A Visit to Singapore

Jehovah will keep your going out and your coming in from now and to eternity. (Psalms 121:8, RecVer)

On the 4th of June, on our 18th anniversary, as a family we landed in Singapore. The Lord was sovereign. Our Singapore connection dates back 18 years ago when a brother who visited India along with a coworker from Taiwan proposed to me a sister for marriage. Eighteen years later, we came to visit this country as a family with three children. This trip was planned along with a visit to Taiwan after 6 long years when we last visited.

As we landed, two brothers came to pick us up, and hospitality began. Everyday, during our stay in Singapore our lunch, dinner, and breakfast were all lovefeasting with saints. We truly enjoyed the love and care in the Body. 

In addition to the meal hospitality, the saints also took care of our tourism. The visit to Garden by the Bay, Universal Studio Singapore, SEA Aquarium, Merlion, and shopping complexes were all planned and paid for by the saints. Though I tried to repay them back, the saints took that as an opportunity to shower their love to us. So I ended up paying nothing.

Besides, the Lord also provided a financial offering in Singapore Dollar to meet all my cash expenses apart from taking care of other expenses. Then, an envelope full of Taiwan Dollar cash offering was handed over to me to meet the upcoming expenses in Taiwan as it was our next destination.

Our stay was at the church's guest house where we enjoyed a wonderful time of family bonding and blending. 

These things may seem outward but they were the Lord's physical provision, His blessings too. If I were to calculate the value in Indian currency, it has already exceeded the total fare for two ways flight ticket to two countries for five members.

The Lord is the Provider! He provided all our needs seen, unseen, and foreseen. The timing, the way, and the atmosphere were all perfect. No human plan can even come near this. 

Above all, we also enjoyed a wonderful time of fellowship with a couple of brothers. The brothers asked me mostly about how I came into the church life, how I decided to serve the Lord, the distribution of the ministry literature in India, and the practices and enjoyment of the church life in my locality in particular. I joyfully answered whatever they enquired from me in a way of testimony and ministering life all along with the exercise of my spirit. It was indeed a family churching and blending trip.

Praise the Lord for all His ways and His deeds! 

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah And whose trust Jehovah is. And he will be like a tree transplanted beside water, Which sends out its roots by a stream, And will not be afraid when heat comes; For its leaves remain flourishing, And it will not be anxious in the year of drought And will not cease to bear fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8, RecVer)

Lord, bless the church in Singapore!