Kuching

We've seen Rentap's mountain fortress fall.

And we've watched Kuching burn.

And we left the first white Raja in a quiet churchyard on the edge of Dartmoor.

Today is the final episode.

And while these changes were taking place, Sarawak itself was growing.

In fact, if you looked at a map of the territory that James Brooke had acquired in 1841 and compared it with the Sarawak Charles eventually ruled, you would scarcely recognize it.

The original Raj was a relatively small territory centered on Kuching and the Sarawak River, but over the following decades, the Brookes extended their authority eastwards through a succession of territorial transfers and treaties and political interventions, usually, I have to say, at the expense of the weakening Sultanate of Brunei.

The Mukha and Bintulu regions came under the Brooke rule in 1861.

Winston, Impact Capital has been operating for about 21 years.

You started in Kuching in 2005, trading computer accessories and providing consultancy services.

One year later, you landed your first major project, a network security for a government ministry.

How did you make that leap so quickly and what did that first major contract do for the business?

Cher, is in UK.

We are both electrical engineers.

So at that time, we decided we want to go back to Kuching and with our technical skill and stuff.

So we're trying to do, trying to start something together.

Our hope is that through this sermon series, as a church, we would grow in our worship for him as we see him more clearly and to discover what it means to put Jesus at the center.

Now, I first heard about Jesus when I was 13 years old through Christian fellowship in Kuching.

Now, at that time, I had two pictures of him.

Picture one, reading from the stories from the book of Gospels, I thought, Jesus, hmm, he's quite a good and wise moral teacher, someone worth learning from.

Or when I feel my mind is being pulled in different direction, I'll put on my headphones and play worship songs and just sing along.

So whatever it is that keeps your attention back to God, Just keep doing it and keep reminding yourself who Jesus is to you.

Now, last month, I spent a few weeks at our sister church, which is HDK in Kuching.

And I met a uni student called Stefina.

So that, then, obviously, this year, the even year was, again, supposed to happen again in the Middle East, but because of the instability and still what is now currently still a major conflict, we have had to cancel that one.

We're looking forward to actually bringing the Whistlework Cup next year to Kuching Sarawak and also home to the Zohari Trophy, the Challenge Trophy, which is sponsored by the Premier of Sarawak.

So I think bringing that back to Sarawak to host the Wissowa Cup, I think will be very exciting as well.

And this time around, we want to make the competition be more accessible to those that perhaps cannot travel in person initially.

And then eventually when they get to the in-person pitching tournament, it will be next year.

Again, why next year? Because it was supposed to be this year and The sooner we can get it done, the better.

Next year is that wonderful opportunity to bring it to Kuching Sarawak.

That sounds very good.

We stream it all over the world.

So I don't care if you're in Kuching, if you're in Alaska, if you're in Buenos Aires, if you're somewhere in Europe or in North America, really it doesn't matter.

We'll come right onto your computer or right into your living room.

If you really want to learn something about yourself, why you're getting the results you're getting, this is a fascinating program.

And then you have... prawns.

And yeah, like I said, in, in Malaysia, in Kuching, which is where they're from, they have it for breakfast, which is intense for breakfast, but it's pretty, it's pretty and fresh and delicious.

And Josiah learned about struggle and loss at a young age.

I grew up early years in Kuching, Sarawak, until I was like five years old.

And then my family decided to move first to Singapore for job opportunity.

They were in education and health care.