South East Asia

God’s own Symphony Orchestra at work in Asia

A fierce typhoon in Manila (Philippines), heavy monsoon rain in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and continuing thunder and lightning in Malaysia and Jakarta (Indonesia), accompanied God’s own symphony orchestra of blessings upon Christians for Israel’s ministry in South East Asia.
Willem Glashouwer and I (Henk Kamsteeg) were enabled to passionately preach, teach and speak the Word of God about Jesus and Israel in countries filled with Mosques and Hindu Temples.
In Manila, Willem gives 8 Seminars over two days, from 14.00-20.00 hrs. at Bishop Rolando Joshua Blass’ Joshua Generation Worldwide Ministries church, followed by the dedication and anointing of the C4I Philippines working committee: Rolando Joshua Blas, Dominga Belza, Ferdie & Kit Lazarta. So we now have a branch in the Philippines!

In Jakarta, the attendance at some events were small but very intense, ranging from 60 to 80 groups of women to 100 Bible college students who all were so eager to learn about Israel, God’s first-born son. We heard our meetings were a blessing to many people, and again God is the one who made it happen.
Other wonderful events were the meetings with the 260 Full Gospel businessmen incl. their Presidents of various chapters, the 3,000 crowd of mums, dads and their 2,000 children, and the Sunday church gathering of 5,000 people in Semarang’s “Holy Stadium” King’s Church.

There was a great opening in nearby Bandar Acheh, a prominent Muslim city, where a youth team of the King’s Church in Semarang, spent several days ministering Jesus in dance and songs in front of the local mosque! We heard stories of many Arabs coming to a saving faith in Jesus Christ in miraculous ways. Yes, God is a Promise Keeper!

In Semarang itself a “You are Beautiful” fashion-parade event was held sharing the story of the Ugly Duckling focusing on the fact that everybody is looking beautiful in God’s eyes, even down-syndrome children.
We also had a meeting with the representatives of GBI, the biggest Christian Church in Indonesia with more than 250,000 members. They invited us back to do a 3-day seminar June-July 2010.
I meet with Dennis Balcombe, who “happened” to be in Manila. He printed and spread the Why Israel? Books in simplified form Chinese into Mainland China. We now have permission to reprint ourselves both the simplified and traditional Chinese editions!

During a dinner-event we appointed Stenli Suryadinata as National Coordinator of C4I Indonesia, and Yoel Harahap and Yohan Purnama as coordinators. Their wives were also present. The Foundation in Indonesia is a non-profit company.

The “Why Israel?” book has already been translated into Bahasa, and will be printed in Indonesia before our next visit to Asia. The interim team in Indonesia will see to the translation of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper – from English to Bahasa Indonesia. Praise the Lord!
In Kuala Lumpur we are welcomed by our very good friend Wilson Ng, who treats us to a very nice Western Steak lunch, after all the Asian food we had during the past 2 weeks!

Four seminars of 75 minutes each were given at the Wesley Methodist Church Kepong. About 40 people were present and 30 books were sold. Other teachings and preaching took place at Pastor Collin Gordon’s Trinity Community Center, the “Miracle” Church. About 150-200 people present. The Sunday Service was just awesome. Singing, dancing and praising the LORD. What a blessing it was!

With gratefulness to the Lord we finish this tour. What an awesome experience it was – each nation with its own religion and unique culture

Tired, exhausted at times, but filled with a sense of holy awe, we are so thankful to God who through his “donkeys” (servants) prepared this whole SE Asia tour in advance, opening new doors, giving us so many “divine appointments”. To Him be all the glory!

Henk Kamsteeg
Regional Director Asia/Pacific