The Street Ministry

Here’s our weekly bulletin for you all. Now this week we will be doing something different.

This is not to say we are going to do stuff like run around with party hats on our heads, nor are we going to go duck-paddling with the frogs in the pond near Vista Komanwel.

No, nothing of the sort. This week, we will be joining the Christian Fellowship, to attend their talk about The Street Ministry. For a brief intro, the street ministry is a volunteer organization that tends to the homeless that populate the area surrounding Chow Kit Road, one of the more notorious places in Petaling Street. Every Saturday, a team of IMU students joins these people for an hour or so, giving out food, medical aid and demonstrating their awesome CPR skills. Okay, so I lied about the last one. But seriously though, it is no joke. It is hard, gratitude-free work. And you will hear all these and more, when their administrator, I think his name is Steven, comes to educate us.

I thought I’d just say this: We aren’t joining them simply because we’ve run out of things to do. The committee thinks that this is a good idea to expose you all to the darker side of Malaysia, and how some people really go out of their way to help a person in need. For love and love alone without any ulterior motive. And anyway, it would be stupid to call the speaker to come and speak TWICE, so these are the reasons why we’re going there.

Anyway, that’s only the first part. The second part is that we will actually get to follow them to help out in the Street Ministry. Then you guys will be able to put everything you learnt on Friday into practice. If anyone’s interested, let us know. Believe me, it is a rewarding experience, and we strongly encourage everyone to join.

So, here are the details:

Location: SR5
Time: 1 pm
Day: This coming Friday
Talk topic: The Street Ministry.

This is also an excellent opportunity for all of you to get to know your CF brothers and sisters, so please, by all means, go! You won’t regret it.

God bless.

Love,
Jon and the CSS committee.

P.S. Please keep the M207 in prayer. Apparently the EOS was a lot tougher than the previous ones. I mean, who the heck knows which Trypanosoma species infects East Africa anyway?And don't forget the N107 who are starting their exams too.

P.P.S I just realized some of the lecturers here probably do. Ha ha!