I left Singapore for Shanghai on Monday and have arrived safely. One
of the ladies was able to meet me when I arrived, and we went
immediately to start looking for apartments. By the next afternoon,
I’d found a suitable place, and paid a deposit on it. I’ll be going
this evening to finalize the contract and make sure everything is in
proper working order. One of my Singaporean friends who is working
here will be going with me to help me check the place and the
contract thoroughly.
I am looking forward to a very good stay in Shanghai. I am going to
school this afternoon to make all the final arrangements for my
studies. I am not sure if there are other students at the same level
I am. If so, I will have 2-3 other classmates. If not, I will do
the course alone, with just me and the teacher in class. We’ll
arrange the schedule and all this afternoon, and I should be able to
start classes by next week, at the latest. That will give me just
enough time to get settled into my flat before I start studies, so it
should work out nicely.
Things in Singapore have been going well for us over the past several
weeks. Besides the two new members I mentioned in earlier reports,
one from the Philippines and one from Malaysia, we have had another
man from the US visit with us, and he has recently placed his
membership in Woodlands as well. On the weekend before I left, we
had 2 more ladies visiting with us, with 2 children. They are from
the Philippines, and will be working in Singapore. It looks like
they enjoyed being with us, and one of them indicated that they plan
on being there when I get back from Shanghai in May. It seems we
have a lot of new people coming in from neighboring countries, and
the extra help and enthusiasm is a great blessing.
We began our routine of doorknocking again just before I left. We
covered about 600 homes on the two weekends before I started my
travels. The plan is to continue each week, at a slower and steadier
pace than we have done in the past. We are not necessarily planning
to cover all of the neighborhood in a short time frame, but want to
keep on inviting new people on an ongoing basis. The day before I
left, we had one visitor with us who had received the information at
his home the week before. I don’t know whether he will be back
again, but it was good to see him there this past weekend. We also
had another phone call come in after the second round of
doorknocking. I hope we will see them with us soon too.
I will continue to send my updates back to League City to be posted
here. I won’t be checking in at the site till I am back in
Singapore. I will respond to any comments at that time.
Thanks again to all of you who support the work here. It is very much
appreciated.
