In His Time.......... with P.Ramachandran

This is a church that Jeya and I always looked forward going to in Malaysia. Over the years we have become very close to the leaders and members and of this church and have partnered many projects in the Mission field.  We spent this weekend in Klang with Pst Stephen Mohan,  senior pastor of Highpointe Life,  and his dear wife Flora. This time we decided to go one day in advance so as to avoid the holiday crowd. It was a wise decision. Saturday's crowd at the immigrations check point on both sides was simply crazy with human traffic.  We took a bus from Lakin Bus Terminal. The journey took us more than 5 hrs due to heavy traffic along the way, especially at Seremban area, where the bus was crawling at snail's speed. Pst Mohan and Flora were waiting for us at TBS and it was a great joy to meet them. Over the years we have been frequent  at Pst Mohan's place, so much so we have become like family. I met Pst Mohan in Maui in 2011 and the rest was history....

Last weekend Jeya and I were in Jasin, Melaka. The last time I was there was when I was a kid. My grandmother came from there and we had some relatives there at that time. I can't remember any of the places, except that they were using the "hole in the ground" for toilets. I suffered by not going to the so called toilets. This time we were invited by Rev Abraham Vakaran, Senior Pastor of Glorious Life Assembly of God to minster to the church. I got acquainted with Pst Abraham through sister Evelyn Tan, when we met in Medan for a series of meetings. Sis Evelyn has been instrumental in many of our connections. She is one person who is totally sold out for the Lord and His cause.  Pst Abraham is a gentle and humble man of God. Both he and his wife Ruth are totally committed to the Great Commission and the Kingdom of God. We were amazed by their testimonies in ministry for the Lord and how they had laboured as m...

  Today was another day of  rejoicing  as we see the  graduation  of this batch of newly minted  church  planters. These  students have undergone 4 months of training. Many of the lessons were conducted via zoom from Singapore and NE India. I took the subject of the Great Commission with this batch. They are intelligent and with a heart to learn. They had many questions and I can sense the hunger and thirst after righteousness. They will be going out to plant churches in the places where the Lord will send them. We are indeed grateful to Dr Mike Ong, founder Peace Child Ministry for this partnership in reaching out to the unreached villages in Nepal. I am indeed thankful to the Lord for the sponsors and the facilitators for their love and patience in training these church planters.

  I arrived Medan at about 1530 hrs. This is my first trip to Medan after the pandemic . Pst Ezra from Elim Kairos Community Church, a good friend of mine has been asking me to come to preach at his place. By the time I reached Pst Ezra's home it was 11:00pm. As it was a holiday there was a hinge traffic jam all the way to Berastagi Pst Ezra came to Singapore in the late 80's do study in a Bible School. During that time  he was affiliated  with PEC. After his  training he went back to Berastagi to plant a church under the sponsorship of Salem Chapel, Singapore. I remember   visiting  him in Berastagi, together with a team from PEC, the mid 80's. At that time he was only having  a small cell group in his home. It was  from a humble beginning  he started the ministry, but this man was persistent and faithful. I was amazed to see the work done by Pst Ezra. He has a huge church  building, a nice home. a children's  Home/office and a sch...

A new initiative by Haggai Alumni, Malaysia to reach out to pastors on what Haggai can do for the churches in Malaysia. At first I said no to the invitation as I had a packed schedule for the month. But Pst Daniel Ho, the executive director for Haggai Malaysia, was so insistent that I relented. But I was glad that I made it to the this conference. It was such a blessing for me. 51 pastors from all over  Malaysia attended the conference. I took the sessions on the Biblical Emphasis on the Commission. I was thinking and praying much in what to share, as all these pastors are experts on the subject themselves. I thought that there was nothing much I could add to their memory bank. Many of them have been zealous for the Lord and have been working very hard in the field. But I senses that many of them needed encouragement more than anything else, I was told that about 400 churches ad closed down during the Covid 19 period due to the various challenges. Such news is h...