"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me" (Isaiah 6:8).
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord" (I Corinthians 15:58).
I thank God for the mission work that has been going well until now. In may 2023 I did the works described as follows:
Taught Prospects
Only one of two prospects (in April 2023) who continued to study the word of God with me using SFT (Search for Truth - https://noeo.net/obs/sft/sft.htm). And praise Lord, one of church members' daughter that had an appointment with me to study the Bible last April and she postpone until she finished to take an entrance exam for university, finally studied the Bible with me. A lot of discussions with them during our study, especially doctrine issues and I asked them to open their Bible to find the answers from Scriptures related to the issues. Sometimes they tried to give their opinions that did not fit to what the Bible says. I did not force them and it depends on them to accept or not what the Bible says. And interestingly, many facts in the Bible new to them because they never thought nor knew before.
Distributed Tracts and Books
I kept distributing tracts regularly to people, prospects and church members as well. Hopefully as they read them, they will know the truth about the subjects presented in those tracts, even they may be interested more to study the Bible one on one in the future. Here some pictures.
Online Bible Courses
I kept regularly replying new enrollments and checked the answers of students submitted in these Online Bible Courses. Some of them had been rewarded certificates after the completion of all courses, even some of them took three different series of Bible courses and also joined the virtual Bible classes, and some wanted to study one on one, but unfortunately some live in the area where no churches.
Visited A Prison
I visited prison twice in May and brought things with me for someone I visited before. During the visitation, no one can bring handphone or smartphone. I spared a limited time to talk with him about spiritual matter and gave encouragement words as well. I asked him to call me if he has needs and I would like to do my best for him as long as I could. Visitation is scheduled once a week on every Wednesday.
Delivered A Evangelism Presentation At Subang Jaya Annual Seminar
As scheduled on May 1 2023 for the annual seminar, it was my honor as one of three speakers and I was the third or last speaker presenting my mission work in Makassar that has been running for 20 months since it began in September 2021. After each section of presentation, seminar participants given opportunity to ask questions and the speakers answered them. I would like to express my gratitude to Subang Jaya Church of Christ for the honorary and opportunity given to me to share some experiences I have in doing mission work. It is my pray that Subang Jaya Church of Christ will be conducting the same annual seminar next year and continue to support the work of the Lord.
Bible Class
Makassar Church of Christ continued to conduct the Bible classes on Sundays after worship presenting the Christian growth lessons. These lessons can help church members to grow in knowledge and way of Christian life.
Sunday Worship
We worship regularly at a rented building every Sunday. Sometimes brethren from other local congregations who came to Makassar also attend our worship assembly and our visitors as well. In May, we had a visitor and a daughter of another local congregation member who came to worship with us.
Makassar, 03 June 2023,
Harun Tamale
Mission Monthly Report in Makassar Under the supervision of GSJKDI Sawangan, Sawangan Village Jaga IV, Kec. Tombulu, Minahasa, North Sulawesi 95662.
Email: haruntamale@gmail.com
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