Prayer by Thomas Merton
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to love as Christ loved does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore, I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
~ Thomas Merton
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Alumna: Soft Hearts and Childlike Faithfulness
“I see people serving God with soft hearts and childlike faithfulness,” says Fang Fang, 41 then. “That really touched my life.” The psychotherapist who worked among mentally-ill people in a mountainous region in East Asia for nine years as a missionary always knew that God made her for “hard places.” Yet, there is a hard place that she is terrified of – “the hardness of heart.”
Freely Received, Freely Give
As an EAST visiting student who is enjoying one or more of Free8Online class/es, please do consider giving toward the Student Aid fund for needy international students–some of whom are your classmates!
Your gift will open doors for more international Christian leaders to study at EAST. Upon graduation, they will return to their mission field better equipped to fulfill Christ’s Commission.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
For more information on giving toward Student Aid, visit: east.ac/freelygive
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Mentoring Groups Continue Online
Mentoring Groups are a key component of our students’ learning journeys. There is much to glean from sharing life and ministry with fellow students, and from being discipled by an EAST faculty committed to journey with a Mentoring Group from matriculation to graduation.
Even as EAST classes are conducted online at this time for safe distancing, Mentoring Groups also gather online for regular sessions of fellowship, prayer and encouragement.
The spirit of journeying together in life and ministry continues as we adapt and leverage on online platforms to bridge our faculty and students together for regular Mentoring Group sessions.
Webinar: Discipling the Young in Today’s Gadget World
How does one disciple the young person in a gadget crazy world?
Here’s a free webinar for parents, youth and youth leaders on the principle and practice of discipling the young in today’s contemporary culture.
Speakers: Dr Benson Goh and Mrs Josephine Goh (EAST Faculty); Dr Felicia Tay (Clinical Psychologist)
Date: 29 August 2020, Saturday
Time: 10.00 am to 11.00 am
Free Webinar Registration: east.ac/disciplingtheyoung
For other EAST webinars, visit: east.ac/webinars
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