Sunset International Bible Institute Pte. Ltd… Singapore!

Greetings from Lubbock, Texas!!!
Now there’s a different location for a greeting from Singapore missionaries, isn’t it? That’s right though. We have begun our furlough time in the States having arrived on October 28th late into the night. But let me back up a bit and report on the events of this ministry for all of October.
October’s report is very short and yet very exciting! It was a month of planning and preparing for traveling. The focus on my travels included two major trips. The first was to China for recruiting purposes and the second for our furlough trip to the States for reporting the progresses of this ministry as well as support raising efforts for our third year needs.
I was blessed to travel for two weeks in China to a few cities for recruiting purposes. [Note the Two adorable Chinese girls pictured to the right]  I am pleased with the interest that was communicated by at least a dozen Chinese Christians who would like to study with us as short term and long term students! The Word is indeed bearing its fruit in China with hundreds having believed and obeyed the gospel of Jesus Christ! I met with many Chinese Christians eager for the opportunity to study the Word of God with us at SIBI Singapore! As we finalize the requirements of the Singapore government for qualifying our teaching staff for SIBI Singapore, we draw ever so near to being able to issue our first student visas. Please continue to keep these things in your prayers. Also, please understand my not sharing Chinese Christians pictures with you. I am committed to the safety of these young Christians so as not to expose them to unnecessary persecution.
As for our furlough trip to the States, we have hit the ground running so to speak. We departed from Singapore at 8:30 am on October 28th and arrived the same day in Lubbock, TX at 10:30 pm totaling well over 20 hours of flying and at least a few hours of layovers at airports.
If any of you have leads to potential supporters toward this ministry, please have them contact us at the following temporary phone number… (806) 544-6685 or send us an email with their contact information. After updating the latest information about financial support for our third year needs for this ministry, we know we are short a considerable amount. Thank you!

Family Highlights, Notes & Quotes
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!—1 John 3:1a. This passage popped into my mind as we started the month off by celebrating our second Children’s Day holiday since arriving in Singapore. Jaydon and Shayla basked in the “Happy Children’s Day” greetings and relished being children—the reason for this annual holiday’s celebrations. Since October 1st was Children’s Day, we took the day off from our normal school routine and spent part of the morning just playing at the park. Later in the afternoon we went to Jeremy Tan’s house so the kids could experience chocolate mustaches. Jeremy taught them how to make a fun chocolate drink he had whipped up as he was experimenting and inventing in the kitchen one day. Instead of milk mustaches, chocolate mustaches were the fringe benefits the “young at heart” could enjoy after just one scrumptious slurp of Jeremy’s creamy chocolate concoction. Overall, it was a good day for our little chickadees. Not only did they get to slurp their drinks. They got to wear them too! Another perk of the day—they were treated to French fries twice in one day, a rare event that would make even an ordinary day an official holiday in their books.
Besides celebrating Children’s Day, another family event that deeply impacted Jaydon’s and Shayla’s world this month was Daddy’s recruiting trip that took him many miles and many moons away. Dad had never been away from them for more than a week so even a smidge over two weeks seemed like forever. The first week Dad was away we were blessed by being kept busy with many activities–like having lunch and a movie with some sisters and a brother from the House helper Bible class, being invited by Aunty Belinda and Miss Debbie to go swimming and shopping, hooking up with Ava and Zac for a play date, and having a reading date with Grandma T. The second week our schedule book wasn’t as busy with people or appointments at different places, but we concentrated on staying busy packing for our furlough which we’d be beginning just three days after Dad returned from China—which brings us to the other major family event for the month.
Dark and early on the 28th we woke Jaydon and Shayla up so we could head to the airport. We took the last item out of our “countdown jar” and with an empty jar before us—smiles on our faces and suitcases in our hands, our thoughts automatically flew to distant shores. We caught up with them three airplane rides later, several airline meals and snacks heavier, approximately nine hours transition time in airports and between 19 to 20 flight hours later. Yet we still arrived in Lubbock, TX, our final flight destination, late on the evening of the 28th! Talk about experiencing a time warp! Keith and Dana Lambert, part of our Seagraves’ family, were waiting to receive us at the airport. We were whisked away to enjoy their Texas-sized hospitality, to experience the simple joys of country living which included the sights, smells and tastes of juicy, sun-ripened-fall-harvested garden tomatoes and to leisurely recover from our “time warping and jet lagging.”
There you have it—the highlights of our family’s major events for October. We started the month with celebrations and we ended the month with them too—from the Children’s Day holiday to some furlough reunion festivities. October began and ended well. Rejoice with us! God continues to shower us with uncountable blessings. May we all find many times throughout the year to celebrate, share and give thanks for the blessing of being called His children. He lavishes His love and peace in our lives. Every day can be a children’s day celebration when we are His. Know of our love for you and that our Father loves you even more. He loves you the most!
Kiddo quote:
I left the notebook I had been using to jot down some interesting statements the kids made from time to time in Singapore, and I am writing this newsletter from Texas. Sorry … my memory being as it is, I can’t share too many kiddo quotes for this month, but tune in next month as I’ll start another notebook. I will leave you with a quote from Shayla as we ate lunch with Miss Darlene and Mr. Larry today.
If guys have Adam’s apples, do girls have Eve’s apples?—Shayla

Overseeing church:
12th Street church of Christ
P.O. Box 1476
Seagraves, TX 79359
Contact person:
Kenny Smith
Cell Phone: (432) 209-1735
Home Phone: (806) 546-2336

Our Singapore Information
Tom & Nancy Goracke
BLK 60 Teban Garden Road
#17 – 462
Singapore, 600060                                  Love to all, Tom, Nancy, Jaydon, Shayla
Tom’s mobile phone:
(65) 83683213
Nancy’s mobile phone:
(65) 83683214
Home Phone: (65) 64981864
Email: HUUtwoservants2002@yahoo.com