Meet at the Well

Meet our Valedictorian Jasmine Lee Wan Shan, 36, from the recent 28th Commencement. She worships at Bethesda (Bedok-Tampines) Church and has graduated with a Master of Divinity in Christian Ministry.

Four years ago, Jasmine Lee and ladies in her cell group started a “Meet At The Well” ministry, which gathers believers from different churches for friendship and fellowship in the Word.

“The program centers around conversations that concern singles, within an informal setting of food, games and spiritual encouragement,” says Jasmine.

In a way, Jasmine’s stop at EAST has also been a “meet at the well” for her.

In 2015, while going through “a spiritually discouraging patch”, she stumbled upon the ‘Bible Study Methods and Hermeneutics’ (BSMH) class publicity online. “I’d always wanted to learn to study God’s Word in context,” says the Mathematics major from National University of Singapore. “Dr Keith proved to be very engaging, and asked questions that forced me to think.”

That stop at the EAST well became a seven-year stay, where she met fellow sojourners who quenched her thirst for authenticity. One of them is her faculty mentor Dr Jeannette, “who is loving and hospitable, often inviting our mentoring group* home.”

“And if you shared a prayer request with her, she will follow up and ask, ‘How did it go?’ I talk about her so much at home that one day Philemon (Jasmine’s husband) said, “O Dr Jeannette again?”

Others at the well are schoolmates whom God used to bring health and growth to her life. Jasmine remembers Michelle Malm (USA) at the first BSMH class “who invited me to a captain’s ball game the same afternoon.” Others were Yoe Yoe and Ta Eh (Myanmar), whom she got to know during her Cross-Cultural Team Internship (CCTI) in East Asia.

“Yoe’s pure heart touches me, and Ta Eh’s humility and quiet service showed me that we do not need to be loud or upfront to be effective.”

“Jasmine, it has been a privilege to witness first hand your leadership over “Meet At The Well” ministry which continues to impact the singles community. May you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, being conformed to His image more and more, …”

– Elder Ho Tuck Leh, Bethesda (Bedok-Tampines) Church

*All students are in mentoring groups (MGs), each led by one or two faculty mentors. They also participate in a CCTI for cross-cultural exposure and ministry towards the end of their first year.

The above article is written by Dr Lau Ying Kheng and has been published in the EAST 28th Commencement Magazine.

Graphic design by Blessed Charity Ong.