October Report

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October 6, 2011

 Dear friend,

         Training Nationals for Nationals in integrity and skills (Psalm 78:72)

(Hab 2:2-4):  And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.  Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Though the vision was given to Habakkuk for Israel, we observe some principles for our ministry together for the Training of Nationals for Nationals.  We have held the vision high.  God brought many of you to co-labor in many ways.  We have prayed, shared and labored patiently together by faith, love and hope, the last five years.  How time flies and the good Lord is blessing and establishing the fruits of our labor. (Psa 90:17):  And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.  Glory to our wonderful, loving and awesome God!

We had the unique privilege of graduating 23 in our first graduation service in Nepal on September 22.  And we will be graduating another good number in Medan, Indonesia in February 2012.  These are pastors and leaders who are already actively serving the good Lord in His vineyard.  Our prayer is to facilitate continual life-long equipping of these so that they would in turn equip others.  (2Tim 2:2):  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.  We believe that the good Lord will use them greatly.

Here are some blessings shared by some of the graduates:

Dil Tamang, Chairman, Himalayan Bible Study Academy & ASM co-ordinator:

It was my privilege to be part of all 20 very useful and beneficial subjects.  Through them, my knowledge of the Word of God is enriched and my understanding widened and deepened.  I thank God for the teaching skills of the faculty members.  Also the practical subjects on Leadership have been a milestone in my personal life and leadership endeavor.  The lessons have helped me grow in my personal relationship with the Father, trusting and obeying Him more than ever before.  My leadership is no more reactive but rather it is proactive.  I conclude that the lessons were prepared first for me and then for my other like-minded colleagues.  

NP Pradhan, Pastor & General Secretary of a fellowship of 400 churches:

This Seminary promoted me in my ministry, especially now I can preach and teach very boldly and clearly.  I am very active with my church pastors and leaders to share that which I have learnt from the Seminary.  Almost daily, I can teach at the Bible Centre in a systematic way.  My five-year plan is to train about 20 leaders each year.

Tik Bdr Magar, Pastor:

The subjects taught were important for our lives and ministries.  They were taught prayerfully and wisely.  Most were new to me and very helpful too.  I felt that I was not having enough knowledge of God’s Word.  Now I have a closer relationship with  God and am more serious in studying God’s Word and spending more time in prayer. I appreciate our lecturers who did hard work to prepare to teach.  The materials will be useful for the present and the future.  

I.        Medan, INDONESIA, November 21-25

We had the good privilege of training a good number of 75+ pastors and leaders from Medan, Acheh and Nias in September.   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. 

Our point-man, Rev. Haposan desires to start an undergraduate program in Christian ministry.  Our prayer is to train Nationals so that they can train their own.  This is bearing fruit in our brother’s life and in other lives too as God transform lives and build knowledge, wisdom and skills.  The target date will be January, 2012.  Please pray for this new vision.

 

II.       MYANMAR: November 23 - December 2

Special Conferences:  Training for pastors and leaders will be held in Mandalay and Maymyo, November 23-December 2.  One-day special conference on the History of Redemption will be held in December 1 in Mandalay (with Burmese interpretation) and another one in December 2 in Maymyo (with Mandarin interpretation), headed by trainers with a publishing company.  We are praying for a good team to help train nationals.  Please pray for God’s leading and blessing. Thanks again for your prayers and support in so many ways. Please visit
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(Heb 6:10):  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Yours always in Christ and for Christ,

Rev. Goh Seng Fong
(John 12:24)

Hdphone: 98207783

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Nepal The First Batch of Graduates

The Graduates with Friends

September Report

Sept. 12, 2011

 Dear friend,

    Training Nationals for Nationals in integrity and skills (Psalm 78:72)

(1Cor 3:6-9)  I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.  For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

God’s ministry requires that we labor together with Him and with one another.  Our principle of faith-ministry is to tell God and to tell God’s people.  God’s work done in His will and way will never lack God’s supply.  God is glorified and we, His co-laborers, enter into His blessing and reward.

Praise the Lord for our prayer partners.  Many of you have conveyed through the social media that you are praying for us and the nationals that we are training.  We deeply covet your prayers foremost.  Through our prayers together, God gives us exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Eph. 3:20).  Please continue to pray for the rest of programs for this year.  We yearn to finish strongly.  Remember, less prayer, less blessings; more prayer, more blessings; much prayer, much blessings.  We yearn to see what the good Lord will do in and through us, as we progressively yield to His will and way. 

Then we praise the good Lord for our teaching partners.  Though we have a core of trainers, yet we still need others to put in a week or two.  Thanks so much to those who step into the gap.  In training others, we develop a bigger vision and a deeper passion for God and for people.   We also grow in His grace and knowledge.

Resource partners are also important.  Recently, the publishers of “Genesis Genealogies” gave us 75 copies to facilitate the training in Medan, for which we are thankful.  The pastors and leaders appreciated the many lessons learnt.  They now have good teaching and preaching material.  We are praying also for good training programs on videos to help facilitate our training.  If you know of any please let us know.

Last and not least, we praise the gracious Lord for our financial partners.  We would not be able to minister if we do not have the funds. Each trainer has to raise his own funds for travel, board and lodging.  Then we also have to provide board and lodging for the Nationals in some places and for transport and food in others.  Our pastors and leaders are in Third World countries and they need our prayer and help.  Our labor of love and sacrifice will never be in vain as we invest in God and eternal souls who are reaching out to their own. 

The everlasting Lord promises:  (Rev 22:12-13)  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.   May we enter into His joyous “Well done, you faithful servant” and into His Presence and Reward!

I.      Medan INDONESIA  Sept. 5-9:   We had the good privilege of training a good number of 75+ pastors and leaders from Medan, Acheh and Nias.  God be praised for supplying us some materials to help in the training.   Last session for the year  in Medan will be on November 21-25.  God is faithful in enabling us to train four times a year in Medan. 

Our point-man, Rev. Haposan desires to start an undergraduate program in Christian ministry.  Our prayer is to train Nationals so that they can train their own.  This is bearing fruit in our brother’s life and in other lives too as God transform lives and build knowledge, wisdom and skills.  The target date will be January, 2012.  Please pray for this new vision.

II.     NEPAL

                  Sept. 18-22 : Kathmandu - Trainer John Ching and I will be training about 45 pastors and leaders. He will be doing Good Soil Evangelism, while I will be concentrating on the History of Redemption - Genesis. We will also be having our first ever Graduation on Thursday evening, Sept. 22. 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.

III.     MYANMAR

Special Conferences: Training for pastors and leaders will be held in Mandalay and Maymyo on Nov 23 - Dec 2. One-day special conference on the History of Redemption will be held on Dec. 1 in Mandalay and another one on Dec. 2 in Maymyo (with Mandarin interpretation), headed by trainers with a publishing company. We are praying for a good team to help train nationals. Please pray for God's leading and blessing.

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)
Hp : 98207783
     : +065-98207783

MEDAN Pictures

                                                         

 

August Report 2

August 14^th, 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 the History of Redemption - Genesis.  We will also be having our first ever Graduation on Thursday evening, Sept. 22^nd.  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

         +65-98207783

Vietnam

 

Myanmar Seminary

 

Medan