This is a personal message.
Glenda and I are moving on from Singapore where we have been since mid 1999. It's been a great stint living and serving in South East Asia and we shall miss it greatly. Deep and welcome changes have happened in us as a result of being here.
Family wise its been a time when two grandchildren have been born, one son has migrated to Canada, David's mother passed away and our last child left home.
Personally, its been a time of stretched horizons, rich experiences and the heartaches, joys and opportunities common to all ministry assignments.
God-willing, and subject to confirmation by the July 2010 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW, David will be teaching at Presbyterian Theological Centre Sydney from January 2011.
Meanwhile, ORPC remains our church and Singapore is definitely ‘home’. We seek God’s honour and good for the church, the nation and for ourselves. We covet your prayers to that end.
For further information visit the ORPC / PTC websites: www.orpc/org.sg; www.ptcsydney.org/home.
Note: this post has been edited since first posted.
2 comments:
I am sorry about this. I wish we as a church would have taken the discussion about this matter with as much deliberation, and time, with prayers, as other decisions with wide-ranging ramification on the Congregation.
We as a church should now remedy this failing of ours.
I am personally very disappointed by these events, however, I also understand that as man plans, God accomplishes His will, perfectly. I suspect that great sorrow will accompany your departure and that there will be searching moments but in the end, God's will endures and you will be exactly where God wants you, doing what He has planned for you.
Please know that if you ever reach the San Francisco or Los Angeles area that you have friends a half days journey away who would be sad to miss the opportunity to be with you. Enjoy the hundreds of farewell meals, we certainly enjoyed ours!
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