Dear brothers and sisters of GMC and friends,

Praise the Lord for giving me good health to write to you again.

On Thursday and Friday, I and 5 others did a mission survey at Long Urun, Sg Asaph, Ulu Belaga and also, Long Malin, Ulu Belaga. It was a tiring, difficult and dangerous journey as the timber and oil palm roads are bad and full of dust. Praise the Lord for the very experienced drivers like brother Peter Yong from GMC and brother Hii Doh Chin, from Bintulu Gloria Methodist Church.

Praise the Lord, majority of the Penans of Long Urun are going to school. Most of their men worked in palm oil plantations and timber camps. Nearby their long houses, there is a primary school. There are SIB and RC churches. So, we do not consider to go back there.

The second Penan settlement which we surveyed, Long Malin, 2 hours of solid and dangerous drive from Camp Plieran, where our 5 missionaries stayed, there are about 100 Penans . Majority of men are going to work at timber camps. This place is going to be flooded for the Murum Dam. Penans built their own long house and homes. Some of the Penans do not have the means to send their children to go to school. We were told at least 15 of them. SIB pastor, Ajeng only go back to visit them twice a year! With the exception of a few persons, the rest are not baptized! They claim that they are all Christians. They even conduct regular Sunday service on their own. We decide to go back to do some teaching of God’s word, and do social concerns. I pray that brother Joseph Tan of Yi En Methodist church will lead a team to do it. He joined us in this mission survey, he has the burden to do it.

A faithful disciple of Jesus,

Pastor Law Hui Seng

(19th September, 2010)

Posted by Teresa Han