishing company.  We are praying for a good team to help train nationals.  Please pray for God’s leading and blessing.

III.      Medan INDONESIA,  Sept 5-9:   Rev. Andrew Tan and I will be training the good number of 65+ pastors and leaders from Medan, Acheh and Nias.  God be praised for supplying us some materials to help in the training.   The two subjects will be (1) The study of the Gospel of Luke and (2) God’s History of Redemption – Genesis account.  Last session for the year  in Medan will be 21-25 November.  God is faithful in enabling us to train four times a year in Medan.  The third photo is about the pastors and leaders in Medan.
Our point-man, Rev. Haposan desires to start an undergraduate program in Christian ministry.  Please pray for this new endeavour.  Our prayer is to train Nationals so that they can train their own.  This is bearing fruits in our brother’s life and in other lives too as God transform lives and build knowledge, wisdom and skills.
IV.      NEPAL
        Sept. 18 – 22 :  Kathmandu –  Trainer John Ching and I will training about 45 pastors and leaders.  He will be doing Good Soil Evangelism, while I will be concentrating on theHistory of Redemption - Genesis.  We will also be having our first ever Graduation on Thursday evening, Sept. 22nd.  Please come and celebrate with us if you can.       Sept. 25 – 29 :  East Nepal – this will be our second session with the new batch of pastors and leaders in the East.  Please pray for good bonding and great learning experiences.

Thanks again for your prayers and support in so many ways.  Please visit FaithatWorks Facebook or our blog at http://faithatworksfellowship.blogspot.com. Be sure to bookmark it.
If we can be of any help to you, please let us know. The good Lord bless you and all yours!

Yours always in Christ and for Christ,
Rev. Goh Seng Fong
(John 12:24)
Hdphone: 98207783

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