Alumna Pang Xin Xian: Joy of Seeing God’s Fingerprints
Pang Xin Xian (Singapore), MDiv ICS On September 25, 2025, the Field Education class went for a wheel-throwing formation workshop. Here is Xin Xian’s reflection.
We felt very excited as it was the first time to the pottery for everyone. Many lessons stood out for me. The first was that wheel-throwing is a slow and repetitive process, which requires many rounds of spinning. A few times, I exerted too much or too little pressure and my clay went wobbly. Thank God that the instructor was always on hand to re-center my clay. This spoke to me of God’s work in my life, and how He is always there even though it feels like I am just going around in circles.
Alumna Mei-Mei Lee: Treasured Possession
The testimony below was first shared by alumna Mei-Mei Lee during Faculty Development Days 2025 as a devotional.
A father gave his young daughter a pearl necklace, and she adored it so much that she wore it every single day. Years later, when the girl was older, her father asked her, “Please give the necklace back to me.” And do you know what she said? “No.” She refused, saying, “This is my favorite. I love it.” Sometimes, we are just like that little girl with God. We cling so tightly to things we cherish—a ministry, a relationship, a position, or a dream—that we cannot let go. For me, that thing was my ministry.
Alumna Worchuirin Horam: Bringing Food to the Needy
Worchuirin “Achui” Horam, Manipur (NE India)
Achui has graduated with an EAST Master of Arts in Leadership (MALD) in May 2025.
At the height of Covid-19 in 2021, a group of ladies raised some funds for pandemic-victims in India. Among those who hand-delivered rice, flour and oil to needy families in Delhi was Achui.
A year later, the ten-year high school teacher felt God’s call to enter full-time ministry. “And so I came to EAST,” says Achui. “But God’s curriculum was nothing I’d imagined.”
In April 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Read more
Alumnus Amos Chew: Let Others Feed Us
Amos is doing pottery as part of his FIRM (Formation, Integration, Reflection and Ministry) class.
Amos, 34, believes that as a leader, he must let others feed him.
“We cannot stop learning,” says the UK-trained sports coach who served on missions in the Philippines, and was trained by GLO in Australia.
The former teacher among students with learning difficulties finds meeting people from diverse ministries and denominations at EAST enriching. Read more
Alumna Elizabeth Li: The Most Important Amazing Thing
L-R: Dr Lau Ying Kheng, Dr Roland Tan & Alumna Elizabeth Li
Hello. My name is 「感恩姐妹」”Grateful Sister”, and I am glad to be here to share about my life. I would like to share my journey through two major surgeries, in which I experienced something amazing and totally unexpected!
It started eight years ago. I broke my right thigh at home in 2015. A steel plate was mounted in my thigh and I recuperated at home. While recuperating, I discovered that my ability to express myself was compromised. I could not express what I wanted to express and I thought I was beginning to have amnesia.
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