Dear brothers and sisters and friends of GMC,

This past week has proved to be a great week again for Jesus in my life. As I keep close to Jesus, despite facing challenging pastoral care problems, I am able to hold my calm and I have peace and joy to deal with every case. The problems are not overcome because of my intervention and help. I believe that God will make good all the problems for the good of those who love Him!

As I think of what to say at the farewell, the more I think of what I have done and achieved in GMC in the past 9 years, the more I am reminded that I have been imperfect, and I need Jesus to help me very much. The idea of my imperfection keeps coming to me! I interpret this condition as God is humbling me. Praise the Lord He humbled me.

A faithful disciple of Jesus,

Pastor Law Hui Seng

(14th November, 2010)

Dear brothers and sisters and friends of GMC,

It is with great joy that I can write to you all. It was very much a great week as I made my life count for Jesus. I visited an AIDS patient and her 2 small children with a couple; a patient at psychiatrist ward with a few caring brothers and sisters; 2 small groups headed by sister Regina and sister Yii Ming Chu which bid me and my family farewell.

At the farewell, there were about 20 persons who said very encouraging words for me and my wife. I now want to record them for your reference. They commented very positively about my 9 years of ministry in GMC. Some of these comments surprised me but I really thank God for all the comments! God used to minister to them. The comments were: I am a people pastor; approachable; work hard and make sacrifice for them; my prayers were powerful for the sick; pre-marital counseling done was helping them in marriage and they could even use the lessons they learn to help troubled couple; thank me for the baptism; I have strong faith in Jesus and I truly serve God from my heart; I love God and people; my faith is simple, pure and childlike; my sermons and counseling helped in the congregation’s temperament; they understood my passion for Jesus and why I wept over the pulpit; they believed that when I preached I really meant what I said and it was all from God; my encouragement to them to join the small group helped to come out of lukewarmness; I am available to minister to them; etc. They appreciated my wife, Julia, for spending time with a few sisters and her counsels were affirmative and helped them in their spiritual growth. They prayed that God would realize His vision of training Bahasa Malaysia pastors and missionaries in SCAC as I choose to obey Him.

I responded to say that their encouragements would help me to go very far in my future ministry! I would remember them.

A faithful disciple of Jesus.

Pastor Law Hui Seng

(7th November, 2010)

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Dear brothers and sisters and friends of GMC,

I only have 2 months left in GMC.

Friday night, Mui Foon’s small group bid me and family farewell. It gave me a chance to describe the history of God’s calling to do Master of Theology in BM. I just want to put it down briefly in writing here.

Ever since my secondary school and university (USM) days (1979 – 1991), I paid great attention to BM. It was partly Malaysian government educational emphasis to pass it, that motivated to be so keen about the language. Now, as I looked back, I see it as God’s conviction and preparation for me to use BM as a means to make disciples among the indigenous people of Sarawak!

When I became a pastor, under challenge by Rev Dr Tie’s sermon, I am convinced that BM is a language in Malaysia that God uses for us to reach out to the indigenous people. I have been doing indigenous people ministry using BM for about 10 years with SCAC team now. I have no regret about it as BM ministry is flourishing. We now have established BM congregations in Sibu (2), Kuching (3), Miri (1), and Bintulu (1). Recently, for the past few years, whenever it comes to the end of the year posting of pastors, we learn of heart cry for BM pastors in lots of churches! Indigenous people are flocking to the towns in Sarawak. Harvests are plentiful but workers are few.

A few years ago, while on my way to Brunei to minister to one brother, God gave me a vision to train BM pastors and missionaries. Since SCAC vision is to see BM congregations planted in different towns, so, we need to train BM pastors. The need to establish a BM theological department in our own Sibu Theological School came to my mind. With that vision, I wrote to Board of Ministry, SCAC, for permission to do the Masters. They granted the approval to do it in 2011 and 2012.

Do pray that I am faithful to that God’s calling; and I am able to mobilize a team of BM speaking pastors to start BM department in a few times’ upon my graduation. I may not be serving as a full time lecturer as my fundamental calling is to be a pastor. I want to be a model BM speaking pastor for the BM congregations. My thesis is along the line of how to overcome cultural barriers as pastor and shepherd the indigenous people to become matured disciples of Jesus.

A faithful disciple of Jesus,

Pastor Law Hui Seng

(31st October, 2010)

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