28th April 2006 AT A TIME OF DISCOURAGEMENT Because of the needs in YFC I have decided that I will not work on my Deuteronomy book for about one year. This was a hard decision to make. I am finding it so hard to squeeze a few minutes at a time to study, …
22nd March 2011 To the YFC Sri Lanka Family, YFC HAS A NEW LEADER! It is with great joy that I announce the appointment by the Board of Leonard Fernando as Acting National Director of Youth for Christ from June 1st 2011. I will become Teaching Director at YFC at that time. …
Written in April 2001 AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE DONE Ajith Fernando In July I complete twenty-five happy years at my job in YFC. I thought I would share with you what I consider to be the most important thing that I have done during this period. I …
Dear Kent, Your letter about the Personal Reading Survey for the Disciplines of a Godly Young Man must have reached Sri Lanka after the 29th September, which is when I left the country on a four week trip. This is why I am sitting down to answer it only today. Name …
Written in August 2005 REFLECTIONS BY A FATHER OF THE BRIDE Ajith Fernando In a few hours my daughter will be married. Last night the four of us met for sharing and prayer for the last time as a family unit of four. We were amazed at how happy we have been …
MY VISION TO BRING GLORY TO GOD, AND TO BE A SERVANT OF PEOPLE MY PRIMARY MISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION BY HELPING TO NURTURE AND ENCOURAGE BIBLICAL LEADERS IN SRI LANKA, ASIA AND THE WORLD MY PRIORITIES (Not in order of priority) 1. Praying …
Written in November 2005 POST CHECK POINT BLUES: A REFLECTION Ajith Fernando Our Board Chairman Brian Blacker had a teacher who used to say, “The geography of your face reveals the history of your race.” But not with me! At different times I have been identified as a Sinhala, a Tamil and …
PERSISTENCE AND RESURRECTION POWER (During a Visa Application Ordeal) Dear colleagues, A pastor friend of mine sent the quote below to me at a time when I was terribly exhausted and stressed because of all the things that I had to do before leaving Sri Lanka on the 13th. I have been having …
June 2010 THE FERNANDO FAMILY NEWSLETTER Dear friends, As I write, we are happily reunited as a family, with son Asiri back after completing his studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in USA. Daughter Nirmali is also here to help us, as Nelun had a fall at home resulting in a …
Around early 1999 AT FIFTY: THE TOP CHALLENGES AND BATTLES OF MY LIFE Keeping the mind pure, controlling the eyes etc. Giving sufficient time to pray. Fighting anger over situations and over the way people have treated me. Overcoming my inability to rebuke and confront those …