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Through the Transmission programme, we recognise that every Christian is equipped with skill sets, experience and talents which can be used to effectively serve the body of Christ. We connect you with a prior need identified by our partner ministries. ------------- Testimony - Transmission to the Philippines: My wife and I had the opportunity to travel to Philippines in 2008 for three months to work with IN Philippines - and it is undoubtedly, a major highlight of our lives.
We have experienced so much from this short time there and feel very privileged to have had the chance to go to such a place. Our hosts (IN Philippines) became like family to us - we were blown away by the staff members, and others we had met who give up all to follow God's calling and serve, love and disciple others. Their heart for God's calling, their passion, dedication and obedience is inspiring. Their sincere joy despite their obvious lack of material things really challenges us of the various 'gods' in our lives and what we put our faith in. We were blessed to be able to use our gifts and skills* to help people - a small way of sharing Christ. It was a humbling experience to be involved in an organisation where Christ is so clearly the focus and reason for the work, where He is unashamedly talked about and encouraged. It has raised the bar for us to live similarly here in New Zealand, not to succumb to the 'polically correct' expectation of society. We are very grateful for this experience and continue to look forward with what God has in store! Zhuming and Alice Lam *Note: Zhuming, an IT specialist, worked on setting up a database for IN Philippines; and Alice, a NZ qualified doctor, did a baseline medical checkup of all IN sponsored children.
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It is one thing to see it on television, yet totally different to experience it first-hand. The poverty, segregation of rich from poor was everywhere we went and nothing like what we could have imagined - it was always in our face. The experience was a real eye-opener, it really gave us a reality check and challenged our viewpoint of life; how we could live it, what we were really living for. It was such an encouragement to see that beyond the poverty, God can still shine through those who are faithful. Being amongst these people who have painfully sacrificed all, and seen God's faithfulness to them was something we had previously only read about in books but never quite experienced first-hand.