run for the needy, anyone?

What does a hotel and an educational institution have in common to cause them to come together, if not their passion to help the less fortunate in society?

Dynasty Hotel under the caring leadership of its general manager Dennis Ngau Jok have been organising a charity event, the Run For Charity joggerthon for five consecutive years and Kolej Fajar, together with other sponsors, has been supporting the event faithfully over the years.

This year, Kolej Fajar has decided to sponsor all the prizes for the event.

On hand to present the sponsorship to the organising committee yesterday was its Chief Executive Office Dr. Peter Tham.

Also present were Dennis, the organising chairperson Fylice Loh and several committee members.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas sponsored the prizes for the top three collectors.

The prizes for the first, second and third top collectors are return flight Miri-KL, Miri-Kuching and Miri-Kota Kinabalu respectively.

Sibuti Member of Parliament Ahmad Lai is expected to flag off the runners on 13 July 2008 at 6:30am and the Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communication Lee Kim Shin, who is also the event patron is expected to officiate the closing ceremony later in the morning.
Money raised from the event is for charity work like donation to the Miri Dialysis Centre and festive goodies for the least fortunate during festive seasons like the Chinese New Year, the Gawai Dayak and the Hari Raya Aidilfitri.ENDS.

Caption: 08-7tham9: FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Tham (seventh from left) symbolically handing over the prizes to Dennis while other committee members witnessed.

HEAVEN IS SO REAL-ARE YOU READY?

Last Saturday our church Miri Latter Rain Church invited 16-year Mary to give her testimony for our youths. I had heard of her testimony from brother George. She had close encounters with the Lord Jesus. So I thought it would be life-changing for the young people in our church to hear first-hand about her spiritual experiences. We had planned for her to come and share her testimony last month but postponed a few times. Finally, we were able to have a special meeting last Saturday afternoon. She came with her parents and her elder sister. We had a time of worship before the testimony. First, the father gave his testimony being the head of the family. His testimony was no less extraordinary-from being just a security guard in a bank he is now a bank executive-PRAISE THE LORD. Then the mother shared a little bit. Then the elder sister shared too. Then Mary shared her testimony. About how the Lord brought her up to a beautiful place and revealed a lot of things to her. Her testimony was so captivating that her testimony which came close to three hours felt like just a short while. The youths were so attentive to hear her testimony. As a pastor I can testify that her experiences were real. I observed her sharing and I felt in my spirit that she was telling her true experiences with the Lord. One sign was that she was humble in spite of having this supernatural experience. The fear of the Lord was clearly seen in her life. The Lord told her the time is short for His Second Coming-and she said the Lord is sad to see His people on earth not ready. The message of repentance kept on repeating in her testimony. After her testimony there was a time of ministering. All the youths went to the front to be ministered to. The mother who is a lay leader in her church, prayed for the youths. All of them were slained in the Spirit except for one. The mother also had a burden to pray for me and my wife. Truly God was gracious.