In March Pastor Brian went on a 10 day trip to East Malaysia where he spoke for 3 days in Kota Kinabalu, before moving on to Sibu for 7 days. It was an intense schedule including preaching in the Bible school in the mornings, praying at different locations in the afternoons, preaching in the church in the evenings, together with meeting various business people in the city.

On the final Saturday there was no Bible school so Pastor Brian was taken to an Iban long-house where he had the opportunity to meet the Chief. This was a great experience as Pastor Brian used to teach about the Iban in his days as a school teacher in England.

During the trip he experienced 2 flight cancelations and 1 delayed flight, and when he started the return journey the wheel fell off the plane! Finally he arrived home safe and sound!

Pastor Brian with the Bible school students in Sibu

Pastor Brian visiting the Iban Long House

In early January Pastor Brian flew to San Jose, California for the Harvest Evangelism Team Summit. Following this he ministered in the San Francisco Bay area then moved on to a snowy Toronto with Dave & Sue Thompson and King Flores of Harvest Evangelism, for a TOW conference and ministry in a number of churches, after which they moved on to Newark, New Jersey to join in with the Martin Luther King Day Celebrations. 

From there he flew to the UK to meet up with Pastor Margaret at Heathrow airport to begin another 2 weeks of ministry.  Pastor Brian was invited to speak at the annual retreat for Next Level International by his long time friend Ian Green. Following that he flew to Ireland to speak at transformation meetings in Dublin at the Assemblies of God Church.

On New Year’s Day, after the morning service, PCC members gathered together at Nai Yang Beach to witness the baptism of 43 new members.  A record for PCC!

This has been a year of extraordinary miracles.  In September, a young girl with pneumonia died at the local hospital and was taken to the morgue.  Her grandma, Jim of our Urak Rawoi church went to see her only to be told that she was dead.  She went into the morgue and cried out to Jesus just as the girl was about to be injected with formaldehyde.  She got up and to prove it was a genuine miracle, she rose from the dead free of pneumonia!

In December, Kord came to PCC for the first time and testified to the healing power of God after a severe accident left a steel bar through his lungs, heart and stomach.  Doctors said he could not possibly survive, but when Wanlapa (The Ice-Cream Lady) prayed for him on the telephone he was healed.

On Monday 26th December pastors and members of PCC joined Mayor Paiboon Upatising at Patong Beach for the 7^th Tsunami Memorial together with the Governor of Phuket and the Consular General of The Netherlands.  As the crowds gathered to remember and mourn the loss of loved ones at this "Light Up Phuket" remembrance service, Pastor Brian led us in observing a one minute silence for those who had lost their lives in the disaster. After reading from Isaiah 61:1 – 3, he led us in a prayer to comfort those who mourned and then proclaimed a blessing upon the island of Phuket, residents and visitors alike.

Phuket, you are beautiful. You are the Pearl of the Andaman Sea. You are destined to be a Light to this Nation. Phuket, may you receive the blessing of God upon you. A better future is in store for you as we light up Phuket, and take every opportunity to bring hope to this island.

Once again, it was a very solemn and moving time as the service concluded with everyone joining together to light candles and place them together with bouquets of flowers at strategic points along the beach.