<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Posts on Pastor 9</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/posts/</link><description>Recent content in Posts on Pastor 9</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.152.2</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 01:57:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/posts/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Growing in God's Word</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2025/03/23/growing-in-gods-word/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=277</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greeting to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am doing good by God’s grace. Thank you for your prayers and support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is is a joy to see church members and Bible Institute students growing in the knowledge of the Word of God. We had a Bible quiz competition. It was a written test that was organized by a national organization. Members from many churches in our district participated in it. One of our church members one first prize out of the whole district and another won third prize! The man who got first place is a student from our Bible institute who is going to graduate next month.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Blessed in Ministry</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2024/12/18/blessed-in-ministry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=269</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope you are doing well! Thank you for your prayers and support. I am doing good by God’s grace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In September, I got the opportunity to visit Thailand. We had a conference for those who are serving God in Asia. I had a blessed time hearing the stories and ministry updates of all of the people I met.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>God Is in Control</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2024/07/29/god-is-in-control/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 01:25:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=263</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I pray for you and your family. May the Lord keep you and bless you. Thank you for partnering in the ministry through your prayers and support.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am doing great by the grace of our Saviour. The new semester of our Bible Institute has started. I am teaching “Systematic Theology” this semester. I am excited to connect with the new students. I am looking forward to ministering to each one of them not only in the classroom, but also at a personal level as I get to know them more and disciple them individually. Overall, we have a total of 9 students.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Growing in the Lord</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2024/02/23/growing-in-the-lord/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:03:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=256</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope you are doing well! Thank you for your prayers and support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am doing well by God’s grace. Two weeks ago, I was little sick for about a week. I had a fever, throat infection and upper respiratory infection, but now by God’s grace I am doing well!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the end of January, I had my birthday. I am thankful that God added another year in my life. I had a blessed year last year. This last year I have grown closer to God and have been given more ministry opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Called According to His Purpose</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2023/11/25/called-according-to-his-purpose/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=246</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am doing well by God’s grace. Hope you are also doing well! Thank you for your prayers and support!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By God’s grace our Bible college is nearing the end of this semester. We have only a few weeks left. The students are doing great as they continue to study and learn the Word of God!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Last month I was invited to the southern Bible College campus to teach. They had just begun their semester. I taught the book of Genesis. Although the students came from Christian families, most of them did not really know their Bible. So, I was grateful to God to have the opportunity to teach them about Creation. Even though the students did not know much about the stories and doctrines, I could see the eagerness in them to learn. That is why they were there.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Living For Christ</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2023/05/31/living-for-christ/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:24:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=241</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I thank God for you all as you continue to pray for me and support me financially.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am doing good by God’s grace. Right now, we are having summer break for the Bible Institute students. They have finished their first year, and have one more year left to complete the Bible Institute. It gets really hot here in the summer. The temperature usually gets up to 110⁰ F during the day, so its really hard to go outside in the afternoon this time of year. Therefore, we have a longer summer break than winter break. In the winter the students only get a 2-3 week break.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>&lt;a href="https://sgwm.com/blog/news/investing-in-young-lives/"&gt;Investing In Young Lives&lt;/a&gt;</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2023/03/21/investing-in-young-lives/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=236</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I hope you are doing well! Thank you for your prayers and support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am doing good by God’s grace. I am teaching 1st &amp;amp;2nd Corinthians at our Bible school. They students are doing great. I can see the improvement in them. When they first started, some of the students did not know anything about the Bible at all. And couple of them even had hard time with reading. I thank God that He has helped them grow! They have improved a lot in their reading and understanding of the scriptures. I am blessed and thankful to God that He has chosen me to be the part of this ministry&amp;ndash;where I can invest in the lives of these young men and in future watch them start their own churches.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>By God's Grace</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2023/01/14/by-gods-grace/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:26:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=222</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Happy New Year! I hope you had a blessed Christmas season!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By God’s grace, we also had a wonderful Christmas season. We had organized a few Christmas programs to share the Gospel with non-Christians, and everything went well by God’s grace.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;One evening, we had a program for children. We invited children from the neighborhood and friends of the children from our church. So many non-Christian children attended the program! We performed a few skits and a dance, taught them action songs, and shared the Gospel message. We also had a fun time—we played games and distributed gifts and snacks. I believe that the Word that is being planted in their hearts right now will bear fruit one day.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Riches of His Glory</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2022/10/28/the-riches-of-his-glory/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 01:47:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=206</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings to you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I thank God for your prayers and support!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are reaching the end of this year&amp;rsquo;s first semester of our Calvary Bible Institute. The students are doing really well in their study of the Word of God. I think that I mentioned in one of my updates that they are diligent (not intelligent) students of the Word. Sometimes when I visit them in their free time, I see them studying and discussing theological questions, which makes me really happy.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>By Thy Word</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2022/08/13/by-thy-word/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 03:30:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=201</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your prayers and support!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We have started Bible School again here in the central part of our country. The classes are held in the same hall where we have our church service. For the students to stay, we rented out a small house near the church so that students can just walk to the classroom. We are looking for another place where the students can stay and have classes in the same place.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Growing in the Truth</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2022/06/18/growing-in-the-truth/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2022 01:12:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=196</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I thank God for you as you continue to pray and support the ministry.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Since last month, we have been having Sunday church services in another village (above). In that village there were a few believers. About two years ago they went through persecution and many of them turned away from the Lord, but there were a few who did not. They have been having a house fellowship. For the last two years they have been doing Sunday services by themselves. They were excommunicated from the village. But, these two families remained faithful to the Lord and they (ten members in one family and five in another) would gather together in one family and sing worship songs and study the Word. They were left by the others, and had no one to guide and teach the Word.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Thanks Be to God</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2022/03/15/thanks-be-to-god/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:14:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sgwm.com/pastor9/?p=191</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I thank God for your partnership in the ministry through your prayers and financial support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my last update I shared about how Covid was spreading throughout our community and about all the restrictions that the government was imposing. My family and some of our church members had tested positive and were quarantined. A lock down was even imposed.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>He Teaches My Hands</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2020/01/23/he-teaches-my-hands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:07:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/rmsouthasia/?p=136</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Happy New Year! Praise the Lord for His faithfulness! He has kept us safe, and through His grace, He enabled us to do His work in 2019. He has added another year for us to do the work of the Gospel. Thank you all for partnering in this work of the Gospel in 2019 through your prayers and financial support! I trust and pray that you will continue to partner with me this year as well.  Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Pouring Myself into Teaching God’s Word</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2019/09/14/pouring-myself-into-teaching-gods-word/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:52:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/rmsouthasia/?p=129</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I thank God that He has kept me safe and that He is using me for his work here in the North.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This semester we have 3 Bible College students. It really blesses me to see how they are growing and learning! Sometimes I have to work really hard to explain everything to them, because they have not really studied the Bible before coming to Bible School. They are not familiar with all the stories of the Bible. It gives me joy to see them working hard to study the scriptures and grow closer in their relationships with God. It also encourages me to work hard for them. Since they are also studying the Bible by themselves they have many questions that they keep asking me. I thank God that He has given me this time to really pour myself out for these guys and disciple them.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>An Unexpected Salvation!</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2019/02/26/an-unexpected-salvation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 02:35:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/rmsouthasia/?p=89</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I thank God that He has chosen me for His ministry. We have started our Bible School here. This semester we have 2 students. I am almost done with teaching the class Bibliology. I have been really growing and learning as I teach, study, and prepare for the classes. This semester, since I have only 2 students, I am able to spend a lot of time with them individually. After class I encourage them, answer their questions, and pour into their lives. I am seeing them really grow in the Word and in the Lord!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Seeing the Fruits of Our Labour</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2018/07/12/seeing-the-fruits-of-our-labour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:44:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/rmsouthasia/?p=50</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/rmsouthasia/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/08/Reuben-Teaching-at-the-school-b-300x225.jpg"&gt;Greetings Everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for partnering in the ministry of the Gospel through your prayers and financial support! The Lord is doing mighty works here!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pastors who are working with me are also doing great in their ministries. I have been visiting their church fellowships and have been blessed to see the believers walking with the Lord. It encourages me every time I visit these believers and talk to them. They are growing in their faith. They always ask me good questions from the Word and other questions regarding the Christian faith. It is good to see them standing strong for their faith in spite of the challenges some of them face from family members who are not Christians.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>People have Questions--God has All the Answers</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2018/03/15/people-have-questions-god-has-all-the-answers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:34:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/rmsouthasia/?p=43</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Greetings! I hope you had wonderful time celebrating the birth of our Lord as well as the New Year! By God&amp;rsquo;s grace, we have been given another year to do the work of the Gospel. Thank you everyone for keeping us in your prayers and for your financial help.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Living in the mountains during the winter season is very difficult. It gets very cold in the morning and in the evening. The road gets covered with frost, and it is very risky to drive our motorcycle as it gets very slippery. We have to drive our motorcycle to different villages to have fellowship with the believers and to share the gospel with non-believers. The Lord has protected me from any harm.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ministry Update</title><link>https://archive.sgwm.com/pastor9/pastor9/2017/01/11/7/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:36:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sgwm.com/reuben/?p=7</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Happy New Year to you!!!!!! I surrendered my life to Jesus at the age of 14 and graduated from Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California in December 2015. My father has been serving the Lord with Calvary Chapel Saving Grace and Saving Grace World Missions. After completing my biblical studies I came back to my country and since then I have been serving the Lord along with my father.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>