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July-August Report

Patrick and ChantelleSwayne,

Missionaries toAustralasia

Working primarily with FourSeas College of Bible and Mis-sions

Mailing Address:

120 Boon Lay DriveJurong West 649924

Singapore

Phone

+65 8429 8694

Email:

[email protected](Patrick)[email protected](Chantelle)

Overseen by the Leonard St.church of Christ:

Leonard St. church of Christ

2730 Leonard St.

Pensacola, FL 32505

(850) 432-3727

www.ls-coc.org

Elders:

John Heflin

Brian McCown

W.C. Rabren

One of my favorite recreational hobbies is hik-ing. In addition to being good exercise, it allows me toreconnect with the truth that God created the heavensand the earth, (Genesis 1:1) a truth that can easily beforgotten when youre surrounded by the things of men

(like you are in Singapore). Reconnecting is an enjoya-ble experience; Gods handiwork far outpaces anythingthat man has made or could make. In fact, as best as Ican tell, God designed His world so that man would bedrawn to it and consider the Power behind it (Romans1:20). God could have made the world flat and made theonly animals in it to be the ones we humans either eat ordomesticate. Instead, he filled it with mountain goats wehave difficulty tracking, donkeys and oxen we canttame, proud (but dumb) ostriches, and mighty horses(the original horse-power) to name a few (Job 39:1, 5, 9,13, 17, 19).

For my birthday, my wife allowed me a much

needed opportunity to reconnect by shipping me off for aday to a national park while we were visiting my in -lawsin Australia. Towards the end of my walk, I spotted acurious looking vine. It was thick (over an inch in diame-ter) andthe interesting partwound up like a cork-screw!

How did it get that way? Ill go ahead and point out what should be obvious givenmy occupation: Im no botanist. On top of that Im one of those people who was very glad towave goodbye to biology class in high school and disappointed when I had to take it againat university. However, I can only see a few possibilities: 1) it originally grew up around aplant that has long since died (though the corkscrew, as the picture might demonstrate, isquite tight); 2) it was designed by God to grow that way, perhaps for stability; 3) it grewdown from the tree tops, and (like any of us who has ever tried to climb down from a greatheight) did so slowly and carefully (hmmm that reallydoesnt sound scientific).

The lesson you take from this living parable depends on how you look at it. Option1 tells a story of a relationship that warped one (the vine) and killed another (the host) andreminds me of the adage, Evil companionships corrupt good morals (1 Corinthians 15:33,

ASV). Option 2 tells the story of slow and steady progress upward; a growth that didnt sac-rifice stability for heights, like Christian growth. After all, were supposed to be steadfast,unmovable, then abounding in the work of the Lord, right (1 Corinthians 15:58)? Option 3reminds me (rightly or wrongly) of the Israelites who went round and round in circles, taking40 years to go what by all rights should have taken 11 days during the wilderness wander-ings (cf. Deuteronomy 1:2).

Its possible that my vine theories are off target, but Im certain the lessons theybrought to mind were not. Maybe thats the point! If Paul was able to say that the invisiblethings of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen (Romans 1:20), its safe to saythat God left reminders of Himself and His truth all over nature. Creations voice is unintelli-

gible when not backed up by Inspiration (consider Psalm 19:1-6 in light of v. 7), but when

compared to the Word of God the message is loud and clear. Why not take a walk and seewhat can be clearly seen in Gods world?

Volume 2 Issue 4

Seeing the Clearly Seen

I spotted this interesting vine

along a trail I hiked in Australia(we went to Chantelles parents

for our term break). Isnt Godscreation amazing?


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This Period In Pictures

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Chantelles little brother drew this rather

savage looking pickle?Another pic from my birthday hikeGods

amazing creation!

The Johnson family visited us en route to

begin a mission work in Indonesia.

Two great students who left in August

Jackie Feng and Victor Chu.

At our end of term talent show, Chantelle

sang, Waltzing Matilda, an Aussie classic.

Fuzzy photo of the group who came out for

my birthday party in Toowoomba.

We also visited Penang, Malaysia in July.

Above, a view overlooking the city.Preaching a lesson in Penang. Chantelle fulfilled a life-long dream when we

went to see Phantom of the Opera.

Chantelle teaches the ladies at Melaka, Ma-

laysia.Some young adults at Melaka. Peace signs

are a common fixture in photos in Asia.

You cant spell Malaysia without Makan

(eat in Malay). People there love food!


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Impacting Lives at Four SeasThis issue represents my six-year newsletter-writing anniversary (Melbourne Messenger, the paper chronicling

my first overseas mission work made its first report on the events of July 2007). Newsletter writing has always been a

matter of feast and famine for me as regards content. Its not that theres any period thats uneventful; its simply that notevery period is unique. Ive attempted from the very beginning to have more than a I went here, I did this newsletter,but for most months thats life. Ive come to grips with the fact that ordinary is not always bad. Angelique Arnauld said,Perfection does not exist in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. It reminds meof Pauls description of the life of faith: patient continuance in well doing (Romans 2:7).

I dont write all of this to say that this is one of those famine times, but to explain that during a feast time (lastyear during the Four Seas Lectureship) I filled away some papers I had always intended on digging out for a newsletter.

As this issue also represents my first full year in Singapore, I thought it appropriate to use them to demonstrate to youwhat we are doing together with God here in Singapore. To preface, these are excerpts taken from assignments doneby last years graduating class which I had a hand in teaching first online and later in person.

Jane Matidios (left) turned in a term paper for World Evangelism class (which I teach)in which she imagined plans to evangelize a place in need of the gospel. For her introduction,she told the story of how she came to know the church to introduce her own hometown as the

subject of her paper. She shared the following: I never heard about the church of Christ untilfive years ago, my sisters friends who were my age and were orphans, came to my house []They introduced themselves as members of the church of Christ. [] they made friends withme and encouraged me to study at Sunrise Christian College with them. Never did I imaginethat their visit to my house will affect my future.

When I went to Sunrise Christian College, which was an hour plane ride from myplace, someone taught me what is the church of Christ. The church meets in the school cam-pus. I then had learned that it is the only church that Christ will save and I couldnt accept it. MyBible teacher was very persistent and patient with me but my heart at that time was not a goodsoil and I just wanted to end our study so I decided to be baptized. I never really had a clearunderstanding of what I was doing and refused to accept the things that they tell me. It was myfault. I was at Sunrise for like four years when the person who paid for my college educationtold me to come to Four Seas College and study there for two years. I was so reluctant at that

time to go [] I had to sacrifice many things to come to Four Seas. I broke up with my boy-friend, with my internet connection (everyday back then I was just hooked up with my computer

playing and surfing) and had to miss things I and my friends usually do together. I never had an idea that coming toFour Seas was one of the right decisions I have made in my life.

At Four Seas, faithful instructors taught me and helped me to understand the Scriptures better and helped cre-ate in me the passion to spread the word. I was baptized this year and through the help of my instructors and friends inthe college, I have now the desire to also share the good news that I have heard with the lost souls more especially withthe people in my hometown. The gospel has not reached my neighbors ears yet since no one has ever preached tothem and there is no church that meets there.

Chau Thi Kim Nguyens(right) words on her assignment were no less touching.While Jane came from a nation of religious freedom, Kim (as we called her) came fromcommunist Vietnam. In spite of that, she wrote the following: Christians [] overcomemany challenges in their lives with their family and themselves to go to different places to

teach and preach the gospel. They have to face many troubles in different ways such asfinancial, a place to stay, or if they will be rejected and several unexpected things may hap-pen. But to fulfill His will is our duty as a child of God should have.

[] Before I came to Four Seas College, the purpose of my life is to travel aroundthe world (if I can) try to find good food, to visit popular places, to know the customs of othercountries, their traditions and many other things too. But now I am here at Four Seas Col-lege I realize that those things are just temporary things, the desire for the world, but nowthe greatest desire in my heart is to complete my duty as a Christian, a child of God, and itis to do the Will of God, I have studied here for almost two years now and I found out thatwhat I should do is to help those who are still lost in this world to know the gospel. And mygoal is to become a missionary to pass on the message of God into the world.

It goes without saying that these women dont envision themselves as pulpitpreachers. They have been taught about, understand, and will live in accord with the role of

women in the church. However, they clearly have been changed by the gospel and willshare that gospel as all faithful Christians should. What a blessing to be able to work with Four Seas and impact theseyoung lives. Thanks for your hand in our first year in Singapore!


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Forgetting and ForgivingPatrick: Hun, have you seen my shaver?

Me: No honey, I have less idea than you ofwhere that would be.

Patrick: Then why did I just find it here, on thefloor next to your suitcase you just opened.

Me: Conversations like this are almost a daily hap-

pening in the Swayne house. I am, I must confess, terri-bly forgetful. I am the kind of person who asks where hersunglasses us when she has them on her head. I reallydo not know why I persist in arguing my innocence insuch cases. Once, when he asked me where all our

spoons were (and I again avidly professed my guiltless-ness) he found them in the rubbish bin into which Ihad scraped off the plates from dinner. With all thespoons.

Yes, that is me. Poor little scatter-brained me.Often nowadays I put aside my baseless pride

and just accept the fact I probably have misplaced thelost item. Sorry, Ive probably thrown it away, is an an-swer I give. My husband simply smiles knowingly andkisses me on the forehead. It is these funny little timesthat I realise what a wonderfully patient and loving man Ihave.

But there are some things that are hard for me toforget, like the regret of doing something stupid orwrong. For example, while I may forget the fact that I didindeed scrape the spoons into the bin, my embarrass-ment (and, in the case of this incident, amusement) overdiscovering that I had absent-mindedly done such athing lingers on.

I realise that scraping spoons into a bin is a pettything, yet there are more serious things which are harderfor me to forget and move on from: angry words, impurethoughts, foolish decisions. Realising that I have made amistake and hurt my loved ones and my Lord is difficult.While I realise that I am forgiven, it is difficult for me toforget what I have done and move on. At times, it is hardfor me to accept Gods forgiveness; especially when it isa repeated mistake. I begin to feel that failure is constantand inevitable.

It is upon reflection of these times that I am re-minded of Paul. Paul was a man who had a lot to regret.Before he came to Christ he was one that persecutedthe church with a frightening zeal. He consented to thedeath of the first Christian martyr (Acts 7:57-8:1). In rageagainst this group of people, he went on to enter everyhouse in Jerusalem, dragging men and women to prison(8:3). Not content with stopping there, he obtained per-

mission to go on to Damascus and bring any Christiansthere bound to Jerusalem (9:2).

It was then, while he was yet breathing out

threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of theLord (9:1), as he journeyed on the road to Damascusthat he was met by the Lord . A bright light surroundedhim and he fell to the ground. He heard a voice saying,Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? [] I am Je-sus whom you are persecuting (9:3-6).

Can you even imagine? Can you imagine howPaul would have felt, having been one who had beentrying to follow the Lord all his life? Paul was one whoworked hard to keep himself blameless: circumcisedthe eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Ben-jamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, aPharisee [] touching the righteousness which is in the

law, blameless (Philippians 3:5, 6).And here he was, actually persecuting the Lord

whom he thought he was serving.It is good to remember that when we sin we are

not only hurting ourselves and those around us, but weare also hurting God. It is those times that we blunderthat we should have the attitude of Paul, to go to theLord in humility and be ready to change our ways. Paul,trembling and astonished, asked of the Lord, Lord, whatwould you have me to do? (Acts 9:6).

But what then? Paul had been a zealous perse-cutor of the church (Philippians 3:6)! How could some-

one who had done this ever forgive himself and forget?How could such a one move on?

How did you do it Paul? How can we forgive our-selves of our past foolishness and attain a greater rela-tionship with God? Happily, Paul has written down theanswer for us:

But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behindand straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on to-ward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God inChrist Jesus (Philippians 3:13, 14 ESV)

Paul did not let his past failures define him. Hedid not look back. Learn from your mistakes, but do notdwell on them. Dwelling on the past slows down growth.I believe Anne of Green Gables put it very nicely in ex-pressing her joy that, Tomorrow is a new day, with nomistakes in it yet! While we have made mistakes andwe cannot change that, we need not make them again.What a comfort!

God promises to forgive us if we are truly repent-ant. Do you believe it? Do you forgive yourself? Onlythrough forgiving ourselves and moving on can we trulystart to make positive changes in our lives.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just toforgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unright-eousness (1 John 1:9).Let us therefore come boldly

unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, andfind grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

Chantelles SpaceContact Chantelle personally at [email protected] or add her on Facebook: Chantelle Marie Swayne

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Hitting the Ground RunningExcerpts froman Email from Recent Graduate Victor Chu

Last Thursday, through the grace and providentialcare of our God, I have started a new phase in my life, Ibegan my work as a full time preacher for the Ipoh churchof Christ. I want to thank the college for grounding me withthe knowledge and preparation of being a full time preacherfor the Lord, it helps me a lot as i began my work with thechurch in Ipoh. I am so thankful to the college for the train-ing opportunities given to me, especially in the involvementof church's work with the Lim Ah Pin Road church of Christ.

All the labors and experiences I had gained while I servedand worshiped at the Lim Ah Pin congregation have indeedhelp me to be able to start my work well. I would have cer-

tainly "lost", if without all the experiences and training i re-ceived from the college. I am forever thankful for all thegained that i received during my studies at Four Seas Col-lege.

Praise the Lord for His abundant mercy, for therewas a conversion on my first day of work. Sister BehCheaw Lan (aunty of Sister Jackee Oo) was baptized lastThursday, after i had an hour of studies with her. She hasbeen attending to a denomination (Presbyterian), andclaimed that she was baptized through sprinkled of water.Through the past efforts of Sister Jackee, who had beenstudied with her for many months, I shared with her on thesubject of baptism using the method of studies that i hadlearnt from college. After she understand the correct formof baptism, which the Bible teaches immersion and notpouring and sprinkling, she decided to make things rightwith God, by asking me, "when can I be baptized correct-ly?" I felt the joy when i heard her sincere statement of re-pentance, I said to her, "now is the accepted time; behold,now is the day of salvation." She happily followed SisterJackee and I to the church building, and was baptized ac-cording to the Scripture. This is the great joy and encour-agement I received on my first few days of work as a fulltime preacher. :)

I have been able to set up studies with prospect,from the contact of visitors, friends, and also members whoare weak and young in faith. I traveled to Kampar (a newcampus outreach which is 30 minutes away from Ipoh) onThursday evening, to visit the work and also participate inthe evening Bible studies, and I will be teaching the even-ing Bible studies in Kampar on a once a month basic. I be-gan a series of Studies in the book of Romans on the Fri-day Bible class in Ipoh, and preached a sermon on the sub-

ject of "Get Connected" during yesterday worship service. Iam enjoying and exciting about my work as a full timepreacher so far. Please continue to keep me and my works

in your prayers.

Thanks for all that you have done for me, I am very

appreciative for the love that you have for our Lord and Hiswork. "...I thank God through Jesus Christ for you all, that

your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world." Ro-mans 1:8

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Graduate Updates

We just received word from Gerald Banares (class of 2012)who had been out of touch as he settled into his life in the Phil-ippines. He is now working with a newly established congrega-tion in Arapal along with Jeramel (see photo above this one).

Ill put in more information about their work there next issue.

One of the benefits our students receive in coming to FourSeas is networkingconnecting with Christians from other

parts. It was great to see in Arnel Mirandas (class of 20122nd row, 2nd from left) newsletter. that Richard Lee, a Malay-

sian preacher (far left in the photo), had made a trip to visitsome of our graduates in the Philippines. Accompanying

Richard from Cebu to Bacolod was Jeramel Luang (class of2012, 2nd row, 3rd from left).


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Dear all,

My, how time has flown! I cant believe this issuemarks the beginning of our second year in Singapore.Looking back, this time has been such an important time ofgrowth and reflection for me. I feel so blessed to have theopportunity to come here and am excited about the yearsof service to come.

Early in July we went to Malacca. I always lovevisiting this small town in Malaysia, it is so pretty. Since Iwent last time it has grown busier. It is a World Heritagesite and many tourists travel there to eat delicious food,hunt for bargains at the night market, visit historical monu-

ments, and enjoy the pleasant sights along the river. Whilewe didnt have a lot of time for sight-seeing, a little visit tomy favourite restaurant there, Casa Del Riosatisfied myneed for a bit of leisure; there I sipped a latte while soakingin the peaceful surroundings on the riverside while lookingover my ladies class lesson. Pure loveliness.

The lesson I presented was on Mary Magdalene. Ihad remembered hearing a lesson on Mary Magdalene (Ithink presented by Cindy Colley) before and really enjoyingitso as they asked me to speak on a Bible woman, I de-cided to revisit this amazing womans l ife. It was such agood study! I gleaned so many great points from it. I hope

the ladies benefited from it toobut if they did I am surethat none of them benefited as much as me! Mary was awoman with her heart and her priorities set right. She un-derwent great transformation because of her love for theLord and her desire to serve Him. The company of the la-dies in Malacca was such a joy; they welcomed me sowarmly and fed me so well that I felt most at home.

Also in July we visited Penang. It is a beautiful city,surrounded by mountains (reallyprobably more like large hills) andsea. Penang is also a populartourist spot, with good food andbeautiful views. The brethren werevery hospitable in taking usaround Penang however I was-nt able to enjoy too much of it, asI got a very serious case of foodpoisoning and had to go to hospi-tal! The view from our hospitalroom was nice, so at least I got toenjoy some nice scenery andmuch-needed rest as I recovered.

At the end of July mythird term at Four Seas came toan end, and sadly we had to say

farewell to two of our much-loved

male students: Victor Chu andJackie Feng. Victor Chu graduat-

ed and has gone to work in Ipoh, Malaysia (see previouspages to learn more about him), while Jackie Feng had togo back because his wife and children were missing him inChina. We had a farewell dinner, during which several ofthe students gave performances of songs from their home-lands. We wont elaborate on my performance of the fa-mous Australian song Waltzing Matilda. Some things arenot fit to revisit.

During the term break we went back to Australia tostay with my parents. I had such a good time catching upwith them, going on second-hand bargain-hunting trips withmy mum and sister, and indulging in all the foods I hadmissed while in Singapore. I have a really great family.

Mid-August we visited Johor Bahru, a place whichis fast becoming one of our most frequented stops in Ma-laysia. I love visiting this place. The brethren are warm, thefellowship is wonderful and the food well. The food isalways good in Malaysia, but the cooking of the Johor Bah-ru ladies takes the cake! I also had a chance to speak tothe ladies in Johor Bahru, so I recycled my lesson on MaryMagdalene. No harm in that, right? She is a really goodexample!

The weekend after our trip to Johor Bahru, we hadthe privilege of hosting our first family in our little apart-

ment! I love hosting. The Johnson family came to stay fora few days en route to Indonesia. We had the great pleas-ure of entertaining Marty, Julie and their two beautiful chil-dren, Sarah and Seth. We ate local food, went to the BirdPark and then on Monday they came and spent a day see-ing what it was like to study at Four Seas College. Tell youwhat, sometimes I feel like I have it rough, but this familyhave to adjust to a new language as well as a new culture!What a special family. It truly was a wonderful and much-

too-short time spent with thesewonderful Christian examples.

Please pray for us as weaim in this second year to growstill further and make the most ofthe opportunities we are given.We are so thankful for all yourthoughts and prayers! Knowingthat we have your support bringsus great motivation and encour-agement.

Until next time, all the best!

With Love,

Chantelle

From Her PerspectiveChantelles look at the last two months

Above are the ladies who gathered for the ladies class I

taught in Melaka, Malaysia. They are a wonderful group of

women and it was great to be able to speak for them.



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Hello all! Its good to be writing to you once againfrom a very hot Singapore. Were coming to the end of our

sure nough summer at the moment, and there is a noticea-ble increase in temperature in this part of the year in spite ofwhat could rightfully be called a year round summer. As oneformer missionary wife said, Singapore has four seasons: hot,hotter, hottest, and Im gonna die! Were more or less used toit all by now, but it helps to have air conditioning as an optionwhen needed. Its been a busy period for us and Im excitedto tell you about it!

OUR WORK AT FOUR SEASJuly brought our second term at Four Seas to an

end. Sadly, it also brought about the departure of three stu-dents, each leaving under different circumstances. Victor Chucompleted his studies at Four Seas, and went back to begin afull time work at Ipoh, Malaysia. Were very proud of what

Victor has achieved here and excited about what he will beable to do for that congregation.

Victors story is one of which the school is ratherproud. Some time ago, he contacted Peter Chin (the schoolspresident) about coming to the school. He ended up not com-ing due to financial constraints (Victor has to support hismother). Later, the Ipoh congregation contacted brother Chinand asked if a worker could be sent from Four Seas to workwith them. Brother Chin told them about Victors desire, andsaid that he would really be the best option; if they would sup-port him, Four Seas would train him. Ipoh accepted, and now,two years later, Victor is going back to be Ipohs full timepreacher! We hope that more of these kinds of stories will beforthcoming out of Malaysia as the school increases its pres-ence among the brethren there.

Also leaving the school was Jackie Feng. Jackiecame to us from China as a married man with a son. Singa-pore will not allow a person on a student visa to bring de-pendents to Singapore, so to come to Four Seas for Jackiemeant being separated from his family. After two semesters,Jackie family found it too difficult to be without him. As all ofthe instructors counseled Jackie, it was more important forhim to maintain his family than to train to be a preacher.Were sad to see Jackie go, as he was growing by leaps and

bounds at the school and likely would have become a fulltime preacher. However, we are certain he did the right thing.

Sadly, the third departure related to a students aca-demic and behavioral problems. While we would like to be-lieve that a Bible School would never have to deal with thesekinds of issues, the reality is that it does come up from time totime. This student was a repeat offender, and so was askedto leave. However, we are glad to report that he repented anddid not leave the school on bad terms.

With August, the school started up again for its thirdterm. Ill share more about the particulars and my course loadnext issue.

OUR WORK WITH AREA CONGREGATIONSA major fixture of the June-August months is the

Four Seas extension program which has been running nowfor the past few years. It is a way for Four Seas to assist theJurong and Lim Ah Pin Rd. congregations. For the course,the instructor (in this case, me) teaches the midweek adultBible classes at Jurong and Lim Ah Pin Rd. Interested stu-dents sign up to take the course for credit and are given anextra class session each week, memory work, a term paperassignment, and two tests.

This year we had 22 take up the challenge from Lim

Ah Pin Rd. and Jurong. The course I taught was on the NewTestament Church, in which we considered how the churchcame to be (promises and prophecies) as well as what it wasdesigned to be (some of the distinctive characteristics of thechurch). It was a great series of studies and I truly enjoyedteaching both congregations, in particular the students whosigned up for credit.

In addition to the extra work load with the extensionprogram, we also made three trips into Malaysia and one trip(during our week long term break) into Australia. In July, wewent to two congregations in Malaysia. First, we went toMelaka, Malaysia. It was my third trip to the congregationthere and Chantelles second. I was able to preach for thecongregation on Friday and Sunday and Chantelle spoke for

the ladies on Saturday. The Melaka brethren are very warmand inviting and it was a great experience.

The very next weekend we were back on the

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In May, we were able to return to Australia for the Eastern ShoreLectureship in Tasmania. Ive been blessed to be able to speak on this

program for the past five years now. Above, the speakers.

In July, I was able to make my third (Chantelles second) trip to

Melaka. I spoke at their Friday and Sunday meetings while Chantelle

conducted a ladies class on Saturday. We always enjoy our time

with these good brethren.


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Congregations AndIndividuals That MadeOur Work Possible ByContributing This Period

road, this time to Penang, Malaysia (actually, we took a bus to Melaka and a planeto Penang). This was our first ever trip to Penang, which is an island near the Thai-land border. The congregation there has been around for several years, but has

gone through a lot of problems due to some liberally minded workers who werethere in the past. That, joined with a brain drain of sorts (the youth are drawn toKuala Lumpur or other places in search of jobs), has left the congregation smalland struggling.

Our time in Penang certainly was memorable. We were well hosted byAlvin Neoh, who showed us around the place, but that wasnt the memorable partwhile we there, Chantelle got food poisoning and our trip had to be extended asChantelles condition was so poor that she had to be hospitalized. It was a tryingexperience, but the Neoh family in particular were very helpful and Chantelle madea full recovery.

During August we had a week off from school which we used to go visitChantelles family. It was a holiday, but as is usual for preachers I still took the op-portunity to preach and teach. I spoke for the congregation at Gipps St. on Sundayand Wednesday and also appeared on the radio with Chris (my father-in-law, and

Gipps St.s full time worker) on his weekly two hour program. We had a great timewith Chantelles family, particularly the birthday celebrations Michelle put on for me.

Coming back to Singapore, we made yet another trip to Malaysia to preachat Johor Bahru, where we have a more or less established routineI preach onFriday and Sunday and Chantelle teaches the ladies on Saturday. Johor Bahru area fine group of people and we look forward to every opportunity of visiting them.

All of this (plus my regular monthly preaching appointment at Jurong inSingapore) ensured that July-August was one of our busiest periods to date. Itsgreat to be kept busy both weekdays at the school and at other times working withthe brethren in this region. Thanks for your help and all you do for us and the Lord!

In Christian Love, Patrick

Overseen by the Leonard St. church of Christ

2730 West Leonard St.

Pensacola, FL 32505

PATRICK & CHANTELLE SWAYNE,

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