CYW KLUANG
September 11, 2010 – CYW KLUANG (confirmed)
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ROUND 2 – IPOH’s message to KLUANG!
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Change Dare!
Oh Pooi Ling took our 31 days Change Dare on sms and this is her email to us about what it has done for her. She is educated in a Chinese school and therefore her English is not very good. We did not want to change much of the grammar as we want it to be as authentic and real.The words in red are the only thing we changed.
From many Dares,just 1 dares is I not to forgetable. Dare 10 :”We dare u to want to be a leader by emailling us at change@changeyourworld.com.my and say I want change , we will get someone in your city to speak to you”.
Three days ago, i received a call and a man asked me you really want to change? Tomorrow we will go to railway station there to help people who are in need, do you want to go with me? I agreed.
Before go to the place, I never think Kluang has a another face ,i thought Kluang is a beautiful place and harmonic place, but now I know Kluang really need to be change. In that day,just only 10-12 volunteers ,we go to a home to another home visited and gave them food supplies .I never forget a child, he was sick but he is very sanguine, I never seen a child with such hopes to live. He gaved me a bigger touched and a memorable day.
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I LOVE Kluang Project – An Interview with Pastor Jit Pang by Jasmine Yow
A wave of Change has been launched in the little town of Kluang, Johor, as a result of the Change Your World venture that began with Change Your World Quest in August 2009. The Change Your World Event on 23 August 2009 inspired many youths to start loving their city and nation, and as a result, the I LOVE Kluang project was born.
I caught up with Pastor Jit Pang, the guy behind the I LOVE Kluang initiative today to find out what has been happening in his city, and in this day and age where many of us are simply cynical that our country will ever change, I came away inspired that a bunch of young Malaysians were willing to step out humbly with a heart that said, I will do my part to change the world.
1. Why was I LOVE Kluang started, and what is it about?
It actually started off as the Railway Line Project in April when some youth in the youth group I lead alerted me about a poor family eating only one meal per day. I wanted to love the community in a practical way, so I thought, why not we start feeding the one household we knew?
The next month, we discovered there were families living in a squatter area along the whole Railway Line and low cost housing areas in Kluang that lived in abject poverty, and we quickly multiplied our help to a dozen households.
After the Change Your World Event, a hundred over youths pledged to do something for Malaysia, and we decided to turn this into the I LOVE Kluang project because loving Kluang is exactly what we want to do.
2. The way I see it, you could have continued the Railway Line Project without Change Your World Kluang. What role did it actually play in your work?
True, it isn’t really about whether we have an event or not. But when I started the Railway Line Project, it only involved 60 or so Christians from my Youth Group. Change Your World Kluang created greater awareness of needs in the community, and helped challenge a whole community of different races and religions to join hands with us to love our city. It has made our project more inclusive and created an avenue for us to have greater influence in Kluang.
3. How big is I LOVE Kluang today?
The more needs we make an effort to find out, the more we discover. My heart is to make a difference in this community of 140,000 people. Right now, there are about 190 young people committed to visit, feed, and help 56 poor families in Kluang. Financial contribution comes from the community such as the Country Club, Rotary Club, individuals from the community as well as the church. Recently, MIC also agreed to contribute after hearing about what we’re doing. The kids go shopping with me and we do our major delivery to the families once a month. We also visit old folks’ homes , do gotong-royongs, paint houses, and I spend time doing a leadership series called Habitudes with the kids. I want to invest in their lives as well. I think that’s very important.
4. Change Your World is a Christian Event. Are the people involved in I LOVE Kluang all Christians? Does it matter?
Some people are hesitant about Christian charities, but loving people is not about religion. I sincerely believe that loving the community should come with no ulterior motive. The religions of the volunteers or the families don’t matter. In fact, 130 of the kids who are involved in I LOVE Kluang are prebelievers.
5. Please share some inspiring stories of what some of the young people have done with us.
There are simply too many to share! The one that stands out most is a nineteen year old Lower Six girl who was immediately moved with compassion the first day she came with us to visit these families. She and two other girls decided to take turns to bring one old lady to the doctor every day to get her ankle wound changed because she has difficulty getting around (Now the nurse comes to the home instead). She also brings clean water to one family every other day. Unsure about her abilities to become a doctor at first, she is now inspired and more determined to achieve her dream after being aware of the many needs she can meet.
6. What is the biggest challenge you face in doing all this?
I wear a lot of hats in I LOVE Kluang and I sometimes think I have bitten off more than I can chew! 
We yearn for more people to step up and contribute to I LOVE Kluang on the grassroots level. What we really need are young adults or adults who are willing to do the “dirty work”, such as taking care of administration and bringing the kids out to visit the families on the ground. It is a job that takes sacrifice, but if we hope to impart the love for our nation in the next generation, the only way to do it is to show them by our practical action because more is caught than is ever taught. Right now I do it every week, and it can get overwhelming at times as I also have to look for sponsorship from the community and take care of finance and administration, on top of my own job as a youth pastor.
7. What do you want to tell young Malaysians?
God’s heart is for the nation, for the needy, poor, and oppressed, and we need to bring back that love. In old folks’ homes, you can see old folks who have kids doing so well overseas…and yet their parents are left alone. I think it’s important for young people to learn to love their country, be proud of where they come from, and come back, eventually, to serve their community and their nation. Life is not just about getting the most comfortable lives for ourselves. : )
8. What is I LOVE Kluang looking at in the future?
We are raising RM25000 for our Uniform Project which is going to be held on 19 December 2009. We want to provide new uniforms and shoes for 250 kids from these poor families. My heart is also to share this project with other towns in the south and rally them to start looking out for needs in their community as well.
Check out the official Change Your World recap here.
Jasmine Yow
CYW BLOG FACILITATOR
The Official CYW Kluang recap
Change Your World Kluang
First of all, we want to give God all the glory and thank Him for pouring His Spirit on Change Your World (CYW) Kluang.We had a blast and heard many great testimonies on how God changed the hearts of young people to want change for their city. One of the ventures for the city called “I Love Kluang” project was a hit. Almost all the students who came responded enthusiastically to the different calls for Change!
A crowd of 340 young people participated in the 4-hour Change Your World Event despite Kluang being one of the worst place hit with H1N1. The participants mostly fall within the age of 16-19 years old, coming from secondary schools. Most of these students were from various backgrounds and different religions but with ONE common goal, that is to change and bring change to Kluang.
What was more exciting was that they were not only challenged to love their city, but as Malaysians, to love Malaysia by investing in the next city that Change Your World is going to, which is Penang. We collected RM357.75 from these young people whom most of them have yet to invest in another city.
1a.m., Relent and CYW partners want to THANK all of you who made Change Your World Kluang a success. You made Change possible.
Will you now shout it out and tell your friends and other cities to “Change Your World”?
To all the good men in Kluang, don’t forget to initiate your Change DARE!
(Type ON CHANGE & send to 36660. *RM0.30 will be charged per SMS received.)
Stay tune for videos & photos of CYW Kluang.
Kelvin & Cathryn Lim
CYW KLUANG SLIDE SHOW
KLUANG’s MESSAGE to PENANG!
The Unofficial CYW Kluang Update
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I heard CYW Quest made it to a secondary school in Kluang! Wow…
Great job guys!
Since you are precious and honored in my sight,and because I love you,I will give men in exchange for you,and people in exchange for your life. Do not be afraid, for I am with you;I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth- Isaiah 43:4-6
Prayer for the young people of Kluang! Change Your World KLUANG!!!!!!!!!!!!
And hopefully JB too!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, let it spill into JB too!
call the JB fella to come to Kluang…COME ON!!!
AWESOME SHOW GUYS!!! KEEP AT IT!!!
GOD BLESS…..!!!!!
Change Your World Kluang was awesome. The band was absolutely fantastic (awesome job, guys), the message was so inspiring. Pray for CHANGE in your city right now!
Next stop: Penang!! You guys will have an amazing time there, we did something for you Penangites…
We’ve heard many people talk the talk, but the folks in Kluang & 1AM are not just talkin’ the talk, they are walkin’ the walk! Awesome spirit guys! Pray that CYW Kluang will be the start of a God-movement that will spill over to the rest of the nation! Rock on guys!
WOW!!!! CYW Kluang was a blast!!!!!!
hey guys!!!!thx for coming to KLUANG!!
thx for having a concert here..!!it’s awesome!!!the music was GREAT!!And i can feel GOD’s presence wit us yesterday..gREAT OPPORTUNITY for me to tell my friends about JESUS!!besides,u ppl r caring too^^ really really thx u all for deciding to come to KLUANG!thx KEL and the team!!hope u guys can change PENANG’s ppl’s life in 22 of NOV!!all the BEST..
SPECIAL thx to VINCENT,hey boss…!!i’m one of in your usher team..juz wanna say u ‘ve been a GREAT leader!!buck up!!
to Cuz,great drummer!!looks cute too..^^
to Neil,i LOVE ur voice!!!keep it up to SHIne for God..
to daniel and jude,u guys hair r AWESOME!for jude..u really can sing in mandarin..keep it up!!gambateh!
to cathryn,i lIKE ur “corn” ’s teaching!
anyway,the cd’s design is good!!i hope when my friends listen to the song, it will speak to their hearts..^^
there should be floods of comment by now!
come on kluang people!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOO CHANGE YOUR WORLD!!!
Hey there!
ChangeYourWorld was awesome!!=D
few of us invited our friends and what we’ve got was unexpectedly great response!hehe
they really enjoyed the event.it was the first time for most of them to discover the power of Malaysian band, and especially, change can be brought through music and talents..
Because of the quests that we’ve done in school,many came to know about the Kluang Railway Project that we’re currently involved in, some asked whether they can join us and be involved..lots of them were really inspired by the quests,and on their own initiative, they approach us to help out..
Yeap!this is really a good start for more Kluangites to love their hometown, and to bring change to Kluang..seeds have already been planted in the hearts of young people through CYW Kluang!!
Thanks for the concert,it really paid off to know that people’re starting to be more aware about what’s happening in Kluang and what can they do to it..
continue to rock on!!=D
the awesome part about the whole tour was the part where we brought food the poor with the donations from all that come, your donation was a blessing to the needy and you guys brighten up their day with the little that you do! Change starts with you!
Thanks Heaps Kluang!
Change is defined not by words but when ACTION takes place!
Come on Kluang!!!! Lead the way!!!!
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HEYHEY!!!=) ChangeYourWorld Kluang Concert was really really AWESOME!!!=)=) i never thought it will be so great!!the band was really GREAT!!!=) the part i like the most was during messages.. it just GREAT!! God’s presence really there. well, this concert really inspired me..i think not only me..many other too..=) hehe!!really thank you guys for making this a meaningful and successful day=) hope for the coming Change Your World in Penang will really inspired people there that they can change their world. Hope you guys can change ppl lives in Penang too.=)
continue to rock!!!=)
_JOYCE_=)
HEY!=)Change Your World Concert was really awesome and great.the band was very cool!AWESOME i would say=D
Am very inspired by you guys.and very encouraged by how your serve.=)
really thanks your guys for coming here,Kluang.your guys had been a blessing to us.hehe=)
hope that the coming concert in Penang will change peoples lives and inspired others.
continue to rock on for him ya!take care,cheers
Hey young people! (Especially Kluang-ites!) Let’s keep praying for the young people in the up and coming CYW cities. That as the vision is cast, many young people will respond. That churches will rally together & leaders will connect with the vision to see change in their cities! It’s gonna be awesome! Let’s start by praying for Penang!!
Rock on for Jesus!!!
Come on kluang people…let’s get started..
Hey… we need a change! JB needs a change! Let us do it ‘REAL, REALISTICALLY & RELEVANTLY!’
Thanks for the pix guys!!! Awesomeness!!!
Hey hey, just to tell u guys that u all are really AWESOME!!!
Brought a few friends that are not from Kluang to the concert tat day. Initially worried that they might feel out of place since its all about Kluang tat we are focusing on. But think God really touches every soul who is there that afternoon, that no matter where we are from, we are all Malaysian, people in God’s Kingdom and we love our land!!! At the end of the concert, they just told me, “Hey u noe, we think Kluang is an really awesome place.” because of the great God that loves Kluang and Kluang ppl loves =)
Really enojoyed that afternoon soaking in God’s embrace for Kluang.Keep it up to rock the world, change our world with great music.Will be partners with u guys in prayers!Penang, be ready for a shake!!
Hey there let’s hear what i say
KLUANG YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD!!!!!!!
Haloo!! It was really great!! Some of my friends and classmates came and the feedback from them were that the it was indeed an awesome, amazing concert!!! I believe many of us have been truly blessed and our perspective on how things are happening around and how each and everyone of us can play a part to bring change have somehow changed…
There’s so much more yet to be done..So many more lives to be touched…The world really is in Need..Let’s work TOGETHER in glorifying His Name!! =)
Penang, change your world
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hey there. awesome job during CYW kluang. i’m very encouraged by it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am INSPIRED. HAPPY. THANKING & PRAISING GOD because of all the things I’ve heard happened in Kluang. HE IS FAITHFUL TO WORK when his people are OBEDIENT TO HIS CALL.
Guys I hope we will help each other our commitment to change. Don’t let it fade away as time passes. Keep feeding the fire.
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Man, everytime I come here, these posts and comments never failed to make me shed tears of joy man.. I’m really so happy for Kluang.. It’s like a dream came through, and it’s gonna be thousand times bigger than just my dream.. God is so awesome man!
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Amen..bro.Let’s make His Name Known and be the example for others to follow.
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