Praise the Lord for His faithfulness! In this article, the missions editorial team would like to highlight another important mission field of COSBT which is Indonesia. For years, the church has the privilege of running a Indonesian domestic helpers ministry where the Lord has added the numbers of both the service congregation as well as the ministers.

The COSBT Indonesia Ministry

The ministry's vision which is to impact Indonesia carries two approaches. The first "Come"is to build the Indonesian Fellowship in Singapore while the second "Go" is to adopt the Riau islands (Pekan Baru, Tanjung Pinang & Tanjung Balai) as the mission fields. For the work in Tanjung Pinang, the ministry's approach is to reach out to the Mandarin and dialect speaking Chinese through various local para-churches.

Pray for the labourers!

Let's continue to pray for the ministry that the Lord of the Harvest will raise up more like-minded workers with a passion and compassion to reach out to these people!

We Are Back!

We've been busy behind the scenes, but this coming missions weekend is proving to be our biggest yet. Come join us for some fun and food, and get to know more about your missionaries and mission fields! :)

Big Welcome! :)

While it seems that this blog has been around for some time, we've kept pretty quiet about it so that we could slowly work on its contents and design, leading up to the missions weekend in church. Since its official launch over the past weekend, we have seen our page views spike drastically, so WELCOME! ;)

We have received some really nice comments since then about the new newsletter and the video that was shown during the main services. Thank you all for your kind words. Keep them coming, and let us know what we are doing right, and what we can do better. What was your response to the message? What would you like to see in the blog/newsletter? What do you think our next video should explore? We won't be able to please everyone, but we will value every single input for future efforts!

At the same time, keep your contributions coming in, either through the missions committee, or you can send it to us at missions [DOT] editorial [AT] gmail [DOT] com! Space in the newsletter is limited, but the blog is not. ;) If you would like to contribute your skills and be part of our team, we'll be glad to get in touch with you as well! We had a lot of help along the way, so a big thank you to all those who helped us with the newsletter and the video, sometimes on very tight deadlines, you know who you are! ;) We need all the creative energy we can get, and are particularly looking out for Chinese editors/translators and print layout artists.

Lastly, for those of you who missed it, here is the newsletter (English and Chinese versions) for your reading pleasure. We already have requests pouring in for us to upload the video, which we will do in our next post, together with the correct answers to satiate you curious cats, so keep checking back for updates! :P

Miracles in Batam

Pastor Edward led a team of short term mission trippers to Batam, Indonesia. Apart from seeing growth from their previous trip there, they also saw first-hand miraculous healings by God over the people there:

We visited and prayed for the sick, which included those with colon cancer, heart problems, broken arms and legs. There was a brother who suffered from stroke, and when we first met him, he could not even bend his fingers. After we prayed for him, he experienced God's miraculous healing and started lifting his hands and praising God! Barren women that we prayed for in our last visit are now in advanced stages of their pregnancies.

In one of the services that we attended, people were so moved by God during the altar call, that many came forward weeping. It was an awesome time of communion with God.

Finally, we also met a brother who was in a car accident during a thunderstorm. Many had tried to spread the gospel with him to no avail. However as we shared with him of how God has preserved him from death, he was moved by the Spirit to salvation!

Sister Mavis Ho had this to add:

Overall, the Batam trip was indeed an eye opener for me as it was my first trip there. It was great to be surrounded by God’s people and as we sang and prayed earnestly. We also prayer walked at the new land parcel slated for a new church building, and made many house visitations.

The trip reminded me that my own problems are not the biggest things in my life, only Jesus is. I am also more mindful of the needs of people around me now, and also more confident that I can help others and how God can use me to help others.

Praise and worship in Batam