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Random Scenes Today from the Ancestral Land

On the islands of Xiamen and Gulangyu, December 2015

Here's something else from the Malaysia Chinese Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Held in Singapore, November 1938

Courtesy Yale Library: Would be great if someone could translate! And how about just Googling for "Timothy M. Huang" and "Methodist"? Here's something with 33 mentions of "Timothy." And here's the rest of them.

Mrs Timothy Huang nee Chng Siok Un's Cousin on Her Mother's Side

One famous relative is Ng Boxu Neo's/Mrs Huang's cousin, the late Rev. Yap Un Han/Yap En Han/Ye Enhan ( 葉恩漢 / 叶恩汉   1914 -  1995 ), who was the principal of Singapore Bible College, where he is still remembered e very two years. From Timothy Tow's autobiographical  Son of a Mother's Vow : Timothy Tow's third and youngest sister, Tow Siew Mui, would marry Timothy Huang's third son and Yap Un Han's first cousin once removed , Peter Ng Eng Hoe, who gave birth to two sons, Joseph and Benjamin. According to this Christian Methodist University document , Rev. and Mrs. Yap had apparently founded a Methodist school and kindergarten in the Sumatran city of Medan: Methodist China School pertama sekali membuka Sekolah Dasar (SD) dan Taman Kanak-kanak (TK). SD dipimpin oleh Pdt. Yap Un Han mengambil tempat di Gedung Methodist Girl’s School sedangkan TK yang dipimpin oleh istri Pdt. Yap Un Han beralamat di belakang Gedung Gereja Methodist berbahasa Tionghua Ja...