Bibles for Canada + New Jersey Training

Montreal Bible Distribution - I thank the Lord that my limited-French skills were put to use.  Handing out bibles in French at Metro stations was such an enjoyable experience.  I realized that people there are hungry for the Word of God especially in French.  Often times we ran out of French bibles before our shift was over.  I had one experience of meeting a young man who was unsure if he was saved or not.  I told him about Romans 10:13, and we called on the Lord, and he walked away with a smile on his face. There were several contacts who really wanted further contact.  May the Lord gain some remaining fruit through this distribution!

New Jersey Chinese-Speaking Perfecting Training - Praise the Lord for the radio translation (btw, I don't speak or understand Chinese and I think even James Bruce knows more than me).  Anyway, the topic was "The Divine History Within the Human History," and the point that the Lord touched me on the most was the matter of consecration.  The highlight for many of the students were the public consecration times.  After seeing so many young people giving their lives to the Lord, I realized that no other way is so safe, rich, and full of enjoyment.  It was a release to consecrate my education, career, and future to the Lord because we belong to Him and He has to take the responsibility (1 Cor. 6:19-20).  Since everything is in His hand, He knows exactly what we need and will cause everything to work out so that He can dispense more of Himself into us.  Our only requirement is to "offer ourselves willingly" day by day to be produced as the dew that refreshes the Lord (Psa. 110:3).

College Training Overflow

What a summer!  Now that I'm back from all my travels, I finally have time to share some highlights.  Here's some college training overflow:

1. Learning the lessons on church history - God's heart's desire is to gain the church as His counterpart.  But how do we be the church that He desires?  We find the answer in reading Revelation 2 and 3.  There we see a letter written to 7 local churches with only 1 church, the church in Philadelphia, whom the Lord approved of.  Although it was written to 7 local churches, there is only 1 church in this universe.  The conditions of the other 6 churches show us the causes of their degradation.  For example, Ephesus lost their first love, and even though they had good works and endurance, the Lord still did not approve of them.  Oh Lord, gain our best and first love for You!

2. God ordained way - 1) Begetting = go, 2) Nourishing = visit, 3) Perfecting = gather, 4) Building = prophesy.  In our shepherding of others, the first three steps are to gather the material, but we must keep in mind the goal, which is the build up the Body of Christ.  Many testimonies were given by new ones of how they were brought into the churchlife through all of these steps.

3. Exercising our human spirit - Practically, how can we remain on the orthodox line of the church and practice the God-ordained way?  It is to simply exercise our spirit.  The brother shared that if we don't exercise our spirit, nothing happens!

I'm going to miss being in Montreal but...

“What matters where on earth we dwell?
On mountain top, or in the dell,
In cottage, or a mansion fair,
Where Jesus is, my joy is there.”
- Hymn 348

Hallelujah, it doesn't matter where I am.  Lord, as long as I exercise my spirit to turn to You, I can experience You as my true joy.