The same mission Christ had on earth, helping people find God, He has now given to you. Your mission is simply to pass on to others the same Good News about God's love that someone shared with you.
"In the same way that you gave Me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world." John 17:18
From Local Missionary at Pa Adang, Lawas, Sister Kong Moi Fah(26th February, 2009)Original article in Mandarin translated by Rev. Law Hui Seng).
Posted by Peter Yong
“Thanks be to God, His grace is sufficient for me,” This is God’s promise to me. This is my third year in Pa Adang. Three years is not a long time and it is also not a short time. No matter what, they have gone. God does not forsake me. He leads me to experience Him every day.
As I recall the past, when I recount every moment of my life, I have countless thanks to give to God. God allows me to learn lots of lessons. Though in these few years, I experience lots of pain and tears, God allows me to grow, to draw close to Him, experience His love, and grace. I learn to understand His will. I know that God puts me in Pa Adang for He desires me to learn many lessons. He wants to train, mould me to become a child pleasing to him, so that I can willingly, without complain, give myself to God to walk this path of ministry.
At the moment, in Pa Adang, our ministry starts to enter into establish mode. The Pa Adang Penans have started to learn about wet padi planting, rearing fish, learning to plant vegetable, etc. Thank God for He allows me to see portion of the Penan people starting to settle down.
2009 is a year of breakthrough for the Penan people in Pa Adang. Finally, they are ready to send their children to the government school. This is the greatest encouragement to us as teachers. Thank God that finally, we have the first batch of Penans. We hope that more Penan parents can see it, open up and allow their children to go to government school to receive education.
Actually, the Penan children need a period of time to adjust themselves to the new school environment. They never learn to live with other races; they also never come out of their original environment.
Finally, I hope GMC can pray for the Penan students who are studying in the school now. Pray that God will grant them extra measure of wisdom. May God bless them with very good ability to adjust and learn new things. All glory be to God, Amen!
I write this with great excitement because of your great obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this trip will spur you to do even greater things for God as you move on in your journey of faith.
My own life has been greatly transformed to be more obedient as I have started to do mission trips way back in 1989. I just feel that the need to reach out locally and in foreign lands is so great. Each mission always fires me to do more for Lord and love Him more. I pray that the same will happen to you.
Those of you who are going, you must remember to do it in the powerful name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blood which He sheds on the cross for you must the constant reminder for you to make sacrifice. I pray that you are always challenged by Mark 8;34, “…If anyone would come after and follow me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” You are denying yourself and taking up the cross in a small way. Rest assured that the Lord is pleased with you as you do it by faith.
I like to remind you of GMC vision statement on mission, “Becoming a missionary sending and multiplying church having sent at least 2 missionaries to foreign countries, had 100 members participated in short term missions.”
You are very much working towards it and may the mighty Holy Spirit empower you to go forth.
I shall mobilize the church to pray for you during your length of mission at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
