The year has come to an end. This year is definitely much more challenging than previous year but each year the Lord gives me special strength. It just so amazing and my heart simply rejoice because of who He is.
I believe next year is another new challenge ahead. I really look forward to what God has bestow for me. The last message from Pastor E is very spirit lifting. It has lots of wisdom from God.
As I looked back, although I have many trying times but each time the Lord is there for me. When I was so discourage after each event, I would tell the Lord, I couldn't take it anymore and I simply need a break. He would tell me, "My child just follow my foot prints and and don't turn back and don't stop for I am with you always."
He would take me to another challenge which I never think I could make it through but He showed me that I was wrong because He is the one who is giving me the strength at all times and I need not give any thought to what will happen ahead of me, for what He wants is simply obedience. I would take the challenge in obedient but many time fears crowd round my heart that I would fail the task but I was wrong because He is altogether powerful and His will is perfect.
As the Lord took me through the journey with Him, my confidence build up as I am assured of His presence always and my understanding is renewed.
I thank God for I have found favour in His sight because He heard me in my many prayers.
And I thank God for the many blessings that He blesses me with, which I do not deserve and because He is worthy that I am worthy in Him. And what the Lord has began in me, He will complete it in the day of Jesus Christ. This is the confident I have in Christ Jesus.
And I also want to praise God that He reveals to me my spiritual gifts of wisdom, faith, etc. I want to thank the Lord that all my 7 PSLE students pass their subjects although 2 actually couldn't make it but it was unusually amazing due to the T-score in PSLE calculation that they somehow pass their English and Maths.
And also to give thanks to God for Racheal - who actually failed her Chinese and Maths during CA2 in Sept. and due to streaming for Sec 2, she couldn't afford to fail in the final year-end paper again. While I was struggling to teach her Chinese and Rebecca helped coach her Maths and also I was trying to cope with my PSLE students during that period, my mum passed away before her last Math paper 2.
My two dear sisters who fly back to attend my mum's funeral help me coach Racheal with Maths the whole afternoon while at the wake. With that, she scores 65 marks for maths and just enough to pass her chinese to enter the stream she desires. Racheal knew her result and make her choices after the Thai mission trip. That was just so amazing, isn't it because the Lord is faithful.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas dinner gathering 25 Dec 07
The gathering was unimaginably amazing, although a handful of them didn't turn up. I always believe that when I entrust God with my plan and leave it to Him to adjust whatever way He wants, the turn out was so breathtaking.
I felt so bless to hear the sharing from every individuals and my heart still bubbling so hard that I rejoice myself to sleep. It was like a dream came true and all my wishes fulfill just in one gathering.
Can't imagine myself sleeping for one hour and still have strength for the day. I stay up to 3am just to pick Reb and Rach home from carolling but they were not done yet. I decided to go home and sleep then went back to pick them up again.
It was really madness but the Lord gave me special strength, the strength of rejoicing in giving thanks to God for ppl that growing in the Lord, for ppl I burden in my heart and for ppl who were serious about the things of God and yet confused.
I want to confess that the Lord has made everything beautiful in His time. I am not worthy but He is worthy and because His is worthy, I am worthy in Him.
A few amazing things took place, Luke waited for Daniel when he wasn't coming and at the same time he had my address wrong. Amazingly, he still manage to come by 6pm although we started at 3.45pm. I saw him passing by the corridor and went to open the door for him. His sharing of his love to serve God was so great that touches my heart. I will remember him prayer.
As for Jared special encounter with God was extremely amazing, especially at his young age. And I always felt that God has a divine calling for him through out this year. And because of this impression in my heart I pray for him often but never have I thought that I will have any chance to meet up with him again after we finished the work at Ju Eng home, until I visited him at the hospital.
Charmaine and Galvin had to leave early for a BBQ gathering but they turn back because the BBQ was over. I got Galvin to share on how God has guided them to meet each other. It was my dream plan and was fulfilled not within my control but the Lord has allowed it. Just so wonderful.
Everyone had a wonderful time singing and sharing our hearts out. I thanked God that everything worked beautifully in His time.
I felt so bless to hear the sharing from every individuals and my heart still bubbling so hard that I rejoice myself to sleep. It was like a dream came true and all my wishes fulfill just in one gathering.
Can't imagine myself sleeping for one hour and still have strength for the day. I stay up to 3am just to pick Reb and Rach home from carolling but they were not done yet. I decided to go home and sleep then went back to pick them up again.
It was really madness but the Lord gave me special strength, the strength of rejoicing in giving thanks to God for ppl that growing in the Lord, for ppl I burden in my heart and for ppl who were serious about the things of God and yet confused.
I want to confess that the Lord has made everything beautiful in His time. I am not worthy but He is worthy and because His is worthy, I am worthy in Him.
A few amazing things took place, Luke waited for Daniel when he wasn't coming and at the same time he had my address wrong. Amazingly, he still manage to come by 6pm although we started at 3.45pm. I saw him passing by the corridor and went to open the door for him. His sharing of his love to serve God was so great that touches my heart. I will remember him prayer.
As for Jared special encounter with God was extremely amazing, especially at his young age. And I always felt that God has a divine calling for him through out this year. And because of this impression in my heart I pray for him often but never have I thought that I will have any chance to meet up with him again after we finished the work at Ju Eng home, until I visited him at the hospital.
Charmaine and Galvin had to leave early for a BBQ gathering but they turn back because the BBQ was over. I got Galvin to share on how God has guided them to meet each other. It was my dream plan and was fulfilled not within my control but the Lord has allowed it. Just so wonderful.
Everyone had a wonderful time singing and sharing our hearts out. I thanked God that everything worked beautifully in His time.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
14 days in Shanghai
This is a trip that I never plan to take but was an amazing one. Upon my two sisters invitation Racheal and myself landed on Shanghai on 21 Nov o7 10pm.
We had a good time of fellowship, renewing our spirit in the Lord. We were showered with many treats which I have never had in my life time. I would say that it was a good break for me.
Visiting the BP church about an hour's MRT ride and the Shanghai Intl church which is abont 20 mins away was an eye opening for me. The services are all in Mandarin.
I enjoyed preparing dinner for my sisters. Especially, the marketing is interesting because the vegetables are extremely fresh and the meat bone is so tasty in the soup. It is so cheap to do marketing there. I only got to cook for 7 days, most of the time we eat out.
I enjoyed having my hair wash at the salon. Believe it or not it cause only 10 yen which is $2. They wash, massage head to shoulder and hands blow dry then cut your hair if you wish to. Each time it take about one and half hour. The ladies wash and massage but the guys will blow and cuts. It is sort of a standard thing in Shanghai, every salon does that.
My sister Esther treated me to facial, body massage and 5 hair wash and one with treatment.
My two sis treated us to(dolar) special steam boat, Japanese food, Baker's Inn (Pizza) and many more.
We enjoyed taking pictures of the beautiful scenery, especially the Shanghai shore and the three storey ship ride was really beautiful. I enjoyed shopping gloves of all sorts, scarfs, shawls and boots. They were really cheap.
The day before we left, we were invited by Esther's neighbour for fellowship. They spotted us during Shanghai intl church service. Moveover, Racheal was amazed by their black dog which is the size of a bear, every morning she would wave to the dog at the balcony. It is really huge and hairy. It was a very special meeting up, Jenny give me a gift which is called the 8 blessings from the book of Matt. I was very touch by their hospitality to us.
I saw the working of God's hand as we fellowship in prayer and sharing our hearts. I thank God for the peace He bestows upon us. I believe as we live for Him, actually He leads every steps of our lives. I entrust my sisters to the Lord as He leads them in every aspect of their lives that they will make right choices in every plan they made.
We had a good time of fellowship, renewing our spirit in the Lord. We were showered with many treats which I have never had in my life time. I would say that it was a good break for me.
Visiting the BP church about an hour's MRT ride and the Shanghai Intl church which is abont 20 mins away was an eye opening for me. The services are all in Mandarin.
I enjoyed preparing dinner for my sisters. Especially, the marketing is interesting because the vegetables are extremely fresh and the meat bone is so tasty in the soup. It is so cheap to do marketing there. I only got to cook for 7 days, most of the time we eat out.
I enjoyed having my hair wash at the salon. Believe it or not it cause only 10 yen which is $2. They wash, massage head to shoulder and hands blow dry then cut your hair if you wish to. Each time it take about one and half hour. The ladies wash and massage but the guys will blow and cuts. It is sort of a standard thing in Shanghai, every salon does that.
My sister Esther treated me to facial, body massage and 5 hair wash and one with treatment.
My two sis treated us to(dolar) special steam boat, Japanese food, Baker's Inn (Pizza) and many more.
We enjoyed taking pictures of the beautiful scenery, especially the Shanghai shore and the three storey ship ride was really beautiful. I enjoyed shopping gloves of all sorts, scarfs, shawls and boots. They were really cheap.
The day before we left, we were invited by Esther's neighbour for fellowship. They spotted us during Shanghai intl church service. Moveover, Racheal was amazed by their black dog which is the size of a bear, every morning she would wave to the dog at the balcony. It is really huge and hairy. It was a very special meeting up, Jenny give me a gift which is called the 8 blessings from the book of Matt. I was very touch by their hospitality to us.
I saw the working of God's hand as we fellowship in prayer and sharing our hearts. I thank God for the peace He bestows upon us. I believe as we live for Him, actually He leads every steps of our lives. I entrust my sisters to the Lord as He leads them in every aspect of their lives that they will make right choices in every plan they made.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
While the 2 Thai visitors are here
F was our host when we were in Udon Thani. When he and his fiance (A) came to Singapore on 16 Nov, they stayed over at my place for 2 days. I am very touch by their heart for the youth. 'A' had resigned from her job to go full-time with F, starting youth work in Udon Thani after their marriage on 12 Jan 08.
Have taken them to P's house for lunch and visited Sentosa on Fri (16 Nov), we had a great time. Sat morning took them to P's house again because she had a group of friends going on mission trip to Chiang Rai for the first time, they were from Galilee BP. The purpose is to encourage the christian to take this special trip and meet Thai people and have a little taste of the language and culture.
Afternoon, took them to Vista point for lunch and visit Bottle Tree Villiage. They attend Covenant Youth Service and had dinner at Greenridge with Charmaine.
On 18 Nov. I took them to Covenant for 8 am service, hoping to get them connect with the Covenant Pastor in Thailand, so they can have some support for the work there. Later in the morning at 11am I sent them over to Mt Hermon BP where P is.
Her husband will be leading a team of 13 on 13 Dec to Udon Thani to present Christmas Drama in church and school.
I went back to Covenant to attend a meeting which I believe will be my new journey next year.
I am glad to be able to be part of that training to work with Singles. There are 5 special lesson on 'How not to married a jerk.' Finding a right partner or remain single. They will start next year March, there are training for marriage counseling and Parenting too. I would like to start with Singles and as the Lord leads.
Later in the afternoon, I sent them to JW's house (Zion BP Bishun).
My family had a nice din at Tony Roma's at Suntec City. On 19 Nov, Monday night Anthony and myself had din at Toa payoh Safra for our 22nd Wedding Anniversary.
F and A came back on Tuesday night. I got them spent a few hours seriously talking about the work that they desire to begin next year. I have come to understand their plan and the way they wanted things to be done. I was very taken a back by some strong words from A and her thoughts. My spirit was very disturb and I pray, Lord give me wisdom to speak. I asked them a few questions and spoke from my heart, slowly they began to tone down. I believe if she submit to God, He can do a mighty work in their lives. They give me the sense of taking things in their own hands.
Their igorant, immature spirit and the great self confidence in A because of some experiences she had in her life, make me fear for them.
Well! there are many things not within my control but I thank God that I was able to help them see a little of their new relationship as husband and wife and waiting upon God's direction and plan which is the most important for their journey together. They each prayed and I commited them to the Lord. We ended 1.30am.
The next morning before they left for KL, I was so burden for them that I got them into the room to pray again for them. I hope that they be enlightened by God in many ways, especially when A has great plan for the unsaved youth in Thailand.
Many times, we want to do things for God but it will be better to allow God to work through us, it ready make a world of difference.
Have taken them to P's house for lunch and visited Sentosa on Fri (16 Nov), we had a great time. Sat morning took them to P's house again because she had a group of friends going on mission trip to Chiang Rai for the first time, they were from Galilee BP. The purpose is to encourage the christian to take this special trip and meet Thai people and have a little taste of the language and culture.
Afternoon, took them to Vista point for lunch and visit Bottle Tree Villiage. They attend Covenant Youth Service and had dinner at Greenridge with Charmaine.
On 18 Nov. I took them to Covenant for 8 am service, hoping to get them connect with the Covenant Pastor in Thailand, so they can have some support for the work there. Later in the morning at 11am I sent them over to Mt Hermon BP where P is.
Her husband will be leading a team of 13 on 13 Dec to Udon Thani to present Christmas Drama in church and school.
I went back to Covenant to attend a meeting which I believe will be my new journey next year.
I am glad to be able to be part of that training to work with Singles. There are 5 special lesson on 'How not to married a jerk.' Finding a right partner or remain single. They will start next year March, there are training for marriage counseling and Parenting too. I would like to start with Singles and as the Lord leads.
Later in the afternoon, I sent them to JW's house (Zion BP Bishun).
My family had a nice din at Tony Roma's at Suntec City. On 19 Nov, Monday night Anthony and myself had din at Toa payoh Safra for our 22nd Wedding Anniversary.
F and A came back on Tuesday night. I got them spent a few hours seriously talking about the work that they desire to begin next year. I have come to understand their plan and the way they wanted things to be done. I was very taken a back by some strong words from A and her thoughts. My spirit was very disturb and I pray, Lord give me wisdom to speak. I asked them a few questions and spoke from my heart, slowly they began to tone down. I believe if she submit to God, He can do a mighty work in their lives. They give me the sense of taking things in their own hands.
Their igorant, immature spirit and the great self confidence in A because of some experiences she had in her life, make me fear for them.
Well! there are many things not within my control but I thank God that I was able to help them see a little of their new relationship as husband and wife and waiting upon God's direction and plan which is the most important for their journey together. They each prayed and I commited them to the Lord. We ended 1.30am.
The next morning before they left for KL, I was so burden for them that I got them into the room to pray again for them. I hope that they be enlightened by God in many ways, especially when A has great plan for the unsaved youth in Thailand.
Many times, we want to do things for God but it will be better to allow God to work through us, it ready make a world of difference.
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