In 2015, while studying in the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Alvin Lim was introduced to a SYFC small group. He found the Bible discussions edifying and admired the proactiveness of sharing the gospel. For the next six years, he volunteered. After his National Service in the Singapore Police Force, he joined us as a part-time staff while studying.
What are your current role and responsibilities in ITE Ministry?
I lead the Interest Group Taskforce. With four volunteers, we come out with interactive programmes like Mobile Legends gaming, cycling, karaoke singing and PC-games. We coordinate quarterly evangelistic events, like RelacSG Christmas Party and Food Hunt 2021.
Being at an online gathering is familiar to me but it really was different when as the organiser, I had to consider technical support, interaction with audience and whether a technical fault would appear as the gospel is being shared, and so on.
This year, I took on a new role of strengthening our ministry team’s evangelism emphasis.
Share two encounters with ITE students and the outcomes, since you came in.
In December 2021, we organised a Christmas party at which two students, Wei Hao and Adeline, accepted Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour with great joy. I was filled with awe at God’s amazing power. During my years of volunteering, I never saw students coming to faith in Christ despite the face-to-face meet-ups. Seeing a student submit his or her life to Jesus in front of me was extraordinary!
At Digital Food-Hunt in July 2021, God led a student to find out more about Him. A volunteer and I spent time with him in evangelistic Bible studies and Christian foundation teaching. We gave him a Bible. I thought he truly understood the gospel and was seriously discovering the Christian faith. Later, he counted the cost of following Christ and was not prepared to give up the faith he had at home. His decision to stop meeting us was a very painful one for us. The journey with the student was short and I pray he would turn back to Christ one day.
What has the Lord taught you about your relationship with Him in the past year?
Trust and obey Him. We put in the hard work and pray earnestly for our students, then we follow God’s footsteps, respecting and trusting His decision with regards to every individual.
As you reach ITE youths, what do you need most to make a difference (in the light of the current times)?
ITE students are extremely fragile and relational. I pray that God will continue to give
me a tender heart for them – being relational, being there for them, learning to love them in all sorts of ways. To me, they require special attention. They are not rowdy, just misunderstood.
