Early in the morning Gary dropped me off at the Grey Hound bus terminal in Toronto to travel to Ottawa last Friday. It took five hours to get there.
About 10 people were waiting for my arrival at the bus terminal in Ottawa to welcome me. I really appreciated that. (Brother) Saya Kung Lal and his two sisters drove me to Saya Pa Lian's apartment where I stayed during this short trip.
Saya Kung Lal (one of EC members) would have a new baby boy born today. Please remember him and his family in your prayer.
Saya Pa Lian ( one of EC members) and his wife Sian took care of me a lot. They treated me like a king which I do not totally deserve. May God bless this family.
Saya Pu Khen invited all the Fellowship members to celebrate a kind of thanksgiving at his house on Friday night. I was suppose to preach there. It is a birthday celebration. Nobody knew about it in advance because Pu Khun and his family didn't want to let others bring birthday gifts. They said they just wanted to give thanks together.
As we started our worship service, Saya Pu Khen explained why he wanted to celebrate thanks giving tonight and gave his prayer requests. He said "Tonight is the second time, that he had ever celebrated his birthday through out his life". When he first arrived in Canada, he had some diseases and was very sick,.The doctor said that He would die within two years. But now it is more than 4 or 6 years. Nothing has happened. He is even getting better and better. He also said that today was his 29th birthday. But his wife stood up and said "No! that's not true. Today is his 49th year of thanks giving." They didn't have enough money to celebrate this party in advance. But they invited people to come and join the party (thanksgiving) by faith. And the LORD provided their needs by the right time. He is also the leader of a Gospel team that likes to reach people across Canada.
Saya Caleb, the Chairman of the Falam Chin Fellowship gave a short speech to welcome me and encouraged the family and all the people who came for a few minutes.
I preached that "we must always give thanks to God as He is worthy to be praised for what He made in our lives from the smallest to the biggest things....."
Saya Palian was the chairperson. Even though I forgot to talk about the scarves that I brought, he mentioned them on my behalf. He is also the best advertiser that I ever know.
After the worship service we have Burmese food (Hmuk Hin Khaa) together that the family prepared for everyone of us. Generally, Chin Christian believers always do eat and drink after the worship service when we celebrate different kinds of thanksgiving and parties.
About five young people were cooking in the kitchen while we were worshipping. I went to the kitchen just to throw away garbage and asked them what they were doing. One of them said to me "We are helping and supporting you from the kitchen part". That's true. They were really working hard.
Everybody who came were eager for the Word of God, I really experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit among us.
If I am not mistaken 35 or 36 people were coming to celebrate the birth day party. 3 or 4 more people also added to our numbers. Most of them were busy at work. But I understand that this is normal in Canada. I hope that everybody will spread what they learned from the Word of God to their own family members who could not come and could not join with us during these three days of fellowship in the LORD.
It was a really nice meeting and such a wonderful experience for my history.
Saturday meetings will come soon!
Thank you so much everybody,. May God bless you all.
The Servant of the LORD,
William.
The Scripture is the map of my life!.
About 10 people were waiting for my arrival at the bus terminal in Ottawa to welcome me. I really appreciated that. (Brother) Saya Kung Lal and his two sisters drove me to Saya Pa Lian's apartment where I stayed during this short trip.
Saya Pa Lian ( one of EC members) and his wife Sian took care of me a lot. They treated me like a king which I do not totally deserve. May God bless this family.
Saya Pu Khen invited all the Fellowship members to celebrate a kind of thanksgiving at his house on Friday night. I was suppose to preach there. It is a birthday celebration. Nobody knew about it in advance because Pu Khun and his family didn't want to let others bring birthday gifts. They said they just wanted to give thanks together.
As we started our worship service, Saya Pu Khen explained why he wanted to celebrate thanks giving tonight and gave his prayer requests. He said "Tonight is the second time, that he had ever celebrated his birthday through out his life". When he first arrived in Canada, he had some diseases and was very sick,.The doctor said that He would die within two years. But now it is more than 4 or 6 years. Nothing has happened. He is even getting better and better. He also said that today was his 29th birthday. But his wife stood up and said "No! that's not true. Today is his 49th year of thanks giving." They didn't have enough money to celebrate this party in advance. But they invited people to come and join the party (thanksgiving) by faith. And the LORD provided their needs by the right time. He is also the leader of a Gospel team that likes to reach people across Canada.
Saya Caleb, the Chairman of the Falam Chin Fellowship gave a short speech to welcome me and encouraged the family and all the people who came for a few minutes.I preached that "we must always give thanks to God as He is worthy to be praised for what He made in our lives from the smallest to the biggest things....."
Saya Palian was the chairperson. Even though I forgot to talk about the scarves that I brought, he mentioned them on my behalf. He is also the best advertiser that I ever know.
After the worship service we have Burmese food (Hmuk Hin Khaa) together that the family prepared for everyone of us. Generally, Chin Christian believers always do eat and drink after the worship service when we celebrate different kinds of thanksgiving and parties.About five young people were cooking in the kitchen while we were worshipping. I went to the kitchen just to throw away garbage and asked them what they were doing. One of them said to me "We are helping and supporting you from the kitchen part". That's true. They were really working hard.
Everybody who came were eager for the Word of God, I really experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit among us. If I am not mistaken 35 or 36 people were coming to celebrate the birth day party. 3 or 4 more people also added to our numbers. Most of them were busy at work. But I understand that this is normal in Canada. I hope that everybody will spread what they learned from the Word of God to their own family members who could not come and could not join with us during these three days of fellowship in the LORD.
Saturday meetings will come soon!
Thank you so much everybody,. May God bless you all.
The Servant of the LORD,
William.
The Scripture is the map of my life!.
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