國外佈道會 Out reach

林義忠新加坡行程:2011五月。。。 GT Lim’s Singapore Schedule: May 2011

嗨!我又来新加坡布道了。。。很抱歉,因为太忙碌忘了把行程刊登。。。
Hi, I’m here to minister in Singapore again… I’m very sorry, I forgot to post my schedule as I was too busy…

 

我的聚会明天就开始了,希望大家不要只是自己来,一定要带新朋友哦。。。
My meetings start tomorrow, hopefully you not only come yourselves but bring new friends too…

May 4th Wed, 10am ( Mandarin ) :
Hinghwa Methodist Church, Level 4 Sanctuary,
93 Kitchener Road.

May 5th-8th, Lighthouse Evangelism :
5th Thu, 7:30pm : Lighthouse Tampines ( Mandarin and Hokkien )
6th Fri, 7:30pm   : Lighthouse Tampines ( English and Cantonese )
7th Sat, 7:00pm  : Lighthouse Woodlands ( English and Hokkien )
8th Sun, 9:00am & 11:15am : Lighthouse Woodlands ( English )
8th Sun, 3:15pm  : Lighthouse Tampines ( English )

May 7th Sat, 4:00pm ( Hokkien ):
Blessed Grace Church,
( 蒙恩教会 )
18, Arumugam Road.
05-01, Antioch @ MacPherson.

 

那也是宣教 - 雅加达 That’s also mission – Jakarta

一般上,提到宣教,很多基督徒就会联想乡村、偏僻地区、森林、沙漠,等等。。。
可是大城市、繁华都市也需要福音啊!
每个人有不同的恩赐和呼召,还在求学时我以为我最终会成为婆罗洲森林里的一位宣教士,但至今上帝仿佛是带领我到比较先进的地方,如二月底刚到过的雅加达。。。

Normally when we mention “mission”, many Christians would conjure up in their minds villages, remote places, jungles, desert, etc…
But big cities and busy metropolitans do need the Gospel too!
Everyone has different giftings and callings, when I was still a student I used to think I would end up being a missionary in the jungle of Borneo… but it seems till now, God has been leading me to more developed places, like Jakarta which I have just been at the end of February…

 

我的宣教住宿很舒服。。。这样可以吗?
My accommodation for the mission was very comfortable… is that allowed?

 

从所住的22楼看下去,有点难相信自己就在印尼,因为这住宅区还蛮西式的。。。
Looking down from the 22nd Floor where I was staying, a bit hard to believe I was actually in Jakarta because the residential area here seems quite western…

 

一眼望去就是大海,风景撩人。。。
You can just see the vast sea from the window, breath-taking view…

在家里很舒适安详,但其实印尼很多地方挺拥挤脏乱的,包括雅加达的街道,不是批评,只是报告。。。
哦,后面两姐妹是这公寓的主人,也是我印尼的助理和翻译员。。。前面的是毅伟,是我这一次从古晋带来的助手。
It is very comfortable and serene at home, but actually many places in Indonesia are very congested and dirty, including the streets of Jakarta, not criticizing, just reporting…
Oh, the two sisters at the back are the apartment’s owners, they are also my assistants and translators in Indonesia… the guy in front is Yi Wei, the assistant I brought from Kuching this trip.

 

印尼贫富悬殊差距很大。。。这是私人住宅,很夸张吧?跟我无关,拍照罢了。。。
There is a wide gap between the rich and the poor in Indonesia… this is a private residence, very extravagant huh? Nothing to do with me, just taking picture…

 

这种另一类宣教,除了好住,也很好吃呢!
This type of different style of mission, apart from good living, there was also good eating!

 

每天都被佳肴美食逼迫。。。引诱太大!
Persecuted by great food and cuisine each day… great temptation!

 

他们说我很瘦,要我吃胖一点,哈哈。。。
They said I’m very thin, they wanted me to eat more…

 

所以我就乖乖的吃、吃、又吃。。。
So I obediently ate, ate and ate…

 

我来宣教的对象。。。
My targeted audience for the mission…

 

他们都很专心聆听。。。
They were very attentive…

 

我有很棒的翻译员,杨晓娟姐妹。。。
I had a very good interpreter, sister Julie Wahab…

最开心是看到人回应主的呼召来信靠他。。。
The happiest thing is to see people responding to the Lord’s call to trust in Him…

 

这两位小朋友也在布道会中接受主。。。
These two boys received the Lord at the meeting too…

 

这次能来雅加达宣教还要谢谢这对可爱的夫妇的邀请,Adjito 和 Irene…
That I could come to Jakarta for mission this time, I must also thank the lovely couple who invited me, Adjito and Irene…

 

把自己隐藏起来。。。 Hide yourself…

有时候把自己隐藏起来是好的,不要过于炫耀自己,不要让注意力一直停留在自己身上。。。
要不然会很容易自满、骄傲,因而夺去上帝当得的荣耀;同时也会给自己增添很多不需要的压力。。。

Sometimes it is good to hide ourselves, and not over-exalting ourselves, don’t let ourselves be the focus of attention always…
Otherwise it is very easy to become conceited and arrogant and thus robbing God’s glory; at the same time it adds on unnecessary pressure on ourselves too…

 

其实在茫茫人海中,有几个人真正认识你?即使很多人知道你是谁,又怎样?
Actually in a sea of people, how many truly know who you are? Even if many do, so what?

 

再有名、再成功,最后也还不是长江后浪推前浪。。。最后你也会渐渐被遗忘的。。。
“经风一吹,便归无有,他的原处也不再认识他” - 诗103:16 -
No matter how famous or successful, in the end you will be overtaken by uprising talents too… and ultimately you will be forgotten too…
“the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” – Psalm 103:16 –

 

被遗忘在一个角落,但感谢主,上帝始终会记得你是谁。。。
Forgotten in a corner, but thank God, He will always remember who you are…

 

但话虽如此,该站出来的时候还是要站出来,因为上帝造你是有原因和用处的。。。所以也不应该永远躲藏在别人背后。。。
But having said that, when you need to stand out, then you have to stand out, because God created us for a purpose and we are useful… So, we should not be hiding behind others all the time too…

 

再加上,上帝看我们始终是宝贵的,而我们的确是很有价值的。。。只要记得时刻感恩和把荣耀归给他就是了!
Furthermore, God sees us as precious always, and we are indeed very valuable… we just need to remember to give thanks and glory to Him always!

 

(给那些好奇的,照片是去年(2010)九月带例外人去澳门时拍的。
For those who are curious, the photos were taken last September(2010) when I brought The Remnant to Macau.)