Updates from an Alumnus who served in Central Asia
EAST News caught up with our alumnus Jonathan and his wife Michelle (not their real names) who have been serving in an adopted country within Central Asia for over 5 years. Jonathan had graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry. Last year, he and his wife returned to Singapore due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Below is an interview with them in regards to how Covid-19 has changed their lives.
- How has Covid affected your work in missions?
Our cell phones beeped! A message from the Singapore Embassy came into our WhatsApp chat group for Singaporeans in the creative access country where we served. What caught our eyes was this sentence, “I would strongly urge all Singapore Residents on non-essential business to seriously consider returning home expeditiously.” Something does not feel right and our antennas went up! That was back in March 2020.
Partners-in-Ministry E-Open House
We welcome you to our EAST Partners-in-Ministry e-Open House on 10 May 2021, 1:30-3:00 pm (SGT). Please sign up here!
Partners-in-Ministry (PIM) is a two-year residential and online EAST Certificate Program. It is designed to provide a learning environment to develop wives of seminary students and wives of men in full-time vocational or bi-vocational ministry to grow in partnership with their husbands in the Lord’s work.
All PIM classes are conducted on Mondays for 2 – 3 hours, and classes are scheduled between 9.00 am – 3.00 pm (Singapore Time).
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Come and see
The Worldwide Day of Prayer (WWDP) on 31 March 2021 at EAST, 118 Joo Chiat Road was a time of community, corporate prayer, and “come and see” for the EAST faculty, staff and students.
After a time of worship and reflection, adjunct faculty Ng Khim Fatt gave the heartfelt exhortation from the Word. It was given to “Come and See” what God is doing around and among us. That was followed by an hour of prayer walk around the neighbourhood in five separate walking routes, lined out by students Choong Voon and Jasmine.
Updates from an alumnus in Colombo
From left: Edward, Daniel, Julia, Hanna & Samuel
EAST Alumnus Edward Kim graduated from EAST in May 2016 with a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies. After his graduation, he and his family has served in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with Sri Lanka Campus Crusade for Christ. Below is a short interview with him to get an update of how he and his family have been doing.
- What led you and your family to serve the Lord in Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Before graduating from EAST, I had planned to return to East Asia which I had served last eight years as a missionary, but Father God led me & my family to Sri Lanka, strange country to us at that time. In Sep & Oct 2016 (eight days), I visited Sri Lanka for field investigation. However, I found three main reasons which made me hesitate to serve in Sri Lanka after visiting. Firstly, I felt the weather was too hot for me. Secondly, the language (Sinhala) was difficult to learn. Lastly, it will not be easy to serve covertly on Campus because skin color of most people there is different from mine (Local campus students mentioned to me you are white, but my skin is not so white in East Asia. Anyway, I am easily recognisable among the local students on campus.)
Finally, I obeyed God’s leading after receiving several signs through God’s words, especially Genesis 45:5-8. Then my family arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka in Feb 2017.
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