A Tribute by Ajith Fernando 15th January 2018 On 13th January 2018 at the age of at the age of seventy-one, Suriyakumaran Williams went to be with the Master he had served so faithfully and lovingly. He had battled Alzheimer’s disease for eight years. MY FRIEND And I lost a friend of fifty years. We …
Roger Headland: American South Asian Ajith and Nelun Fernando 25th February 2010 Dear Roger, I praise God and rejoice with many who join you in wishing you a happy seventy-fifth birthday. May the Lord continue to use you to further the cause of his kingdom, especially in South Asia. God has …
Dr Donald E. Demaray I have just heard of the home-going of my beloved Professor of Preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary, Dr Donald E. Demaray. I took the basic preaching class under Dr Demaray in my first semester at Asbury. I was left with a vision of the greatness, or better grandeur, …
MYLVAGANAM BALAKRISHNAN We bade a sad farewell to Balakrishnan who went to be with the Lord on 20th June 2005. He was 70 years old, and his beloved wife Carmen died three years earlier. Next to my wife, he was my closest confidant and friend on whom I leaned on during tough times …
April 1999 SAM SHERRARD: THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO YOUTH Ajith Fernando After 31 years of ministry with Youth for Christ, the founder of YFC in Sri Lanka, Dr. Sam Sherrard, has left YFC in order to give himself full-time to pastoral ministry. For the last several years Sam worked with …
Around September 2003 REFLECTIONS AFTER A CELEBRATION OF THE MINISTRY OF GEORGE VERWER I am writing this from Keswick in England where I spoke at the General Council meeting of Operation Mobilization (OM). Yesterday there was a programme in honour of OM founder the outgoing International Leader George Verwer—surely one of the …
18th January 2016 AN OPEN LETTER TO DR. J. I. PACKER From Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dear Dr Packer, A few days ago I read that, owing to problems with your eyes, you have now come to the end of your writing and speaking ministry. I thought …
Ajith and Nelun Fernando 25 Kassapa Road, Colombo 5 Sri Lanka Phone 94-1-590009; Fax 94-1-501976; e-mail ajithyfc@slt.lk 10th September 2001 SAM AND GRACE WOLGEMUTH Today, when I asked my wife what comes to her mind when she thinks of Sam and Grace Wolgemuth, she said, “Humility.” She had hit upon a …
March 2010 GRACE WOLGEMUTH I have been out of town and out of e-mail contact this whole week, so I could not respond when I was informed by text message that Grace Wolgemuth had gone home. She is Aunty Grace to many people of the worldwide family of Youth for Christ, who …
18th January 2016 AN OPEN LETTER TO DR. J. I. PACKER From Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dear Dr Packer, A few days ago I read that, owing to problems with your eyes, you have now come to the end of your writing and speaking ministry. I thought …