About 280 Nepalese were treated to a Christmas lunch last year, thanks to the combined effort of three churches in Klang – Klang Wesley Methodist Church, Tamil Methodist Church and Klang Chinese Methodist Church – together with some individuals from Klang Glad Tidings and Klang Gospel Hall.
Most of the Nepalese are working in factories surrounding Klang with a small number from factories in Shah Alam and Nilai.
The meeting started off with a time of singing led by several Nepalese Christian brothers. They then watched the ‘Jesus’ film (in the Nepalese language), after which a Nepalese brother shared the gospel, followed by lunch. Before leaving, each guest received a Christmas present and a gospel tract.
According to Andrew Ng, a member of the organising committee, many of the guests indicated in their response forms that they wanted to know more about Jesus.
The churches are now working together on the follow-up.
Indeed, the harvest for foreign workers in Malaysia is great, and churches are beginning to respond to this opportunity.
"God is fair. We are not going out to them in their countries, so He’s sending them to us. It’s still cross-cultural missions because communication is a big problem," Andrew quipped.
He quickly added that God had already prepared Christians who are conversant in both English and Nepalese and by divine leading, brought these people into their midst.
In fact, for the last two months, a sister, who had served as a missionary in Nepal for a few years and who speak Nepalese, has been conducting bible lessons for a few Nepalese believers.
Andrew revealed that his church is planning to start an English class and a Hokkien class for the Vietnamese workers in the vicinity. |
