Pastoral visitation

Each day is a gift from God. That is why it is called 'present.' We wanted to share this present with others, so the week began for both of us with a day of pastoral visitation.

We began with our usual end of the month visit, the last Monday of the month, to Gracehaven. We enjoyed the time spent with Captains Raymond and Cathy Aloba and the staff. We had a good singalong, then a time of prayer and devotions. I've been doing the Beautitudes and came to the part where our Lord talked about Christians being the 'salt of the earth.' We went to minister to the staff but in turned were ministered by them for they were such a blessing to us.

After lunch, we went to Territorial Headquarters and did our pastoral visitation. We started from the fifth floor and saw our old friend Major Wasagam. You know she is now on Facebook! Please connect with her. Then we went to visit Captains Lim Chee Kwee and Annie and Lieut. Colonels Tan Thean Seng and Pat Tan. On the way we met Captains Julian and Jane Wong near the lift and share a prayer with them.

We moved down to the third floor and visited our Chief Secretary and his wife, Lieut. Colonels Bob and Wendy Lee and shared prayers with them. They need our prayers especially during this time when there is no Territorial Commander. We pray for them everyday. We saw the staff in their offices and prayed with them. Sorry there was not enough time to visit every floor.

It was a day of sharing God's precious gift of time with our friends. While we still have the physical and mental strength we'll do what we can to share God's blessings with others.

The next day, we visited two handicapped ladies both in their seventies. Many years ago they used to attend Central Corps in fact Mary was a member of the Songster Brigade. We usually see these two ladies, Grace and Mary near their birthdays and Christmas and Chinese New Year period. It's not easy for them to get around, so we bring church to them.

By God's grace we shall continue to do what we can in visiting the folk particularly the 'shut in' ones. And we've been blessed in return. That's our way of sharing the blessings God has lavished upon us. We've been wonderfully blessed all through the years.

I should be preparing my Bible lessons, instead here am I blogging. I'm getting back to preparing Revelation which will begin on the 16th May at our church - the Adult Bible class which I am privileged to conduct.

Deep in our hearts we know God has called us to be pastors of His flock.