SIM NEWS
2025 Spiritual Life Restreat - SIM INDONESIA
SIM Indonesia held its annual SLR from 22-24 July at Yogyakarta, also popularly known as Jogja, the former capital city of Indonesia and also, the only city still ruled by its monarchy and which holds and celebrates the rich cultural heritage particularly the Javanese culture, and arts and crafts.
This year we had 11 participants along with the youngest participant, 3 and half years old KimKim and our speakers Watson, the Regional Director of SIM East Asia, and his wife Viji. Marthen, the director of SIM Indonesia introduced the theme “Spirituality and Service” on the first night and committed the SLR with a prayer.
We started our day’s activity with worship led by our mission workers, Tingba and Alda on the 23rd and 24th respectively. Then, we were led into meaningful devotion by Viji on both mornings. Our main sessions were taken by Watson who spoke on the theme, specifically on Spiritual Characters and Mission on the 23rd and Maintaining Spirituality and Mission on the 24th. We had exciting learning and productive sessions and also soul-searching opportunities which all the participants loved. During the night worship we also took time to listen to each other’s stories and about the joys and struggles in ministries and spent time praying for each other.
On the whole, it had been a wonderful experience of spiritual rejuvenation but also with lots of fun, food and laughter. And we said our goodbyes on the 25th July, 2025.
Personal take aways:
“It was a time to refresh both spiritually and physically. Enjoyed the schedule and the sharing from Pak Watson and Bu Viji.” – Anglem & Tingba.
“Reminded of the importance of worship and devotion and my heart has been revived as I place myself at Jesus’ feet.” - Dian
“Retrospection and got great lessons for life and ministry. Definitely loved the fellowship, the sharing and the stories. Truly encouraged.” – Max & Irish
“Refocussing of my ministry (an open invitation for future SIM workers to join me); also learnt about the importance of good communication and to being an encouragement to each other.” - Alda
