Training Medical Missionaries Worldwide...
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THE WORK ON FIRE!!!
HEALTH TRAINING for MINISTERS AND SDA WORKERS
The year 2014 has been a challenging yet an amazing year in the expansion of the medical missionary work here in Indonesia. We thank the Lord for the privilege of having a good working relationship with our leaders here in East Java Conference since the beginning of this ministry. It is all because of God that this good working relationship with our leaders was maintained up to this time. Working with our leaders started with several invitations for us to conduct health expos for their local churches and also during their Evangelistic Meetings and soon followed by short health trainings for some interested local churches. The journey was not always smooth but we praise the Lord for paving the way for us to continue the work with their full consent and support.
For the first time last year (2014) our leaders not only supported but even participated in the Medical Missionary Training not as teachers but as participants. We were amazed when the Conference asked us to give a two week health training for the ministers and their wives. For us this was not an easy task but God has already opened the way and we need to move forward in faith relying in His strength to do His will.
Last May 4-‐15, 2014, the first Health Training for Ministers and SDA Workers was conducted in Healing Way campus with 9 pastors and 2 wives. The 2 week training was filled with health classes such as God’s Healing Program, Nutrition, How to do Hydrotherapy, Massage and other natural remedies combined with the Third Angel’s Message – Righteousness by Faith following what Testimonies to Ministers page 415 says, “Combine the medical missionary work with the proclamation of the third angel’s message”. The study of the 3rd angel’s message was done every morning during the devotional time. This part was quite challenging. There was one time when one of the pastors struggled with regarding the lessons that he went out of the class, but praise God he didn’t stop there. Before the two week training ended, he was finally convinced and was thankful for the lessons they were learning.
Another interesting thing that happened during the training was their own personal experience with the healthy lifestyle that was practiced during the training. Along with their daily classes we included a 3 days cleansing program and a daily morning walk around the campus. Some of the pastors came with health complaints but learning and practicing the health principles helped them a lot. The health message was greatly appreciated as they experience some changes in their health condition. It is their great desire and burden to share what they have learned to their wives and to their families and then to their church members. We also had a time to hear their testimonies how the Lord has blessed them throughout the training. One pastor comments “now we not only bring our bibles during visitation but we also bring our BP sets with us”. We can only but praise God for the fulfillment of God’s desire for gospel workers to do medical missionary work.
The latest batch that we had was last November 2-‐14, 2014 with 4 pastors, two of which came with their wives. It was a joy serving our pastors – the leaders of our church and seeing them being blessed with what they’ve got from the training. Please continue to pray for another training this month -‐ March 2015 in Manado – the first batch for the East Indonesian Union Conference. May this training help hasten the work of God in this country.
Activities:
Hydrotherapy & Massage
Sabbath in Nature Morning Exercise BP Taking
In Class 3 Days Cleansing Church Service
First Batch Second Batch
TESTIMONIES Inspiring Experience in Healing Way
By Pastor PancaKarsum
I had a very inspiring experience with the Lord’s servants from East Java Conference when I joined the program initiated by the East Java Conference Health Department (Pastor Leonard Mamentu) last May 2014 -‐ Healing Way’s Health Training for Ministers and SDA Workers.
Before I went to Healing Way with my wife, my body weight was 79 kg and I felt so uncomfortable, another health complaint that I have is my allergy in my left foot; along with that I also don’t do regular exercise and I still eat unhealthy foods and sometimes I just look for delicious foods that don not have much nutrition.
After joining Healing Way, I started to live a planned healthy lifestyle waking up at 4:30 in the morning, studying the Bible for an hour and a half, and then drinking aloe vera juice then after that, I go for exercise and clean the house yard. I also started eating healthy foods, raw and boiled or steamed, then in the afternoon I would do some therapy like hot and cold, steam, salt glow which helps makeme feel fresh. In the evening we would just have a light supper like steamed corn, cassava, sweet potatoes or fruits and then at 9 PM we would be in our beds ready to sleep – a very healthy and regular lifestyle.
The benefits that we got going back to my local church was the influence that we had through our healthy lifestyle. We taught them about it and a lot of our members tried to apply a healthier lifestyle especially a healthy diet.
It is our desire to be a channel of blessing in the field of health. This is my experience in Healing Way during the training.
A Testimony By Pastor Edward Balbed
A healthy and long life, right way of life and eternal life – these has been the hope of many but it takes such eagerness and desire in order for a person to get one. Being in Healing Way is one way to achieve it. Two weeks’ time is but a very short time, but during these two weeks I learned a lot on how to keep my body healthy as I minister. Juice time is the my most awaited time in Healing Way because from
time to time during the day, we were given fruit juices or vegetable juices depending on our health condition. Aside from that, I also anticipate the meal time with foods prepared without oil and additives but still delicious, having the original taste from the food itself. At first I had a hard time chewing the food and swallowing it was harder, but instead of getting hungry I just eat and finally my taste buds were able to accept it.
I also enjoy the afternoon therapy, one of the therapies that I can remember is when my feet was soaked in hot water for several minutes and then transferred to cold water for a few seconds and it was done alternately with my body being covered with blanket and a cold
compress on my head. Whenever I try to remember those days I felt like wanting to stay there longer.
After the two weeks I need to go back and share what I’ve got to my family and the church where I serve. In my family, my wife would make me aloe vera and lime juice every morning and then serve us healthy foods that I have learned from Healing Way. Not long after that, our church joined the board meeting in East Java Conference and while on the way I shared my desire to start a Center of Influence by first planting herbs and plants so at least we can have it available. Praise God at that time they agreed, there was even one of them who volunteered to lead out in planting those herbs.
We know that health is very important in our ministry, so do your best to have a healthy body and long life will follow. GOD BLESS.
Training in Healing Way By Pastor Frangky Maupula from Sukorejo Church
It was last May 5-‐15, 2014 when I had the chance to join the health training in Healing Way campus in SLA PurwodadiPasuruan. We were informed by the director of the Health Department of the East Java Conference – Pastor Leonard Mamentu that this health training is like Medical Missionary Training – the pastors will be trained how to share the gospel by first studying about health in accordance to the teaching of our church. We expect afterwards to be able to do treatments that are inexpensive, easy and simple to open new fields as it was written in the Spirit of Prophecy that health is the right hand of the gospel. There’s a lot of benefits that we got such a healthy lifestyle with health tips like having 3-‐4 hours time interval between meals so that the stomach will be empty, avoid drinking water right after or during meals because the digestive system would have to absorb the water before it can digest the food. We studied the human anatomy and physiology, juices and three days cleansing, health assessment and how to boost your health. We also had fellowship time with my fellow pastors and also with the missionaries who trained us, we also studied together about the most holy place in the sanctuary. There’s still a lot of things that we got but personally, I was greatly blessed during the 10 days in Healing Way. When we went back to our mission fields, we continued the healthy lifestyle that we already learned even though we still experience some difficulty in applying these health principles, but we recognize that the Lord’s counsel through His servant will always be good for our health and I experienced it. We continue to ask the Lord for help to be more faithful to obey the laws especially the health laws. There’s a lot of things that we got aside from having normal blood glucose, uric acid and cholesterol compared to when we first came. We also got vegetarian recipes and also herbal therapies
such as oregano in which we realized is a very good medicine for the respiratory tract so whenever our family would start sneezing, we would drink oregano tea and the flu would go away, praise God for the remarkable properties of God’s plants.
We already shared this blessing to our church members but we felt no significant interest among them, although there are already some who seemed to be interested but for the church as a whole, we are still praying, for sure in the near future this message will be realized, we are positive that if God empowers us to live this health message, the church where God has placed us would also grow.
We pray that God will bless Healing Way in their ministry and more souls will be lead to know our Lord Jesus Christ, we also desire to have a more intensive training through the leading of our health director in East Java Conference. We would like to thank Healing Way, the Health Director of the East Java Conference – Pastor Leonard, our beloved church, and above all we thank God for the opportunity that we were able to have all these blessings.
Entering a New Island – Papua
We are glad to share that the one month medical missionary training has been extended to one of the big islands in Indonesia and that is Papua. Papua Island is quite a large island with the majority of Christian population. Two of our missionaries from the 1st batch of 6 months training were sent there last 2012, and little by little the medical missionary work has started there but it was only this year that the first one month training started.
Last month, February 2015, a team composed of 6 missionaries from Healing Way Indonesia opened the first medical missionary training in Papua with 31 students. This training was actually a request made by the Health Ministries Director of Papua Mission and by the students who participated the previous training in Manado (another island) last year. They were greatly blessed during the training and felt that the blessing that they’ve got should also be shared in their own place. So, not long after the one month training in Manado, the Training in Papua started.
We praise the Lord for providing all the facilities needed for this training through the kindness of the brethren there. They gladly welcomed the missionaries and interestingly participated in the daily classes. The training culminated last week end, March 7, 2015 with 29 graduates. We thank God that for the start of this year a new field was opened for the medical missionary work to spread here in Indonesia. May this training be a start of more trainings here in this island. We are also praying for other fields to be opened as soon as God sees us and His people ready.
Center of Influence – House of Blessing
Through the Center of Influence project, the Lord opened another opportunity to extend the medical missionary work in the city of Malang, East Java, Indonesia. How to start it, how to keep it running and who will do it was the challenge questions. Praise God we can always go back to His inspired writings for guidance and counsel. As usual, whenever God opens the way, He also provides and enables.
It was at the start of the year 2014 when the East Java Conference requested Healing Way Indonesia to organize and operate the Center of Influence (COI) project in Malang City where they rent a building to locate the project. In November 2014, the Center of Influence in Malang was inaugurated with the presence of Pastor Kuntaraf and his wife from the General Conference. Fresh graduates from the 6 months medical missionary training accepted the challenge to pioneer the city work. With the talents and ability that God has entrusted to them as well as the willing hearts to serve and be used by God, they bravely started the work. None has the experience of doing city work such as this but the Lord equips.
The Center of Influence was better known by the public as “Rumah Berkat” or House of Blessing. The place was big enough to have a small vegetarian restaurant and health food store in the first floor, conference hall in the second floor and treatment room in the third floor. It is open daily except during Sabbath to serve health foods and also to give health consultation as well as three days juice cleansing program for those who are interested. Along with these, there are days scheduled for health seminars and visitation. By God’s grace, this ministry has been operating for 4 months with less than 10 missionaries doing the work but God has blessed with regular customers who have the desire to practice a healthy lifestyle. We are praying for more trained volunteers to help in this city work.