50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Temerloh
Segamat
SINGAPORE
East and Central Malaya with Headquarters
located in Temerloh, Pahang. I found
the work challenging, requiring visits to
remote kampong areas to check on the
work being carried out by Yaws Control
Teams. I also found out that there was no
church or Gospel witness in Temerloh.
By God’s leading, Life B-P Church
sent Rev. Ng and Rev. Tow to survey this
‘virgin’, untouched area and to contact likeminded
brethren living in Temerloh and
nearby Mentakab with a view of starting a
missionary outreach. So the Temerloh Gospel
Centre was started using the facilities
of our spacious government quarters. A
core group of willing workers - Dr & Mrs
Ng Eng Kee, Dr Hooi Siew Hwa, Staff
Nurse Teo Li Hua and ourselves - launched
out in establishing an English Sunday
School, which grew rapidly in numbers.
Today, a flourishing church gives glory to
God, and is evidence of God’s blessing on
the efforts of the pioneers.
Subsequent to this episode, I was
transferred every two to three years, usually
on promotion. All in all, we moved
nine times, serving in six different states.
The implications of these moves meant frequent
uprooting and re-location to new
environments. Finding a good church to
attend was not always easy. Some places
had no churches, and in others where there
were, they might not have appealed to us
because of doctrinal or other differences.
Still, we found churches to attend and serve
in the limited time at our disposal.
Johor Bahru
There is much that I could
recount from the years of moving
around the country, but suffice
it that I should relate only our
last posting to Johor Bahru in
September 1975. By the grace of
God, I was appointed State Director
of Medical and Health
Services. This appointment covered
a period of seven years until
my retirement in 1982. Shortly
after, I joined a doctor friend in
opening a rural medical clinic in
Pasir Gudang. This was necessitated
by the fact that my government pension
was not quite enough to see my youngest
daughter through university. I thank
God for this provision, and once Grace had
graduated I gave up practising altogether.
With more time on my hands, I had
vague yearnings to catch up on lost ground
and equip myself better in serving God. We
also toyed with the idea of moving back to
Singapore. God indeed heard our prayers,
and things started falling into place. On 2
April 1997, with all arrangements finalised
and packing done, we crossed the “home
stretch”, the Johor Causeway, and finally,
into Singapore! It was an emotional moment,
reminiscent of the crossing of the
River Jordan by the Israelites as they
reached their ‘Promised Land’.
How forty years have gone by! Time
indeed passes by swiftly “as a tale that is
told” (Ps 90:9). But we know that the Lord
has a purpose in directing our footsteps all
these years. We are now located much
nearer to our New Life B-P Church, enabling
us to play a more active role in the
various ministries of the Church. We thank
the Lord for past opportunities in serving
Him in Temerloh and Johor Bahru and
presently, in Life Church and FEBC. And
indeed, we praise and thank the Lord for
preserving my family and me from harm
and danger in forty years of journeying in
Malaya (now Malaysia) for “we know that
all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called
according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28).
Elder Tow Siang Yeow
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