Ying Kheng (left) & Sonia

Roland and I (YK) spoke twelve times – at church, the YMCA, two Christmas parties, four youth camps, our 400-strong campus conference, and a wedding in Hong Kong (where I spoke for Sonia, a staff I’d mentored for years).

Our church also had three days of gospel campaign where we served as counselors. Praise God that 60 persons received Christ.

But it was not all work and no play.

In HK, Roland and I — Julienne was home serving at her fourth camp for abused kids — hung out with old friends, revisited favorite haunts, and had our fill of “century egg porridge” and “milk tea”, found only in the SAR’s hole-in-the-wall eateries.

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Deep in December, Jumping into January (PDF, 534kB)

Roland Tan (2nd from left)

It brings us great joy reaching out to teenagers and campus students (this year I spoke 21 times to youth and campus groups). Teaching seminary students at EAST brings with it another kind of satisfaction. Here we mentor people who have already made that commitment to serve Christ. It’s a special privilege to help shape the hands and hearts of these future shepherds, missionaries, and church-planters.

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• 2009 highlights (PDF, 1.3MB)