Malaysia

We arrived safely in Malaysia after a long journey from Wales, including a six hour stopover in Abu Dhabi. Tomorrow (Thursday 1st May) I start teaching seminars at 9am on the topic of Spiritual Warfare, at the SIB church - one of the fastest growing churches in Malaysia. I will be teaching one session of three hours on Thursday morning, another of two hours on Thursday evening, and another two hour session on Friday evening. I will also be preaching in the SIB services on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. We greatly value your prayers for this busy schedule. Pray that many believers will be brought to greater spiritual victory.

Still running

The Malaysia trip was amazing. On Saturday 15 March we had a great crowd at the dedication of the new building for Full Gospel Tabernacle, Kuala Lumpur. Julia and I have been friends with the lady pastor, Cheng Yoke Poh, for almost thirty years and it was great to see the fruit she is harvesting from her ministry.






On Sunday 16 March I preached to over 1,000 in Full Gospel Tabernacle central church in Subang Jaya. Many came forward for prayer during the appeal.


In the evening I ministered to about 15 people, several from African nations, in Kuchai Christian Centre. A real contrast in the numbers, but the presence of God was real in both places.

From Monday till Friday I taught in Tung Ling (that means "mountain in the east") Seminary on the topics of Prayer & Fasting and New Testament Survey. It was wonderful to have students hungry for God's word. Many from this School of Ministry will go on to serve God effectively. What a privilege to have input into their lives!!




Then came the dash. After the final morning session on Friday I had to drive to Kuala Lumpur to return the car I had borrowed. I got back to the apartment just in time to finish packing before being driven to the airport for my flight to Heathrow via Abu Dhabi. From Heathrow (it was now Saturday) I got the tube to King's Cross and then the train to Doncaster in Yorkshire. There I was met by my granddaughter, Charlotte and was driven at high speed (she always drives like that) to my daughter, Andrea's house. After lunch with some of the family, Julia (she had driven from Wales that morning) and I checked into a hotel in Doncaster and, after a brief rest, drove to Rotherham where I preached on Saturday night and two Sunday services at the Station Road church Easter convention. The God who was powerfully present in Malaysia was greatly with us in Rotherham. He is still touching and transforming lives.



On Tuesday night, 25 March, I was privileged to preach for my pastor, John Oakley, in his church in Dinnington, near Sheffield. Significantly, this small church gave a generous gift towards my trip to Kenya in August, and more significantly, became the first church to commit to supporting us when we go back into full time missions in June.

Since getting back home to Wales, julia and I have been flat out preparing for our approaching launch back into missions. There are many details to pray through. We really value the prayers of all our frinds.

Colin arrived in Malaysia today (Friday 14th) after an uneventful journey from Heathrow via Abu Dhabi. Julia stayed home to hold the fort. I will be preaching at the dedication of a new church building in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, then at two different churches on Sunday. On Monday I will be teaching for a week in Tung Ling Seminary on Prayer and Fasting and New Testament Survey. I will also meet up with some key people in planning our move back into missions in June.
After teaching in Tung Ling on Friday I will fly straight back to UK and get a train to Sheffield where Julia will meet me and take me to Rotherham for the Easter Convention at Station Road AOG.
Your prayers are invaluable to us both in this busy schedule. Pray also that plans for the future will fall into place as we seek God's purpose.

As we are praying it's beginning to take shape. The plan at the moment is that we would spend five months in Asia - based in Malaysia, five months in US so we can work down into Latin America, and two months at home over the Christmas period. This is still fluid and subject to change as we hear more from the Lord.

Until he comes.

Well, here we go again.

After June 8th Julia and I will be leaving the pastorate of the church in Aberaman, South Wales, to go back into full time missions. Our ministry will be itinerant to Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Watch this space for further details.

COLIN & JULIA HURT

To start out with our blog we have just given some details of our past and present ministry. We will update this from time to time.

Previous Ministry: A total of more than 40 years in ministry which includes:

Over 19 years pastoral experience with Assemblies of God both in England (some of this time concurrent with Bible College teaching) and in the United States. During the period in the United States (1993-1995) Colin established a Spanish language ministry in the prison in Huntsville, Texas.

Five years of missionary service in West Malaysia from 1978 to 1983 during which period we were involved in church planting in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, as well as extensive itinerant teaching throughout Malaysia and other countries in Asia. For two years Colin was a member of the Executive Council of Malaysian Assemblies of God, acting as Eastern Division Supervisor. A further eight years missionary service in Malaysia from 1995-2003. Most of this time was spent in Bible College lecturing and conducting leadership seminars.

Nine years teaching as a full time faculty member in the Assemblies of God Bible College in Mattersey Hall, England (1983-1988, 1990-1994). Subjects taught were: Missions, Romans, Luke, Acts, Hebrews, Prayer and Spiritual Warfare, Homiletics, Hermeneutics, Evangelism, Eschatology, World Religions and the Cults. During this period Colin was responsible for evangelistic outreach by the students into the surrounding towns and villages. He was also responsible for assessing the preaching ability of the students.

We has also been involved in itinerant teaching ministry, visiting the following countries: Belgium, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Venezuela and China. In 1998 we set up a Church Planting Institute in Cambodia which continues to the present time, producing graduates who have established churches in all the provinces of Cambodia. Our emphasis has been on training leaders and potential leaders with teaching emphasis being on church planting, pastoral care and pastoral counselling.

Present Ministry: Currently pastoring a church in South Wales in the United Kingdom, being released each year for three months to continue travelling in missions. Most of this time is spent in Malaysia where Colin teaches in Tung Ling Seminary, both in the Pastoral Interns Program and the School of Ministry, and also in the School of Acts where he teaches in the School of Ministry. He is also, at present, involved in setting up a church planting school for the South Wales area.

We just led a team of 18 on a missions trip from our church in Aberaman to Malaysia. The first we hope of many.