We met up Ps Bernard Teh from FGA Taiping, who has very close relationship with Ps Jerry, Ps Shirley, Ps Chee Keong and members in CCOP. I knew him since I was young. It has been years that I didn't see him but he still remember me. =)
We departed with a simple motive - jalan-jalan and pray. Later we found out that God has a wonderful plan in it. The intial idea of the trip is just for fun. I thought of Taiping. Why Taiping? That's because I thought of Taiping Zoo and Night Safari. =p Freddy then suggested that why not we make it a prayer + jalan-jalan trip because he felt the need of interceding for our country. We agreed. Another issue came out which is budget. Penang Hill prayer house appeared to be the best choice. Unfortunately it was fully booked. We then came to know that many churches too hold prayer meetings during Raya break. So left only Taiping. We called up Ps Bernard and he said that we can stay at his mission house and it's free!
Early morning, we departed from Penang. Reached there around 9.30am and had breakfast with Pastor. After breakfast, Pastor brought us to jalan-jalan and see the church. It's a 5 stories building located nearby Taiping city. They have main sanctuary, a chapel(1 floor) for youth and another(1 floor also) for children. Their roof top is available too! They always use it for some functions like BBQ. When we were at the roof top, a brother shared that one part of the building looks like a lighthouse. Then Pastor said that some pastors who came before too gave the same comment. After visiting the church building, we went back to the mission house and took a rest. It was just one hour away from lunch time so we decided to skipped our lunch because we had too much for breakfast. =p
The first day, we spent most of the time praying. The Lord is gracious and good to us. Everyone has experienced different and new encounter with God. We saw visions, proclaimed His words, sang new songs, etc. The sessions were simply GREAT!
At night, Pastor brought us to dinner and Elissa joined us too. She's mine, Freddy and Steven's senior in TARC CF. She is attending FGA Taiping too. (The world is so small right) After dinner, we continued another prayer session, Pastor joined us too. The Lord blessed us and spoke to us through His servant. We're greatly blessed!
After prayer session, we went to pasar malam. The pasar malam there is not much different from a morning market, just that it operates at night only. When we were heading back to the van, guess what? We met Ivan! hehehe..
Everyday 6 in the morning, FGA people will gathered together to pray. Pastor invited us to join and we joined. They blessed us and we blessed them too. =) So ngam, today is Pastor's wife's birthday! We sang a birthday song for her. ^^
After breakfast, we went to Taiping Lake Garden. Wow~ the scenery is really BEAUTIFUL~~~
Then, we went back to church for the last session. When we just finished the prayer session, Pastor told us that there's a group led by Pastor Chan came from Ipoh church to pray for every churches in Taiping. The group of intercessor reached while we're having bible study. So we prayed together and prayed for each other and they left to their next station.
Pastor Bernard shared with us that this church has a call to be the lighthouse. He thought of 24/7 prayer too but doesn't really know where to start. He shared that God is gracious enough to send people to Taiping to pray. They just came and told Pastor that they would like to intercede for the church and Taiping. Yea..God's good all the time. The Lord shall provide!
It was noon, we took our lunch and balik~
