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Revival in Ba’kelalan - Discerning God's Purposes For Today by Michelle Chan & Hwa Yung The book has 12 color pages (of photos and newspaper articles) and 148 black and white pages. The story of how the message of Christ delivered the Lun Bawangs in Sarawak from becoming extinct as a people back in the 1930s was first told in Shirley Lee’s book Drunk Before Dawn (1979). God has continued to work His gracious and wonderful purposes among them through various revivals, culminating in the fourth, which was reported in the New Straits Times in December 1985. Today the Lun Bawangs are one of the strongest components of the Borneo Evangelical Mission church in Sarawak. But, for some inexplicable reason, the full story of the revivals has never been adequately told despite numerous attempts made. From the Foreword by President Bina Agong, BEM/SIB Sarawak: “I experienced the 1973-74 revival when I was six years old. During the 1984-86 revival, I was already in my late teens and had the wonderful privilege of being personally involved and an eyewitness of some of the miraculous occurrence. All of this impacted me deeply and resulted in me offering myself to God as a full-time minister. As a first-hand witness, I am able to testify that what Michelle Chan and Hwa Yung have written are valid and accurate. This book will go a long way to strengthen the faith of readers who know God and are seeking to grow deeper in their faith and understanding of God’s awesome power and glory.” Michelle Chan is a former journalist and missionary-turned documentary filmmaker. She started her career as a sub-editor in the Corporate Section of Bernama, the National News Agency of Malaysia. From there, she went on to national daily The Star, reporting on news and court cases before eventually becoming a feature writer. Later, she joined Operation Mobilization, a missions agency, to kickstart the organisation’s international news and information centre in Car