Written by Lim Beng Kiat • Nov 05, 2020
My CG has decided to take up the “Bless a Community” project for IMPACT Now. The two areas that we considered were Taman Melawati and Setapak. We decided to do a “reconnaissance” prayer walk in each area before we delve deeper. We started off with a prayer walk in Taman Melawati on 31st July 2020 followed by another prayer walk in Setapak on 16th August 2020. After both walks, we decided to own the communities in Setapak. During our prayer walk in Setapak, we came across an orphanage and decided to go in to find out more about the place. The orphanage was run by a female pastor with her husband. We were very encouraged by the testimonies shared by the pastor and some of the orphans in the orphanage. We also managed to identify some of their needs as we try to meet them.
Presently, we are organizing a CG prayer meeting to pray for Setapak; one of my CG members has been tasked to research the history of the Setapak area so that we may be more intentional and aware of the environment when we do the subsequent prayer walks. We intend to do a few more prayer walks over the next 1-2 months before proceeding to the “Neighbourhood Outreach” project.
Besides “Bless a Community”, there is an ongoing “Serve the Needy” project that our CG is engaged in. During the lockdown period, I reached out to a Myanmar refugee family, whom we used to adopt, but have since become independent. We also got connected with a Myanmar pastor through this adopted family. Praise God that the Myanmar family whom we used to adopt was doing fine , but the pastor told me of two families with urgent needs due to loss of jobs during the lockdown. I was able to help them out as well as contributing to the church social fund. I am still in touch with the pastor to help out whenever possible.
Lim Beng Kiat, KL Zone
