Saying Goodbye to Teacher Rachel

A Chinese proverb says that "There are a starting and an ending". If we went backward to four years back on October 2009, at this historical Chinese village of Senggarang, Teacher Rachel started her mission work with Gloria Methodist Church Medan. From starting with English classes then Sunday schools and now regular mothers’ fellowship also with special daily programs to share God’s love.

When I wrote this article, she had left this place to continue another bigger task that God wanted her to serve. She will continue a mission work in Hongkong to serve Indonesian’s workers there. Here, I reviewed the farewell event organized with Singapore’s friends.

It was on May 18, 2013; 7 pm, it was a crowded evening when more than 100 kids and moms occupy the mission home. Friends of Singapore, local brothers and sisters in Christ and two brothers from Medan had also came to celebrate this unforgettable  moment.

The program started with praise and worship with some Sunday School songs. Although the room temperature was hot but all the congregations sang happily. After songs, a senior missionary worker from China who arrived here with the Singapore friends also share God’s love and her testimonies on God’s work in her works.

Afterwards, I screened a short video presented some works and moments, the Senggarang mission point had with Teacher Rachel. There was a snapshot on the mission home when it was bought on the first time. It was still an empty home with very less furniture. Equipment for teaching is also insufficient. Then, the video displayed the increasing numbers of kids and moms who became the part of this mission point. There was also pictures where Teacher Silpa took part in this work.

Later, it was the new chapter of the Senggarang Methodist Mission Point’s history. The handover letter was signed between Teacher Rachel and Silpa with the two brothers from Gloria Methodist Church Medan as the witnesses. Hundreds pairs of eyes also as the testifiers of this momentous event. Teacher Rachel also expressed her regards on her simple “goodbye” notes.

That was the end of this program. With a closing prayer from the senior of our Singapore friend, we closed with a prayer, hoping that God will always lead Teacher Rachel for her new tasks at the new place. May God always bless her and be with her to do greater things for the glory of the Lord.

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 Regards:win_petrus