Living Spring 活泉-Vol8-2016

The God’s family of MIF
was to transfer the membership of some worshippers
from their hometown church to GMSJ. When GMAD is
fully independent and set up as a local church, GMSJ will
then transfer these members together with those who
were originally from GMSJ to GMAD. Our second task was
to make sure that our finance was stable. While we were
financially stable, the biggest challenge was to ensure that
we had enough members. We thank God for His provisions
that He has given us enough members to enable GMAD to
become a local church. In September 2016, we submitted
our application for GMAD to become a local church to the
Chinese Annual Conference. In November 2016, at the 41th
session of the Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist
Church in Malaysia, the President of CAC, Reverend Boh
announced that GMAD was approved to become a local
church. Praise the Lord.
Below is my testimony about the hand of God in GMAD.
Our second son, Herald Hwa is 10 years old now. He is a
happy, playful and healthy normal boy. He was born a premature
baby and was admitted to ICU in hospital due to
apnea and viral infection when he was just 14 days old.
It was an unforgettable experience with this boy especially
for my wife, Caroline Ong. She had to spend 4 days with
this boy in ICU day and night, followed by another week
in the pediatric ward. Our worst nightmare was when the
pediatrician told us that he might permanently be in a
vegetative state (paralysed in mind and body) due to the lack
of oxygen during the apnea. We thanked God for His saving
grace that our boy could recover from that paralytic attack,
and to lead a normal life now. Our GMAD members, Bro
Kenneth Han and Sis Jessica Yii had their first son, Isaac
Han when they joined GMAD. Isaac was also a pre-mature
baby and he was admitted to ICU with many complications.
Reverend David and I were in the hospital when Isaac was
pushed into ICU. The boy was so tiny. Caroline and I shared
our limited experience of what we had learnt during Herald’s
hospitalization in ICU. The church mobilized everyone to
pray and provided support to the Han family. I learned that
God gave us our experience with Herald, so as to prepare
us to support and care for others around us. After that, Bro
Kenneth & Sis Jessica continue to provide their prayers and
support to people who face the same situation in hospital.
God had also provided us the cornerstones for GMAD. The
first cornerstone is the zealous Uncle Eric Tan. Uncle Eric
Tan was sent to GMAD to help establish GMAD. He has
many years of experience as part of GMSJ’s leadership.
He came to oversee the growth of GMAD. Every Sunday he
would sit in GMAD and worship with us. He worshipped with
us and had listened to four pastors preached in GMAD in
the past 6 years. I am very encouraged by his passion and
seriousness. Uncle Eric Tan is a person who is not afraid to
verbalize his opinions on church growth and in worshipping
the Lord. He is one of the role models in the church for
leadership skills.
The second cornerstone is the ever patient Sis Liew. Sis
Liew attended GMAD since we started in Ara Damansara.
Perhaps, her patience is due to her previous career as a
teacher. She would patiently teach Pastor Caleb every week
on how to effectively preach in English. She also patiently
prayed for the salvation of her husband. Today, Bro Liew has
accepted Christ Jesus as his personal Savior. She would
also patiently participate in GMAD working committee with a
team of young and inexperienced people. She would always
patiently share her experience on how to make the church
more comfortable for the congregation.
The third cornerstone is the young-at-heart Reverend David
Boey. His heart is full of love and concern for his congregation.
He is always enthusiastic and passionate about
nurturing his members to become people who are after
God’s heart. He would also encourage his members to serve
and participate in the church ministries. He is always lively
and energized on the pulpit and in our working committee
meetings. He is the role model for servant leadership.
I thank God for GMSJ’s leaders who had the vision to put
GMAD in Ara Damansara. I really appreciate the leaders and
the congregation in GMSJ for their unceasing prayers and
guidance for GMAD to become a local church. I commend
their Christ like unconditional love and compassion for
people. God bless GMSJ & GMAD.
Prayer for the Children Ministry
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