Our Visit To Rumah Suri Kenangan

We posed for a group photo before the gathering kicked off. Showing off were the posters for the sharing.

The folks lent their ears to the the speaker.

The gifts of love were well received.

Matthew 25:40 : I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.

Yuk Ming shared in BM and Chinese.

The social concern project of MAF of Sibu East District took us this afternoon to Rumah Suri Kenangan for a visit. I sought the permission of Pengetua of the old folks' home for us to come for a gathering with the folks residing there a few days earlier.

The purpose of the visit was to share with them our love and care, and bring to them the gospel message.

The gathering started at about 2:15 pm. We led a short sing-along session. Sing Kiew came in handy with her keyboard to make the singing lively. Then Yuk Ming took over to share with the folks the message of God.

After the gathering, we went round to hand out gifts to the folks. The expressed thankfulness for the love that we shared with them.

We thanked God for blessing the visit.

MAF of Sibu East District - District Ping-Pong Competition 2010 - Part 3 (Final)

The picture shows Wong Tieng Kieng of The Masland Church receiving the second runner-up prize from DS Rev. Wong.

The fouth place went to Zion Church. The team leader is seen receiving cash prize from DS Rev. Wong.

Xin Fu Yuan Church snatched the championship. It was an all-smile moment when the prize was handed over.

A rare opportunity to have a group photo with the umpire team. Without their untiring and faithful service, we would not have been able to run the competition with ease. May God bless them!

Sing Ang Tong Church ended up the runner-up.

Sing Ang Tong Church team posed for a group photo with DS Rev. Wong.

The champion team stood proud with DS Rev. Wong.

The competition went into its final rounds tonight with Xin Fu Yuan Methodist Church, The Masland Methodist Church, Zion Methodist Church and Sing Ang Tong Methodist competing against each other.

The final fights were close. As such, they were somewhat nerve-racking. The cheering squads fuelled up the excitement, making the whole place a lot more lively.

The results were released to nobody's surprise. The championship went to Xin Fu Yuan Methodist Church. The first runner-up was Sing Ang Tong Methodist Church. The third place was taken by The Masland Methodist Church with the fouth place going to Zion Methodist Church.

We invited DS Rev. Wong Koi Foh to give a prayer to close off the competition.

MAF of Sibu East District - District Ping-Pong Competition 2010 - Part 2

Rev. Paw Kiew Sieng represented Tian En Methodist Church to join in the fun!

Rev. Chieng Tai Ming struck off to call it a start!

Sia Yuk Ming led the singing at the opening.

The players lined up at the start.

This evening finally descended when we met to compete in District Ping Pong Competition 2010 at Sibu Ping Pong Stadium. As said earlier, we managed to register 10 teams to take part which was encouraging.

The venue for the event is ideal. Our heartfelt thanks go to Sibu Ping Pong Association for the use of the stadium and assistance in competition arrangement including umpire service. Let's give them a big hurray!

Rev. Chieng Tai Ming was invited open the competition. In his address, he advised the players to compete in good brotherly spirit. Rev. Chieng then moved on to have a few strokes to kick off the event.

The evening was fun-filled and we witnessed prevailing friendly atmosphere . At times when the matches escalated to their heights, lots of laughters and cheers erupted. The cheering squads made the night a lot more exciting.

The four MAFs that made way to the quarter-final are The Masland Church, Xin Fu Yuan church , Zion Church and Sing Ang Tong Church.

MAF of Sibu East District - District Ping-Pong Competition 2010 - Part 1

The news release came out this morning.

MAF of Sibu East District is again organising a district ping-pong competition to be held on July 12-13. Altogether we have 10 teams confirmed to take part in this annual event.

The news of the competition came out this morning in the three local Chinese dailies.

The objectives of organising this sports event are to foster better ties among the fellowshippers and to testify the love of God.

In 2009, MAF of Xin Fu Yuan Methodist Church was the champion.

The second photo shows Tang Sioh Lik of Xin Fu Yuan Methodist Church receiving the prize from Rev. Wong Tuong Toh in last year's competition.

MAF of Tian En Methodist Church

MAF of Sibu East District visited MAF of Tian En Methodist Church this evening. The church is located at the upper Lanang Road. Tian En Methodist Church literally means Church of Heavenly Grace. I like this name very much.

I have been to this fellowship several times. I remember way back in 2004, I was invited to the fellowship's gathering to give a talk on economic outlook. The global oil market then was about to start superbull run. At the conclusion, I told the fellowshippers to watch out for the long-term rise in international oil price. During Q & A, one of them rose to ask me," Does it help to know about this projected bullish trend?" Well asked! If this brother had taken my advice (to watch out closrely the oil price trend), he would have profited handsomely from commodity trusts and stocks!

The programme for this evening's gathering was a talk given by Rev. Paw Kiew Sieng on understanding Islam. I truly benefited from this informative talk.

After the fellowship session, we posed for a group photo before we proceeded to a tea reception.

Licensed To Rape Our Environment?

This afternoon I was informed of some land burning again. The thick smoke filled up part of the sky, making me wonder whether this was another land burning with a licence.

I grabbed the opportunity to snap the ugly scene for sharing with my readers.

MAF of Dao Ang Methodist Church

Dao Ang Methodist Church is located on the other side of Rajang River at Sg. Assan.

This evening we crossed Rajang Bridge to pay a visit to MAF of Dao Ang Methodist Church. Praise Lord that we arrived there safely without missing our way. Three years ago I made a blunder and had to take more than forty-five minutes to reach the church.

The gathering tonight was bible study on the gospel book of John. Rev. Toh led the session with some interesting open discussion.

I was invited to share on the work of MAF of Sibu East District. Brother Leng Kieh praised Lord with a harmonica presentation.

We ended the gathering with a group photo taking.