Hello Guys!

[karla Joy Everette Mercado]

Greetings of Peace from the Philippines!

Hello guys! I am scanning again my email and read all the old mails and i was
able to browse our messages here. So how is everyone! Its been 4 years since
SELF 2007. I was able to keep in touch to other friends but most of you i
haven't heard anything. I hope this googlegroup is still working. Hope to hear
from you guys. Hari-hari!? Take care ang God Bless!

Karla/Koila :)

[Arun Raju]

so true .. karla a.k.a koila .......

it has been 4 years ... and we in diff parts of the globe..... how s everyone?? wat r u guys upto ???

as for me ... i joined a university here and currently pursuing my masters (post grad) degree.....

do remember in your prayers

Arun

[Kimhoun Ham]

Dear Karla,

Nice to hear from you. So long no hear from you. How was there?
I am still working in SCM, Cambodia.

Thanks,
Kimhoun

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[Kim Ling Lau]

Haha, long time no see~~

Your emails remind me with our good time in SELF2007.  I learnt so fast and much from SELF2007.    I have to thank Tin-jin for her bible study session.  Now I use the same method in Hong Kong and we enjoy so much.  I have developed a blog to record our bible study though most of you cannot read it because it's in Chinese: http://liberatingbible.mysinablog.com/

And the problem I face in Hong Kong is Christians seldom read the Bible.  Once I met a few students and we started bible study together.  As they said that they were concern with the issue of homosexuality, we began to read those passages in Bible that are always quoted to against homosexuality.  What surprised me most is they dont even know who PAUL is, how can we begin our bible study?  What I plan to do is to start with the background of Paul's letter but with no idea of who Paul is, we start from the very very beginning: a brief introduction to Paul.

Last year we experience two great movement: the anti high speed railway movement and the five district referendum movement.  I have never felt so strongly that I am not only with the poor, but we are the poor.  We are not only fighting with the SAR government, but the real power behind: China.  One pastor from evangelical background quoted from the bible Romans 13:1-7 and said that we should obey the government and should not participate in the referendum movement.  As more and more pastors side with the government-business coalition, reading Bible ourselves but not only follow what the pastors say, become very important and even a radical means to anti the pastor-government-business coalition.  Thus we organize a campaign called "five district bible study" and we studied the bible passages related to politics: Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13,  Ephesians 6:12, Matthew 10 and Mark 12:14-17 in five churches.

I change a lot.  After all those struggles and movements, I know deeper the meaning of becoming a Christian: Jesus is with the poor and marginalized.  Love your enemies, because those who take away your property, hit you, curse you are as the same class as you (both of you are poor people).  Love your enemies is not to love the terrible government officials or rich people (so terrible that some Christians even pastors to say so) because from the very beginning of the speech Jesus said:  "Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh".  I am so moved when understanding this.  And if I want to follow Jesus Christ and become a real Christian, I should always find the most poor and marginalized group and see the world and Bible from their eyes.

Too much now :)

My English is not very good but really want to share with you guys.  Add oil~~

2011/1/23 Kimhoun Ham <for.u....@gmail.com>

[sathian sobana]

 hiiiiiiiiii

hope you'll are doing good.....

 

Im doing my Post graduate studies in business management.... working for an NGO called World Concern.

 

how are  you'll... since some of u'll r on FB i use to get information about you'll.

 

Take Care

 

Regards

sobana

 

 

Ms.S.Sathiasobana

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From: Arun Raju <aroo...@gmail.com>
To: self...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sun, January 23, 2011 12:32:00 PM
Subject: Re: Hello Guys!

[菅沼 慎一郎]

Dear karla and all

 

Greetings from Tokyo,

HELLO. long time no see.

 

I'm sorry I didn't reply to you sooner.

I　am a graduated student of Tokyo university and live in Tokyo.

I  am major in clinical psychology.

 

As for SCM, I will visit to India in three weeks for the program of SCM Japan next week. 

We will stay at India SCM in Bangalore during 24th to 26th in FEBRARY and at Kannyakumari during 27th  in FEBRARY to 10th in MARCH .

I am glad to have to do with SCM again.

 

I hope things are going well with you all.

 

Take care.

 

shin

 

 

 

karla Joy Everette Mercado <karlajoy...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[karla Joy Everette Mercado]

Dear Shin,

Congratulations! Its nice to hear from you and nice to know that you are a Psychology Graduate. I am also taking up BS Psychology at Far Eastern University (Philippines). I am now in my 3rd year. We don't have major so we are studying all fields of Psychology. I was amazed to know that yo majored in Clinical Psychology, amazing indeed.

I will be having a vacation in Indonesia this May and i have told Yustin if it is possible that we could see each other to keep in touch. He replied positively so i am excited to see him very soon and hope to see the SCM activities there.

Godspeed everyone. Continue to follow Christ and serve the people.

Karla

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From: 菅沼　慎一郎 <gorud...@yahoo.co.jp>
To: self...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 11:17:59 AM
Subject: Re: Hello Guys!

[Antonio da Silva]

Shalom for all brother and Sisters.... I hope you are well with your activity.... Miss you all   brother and sisters....... Karla... when you will visit in Indonesia and which part of Indonesia I have living in Solo near Jogyakarta this is my number in Indonesia (+6281338736960) See you Tonny -- On Wed, 2/16/11, karla Joy Everette Mercado <karlajoy...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[abrahamj raja]

Dear sin,

Congrats, for the Graduate you have completed. If  you Informed in earlier, I could have visit you in Kanyakumari because I was there during that time. any nice to year that you came to india and I hope you like my country and our scmi activities.

regards

Rev.J.Abraham

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From: karla Joy Everette Mercado <karlajoy...@yahoo.com>
To: self...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 7:48:01 PM
Subject: Re: Hello Guys!