As I looked back 2018... it has been a year of much transitions and personal growth for me as a young pastor. I transited out of my home church where I began my full-time ministry journey at Wesley Methodist Church since 2011. This was the church where I started serving as a youth worker and in the recent years with the Pastoral Care, Discipleship & Nurture and Small Group Ministry after my theological studies.
7 years later... I began my pastorate journey and was appointed as a Pastor in the Methodist Church on 1 August 2018 & was posted to Christ Methodist Church as my first appointment. Was sad to leave my old friends, colleagues & home church in the earlier transitional period, but since then I have been warmly welcomed by the leaders, staffs and congregation at CMC.
5 months has gone by really fast and I really thank God for this wonderful community whom have embraced my Wife & I as we slowly begin assimilating in this new season of our lives here. Many leaders and congregation members have reached out to us as we made many new friends in this “kampung” like family church in the east.
As I look forward into 2019... we believe God is leading us as a church into “uncharted waters”, I am excited to see what God has in store for us, yet I also have my fears or uncertainty of what the year will be like or new areas or people that God will be leading me too. Whatever the future holds, I believe God is reminding me with this promise from the Lord taken from Joshua 1:9 , “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
(📷: Photo order: 1: My last Sunday at Wesley, 2: My MOTs batch for 2018, 3: A new season at CMC, 4-6: Vactions in Hk ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°, Italy 🇮🇹 & Bali 🇮🇩, 7: National Day 🇸🇬, 8: Home for Christmas 🎄, 9: My new family at CMC!)
