Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Why are We Back in Singapore & What are We Doing Now?
Why are we back in Singapore?
Since August 1999, when I joined NAMS as a church-planter in training, I have now had 6 years as a NAMS associate church-planter. So, 2005 was always going to be a sabbatical/furlough year of sorts for me. In 2004, Maple and I also started making serious plans towards marriage and sensed that God was calling us to look to return to Asia from Colchester England. This we prayed about and sought the counsel of those above us in the Lord. A united decision was made by us with NAMS and DNA that we would return to Singapore in September of 2005 for a year of furlough, a sabbatical first year of marriage which would be for us a time to rest, settle into married life and make initial preparations for a further move into another Asian country where we intend to begin to plant an international church.
What are we doing now?
For the moment, Maple has made an application for Permanent Resident (PR) status in Singapore (so that she doesn’t have to keep leaving the country every month!). She is also busy making a home within a home for us and may take a part-time job once her PR status comes through. It is a blessing to be able to live with my parents, but we have both still adjusting to being in a more confined space at home, as well as the unrelenting pace of life in Singapore and its hot, humid climate (though December is definitely a cooler month!).
Manik has enrolled for some theological courses at a local Bible College, and looking into doing a CELTA course next year or at some point in the future.
# posted by M&M @ 12:00 pm 
