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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 19th, 2025 from 1030-1130

Hurrah! Edwin rejoined me to day at Sunnybank. Together, we reached great number of people. Edwin inclined to make quick chat of the nutshell of the gospel in very rush situation with the quick bus arriving schedule.

As for me, I was led to have several long conversation with Christians apart from non-believers. One was with a Christian young couples from a local Aussie church called Village Avenue Community Church. The have very clear and accurate understanding of Bible Doctrine and passed the Assurance of Salvation test. I just shared and guided them to have a deeper appreciation of God's three fold deliverance providing a sound and comprehensive package of His holistic salvation plan and how this will be carried through for consummation at the end time in the last Millennium leading into the eternal new heaven and new earth state. It was a joyful and mutually edification process to discuss and dig deep on many important doctrinal issues.

Then I was led to catch up with a PhD of Griffith on Political and International Study. He is an American born Korean from a half Christian family with Mom as Christian. He admitted he grew up as a atheist but was led to Christ through a dream seeing Jesus and other vision. This has been propelling him to pursue his PhD study from a Kingdom world view of God relating political happenings around the world especially the new fronts formed between the communist regime and the free basically Christian world. All the signs are pointing towards the imminent 2nd coming of Christ to fulfill the end time prophecy.

It was a day of thrilling joy by engaging into all these divine encounters and mutually edifying conversation.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Toowong on Tuesday Nov 18, 2025 from 1030-1200

Have a shorter outreach to day having three significant chat with a Christian from Singapore, A non-believer from Taiwan and another non-believer from Mainland China.

The Singapore Christian is from a Christian family and has nor special personal encounter with God lacking the so called conviction moment. He naturally does not have assurance of salvation but was appreciative for me to clarify the concept and biblical teaching to him. The Taiwan non-believer is however open and receptive to the Gospel though we only chatted for a very brief time. As for the Mainlander, because of huis atheist background in a communist country, he could not find loophole to reject the gospel and rationale of needing Jesus to make us clean and whole again to reconcile with God by means of His redemptive grace. He could not set himself free to embrace the free gift of eternal life offered to him.

God anyway has His timing for them to enter into these three divine encounters for both their sake to receive truth but also for my benefit to keep serving God and on mission with Him.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 12th, 2025 from 1030-1130

I was led to connect with two Chinese younger or middle age men from Taiwan and Mainland China respectively. Both of them have exposed to western or Christianity culture. The one from Taiwan actually was born in NZ as such he is readily a Christian and professes orthodox faith having 100% assurance of salvation. The one from Xu Zhou Jiang so has also lived in NZ and Australia for a long time. Thus he is opened and receptive to the gospel message. There were numerous shorter chats due to bus quick arriving schedule.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Toowong on Tuesday Nov 11, 2025 from 1030-1200

As usual, I serve singleton this morning at Toowong. By the election of God, out of many other casual approaches, I was led by the Sprit to have two significant conversations with a Filipino QUT student and a Norwegian UQ student of nursing department. Both are Christian but one is of Catholic background and one is protestant upbringing. Both were asked about their assurance of salvation with the Catholic Christian uncertain of her ultimate salvation while the Norwegian is 100% certain he is surely saved despite he is still not yet perfect but for sure will be turned a masterpiece of God's new creation through progressive transformation and purification work of the Holy Spirit. He only needed a little hint to understand the 3 fold deliverance of Gods salvation plan to get our identify right again right away upon our conversion receiving Jesus as our Savior and then as the Lord of our new born again life to let God reign and be purified with prominent effect especially when we live a life on mission with God to do His work as per Eph 2:10.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 5th, 2025 from 1030-1130

Had several long chats first with an Indian Christian whom I met few month ago. He was the first person making a token donation to support our ministry. Today we had more time to learn about his status. He was born of a Christen family. His son is a pastor of a Brisbane Indian Church by the name of Glory. He gave a perfect answer to my test of assurance of salvation, with 100% because of what Jesus had done for us.

Another pleasant chat was with a Filipino Catholic but also giving me a perfect answer on the test of her assurance of salvation. It was simple and concise 100% because of the cross that readily encompassed the facts of Jesus dying for us on the cross.

There were several chats with non-believers of which some showed no interest but for a couple who were willing to chat, they basically appeared open and receptive to the message.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Toowong on Tuesday Nov 4, 2025 from 1030-1200

After several days of unstable storm warning prone period, the weather have returned back to Sunny Spring time for outreach. Initial rejections were still encountered, but I was led to catch up with Adam from Turkey on a business visa to Australia. He is from Izmir on the west coast or the 3rd biggest city in Turkey. He was lucky to first secure a job offer from Australia otherwise people cannot get permit to leave the country. He is very open and receptive to Christianity and he claim Turkey is readily a very secularized Islamic country with the young generation up to middle age all deflected from Muslim to other belief. My visit to Turkey in 2023 especially only three weeks from the great earthquake built invisible connection with Adam. He was glad to meet me who share common life experience with him from Izmir. It also bring back many fond memory of my 2024 Turkey mission trip doing both city and country outreach all leading us to experience the mission power of God on the unpredictable and uncontrollable mission field.

There were several conversations though facing initial resistance but the Spirit still led me to do ice breaking casual chat but eventually returning back to the gospel message as a seed sowing attempt.

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I enjoyed going through the photos for this month's report.  There weren't as many as I haven’t been on the streets as much as usual, and all the photos I had were from the Riccarton outreach.  All 4 photos (that I’ve included) were taken on the same spot.  Roger, with his flip chart.  What I like about it is that, as you flick through the photos, it makes you realise how many people you can reach just by going to the same spot for a couple of hours each week.  Sure, 1 week might be a bit slower than the next week, but, if you are diligent, then over time you can reach a lot of people.

 

And it’s not like we are doing anything particularly special.  Just offering tracts with a smile and an offer to do the ‘good person test’.  Or asking “Can I ask you a question?  What do you think happens after life?”  Sure, many don’t want to stop, but, many do, enough to keep our small team busy week after week.  And when they do stop, we just get to show them how we know God is real, working against their suppression; and telling them of the serious nature of sin, attempting to reawaken the conscience.  And then telling of the wonder of the mercy of God found in the sacrifice of Jesus to pay for our sin.  Our job is simply to explain the message (what a joy!)  Only God can convict and convert.  The gospel (not our effort or ability) is the power of God for salvation.

 

So, since I haven’t been on the streets as much this month, I’ve been doing more work online: having 1 to 1 conversations with strangers via video chat, and text chat.  Also, I’ve been doing a lot of evangelism training with Christians all over the world (via video calls).

 

I’ve also included 2 screenshots from a text chat I was having with someone. It was super encouraging to me what they wrote, I hope it will encourage you too.  God is truly working on the hearts of people through the feeble efforts of his saints.

 

Also, I took a week off (today is my first day back; and it’s also the reason why this report is a few days late).  I discovered a new evangelism tip: each time you go to the barber, go to a different one.  Because, on my week off, I went for my regular groom at the barber, and I went on a day of the week I don’t normally go, and so there were 2 different barbers there.  Barbers like to talk, I think it’s in their job description, so the young man cutting my hair starts asking me questions.  It was so easy to naturally swing the conversation to spiritual things, and he was very open.  I was able to share the law and the gospel in a very natural way.  And the other young barber was listening in too!  Again, I can’t convert anyone, all we can do is plough soil, and sow seeds as we can.

 

This coming month (November) we will be running a special outreach to the Canterbury A&P Show.  We have hired a site, as usual, and we’ll be setting up a gazebo and flip charts to share the gospel to many over the 3 days: Thu 13th, Fri 14th, and Sat 15th - from 9:30 am till 4:30 pm each day.  Please pray for this endeavour, that the weather would be good, for favour with the authorities, for labourers to run the site, for good relationships among the labourers, that many people would come to understand the gospel, and most importantly, that God would be glorified through our feeble efforts – that He would show His strength through our weakness.

 

Thank you for continuing to pray for the gospel ministry of Operation 513 based in Christchurch, NZ!

 

   

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Oct 29th 2025 from 1030-1130

It was a great morning of outreach with rain stopped and sun comes up and people's heart light and open for gospel. You can see the number of selfie photos meaning many interactive and receptive chat with either Orthodox Christian Lady Michelle for clarification of assurance of salvation; a Mainlander student from Nanchung of Jiangso China to hear the gospel for the first time, and most surprisingly with the retired Bank manger of HK Bank Mr. Chao who is also not yet a believer. Another divine appointment was to catch up with Joseph a Pharmacy student who witnessed with me at the bus stop that life can be ended anytime and was urged to pursue Salvation in Christ.

God is sovereign and ever presence whenever we are on mission with Him.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Toowong on Tuesday Oct 28, 2025 from 1030-1200

After a hottest day we have an opposite torrential rainy day. Rain was pounding down pour in my suburb , my wife once questioned if I still should do my scheduled outreach today under such awkward weather condition, but I somehow sensed the call to serve despite of external circumstances. Two divine appointments proved that my subtle sense of the Spirit was right.

There was very few people at the bus stop. I was led to a girl from South America. She bluntly declined my chat if it is about God. In normal situation , I would have given up but I was urged to keep the conversation on. She was very alert and did not want to share too much about herself, just told me she is from South America and is doing a Master degree in UQ. Somehow, I used my limited Spanish to try breaking the ice telling her my Father was born in Mexico and worked for 10 years later in his middle age at El Savador. Since I could not talk about God, so instead I shared my life testimony that I am an Alumni of UQ and did a Master of Counselling but my purpose to serve my own cross-cultural family members was defeated yet I was given the capacity to serve as the disaster relief team to help out the Sichuan earthquake. Suddenly, I was moved to ask what kind of master she is doing and out of my surprise, she admitted she actually is doing the same degree as mine, the Master of Counselling. So, God might have used this to show it is no coincidence. I was moved to further share with her the horrible reality of PDTS with past and current cases to impress her with memories for future next divine appointment.

Another divine appointment was with an Indian doing Physic at U Q . He is from a Christian family but falls away from his parents ‘ faith. He rather believes that being a good person is fine enough as such he inclined to identify with Buddhism. But my sharing really triggered him to understand good is not good enough and imperfection really will cause eternal separation from God or disqualification from heavenly citizenship.

There were other chat with people chatted with me before and some consistent rejecting people. They were all good training for me to serve and listen to God simultaneously.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Oct 22nd 2025 from 1030-1130

I was left doing solo again with my Gospel team mates all unavailable, so today I chose to cut it shorter for an hour or so as I have to leave earlier for another special visitation near by that must be done from 1145 finishing by 1230.

There were a few short and incomplete chats because of bus arriving quick. Apart from that, I was led to have a long chat with an ex-solider of Vietnam during the American Vietnam war in the 60th. He chose to migrate to Australia rather than USA as his daughter had come to live in Australia. He was of Buddhism background and has a strong good person mindset that it is good enough for a normal human being to pursue a peaceful life by acting as a good person. Nevertheless, he still was happy to keep the chat on for almost half an hour to find solace in having an interactive conversation which he has not had it for a long time after getting divorce at this old age.

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