Number 50!

Really enjoyed a fruitful weekend!

On saturday, SP witnessed 2 converts! Really wanna thank God for touching the lives of people during the service! I can see so many joyful faces after the altarcall, in my unit as well as some other units as well!

(Luke 15:7)

I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

*We still need to repent, and live a repentful heart. For we are only made righteous through Christ alone.

As what Kiu said to us today...

''Yes, we always stress on the importance of what we share, how we share, do this and that to spread the Good News to people around us. But today, we had witnessed how strong and powerful God's conviction is in people's hearts! We can do a lot of things but without the conviction of God in people's heart, it would be futile. Similarly, God's conviction in a person's heart is powerful enough for him to turn to God.''

I thank You Lord, for Your grace and mercy upon all people on earth. You made me a witness of Your love for us when i first come to know You and experience You, and now You have reaffirmed and vindicated me as a witness of Your love, this time in someone else's life. May Your Name be praised, oh Lord! :)

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Today is the day the Lord has blessed! Had a skit rehearsal at Jacob's place and then dinner and fellowship with Jeremy, Gordon and Han Yang after the rehearsal. We went to Bedok Interchange to have our dinner at 8. And while some things are really interesting and funny, i dont think i can share here (Later i kena blacklisted for 'tau pok' ah!). Anyway, we saw something nice today... its a big big watermelon! Heh heh heh....

Ok not this one! This is what was left of dinner for 4 guys. Lying in the center is the remains of 16 'chui kueh', and the surroundings are littered with other remains.....

This is the main highlight! The big big watermelon! The stall selling it has its name on the menu... its 'da4 ci1 gua1'! Ok la kind of an understatement on their part...

Look at the Vitasoy's size in comparison with the watermelon! We are like so stunned by its size! Hahaha!

Ok more of a closeup now! It has peach, nata de coco, lychee and watermelon (duh) inside the spiky shaped watermelon shell.... nice nice!

Too bad cant show the ending though... its kind of gross... hahahahaha!




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The SP brothers (ok la only the 4 of us) have planned to celebrate by end of june, and what is a better way to celebrate other then with the loving custom of 'tau pok'ing someone? Hahaha! We have fixed a new target! Therefore be WARNED! Heheheheheheh....

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21.5.09

I see my beloved brothers and sisters
sacrificing their time till late at night
all to celebrate a birthday of a fellow brother
They boarded the same bus
to the destined same location
And while on the bus
they revealed the cake to him
All this are done in effusive love
love that touches the inner hearts of man
and draws out tears from the brother himself

What could this mean, in the face of a hectic schedule that centres around the period of people's salvation?

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Its day 2 of my fasting and praying schedule! Praise God! Hahahaha! :)

18/5/09

Is it too late to turn back?
All of a sudden
You find a shackle attached to you
a snare that grips ever so tightly
that it seems impossible to free yourself from

What can be done?

17 May 2009

Wahaha... its been a long long time since i last blogged... But anyway....

Firstly, wanna thank the SP unit for my bday celebration! Haha you guys are the best! Just like the previous birthday last year, the love of the people just never seems to stop to amaze me. Really thank you all for the encouragements and affirmations! I never thought i will celebrate a 2nd birthday with you all, cos i already graduated (HAHAHA!), but anyways, continue to shine for God in the campus ya! Its the love that God gave us that enables us to love one another!
And ya paiseh that you guys go home so late.. Sorry sorry...

I didnt know that love can be blind to self
that actions can speak much to people
even when it might seem nothing much to you
it meant much to others
Therefore i shall appreciate
and affirm my brothers and sisters
for what they do might not seem much to them
but for me it meant a lot to me

Praise be to God!
For He has surround me with people of His calling
That He may show His love for me
Through the people whom He loved.

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I do not acknowledge what i do in love
for what i do in love is not what i do
but rather its Him who is in me who does it

People have said ' I see you grow '
yet i know i have not grown without Him
It is to His full credit and glory
that i have grown in Him
A man can say,
' I will change my life here and there'
yet in time,he will stumble
and fail in his promises
for he tried to change with his will, his own strength
This is the Truth
that true change comes only
Through the transforming power of Christ
A change that will be eternal
a change that will glorify the One
who changed me.

(John 10:10)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

15 April '09

(Isaiah 41:8-10)
But you, O Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, 'You are my servant';
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

12/04/09

The Easter service will start in another 24++ hours! Hahaha.... So excited for it! May we witness much fruits and miracles, stories of conversions and testimonies in the coming months ahead! Go SP!!!

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Hmmm wanna take this time here to affirm and encourage 2 very special individuals, people whom have contributed much to SP during their time in the unit.

Firstly, i affirm you, Joella!

Even though i don't really know you much and not really close to you, but in the past few months we did interact more with one another! I still remember what you asked me during the starting of the year, what are my goals and targets for the following 12 months. I wan to thank you, for bringing me encouragement and assurance during CNY, when i lost my passport and couldn't join my family for reunion dinner. It was a tough time, but you were there to help me out. You also encouraged me during the outreaching period which is much much appreciated! Thank you lots!

I hope that as you enter a new stage in life, you will continue to exercise the spirit of encouragement that is in you, and be a blessing to people in your unit and caregroup as well as in school! May God bless your mission trips, and i pray that the burden for people in the world will always remain in your heart! Let it be the encouragement, the motivation to do your very best for God! Amen! :)



And now i will affirm Randall!

I remembered that when i first entered SP unit, i didn't see you often cos you were serving as a UL. Then, i started asking people around me about what kind of person you are, and i get the same answer from everyone! Everyone told me that you are a loving person who is full of love for people. And i was like, "uh... ok." Hahaha. But as time goes by and when you became my mentor, that's when i found out how loving you are towards the people who are under your care.

Come on, which mentor will meet her mentee 5 TIMES A WEEK? Hahaha.. i don't think anyone else will break that record lor! I really wanna thank you for being with me and supporting me through some of the deepest valleys of my life, and always being available to meet me up when i get into trouble. Even after i left under your mentorage(got this word?), you would still help or offer to help me whenever i needed it. I still remember you helping me to carry the camp stuffs back, send me off when i go back to indo, and meeting me up to give advice and corrections when i make the wrong decisions. All this acts of love expresses your heart of loving, and i hope that you will continue to love people just as how God loves us, and be successful in your missions as you spread the love of God! May God bless you bountifully! Amen! :)

3 April 2009

The crucial period stands closely to us now! April is here, which means EASTER is near!

Really want to thank God for another breakthrough yesterday! Its the 1st time i am doing it myself, and God blessed me with 7 more contacts for our upcoming unit event on Sunday! Praise God!

God guided me to places to do the surveys, from lib lvl 4 to foodcourt 3 and back, and in the places he guided me to there are people who are open and willing to do the surveys.

Its not by my strength, for i am weak, but it is by God's blessing that made it all happen.

Lord, let this be the first step, the little opening of the door into their hearts....

(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Holy Communion - Caregroup on 2nd April 2009

"i have good news and bad news."

"First the bad news. We have owed God too many debts. Debts that cannot be paid fully back to Him, and we can never give Him what He has given us. Therefore, we are indebted to Him."

"Now the good news. God gave everything to us through grace, and He still love us as we are, even though we sometimes fail Him and fall short of His standard, but His love for us will always stand. What's more, joy is given to us as we serve Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. We can't possibly ask for more from any other sources in this world, for He provides and meets our every need."

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