Today was a good day. didn't go out. just stayed home. toady read Galatians 3. then it says the just shall live by faith. not to sure if the just means justified or something liketat. then also dunno what does righteous mean.

just some stuff to share.stuff which i have been thinking about.

can you, dear reader, truly say Take away talents. Take away family. Take away all the desires i have. Take away everything, jus give me Jesus.

May God help us. =D


yups. i'm back from another week in school. i'm just goanna be open here yups. so here goes:

Friday
hmms. you see, during the week i was empty. not satisfied. then i would just turn to everything and anything to fill that emptiness but to no avil. I needed to turn to GOD. i was just tired of going through the motions. tired of running this rat race. just thirsty for the abundant life. for that first love. Daph showed me a passage from the Bible: James 4:7-10

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Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

yup. just gave everyhting to God last nite
thank God for a wonderful time talking and sharing with Daphne

Thursday-Monday
it was an eventful week. lots of people in my school have some sort of bites. including me. so itchy... this week really enjoyed training. goanna have a new coach soon. erm, let me see. i'm got 2 jokes:

there is this fisherman, who went out fishing at the sea. he caught a really really BIG fish. so he went to a telephonebooth to call his wife and tell her. then, he died in the telephonebooth. Why??

haha,, think...

highlight to see answer: Cos when he was on the phone, his wife asked him:"How big is the fish?" he aswered and said "this big" and at the same time he stretched out his hands with such a great force till the glass of the telephonebooth cracked and shattered into pieces. the pieces cut him and he died.

haha. laugh! funny rite? i tell another one:

There is this car guy, who opened a shop to repair cars. For one whole year, he had no business. Why?

haha..think..think..

you know why? highlight: Cos he opened it on the second storey. hahahahahaha. second storey cars can't go up..(no carpark in the building)


Okay, i shall post about my week as far aas I can remember. hahas.

Monday
hmms..Monday. i had no training in the morning. haha. Coach issint ard. went back to his homecountry Germany. so I woke up ard 7 to meet God. But was kinda in a sleepy mood still but continued. Oh ya, read Daniel 7. then i was preety scared. haHa. talking abt all the beast and everything. went to school and had a spot check. didn't get caught for anything. yays! had training in the afternoon.

Tuesday
had training in the morning but not in the afternoon if i remembered correctly. was feeling kinda different so decided not to read Daniel for that day but to read Psalms 139, Hebrews 11, and John 15. every once in a month my school has this monthly night thingy. instead of having study time at night from 7.30-9pm we do some other stuff. sometimes we get to go Causeway. so that night, we went to lakeside to see the lentearn festival to see all the nice learnterns. hahas. they were nice! had lion king, Noah's ark and some dinosoars. all these animals are made into learnerns wich produce light. haha. then i also ate a sweet candy very nice one. you spin the wheel then which animals it points to the auntie will make on the spot using the sweet candy. i think i had a bird. the highlight of my time there was my ride on the machine which goes round and round, up and down . it was super fun! haha. really enjoyed myself.

Wednesday
today had training in the morning but not in the afternoon. but the few daes i had been training, my knees had been giving me pain. so i went to see the physio. she checked my knee then she look. then she saw that my kneecap is out of alinement. it is pointing inwards. so i'm doing some treatment to get it back in place. today is Auntie Annie's bdae and also Ian and Lilis's 2nd wedding aniversary.

Thursday
picked out a book from my bookshelf which i have never read b4. entitled "Holliness" Holliness is the highway over which God brings revival - Henry Blackaby (i think that is how you spell it) He wrote the book. a solid one. talks abt how we have lost our fear of God, looking at sin from God's perspitive and not ours and revival. Strong messages staright to the point. very good book i would say.i never looked at sin liketat. i always thought sin was a small thing, not that big.

Friday
was still thinking abt what i read the day b4. decided to listen to Morris Gliser's sermon Revival Sermon #1 or something liketat on the mrt on my way to church. listened until abt the 33rd minute till the battries dieded on me. went to church for the bbq. had a time of sharing. me anne ter and me sang don't forget. If you didn't quite catch the lyrics, here it is:

Don’t forget all He’s done.
Don’t forget vict’rys won.
Don’t forget in the race.
He gave strength for the run.
Don’t forget Jesus cares.
Don’t forget answered prayers.
Don’t forget don’t forget.
You saw His hand everywhere.

Remember your Lord, God Jehovah.
Remember how much you were changed by His word.
Forget not the days, He taught you to praise.
Though hard seemed the way of the Lord.
Rememver how far that He took you.
When He gave you a hunger to abide.
Oh don’t turn Him away.
He bids you to stay.
Right where you belong at His side.

How the time has gone by.
And the memories have died.
I’ve forgotten the joy.
When in Him I abide.
How I longed for the day.
When His strength was my stay.
Lord forgive Lord renew.
Lord revive me today.

Remember you Lord, God Jehovah.
Remember how much you were changed by His word.
Forget not the days, He taught you to praise.
Though hard seems the way of the Lord.
Remember how far that He took you.
When He gave you a hunger to abide.
Oh don’t turn Him away.
He bids you to stay.
Stay where you belong at His side.
Don’t forget. Don’t forget.

=) a nice and mineangful song. love it. ian shared three things on his heart, let me recall:
1) We are a family, not an organisation.
2) We need to pray for our Adult leaders. They work hard, study hard and still find time to make it to teens activities.
3) We must never forget out purpose. To reach out and share the Gospel. It is one thing that we can do on earth but not in heaven. We can still worship God in heaven, but not share the Gospel.

Saturday (Today)
Still just thinking abt lots of things. maybe i think too much. ian shared with me last nite that we must never put God in a box. we always say the most impt thing is Faith, the most impt thing is Prayer, the most impt thing is worship. all these are good. but the most impt thing in the Christian Life is GOD! i'm starting to come to a realisation that i know alot about God, but i really do not know God. I feel i know little of the Bible, and that's true. but it's like i have this longing if i cld know all the promises in the Bible, all the sins and their consequences tat would help me alot. hmms. think im goanna stay home today. oh wells, looking forward to tmr. =D


woke up at 12 today cos i slept at 12 last nite. hahas
fell asleep last nite while listening to one of Evangelist Morris Gliser sermons...

today was a normal day. stayed at home. don't know why i just can't sit down and do homwwork..lack of self-discipline..=)

still got homework left..

Saturday have to meet in church at 7.30 am for the clean up thing, than Ian opened his house for anyone to stayover. Wonder if any gals are staying over...


somethings seriously wrong with me.

anywaes, about my day...

this morning was very tired, woke up at 10 plus. had egg prata for breakfast. =)
after thAt went to bugis. Met Chia Wen at ard 4 pm at orchard to discuss Oasis stuff..
yup, had dinner then went for outreach.

tat's abt it..

yup have to sleep now. gdnites..


hmms..mum think's i have a fever cos i'm hot. woots..but i dun think i'm down with a fever.. anywae, just praying that i'll be able to go for tmr nite's outreach...


have not been feeling well these past few days. yups.

todayys went to church in the afternoon all the way till night. heard a serious casual talk. whatever you call it. dunno now. like my heart and mind was not really there?? just thinking what can i do in this ministry? don't really know. somehow my thoughts are just so mixed up now.


27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That, according as it is written, 1He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

1st Corinthians 1:27-30

=) keep smiling for the Lord.


finally decided to revive my blog after donkey years in an R.I.P. state.

goanna share about my batam experience.

When it was announced that some teens could go to Batam for the churchs' 1st Medical Mission Trip, i though why not, just give it a try. Since I did not have any exams. But i really did not know what i was getting myself into. I just thought it was going to be a look-see look-see thing, not that much work to do. But i was wrong. there was the LORD's work to do. to minister to the children.

I packed my bag the same day i was supposed to leave. Thank God i did not forget passport or anything else. We met at Harbour Front at 6pm on friday evening. I had crazy Bevlody with me. hahas. aka TONG NAM (go and find out what it means. hint hint her hobbby lor) ian and matt bought New York pizza to eat on the fery. thanks for sharing 2 boxes with us hungry gals. me and bev did some crazy stuff like shoplifting. lol. actually it was just walking into a shop taking two sweets from the sweet bowl and walking out. after that we had the shopkeer looking at us with THE STARE whenever we passed the shop. haha. we were just some poor little gals who had sweet tooth. maybe crazy gals would be a better word. rite bev?

after entering the gate thingy, we had the bag scan. I just found out that the pizzas are radioactive. I think MAtt or somebody walked through the "door frame" thingy with the pizzas in hand and the buzzer went off. hee hee. on the ferry there me and bev started scaring daphne. we kept looking behind her and pointing.haha. then she would be scared.

we arrived at the batam ferry terminal at 8.30 pm plus Batam time i think. then we were received warmly by our hosts. they drove us to the house we would be sleeping in. the house is so so nice and big. there were two bathrooms and three rooms. a kitchen and a "living room". We had a briefing, then we washed up. after that we starting packing medicine. Matt is fast man! he can be given the fasest medicine packer award. lol. after finishing we all went to sleep. by the time we put our heads on the pillow, it was 2 am batam time.

We woke up the next morning for breakfast. It was great! had a refreshing bath b4 breakfast. Then after breakfast the real work began. We were drove to the place where the house and the tent was. We had to decorate the tent with balloons.within minutes the tent was filled with mothers and their children all wanting the balloons we were giving out. wah, really make until all our hand pain from tying the balloons. I was asigned as a dispenser but i really think i cmi. Dunno where to find the correct medicine and stuff. RobinJo best dispenser man! after that terence asked me to go and be Shawn Vasoo's assistant. hahaa. it was a fun job. We went back to the house for a lunch break. after lunch, we were back at the place. cos dunno why got some kind of songs playing, then there were some children dancing there. then i was told that when the children grow up most likely they get sold off to become a prostitute. that's sad. =(

I slacked after lunched. hee hee. was supposed to be somewhere in the house helping out but found myself with the children, ian , bev, joan and matt on a slope playing blind mice. ahaha. it was so fun. the children are soo cute. and look at their faces. crying out for love. we played with them all the way aft lunch to when we had to leave at 5 plus. we played some cat and dog game, catching all sorts of games. ahaha. when playing catching, i almost sprained my ankle quite a few timws. thank God i didn't. they run barefoot on the hard mud ground littered all over with rubbish they dodge here dodge and i still can't catch them. haha. they are pro runners. we played "lao ying zuo xiao ji" and lots of others. we thought them 1-10 in chinese. the like the part where we swing them round and round and in the end we ourselves are the ones ending up dizzy. hehe. they love piggybacks too. they all crowd round you wanting a piggybag, in the end we had to make them line up in one row then take turns. hahas. Joan best! carry one on the back and another on the front. lol. we played holding each others hands and running round very fast ina circle that one. and all through out they were just smiling, laughing and giggling. all so contentend. somehow i feel alot of warmth in the more disavantaged countries. More smiles. they are just so happy with what they have though it may be a house without a roof or just without shoes. this taught me to be contented with what i have. their houses are all made of scrap material, ours are solid concrete walls, yet we are never contented.

i met new friends who could talk English. Lidia, 12 and Anna 14. i have a burden for them. they touch my heart. Anna is only 14 but she alredy has a baby boy! she goes to school. Lidia was my translator. hahas. i hugged Lidia b4 i left.She took a photo with me and bev. hated to leave. just fell in love with all the children. =D

when into the car and all the children were waving good bye through the windows. when back to the house. bathed and packed. it was abt 6 plus. then went to mega mall for a "buffet" dinner if you would call it. haha. bough A and W to tau bao onto the ferrry. we managed to get the seats with at table. me and bev ate our waffles. mumm.mumm. ian and whee kok ate their burgers. joan ate her curly fries. we had a fun time. joan bev and whee kok all fell asleep. then me and ian were talking all the way back to singapore ferry terminal. we had a good time chatting. like the good old days. =)

that's abt all of my Batam trip experience. would really love to go again if there is another chance. Thank You GOD for this wonderful trip.

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