Great Experience
That day, hmm.. 27th of April I went for bible blitz with the Gideons International. What did we do basically? We distributed out bibles to normal people like the students, the sick, the old and others.
The Gideons International serves as an extended missionary arm of the church: Our sole purpose is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through association for service, personal testimony, and distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life. (quoted: http://www.gideons.org/)
This week, the Gideons International is distributing bibles in Penang island, Butterworth dan Sungai Petani. Since it is my last week in campus, some of my classes has ended and I found myself to be more free to do other things. So, when George, one of the Gideon came to our church on last Sunday to share about the Gideons ministry and the bible blitz, asking for volunteers to join them in distributing the bibles, my heart was moved and I decided to give my time to the Lord and serve Him in this manner.
I told them that I volunteer myself, then Steven (a Malaysian Gideon) turned to ask George "Is it ok to have a woman in the bible blitz?" I didn't quite understand at that time what caused him to ask the question. However, later on he told me that it is Gideons rule that only men can join as members while the women can be auxiliary members if their husbands are Gideons. I see. And according to him, I am one of the rare case and maybe the first in the history of Gideons. Anyway, I told God that I don't want to feel proud but I just want to serve Him and the people.
There are 6 people in our team, George as our team leader while Steven, the assistant. There were a couple, bro David and his wife, sis Chua from Kota Bahru. They told us that they took a bus from Kota Bahru to Penang, all the way just to join us in this bible blitz. By the way, bro David is 73 and sis Chua is 70! Can you imagine that? They are not young anymore but their passion for God is burning. They are senior citizens who normally sit at home and enjoy having grandchildren around but they took the trouble to come and stood under the burning sun to distribute bibles to people. I was inspired and moved by their love for the Lord and the people.
Inti International College Penang campus was our first destination. Most of the students there got the bible already because the day before, another team of the Gideons went there. Next stop was USM Sungai Dua. We managed to give out quite a lot of bibles there compared to Inti College, and the people were quite open to listen to me explaining how to use the bible. Also, a miracle happened when Steven was allowed to place 10 bibles in a child specialist whereby the doctor is a strong Buddhist. Praise the Lord! Next, we went to Union High School. There, you can see students streaming out after the school bell rang, and we were like fighting a battle, trying not to miss out any students. Busy giving out bibles and praying hard in my heart, that feeling couldn't be forgotten. After Union High School, we went on the Han Jiang High School where many Thai students were studying. I talked to a 15-year-old girl whose name is Sharon. It was a nice chat and I got the chance to encourage her to share the gospel with her friends in school about Christ.
After Han Jiang, our stock (bible) was running out and we had to go back to our 'base', St. Andrew's Church, to get more bibles. We counted the number of bibles that we gave out for the whole morning and afternoon and it recorded 1914 bibles. Our hearts were filled with joy because we knew that as the bibles go out, it'll surely bear fruits and is able to bring people to Christ.
Next up we went to Velvet Home for the old and Penang Home. I prayed that these old men and women will find Christ and joy, peace and love through the bibles we placed there. Finally, we went back to Union High School to wait for their next session of classes dismissed.
Even though I could only join them for a day, but I thank God for the wonderful opportunity that He has given me. I know that this ministry had and still is, and will be continue to bless many people around the world. A lot of money has been offered up to print the many bibles to give out for free, but if one life is saved through this work, that will be worth it all. Thank God for those who willingly give and may God use our little 5 louves of bread and 2 fish to bless many.
The Gideons International serves as an extended missionary arm of the church: Our sole purpose is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through association for service, personal testimony, and distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life. (quoted: http://www.gideons.org/)
This week, the Gideons International is distributing bibles in Penang island, Butterworth dan Sungai Petani. Since it is my last week in campus, some of my classes has ended and I found myself to be more free to do other things. So, when George, one of the Gideon came to our church on last Sunday to share about the Gideons ministry and the bible blitz, asking for volunteers to join them in distributing the bibles, my heart was moved and I decided to give my time to the Lord and serve Him in this manner.
I told them that I volunteer myself, then Steven (a Malaysian Gideon) turned to ask George "Is it ok to have a woman in the bible blitz?" I didn't quite understand at that time what caused him to ask the question. However, later on he told me that it is Gideons rule that only men can join as members while the women can be auxiliary members if their husbands are Gideons. I see. And according to him, I am one of the rare case and maybe the first in the history of Gideons. Anyway, I told God that I don't want to feel proud but I just want to serve Him and the people.
There are 6 people in our team, George as our team leader while Steven, the assistant. There were a couple, bro David and his wife, sis Chua from Kota Bahru. They told us that they took a bus from Kota Bahru to Penang, all the way just to join us in this bible blitz. By the way, bro David is 73 and sis Chua is 70! Can you imagine that? They are not young anymore but their passion for God is burning. They are senior citizens who normally sit at home and enjoy having grandchildren around but they took the trouble to come and stood under the burning sun to distribute bibles to people. I was inspired and moved by their love for the Lord and the people.
Inti International College Penang campus was our first destination. Most of the students there got the bible already because the day before, another team of the Gideons went there. Next stop was USM Sungai Dua. We managed to give out quite a lot of bibles there compared to Inti College, and the people were quite open to listen to me explaining how to use the bible. Also, a miracle happened when Steven was allowed to place 10 bibles in a child specialist whereby the doctor is a strong Buddhist. Praise the Lord! Next, we went to Union High School. There, you can see students streaming out after the school bell rang, and we were like fighting a battle, trying not to miss out any students. Busy giving out bibles and praying hard in my heart, that feeling couldn't be forgotten. After Union High School, we went on the Han Jiang High School where many Thai students were studying. I talked to a 15-year-old girl whose name is Sharon. It was a nice chat and I got the chance to encourage her to share the gospel with her friends in school about Christ.
After Han Jiang, our stock (bible) was running out and we had to go back to our 'base', St. Andrew's Church, to get more bibles. We counted the number of bibles that we gave out for the whole morning and afternoon and it recorded 1914 bibles. Our hearts were filled with joy because we knew that as the bibles go out, it'll surely bear fruits and is able to bring people to Christ.
Next up we went to Velvet Home for the old and Penang Home. I prayed that these old men and women will find Christ and joy, peace and love through the bibles we placed there. Finally, we went back to Union High School to wait for their next session of classes dismissed.
Even though I could only join them for a day, but I thank God for the wonderful opportunity that He has given me. I know that this ministry had and still is, and will be continue to bless many people around the world. A lot of money has been offered up to print the many bibles to give out for free, but if one life is saved through this work, that will be worth it all. Thank God for those who willingly give and may God use our little 5 louves of bread and 2 fish to bless many.
posted by han-yu @ 10:35 AM
3 Comments:
hey last week d?
u must be beginning to study for your finals now...
han, thanks for praying :)
27 April belum sampai lagi
~SC~
Hahaha. SC - I was thinking the same thing!
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