February 3, 2015
On Lord’s day we went to the Lord’s table meeting in Brampton. It was a wonderful time of blending. The local saints were really encouraged because so many other localities came to the meeting and they haven’t had such a blending meeting in a long time. We enjoyed that the Lord is recovering us to the proper diet, one of eating the Lord as our real food, only He satisfies. Many times we think we have to do something for the Lord, but He just wants us to eat Him (Gen 2:8-9). We shared with the saints a report on how the students at University of Toronto at Mississauga have been quite open to us on campus. We are sharing the eatable and touchable Lord Jesus with them and there is a sense that the atmosphere amongst the student body is changing. We heard that prior to last week’s tabling and distribution, the Christian students on campus were more “dormant,” but they are gradually becoming more bold to speak about their faith. We encouraged the saints to participate in this labor in whatever capacity they can, and the most necessary and effective way is to pray.
In the afternoon, the teams went door knocking for an hour in some local saints’ neighborhoods. One brother shared with us that during this hour, he developed a very strong burden to save his neighbors because he saw the need for increase in the church. But because he knew he couldn’t do it by himself, he really appreciated the support of the other members of the Body, every member has a function!
In the evening it started to snow really hard and we weren’t sure if our gospel contacts would be able to make it for the BfC seminar but there was a big turnout. The local saints and serving ones ended up having to stand during the meeting because there were so many new ones that we ran out of seats. The seminar covered the history of the Word of God, beginning with how the Bible was formed and the recovery of Christian truths that have been lost or misinterpreted throughout the past two millennia. During the seminar, some of the trainees took care of the children, coloring and drawing pictures with them. One grandma told her grandson, “This is what the Lord Jesus’ children’s meeting is like, do you want to come back?” He told her that he really liked spending time with the brothers and did want to come back!
On Monday, the full-timers took the trainees out for some sightseeing in downtown Toronto. We went to the aquarium and saw the wonders of God’s creation in the ocean. We were all glad that the snowstorm didn’t prevent us from going out because it was really nice to spend time with the whole team, to be built up with one another.
On campus Tuesday, it seemed to start out slower than the past week because Friday was very, very busy at the table and in our Bible study room. But God operates in an unseen realm, so outwardly it might be slow but inwardly we know that the Lord is still moving. This slow day made us more desperate before the Lord, to pray for Him to open up more college students and even arrange their circumstances so that they would have the desire and see the need for them to receive the Lord Jesus and His Word. May He continue to draw more college students to Himself as the One who can satisfy all their needs! Praise the Lord, He is a living and moving God!
Mississagua, Canada
January 26
We had a really sweet Lord’s table with the saints in Toronto. We shared our experiences and enjoyment
in the training followed up by fellowship regarding the radio program in London. The saints were really
touched by the Lord’s move in Europe and have the feeling that the GTCA in Mississauga is for North
America, that North America is for Europe, and that Europe is for Israel, ultimately for the New Jerusalem
and the Lord’s return! The Lord’s table was concluded by some fellowship, which encouraged the saints
to get a continual supply from the Lord, perfection from the Body, ultimately for the goal of fruit bearing
and the building up of the Body of Christ.
After the rest in Toronto, we moved to Mississauga and had a love feast with the saints in Mississauga
and surrounding localities. We went through the schedule for the two weeks in Mississauga and a brief
introduction of the saints we would be coordinating and fellowshipping these next 2 weeks.
We had a love feast in Toronto for lunch and the saints were on fire and really exercised. We were really
encouraged to see how happy they were that we were here. For dinner in Mississauga and we met the
saints there. We experienced how the saints truly pour out everything they have for us. We just feel the
Lord is really blessing our team by adding so much more supply through the Body. We have 7 part/full
time local volunteers who join to us. One of the brothers even took 2 weeks off just working with us, and
also a brother took a week break from Dallas, TX to labor and blend with us.
Prayer burdens:
For the Bible distribution and spread of the gospel to the seeking ones in Mississauga.
For the Lord to warm the hearts and restore the first love of some of the saints carried away in the
turmoil.
