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Chapter 2
The Transnational Mission Trips to ASEAN and Neighbouring Countries

1. The Friendship Mission Trips to Malaysia : the Cities of Serian, Miri and Lawas.
The trips to Malaysia-Serawak and Malaysia-Sabah, to the cities of Miri and Lawas,
were performed in November 2016. The trip was done by means of the car from
Pontianak, the provincial capital city of West Kalimantan, to Entikong, the near-border
town on the side of Indonesia. The Malaysian-counterpart city was Serian from where
the journey to the city of Miri, from the southern part to the northern part of Serawak,
still consumed 20-21 hours, non-stop. The crusade in Miri was performed in the
evenings for 2 consecutive days. From Miri the mission trip was continued to Lawas,
approximately10 (11)- hour journey by car, which could only be reached by crossing
the country of Brunei Darussalam twice. It means that NJE Team had to enter and exit
Brunei in 4 different cities (towns) and pass Brunei through 2 different areas. In the
shuttle trips Miri-Lawas-Miri each passport already got 8 stamps not taking into
accounts the stamps obtained in Entikong and Serian.
The crusades in Miri lasted without any special occasion except that many of the
attendants looked stressed, sad and rather desperate. But they seeked God seriously
and wanted to get His touching hungrily. In that year the oil business slumped down
due to significantly-decreased global oil prices. And the city of Miri was more or less
the oil city with so many oil-based businesses. Many people had lost oil-related
businesses, oil-based company jobs and all oil-related revenues. This included the
pastor who hosted NJE Team in Miri, conducted the crusade and brought NJE Team to
Lawas as well. Before repenting and becoming a pastor he had worked as a company
man of one of local oil-based companies. God called His servants sometime in their
dark time, desperate conditions, catastrophic situations and also accidents. Praise to
the Lord!
The distinct situation happened in Lawas where NJE Team served a congregation
in a praying center on a hilly area of a local mountain. Many people came to and went
from this place everyday. In average they spent several days in this praying center.
Meetings were conducted in the morning and evening, with prayings in-between
including taking lunch and dinner. The air was fresh in the afternoon but cold at the
night and morning. The crusades were done in the evenings. In this place people were
conditioned to forget all his worldly life and problems and directed to ‘meet and be
touched by’ God. NJE Team had basically to serve in day-and-night meetings. People
listened to words of God seriously, very focused, praised the Lord fervently and prayed
deeply. Since the place was isolated and rather far from the nearest town it created a
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