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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The best year yet!
It’s been quite a while since I lasted blogged. I was busy with the biggest day ever of the year or maybe in the history of children’s church so far. We hit the highest target ever with 11002 children! Praise God! It was certainly not easy but by the grace of God, we did it! Thank you everyone for serving in various ways! I went to the appreciation dinner at Roland Seafood together with the whole team of CCH workers. Enjoyed myself and I’m really touched to hear about all the sacrifices that everyone made. Indeed, it is always different amount but equal sacrifices. Some took leaves for all the big days while others went ahead to visit and saturate despite all the other problems that they were facing. It is really the attitude that matters. I was encouraged and motivated by their sacrifices. CCH really have a great team of dedicated teachers. :)
Straight after my Taiwan trip, I was planning for the last few months of the year. Was contemplating when I should start looking for a job and since the big day was in October, I decided to start work only in November. But praise God, in the mist of all the big days, I have already started working. God’s ways are always higher than my ways and His plan are better than mine. Initially, I was not very keen about working in church environment as I wanted to try working in the outside world. But God reminded me of the sermon which Pst. Tan preached during SOT days. At that time, I was a bit confused as Pst. Kong has been preaching about going into the marketplace while Pst. Tan was preaching about serving the house of God and why should we leave all the best people out there and not in the House of God. Now I finally understood the meaning of that sermon and what God has been prompting me about. I am truly amazed by what He did. After 4-5months of SOT, I still end up at where He wants me to be. Truly, where God wants you to be, you can never escape from it just like Jonah. Surely, God’s goodness and mercy shall FOLLOW me all the days of my life. I can really say that I truly enjoy myself in my workplace. In a twinkling of an eye, I’ve worked here for almost a month. Times passes really quickly and I don’t even have the dragging myself to work feeling. This is not a job but a vocation.
Every day, the children never failed to surprise me with their gestures. Their innocent and silly little actions just won’t fail to amuse and amaze me. Whether working with children is enjoyable or not really depends a lot on how you decode their intentions through simple actions. Guessed that’s where I learned and practice my art of reading people’s mind – my training ground. I’m always captivated by their childlike-ness and so pure. Whether they like it or not, they just show it straight on their faces and through their actions. So much less complicated as compare to grown-up. Maybe along the way, grown-up just somehow lost some of these important abilities of being real and simple. Gaining something and losing something along the way.
I’m looking forward to more interesting days ahead. Working life is really so different from school. Times passes so quickly that without me knowing, the weekends are here! This makes me wonder am I too happy in my environment that days pass so quickly or am I not challenging myself enough. Probably because I am so wore out by the end of the days. Before that I have problem falling asleep at night but now within 5mins on my bed, I’m fast asleep. There were even days that I just rest on my bed and the next thing I know, it was morning! Best cure for insomnia, work with children and exchange your energy for some joy and laughter from them.
Come to think of it, the year is ending pretty soon. There’re so many happenings in my life this year that makes me felt that this year has been such a looonnnnggg year. 2009 has definitely been the best year yet for me. Gonna read through my organizer and write a interesting summary entry for 2009. I can proclaim it as the year of breakthroughs. Many things happened together with many transitions and accomplishments. I thank God for all the countless blessings and molding which definitely made me stronger. Indeed, greater things are yet to come. For my God is always the God of new things. I serve an interesting and exciting God. Two more months left for 2009, I wonder what else is left installed. How should I end the year? :)
Oh ya… quite last minutes but decided to make a trip to Genting with my cousin from 5-7th November since it’s been a long time we last spend quality time together. I really miss the times we shared after services and staying over at each other house.
Keep Your DREAMS alive!!
11:37:00 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Goodness of God in my life!
These few days had been quite an hectic yet enjoyable & fruitful time. Life feels so wonderful & meaningful, full of purpose & accomplishments even though I'm still praying for direction in life but I have this assurance tt God has been working in my life & I'm totally thankful to Him.
Had e first session of children's day big day on thur. Brought the childcare kids down & it's the same centre tt I brought during Easter. Surprisingly, e teachers & kids still remember me. Had a good time just mingling with them & listening to their small talks. They are so excited any going to their new sch nx year & I'm glad tt they loves sch so much. Good jobs, teachers! :)
It's a hectic sat last wk even though it was cotm wk cos we had our first ever PET Saturation Amazing Race! Saturated for a few hrs as a zone! I'm loving my zone especially big days where closer bonding are formed becos we're working as one army! Let's have more out reaches as a zone! Like what Pst always say 'PET Huat ah!'. :) Another 1.5wks more! It's the looonnnggessst big day ever, stretched over 3wks. Really nd to encourage one another becos we can just get burnout easily especially when it's a long & draggy race. Gal is the best verse to describe this period: Let us not go weary while doing good,for in due season we shall surely reap if we do not lose heart! Jia you, PET! We can do it!
Went for KTV session for fellowship with e cell after Svc. Oh at the mentioned abt Svc-it's Pst kong's preaching again! The book of Jonah. I believed tt everyone will encounter what Jonah's experience once in a while-being in e whale,e plant,e worm & eventually e scorching west wind. Like what I always believed, God nv waste any experiences we had in life, be it sweet or painful ones. God ultimate purpose is always building our character & not our comfort. Pst always say 'God is more concern abt our character than our comfort.' It's time to reflect & pray through once again abt our calling in lives & areas where God wants us to move into/on. Breakthrough is on its way! :) Back to ktv,even thought I didn't really sing but I really enjoyed the company with e cg. It's great seeing e members' willingness to spend time together for fellowship. It's just take a simple meal cum ktv session, nothing fanciful & it's really e ppl tt mattered. :)
Visited all my bs on Sunday & as long as one come back, it's worth the effort. As indeed God is great, Monday big day a few of my bs came bk & ncs! God, I pray for open heaven with more ncs coming in this sat & nx thur!
After Monday big day, met up with my secondary sch friends & had Sakae buffet. I always treasure these meet-up session becos in e mist of busy-ness, it's quite hard to arrange for meet-up & I know tt whenever there's a meet-up,there will always be tons & tons of things to catch up with. These are friendship tt are built over times which no matter what rare e meet-up is, the relationship is still as strong. Friendship are purely & sinercely developed during sch days. How I miss sch days. :(
Did saturate with Pst today & once again she nv failed to impress me with her ability! There's just this drive in her tt I hope I caught! :) Yeah! Went to resume my bible study with Zann today & I really prayed tt she did caught something in her spirit. Had a good time of fellowship. Discipleship is always found in fellowship. Jia you, Zann! I believe in you! :)
Ended my day having dinner at marine square swensen (they're having this 1-for-1 main course promo) with?! The 'USUAL PPL'. That's we called ourselves cos we simply spent too much time together during our poly-uni years (5years in total.It's even longer than Sec sch years). How do I conclude the meet-up? Simply too much things to talk abt that we don't even have time for a photo shoot! Not even a moment of silence. And guess what?! I realise our worse nightmare is coming to pass! Cos our conversation revolve more & more abt centres! We're really moving into another phase of our lives-the working life!
Oh... Talking abt working life. I'm so happy & surprise when I received a call from littlebig yesterday. Wasn't expecting any calls cos I haven't decide which centre to work at. Have been praying abt it & praying tt God will show me signs of where I should go. Did asked my friend who is working at littlebig if there's vacancy but sadly no cos they nd children more than teachers & I was still joking with my friend e other day & she mentioned tt I can enrol as a student there first den promote to be a teacher.lolx. Guess it's really God cos during April when littlebig first started, GG was asking if I wan to join them but I was not very sure. Furthermore, I was going to SOT at tt time so I sort of rejected the offer. But God is great & He will nv shortchange us. They are hiring teachers for 2010 intake! Now I prayed tt everything will turn out well & hopefully I can start working there asap. :)
Month of October: Am excited & praying for more breakthroughs to come for everyone!
10000! 1159! 100!
Working life!
CCH YAG!
24 members for W480!
I can truly declare tt 2009 has been an eventually & blessed year for me & it's definitely the best year yet with God! :)
I'm living every day-an adventure with God! :)
Keep Your DREAMS alive!!
11:24:00 PM
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Some Thoughts...
Went for a movie the night before leaving for Taipei after having cgm on Friday at maple's house. Went for supper together at Newton circle. It's great fellowshiping w e cg! Yeah! More fellowship after e sermon on God's family! Love spending time w cg! Misses cg especially after missing it for two wks due to taiwan trip & cch big day. What abt nx wk I wonder.
Ok back to the movie-Time traveller's wife. Watched it late on friday night like 2.15am! Caught e nightrider home & went for tuition e nx morning. Wasn't very keen on watching from e look of the poster but guess it's always true not to judge a book by its cover. If I were to read the synopsis before watching I will definitely be more keen in watching. It will be great if I can get hold of the book & spend some time on reading. Reading is a learnt hobby for me. Still remember how I started to love reading when I was in primary three. Can just spend the whole day on just reading but as I grow up, reading has become a chore especially when it comes to texts! But how could I not pick up a book & read when NP has the greatest library?! That's one thing I miss the most after spending five years there. Every holidays (it's e best time to borrow books cos all the books are not on loan) I have during my poly/uni years, I will definitely borrow all e novels I have been wanting to read during the semester but wasn't able to due to all e amount of assignments.
Side-tracked. Back to Time traveller's wife. It's a great movie but definitely makes u confused at times. A little similar to benjamin button (which I have yet to watch) but read e synopsis.
Back from Taipei, was super tired even though I enjoyed myself. Didn't get to slp much as it was quite an intense trip. That makes me wonder whether a holidays trip should be relax or intense one but well it can be due to a number of contributing factors. Came back on sat morning, too tired to do anything so rested & went for 5.30pm Svc instead since there's CCH briefing at expo anyway.
Had a great Svc with Pst Kong who nv failed to bring me closer to God with e Word of God. A cleaver or a kisser? Heard this sermon once but it nv failed to question my love for God over & over again. How loyal are we to God, to our friends, to our family, to God's family, to our leaders & pastors? How strong is a relationship? We will only know it when e loyalty in e relationship is tested. Who can u take a bullet for? Under pressure & inconvenience, loyalty is tested. As we grow older, e temptation of realism become stronger. We start to do things out of convenience, things that seemed possible, most logical, things of our own ability. We seemed to forget the God factor in our lives & what is having faith all abt. Can we still have e childlike faith that we had when we first started out with God-to trust Him even for e unknown-our future? Not asking why or how but simply just follow & obey what God wants to do with our lives.
'God of mine forever, and forever I'M WITH YOU.' Enough of 'asking God to go wherever we are' to 'God, wherever You are, I will go!' just like how Ruth clung on to Naomi. God will only show Himself strong to those whose hearts are loyal to Him. God, I desire more of You in my life, to show Yourself strong. Let me decrease so that You may increase in my life! Believing God for greater things to come! :)
P/s: Probably gonna write my nx entry on Taipei trip if I have the time. Meanwhile, pray with me for CCH Big Day Vision:10000, PE zone:1159, PE206:100! God, unless You build Your house or Your labourers laboured in vain!
Keep Your DREAMS alive!!
1:33:00 AM
