Dear Friends,

In our last letter, I spoke of Trinity Theological College's move to a new home. The plans for the new campus are all drawn up and in August we had our groundbreaking ceremony at the new site. The new campus will be located at the edge of a beautiful nature reserve. We are blessed that God has provided such a lovely location for our new campus. We are especially thankful that the 20 million dollars needed for buildings and property for the new campus has already been provided for through the generosity of the churches and friends of TTC from around the world.

Not only is this an expansion of our physical campus, but also of the vision and vocation of TTC. There is an ever-growing demand to train pastors, workers, church leaders, and the future faculty of theological institutions throughout the region. This requires careful planning and much prayer. One major answer to prayer has been the increase in our teaching faculty at TTC. This year we have had the addition of five new faculty members in the fields of missions, New Testament, and theology.

There have been big changes in our life on campus. Our principal, John Chew, was elected bishop of the Singapore diocese and will take up that position in January. The very able Dr. Robert Solomon who holds doctorates in theology as well as in medicine will be the new principal. God has certainly put us in able hands.

In terms of Tom's work at TTC, this has been a very productive year. His class on Presbyterianism, which he thought would only attract a half dozen students, had 23 students enrolled. Nearly half the students are pastors or church leaders from churches in Singapore. There are also a significant number of students from Malaysia and Indonesia. This course represents an opportunity to help shape the future of the Presbyterian church not only in Singapore but in Malaysia and Indonesia as well. This has been a year of flexing the pen, as Tom has had several articles published both locally and abroad on Baptism, revival, and a series on Presbyterianism and Reformed doctrine. His dissertation was also been selected for review for a new collection of books on East Asia.

This January, Tom will be traveling to Eastern Theological College in Assam, northern India, to teach theology and ethics in two weeks of intensive courses. This is a part of a series of courses that will be offered by Trinity at Eastern to help out their theological program and deepen our relationship with Eastern Theological College.

Tom's involvement with the Singapore Presbyterian Church has also increased. Tom was asked to serve as interim moderator of our church here in Singapore, Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church. This work began last January and it has provided an opportunity to deepen his involvement with and understanding of life and ministry in the local church. The congregation has around 800 members with three services on Sunday morning. Tom's work also involves serving on the Synod Theological Response Commission and planning with the English Presbytery a series of lay seminars on Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity.

Tom was the speaker throughout Holy Week at the Easter Convention of the Singapore Presbyterian Church English Presbytery. The week's theme was "The Way of the Cross." The messages concluded with a Good Friday service at the Westin Ballroom with over 3,000 people in attendance.

In November, Tom and Paul traveled with a group from the church to Sabah, West Malaysia (Borneo), into the backcountry on a cooperative mission with local pastors to bring in medical and dental supplies and Christian Education materials. This ten-day trip entailed traveling by Jeep and boat upriver on a real jungle cruise.

Judy's work with the student wives has expanded with the influx of new families to TTC. The Bible study for the students' wives has grown and now also includes women from the surrounding neighborhood. And her English class has grown to two. She teaches Sunday school and is PTA vice-president at the children's international school. With all of the children's extra curricular activities, she jokes that the only difference between her and a chauffeur is that a chauffeur has a car! Scheduling is a bit hectic when you go everywhere on public transportation.

Joseph continues with his piano lessons and plays bass guitar in the junior high praise band. Paul is our sax player. All he needs are the cool sunglasses! Both boys are playing soccer in an Australian/ New Zealand league. That should expand our international friendships! Emma has had quite a year of learning new things: reading, riding her bike, swimming and ballet.

It's hard to believe, but we are actually coming to the end of our first three-year assignment. We will be extending our period an extra six months to allow for the work in Assam. We will have a six-month period of mission interpretation in which we will take time to share what we have been doing with churches across America.

Thank you for all that you have done to make it possible for us to serve here. We look forward to setting up a time when we can share with you some of what God is doing in Southeast Asia. We will be in contact as we approach the time of our return home.

Blessings,

Tom , Judy, Joseph, Paul, and Emma Harvey