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Report for the first six
month of the Vietnamese ministry
January - June 2007
We thank God for what he has done in our life and ministry. Now, we
review for the first six months; first is to thank God and second,
to let you know about the work which you have faithfully supported
for the past one and a half years.
1.
The Kindergarten:
 
K2
K2
Though
we have gone through many difficulties and hardship, we thank the
Lord for His faithfulness and mercy through which He has helped us
thus far. Since the very beginning, we had struggled how to manage
it well. Without any experience, when we started the kindergarten,
but thank God that he still entrusts us the ministry. Looking back
the ministry, we have some achievements as following:
 
K1
K1
a.
The goal of the ministry, to share the Gospel to parents
and children and to make finance for the ministry, is not changed.
We have shared the Good News of Jesus to many parents, some have
gladly received but some rejected. But we keep on doing so till the
Lord comes. Though, there is no fruit of the Gospel from the
kindergarten yet, but we have sown the seed of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ so that in God’s time, they will be prosperous and bring
forth fruits.
b.
The Motto of the Kindergarten
is to “Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it.”
(Proverbs
22:6).
Beside
their daily schedule and compulsory curriculum from the MOE of
Vietnam, we have given children many lessons from the Bible stories
and Christian songs,
 hoping
that they may know and except Christ in the years to come.
c.
The Quantity: The number of the children has been
increased. In the first year, there were 17 – 39 pupils, but now the
number of the pupils is 55. Though there were many times the number
was up and down, but thank God from time to time, it is now more
stabilized. The number is about 60 pupils in registration, but the
regular number of those coming to class is 55 pupils. It made the
kindergarten break even and balance in daily expenses, but thank God
that Calvary still support partially for the second year.
d.
The Finance: And to the financial aspect, we have achieved
as we have planned that is to support us and the ministry. Please
continue to pray for the kindergarten that it will grow more and
more and make profits from it for the ministry of the gospel.
2.
The Hostel ministry:
We thank God that, when Rev James Chan and Dn Peter Goh came to
visit us in the year 2006 and they had given us a thought how to
start hostel ministry. Since then, I have looked for the location
and searched out the needed information. Some times, it seemed that
this ministry would not be able to put in action, but thank God that
it was started in March 2007.
We have rented a house for the meeting of the Sunday Night
Fellowship and at the same time we let some brothers and sisters
stay in so that we can have a place to worship and share the rental.
There are 8 brothers and sisters now who are staying in the hostel.
Among them there were 4 new converts and one unbeliever (a sister of
2 new converts). They have their Bible study 3 nights a week
excluded Sunday night meeting. One of them is very keen to the
service of the Lord, and we have been helping him 100.000 VND per
month for his fuel to do the work of the following up new converts.
Our goal of this hostel is to edify the brothers and sisters in the
fellowship, to disciple them for the ministry so that they can make
disciples for Christ.
3.
The Sunday Night Fellowship Ministry:
The Sunday Night Fellowship (SNF) is our main ministry. Any other
activities are to assist and to make the SNF to grow. We also thank
God for helping us in this ministry. From time to time the Lord has
brought people to in our midst. Looking back for the first six
months of 2007, we can only say that without the Lord’s help, we can
do nothing (John 15:5), but we can do all those things through
Christ who has strengthened us (Phil 4:13).
 
The
Fellowship
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The regular number of the people coming to the meeting is
varied from 20-25. However, when it is heavy rain the number is
down. Now is a rainy season, so please pray that they will be
matured enough to go to the fellowship despite the rain.
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We have formed a team of Evangelism (E band). The team goes
out every Saturday Evening to visit and to share the Gospel. Thank
God through the team, the Lord has brought many of them to the
fellowship. Please pray that the Lord will open the people’s heart
so that they will be willing to hear the Gospel and accept Christ as
their Lord and Saviour.
b.
What have been aimed but not yet done
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The registration of the ministry:
We have asked the pastor of the church to apply for us but until
now, the work is not yet done. Though we have informed the local
authority personnel orally that we have this meeting, but we need to
have a written permission from them. It was nearly one year. Do pray
that the Lord moves to the pastor’s heart so that he puts forth his
hand to register the ministry.
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The goal of the evangelism
was not fully achieved due to lacking of concentration. Please pray
that the Lord will help us through the end of this year we can do it
more to achieve what we have planned.
c.
What are expected to be achieved?
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Building up the body of Christ:
Paul’s Ministry and motto is ours as we are striving to present
every one of them in the fellowship mature in Christ.
“Whom
we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom;
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus”
Colossians 1:28.
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Besides, my ministry is to edify the saints and feed the flock
that God has entrusted to me so that they will be mature in the
knowledge of Christ.
Ephesians
4:11-16
And he gave
some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men,
and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the
whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure
of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of
itself in love.
1 Peter 5:1-3
The
elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the
glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God
which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready
mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but
being ensamples to the flock.
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Evangelism:
We continue to do the work of evangelists to share the good news of
Jesus. To do so, I have a series of messages aiming on personal
evangelism exhorting them to share Christ in the life at any time.
Moreover, we are going to organize some out door activities and
invite people to the gospel meeting to hear the Gospel’s Messages.
Through these activities, we pray that the Lord will save some.
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Registration of the Fellowship:
We continue to pray and work on the registration of the work as soon
as possible. I intended to ask the representative of the church in
Ho Chi Minh to register the ministry so that we can freely worship
and serve Christ.
2.
Teaching/Theological Class:
I am being invited to be a guest lecturer of some training, so I
have to be out of town once a month to do training. But seeing the
need of the ministry that the Lord has entrusted to me to serve Him
and feed them, I have a plan to have training for workers for the
work here in our church and ministry. I intend that on the last
Saturday of Oct, 2007 (Oct 27, 2007), I am going to start the
theological class for leaders and lay-workers of the church. This
class is held once a month comprised of 15-20 persons who are
leading persons from church and the fellowship so that they are
equipped to serve Christ even better and more effectively.
This is the beginning of the theological school in the future, where
we can be partnership in teaching. Then we will invite some of you
to come and help us in teaching and training us in the Word of God.
The project for the first year as following:
a.
The purpose of the class:
to equip and to train worker for the work and the service of the
Lord. From this class, we will find some of them to serve in the
ministry.
b.
The Curriculum:
We will teach them in the Basic Theology, Pastoral Ministry, Church
History, Evangelism … This will help them have a basic knowledge so
that they can serve Christ in these last days.
c.
The Duration:
This is long-life learning for every one who wants to serve Christ.
d.
The Time:
It is held every last Saturday of the month for the whole day.
- Other
ministry:
Beside my ministry, I am invited to be
guest lecturer to a Bible school in a province, where I teach them
on the New Testament books and English. Here are some of photos.
May the Lord continue to bless you and your church so that through
you many will come to Christ and be saved.
Submitted
By Vo Thanh Phan,
On 08.08.2007
From Ho Chi Minh City, VN
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