Duty at Roy Durman's Healing Crusade

The musicians getting themselves into the mood with the worship singers (in white) getting ready. On Saturday and Sunday evenings, I was assigned the duty of being a counsellor. In between, still managed to squeeze a few shots.
Service started with praise and worship and followed by announcements of various events / happenings.
This Indian lady's legs were weak when she came and through God's healing power, she managed to walk on stage to show God's strength upon her.








These are the people that came up for healing on the deaf and dumb situation.















A few people were chosen by Roy Durman to go up on stage for healing of their deaf and dumb situation.









People that fell under the power of God.
















This was Patrick Leong (left) who came to sing two songs before we started the healing crusade on Sunday evening.














There were the people that came went up on stage for healing on their backbones / slip disc / sclerosis.

Related post - Roy Durman's Healing Crusade
Tags: Roy Durman, Healing Crusade, Patrick Leong, Praise And Worship, Deaf And Dumb, Sclerosis, Slip Disc, Healing Power

Death Or 86 Wives?

If you were a given choice to choose, either 86 ladies or death, which one would you choose?

For men generally, where could you get 86 ladies at one go at your mercy ...... hehehe. But one of our brothers in Nigeria was able to do so. As blogged previously on Mohammed Bello Abubakar (aged 84), the Islamic authorities have given him an ultimatum, choose 4 wives out of the 86 ladies that he has with him now or the death penalty will await him.

Hmmmmmm that's going to be a big headache for him. He was supposed to have chosen the lucky 4 ladies where the deadline was yesterday.

He could be challenging the Islamic authorities in the sharia court as to which part of the Koran has placed a limit on the number of wives but he quoted that it was up to what your own power, your own endowment and ability allows.

Reading: Nigerian faces death for 86 wives - BBC News/Africa
Tags: Mohammed Bello Abubakar, Nigeria, Sharia Court, Islamic Authorities, Koran, Quran

A Christian for the Ages

One of my all time favorite movies with a Christian theme is the 1981 film entitled 'Chariots of Fire' a story about two runners, one a Jewish Englishman named Harold Abrams, one a Scottish Evangelical named Eric Liddle who both did remarkable things at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. NBC and Mary Carillo this afternoon did a wonderful tribute to Liddle, which if you can find on their website you should watch it. What Carillo rightly points out, is that Liddle was the first athlete born in China (of missionary parents in 1902) to win a gold medal at any Olympics.

Eric Liddle lived a short life (1902-45), but the importance of a life cannot be measured in its quantity, rather it must be measured in its quality, and as Carillo movingly said, "most athletes come to the games desiring to be great and do great, Eric Liddle came to the Paris Olympics desiring to be good, and to do good." Liddle famously refused to run in the race that was his speciality because the heat was on Sunday, and he was a strict Scottish sabbitarian. Even the pleas from the royal family went on deaf ears. This was a great blow to Britain recovering from WWI as Liddle was undoubtedly the best in the world in 100M. But his old rival whom he had beaten in that very distance before, Harold Abrams, ran and won the race for Great Britain. Liddle however was persuaded to run the 400 meters. As his daughter Patrica Russell tells the story, the thing was he ran it as if it was the 100 meters. He ran it like an all out sprint, smashing the world record, winning by a comfortable margin. There is a famous line in the movie 'Chariots of Fire' where Eric's sister is arguing with him about his going to Paris instead of going instantly to the mission field in China. Eric's response was memorable, "God has made me to be a missionary, aye, but he has made me fast, and when I run, I feel God's pleasure". I know exactly what he means, having been a runner most of my life. When I ran the Boston Marathon in 1993 on an unusually hot muggy day in April, I came down to the last few miles on fumes, and kept saying to myself "are you running with me Jesus", "are you running with me".

Eric Liddle after the Paris Olympics did return to the country of his birth, China, where he was a missionary. Unfortunately, China was invaded by Japan, and Liddle had to send his family home to Canada (his wife was Canadian), and he himself ended up in a concentration camp with many others 300 miles south of Beijing. In the camp he pastored and taught and loved his fellow inmates. In the Carillo piece, one of the interees said that Liddle taught him that he must pray for the Japanese who had done this to them, for the NT says 'pray for those who persecute you'. Liddle was a genuinely Christian person from start to finish in his 43 years of life. Only six months before the liberation of China by the Allies in 1945, Eric Liddle became suddenly ill, and then died. He had a massive brain tumor. To this day, the Chinese do not erect monuments to foreigners on their soil, but they made an exception for an exceptional man who called two nations his home. Still today you can see the monument erected with an English script and a cross on it honoring Eric Liddle for his good work in China.

Though what Michael Phelps accomplished at this Olympics will long redound to his glory, what Eric Liddle did both at the 1924 Olympics and throughout his life will redound to God's glory, and, as those bonny Scots would say, "that's more than a wee bit greater."
by Ben Witherington
Tags: Chariots of Fire, Eric Liddle, Harold Abrams, Paris Olympics

PCC 20th Anniversary

With my church's 20th Anniversary Dinner approaching (on 21 Sept), preparations to get certain things done have to be rushed. One of them being the videos in bringing you certain memories or trying to highlight other things. The forthcoming dinner has a sports theme. The stuff we do will be related to sports too.
Some came early and waited at the church office.











When everyone was there, we lighted up the torch. Yeah, we had our own too. Playing the same tune with the on-going Beijing Olympics.













Our director on the right and the wise videoman.

Real run for our torch bearer with his accompanying runners. The videoman's hand was sticking out of the moving car.
Ooooooops!!!! Ran out of burning stuff before the end of our video shooting.
The rest of the crews. Toiling under heavy drizzle on a Saturday afternoon.
This two ladies were afraid of getting wet .......











Noticed this dead rat on the railings. Then some just realised they were resting on this railing earlier ...... yucks!

I have taken lots of photos but cannot release it for more will be revealed in the forthcoming dinner. Cheers!
Tags: PCC, Praise City Church, Anniversary Dinner, Sports Theme

Lousy Public Transportation - PM

That's what our Malaysian Prime Minister wanted to say, lousy public transportation, but the mainstream media has to be polite with the words as it will be read by the world at large.

He boarded the commuter train and the light rail transit during the morning peak hour period. After trying it for almost one hour, he was at the conclusion that the system need some changes. Hello sir, my due respect, you have been the Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister for a number of years now and you have just discovered the plight faced by the general public in the capital city of Malaysia.

It's no doubt that even the light rail transit that has been operating for so long can't even put things right. True enough that the number of coaches are not sufficient. What's the point of building such a large platform that could accommodate more coaches that comes into each station. Might as well build a smaller platform in the beginning.

Moreover the general public can recognise you. Try wearing a baseball cap, dress in a t-shirt with jeans (your bodyguards are to dress the same) and try boarding it again at 6pm. You'll be shocked. Guess you won't be as it took you so many years to know about this.

Don't just try the commuter and light rail transit. Try the public buses and taxis as well. So, before your parliament or the city council decides to implement any new and stupid traffic system that limits private motor vehicles into the city, please remember this day.

Reading - PM unhappy with City rail services - Star
Tags: Light Rail Transit, Commuter Train, LRT, Public Transport, Kuala Lumpur

Deadlock

Boss said to secretary: For a week we will go abroad, so make arrangement.
Secretary make call to Husband: For a week my boss and I will be going abroad, you look after yourself.
Husband make call to secret lover: My wife is going abroad for a week, so lets spend the week together.
Secret lover make call to small boy whom she is giving private tuition: I have work for a week, so you need not come for class.
Small boy make call to his grandfather: Grandpa, for a week I don't have class 'coz my teacher is busy. Lets spend the week together.

Grandpa (the 1st boss ;) ) make call to his secretary: This week I am spending my time with my grandson. We cannot attend that meeting.
Secretary make call to her husband: This week my boss has some work, we cancelled our trip.
Husband make call to secret lover: We cannot spend this week together, my wife has cancelled her trip.
Secret lover make call to small boy whom she is giving private tuition: This week we will have class as usual.
Small boy make call to his grandfather: Grandpa, my teacher said this week I have to attend class. Sorry I can't give you company.
Grandpa make call to his secretary: Don't worry this week we will attend that meeting, so make arrangement.

How is it ????? This is called deadlock.
Tags: Deadlock, Funny, Humour, Secret Lover

How Big is Your Family?

How big is your family in terms of the number of people? Mine is small indeed. My parents gave birth to two of us only, me and my younger sister.

Two generations above me, my grandparents' era, have different thinking or maybe the cost of living was much lower in raising up kids. Those era would see five to ten kids in one family. Initially it would be taxing on the parents but as they grow up and with the grandkids coming along, it would be fun when it comes to a family gathering. Not all big families will have happy ending. Some will treat their siblings as enemies, a tragedy indeed.

But I'm quite sure that nobody could beat this guy in Nigeria. Mohammed Bello Abubakar could be trying to register himself with the Guinness World of Records for his feat, having a total of 86 wives.

Great idea? What's in him that attracted those women to him? If it was money I would understand but it wasn't to be. This guy has no job and none of his wives too. He needs US$915 (approx. RM3,020) to feed his family daily. Rumours have it that his children are out in the streets to beg and on a good day, they could bring in US$290.

Was it sex that drew their affection towards him? Mine you, with 86 wives and proper rotation a wife could only have him for four days in a year.

Apparently, some of the wives fell for him for his healing powers. Islamic authorities in Nigeria have labelled his family as a cult. Who are the cult members - his 86 wives and 170 children.

He has one advise for the men in the world. No, not the sexual advise part but he reminded men not to follow his footsteps unless you have the same strength as his which was given by god.

Reading: Nigerian advises against 86 wives - BBC News/Africa
Tags: Africa, Nigeria, Mohammed Bello Abubakar, Cult, Islamic Authorities