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After the Kleyns returned to their work in the Philippines, we had another week with the Bruinsmas and the Singhs.  Our family spent some time with each of them.

Rev. & Mary Bruinsma at Gardens by the Bay

Sonali and me in the ArtScience Museum

Sonali and Jason outside the museum

One evening we joined the Bruinsmas and a couple of families from church for dinner at Lau Pa Sat (a street that closes down at 7:00 so that tables and chairs can be set up for dinner in the street) and then a walk to Marina Bay.

Dinner

Beautiful view of the Central Business District at night

Group photo

After the Reformation Day Conference, several of us gathered at the condo of a family from church for swimming, dinner, and visiting.

Jean and Mary talking near the pool

Dinner

Rev. Bruinsma visiting with some of the youth

We gathered inside after dinner to talk and also to listen to Sonali sing in Bengali.

Ah Moi, Jean, and Sonali

Emmanuel & Sonali enjoyed visiting with the people in church.

Sonali and Megan

On his last Sunday here, Rev. Bruinsma was asked to participate in a "table talk."  This is two hours of answering questions for members in the congregation--many of which have been prepared in advance, but some of which are asked on the floor.  His questions included "What is the place of domestic missions in a small country like Singapore?"  "How do Christians differentiate whether an issue falls under Christian liberty vs. Christian 'weakness'?"  "What is the place of discipleship in the church, where a more mature Christian is accountable for the spiritual well-being of the less mature one?"  "In I John 5:8, how do the spirit, the water, and the blood relate to the Triune God?"  "Please explain Psalm 87:2, 'The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.'"  

And finally, one last picture of the ministers with their wives.  We are so thankful for the time we could spend with them and pray God's blessing on the work of preaching the gospel in the United States, India, the Philippines, and Singapore.

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Revs. Bruinsma and Kleyn were kept very busy while in Singapore.  In addition to Emmanuel Singh's exam and the Reformation Day Conference, they did the annual church visitation with CERC's Session, each preached once, and they did some other work as well.  But there was also time to spend with our family and with many of the members of church.

The Kleyns were the first to arrive in Singapore, and they spent a couple of days with our family.  Our main outing was to the ArtScience Museum on Marina Bay.

Rev. Kleyn and Jason in the huge mall on the bay

I include this picture to give you a glimpe of this amazing mall.

(Yes, that's a canal down there.  You can take boat rides on it.)

Rev. & Sharon Kleyn outside the museum

This is an old photo, but I had to show the 

interesting architecture of the ArtScience Museum!

In one of the rooms of the museum

The kids inside the museum

Megan with the Kleyns

The adults ate dinner at Newton Hawker Center one night, and the Kleyns spent some time at our house talking and playing games.

Dessert!

Playing a game of Bible Trivia

When the Bruinsmas arrived in Singapore, we were invited to lunch with a couple from church and their daughter (Jimmy & Phebe Teo and Ruth).

We also joined the Bruinsmas, Kleyns, and some friends from church for a zoo outing.

Waiting for the sea lion show to start

Kids and Elder Leong

Jason and Jael

Megan and Elijah

Couldn't resist another picture of Jason and Jael :-)

How high can we stack them?

More next time, Lord willing!

Reformation Day Conference

The annual Reformation Day Conference hosted by CERC was held this past Friday evening and Saturday, with Rev. Bruinsma as the speaker.  The conference topic was "The Church in the Last Days:  Reforming or Deforming?"

Elder Wee opening the conference Friday night

Rev. Bruinsma speaking on "Perilous Days Are Coming"

Question & answer session after the first speech

Given, Eric, and Nathaniel

Fellowship after the speech

We gathered again on Saturday for two more speeches, with lunch in between.

Deacon Paul Liu led the conference sessions on Saturday.

Saturday's speeches were entitled "The Godly Shall Suffer Persecution" 

and "Continuing in the Things Learned."

Gift of appreciation for the speaker at the end of the conference

Besides the speeches, there were displays on reformers and on persecution set up throughout the building, as well as tables for book sales, the youth magazine Salt Shakers, and pamphlets put out by our Christian Literature Ministry.  There was also time for fellowship.

Looking at books

Emmanuel & Sonali choosing some books

Salt Shakers magazine

One of the rooms set up with posters and books 

regarding persecution, tying in with the second speech

Fellowship in the lunch room

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come...But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of" (II Tim. 3:1, 14).