My cute little niece

Couple pictures of little Abbie from Chinese New Year. My little niece is more styling than her auntie Phoebe! Hehe :)

Consultant-- Me?

Guess what? After 2 1/2 months of bumming around, I will be working again, starting next Monday 12/17. Can you believe that I will be a consultant? What? Yup, you read right.

Our God is indeed faithful. He knows what I need-- some pocket $. He just provided me a consultant/contractor job. I will be working at my old company to help out my old boss Prema. This is very interesting situation even Prema cannot believe this is happening for real. I quit my job back in Oct because management had moved Prema to a different group and I was frustrated with my new direct manager for months. Now, I will be working for/with Prema who I had worked for many years. I can only praise God in how He provided this job out of many impossibilities. I never thought I would be going back AND as a consultant for Prema! Yay! :)

I know God has answered my prayers in wanting some more time with Prema to continue to witness to her. I started sharing the gospel with Prema when the whole work situation was going crazy. After quitting, although I tried very hard to stay in touch with Prema, timing was never right. God places me there now as a consultant for Prema for a reason. Please be praying for Prema’s salvation and for me...

Regarding my "real" job search, it is still on-going. Right now, end of the year, timing is not the greatest as companies typically don't hire at the end of the year. Let's see how God will lead me next!

Our God is awesome!!! :)

I am auntie Phoebe!

Back in May of this year, my brother Enoch told us that my sister-in-law Imelda was pregnant. Our family was excited with much joy but then Enoch said that the baby could have Down Syndrome, at that time, our hearts were sadden with much sorrow!

During Imelda’s pregnancy, AFP test was done. Result came back with abnormality. The doctor said that the baby may have an extra 21st chromosome. To be sure, the baby can be tested with amniocentesis or be aborted. Our family urgently and persistently prayed in front of the Lord. After some time, a decision was made to have this baby; a bible verse came to my mom’s heart-- Psalm 127:3 “Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him”. Because this baby is God’s gift, we have to put everything in God’s hands and hope for God’s grace and mercy.

Pastor Dan and Charlene talked to my parents one day about how Enoch and Imelda were doing. My parents told them that Enoch and Imelda were expecting. They both were so happy too for my parents to become grandparents. My parents told them what was happening and P. Dan immediately suggested to have the whole congregation pray on this. My parents said no but just to have P. Dan and Charlene prayed privately for this baby and asked for God’s gracious leading and mercy upon us. We believed this baby is a gift from God and is a gift which we would have the strength/ability to receive.

Some brothers and sisters knew Imelda was pregnant and were all happy for my parents and for me. Only God knew our hearts. We can only ask for God to be gracious and be full of mercy.

On Nov 26, 6:57PM, Imelda had c-section at the hospital and gave birth to a baby girl, weighed 7lb 5 oz and measured 19” long. The baby is a healthy and cute little girl and is named Abigail (Mei-Zhi: aka Beautiful Wisdom). Our entire family, along with Imelda’s mom, were all giving thanks for God’s blessing and grace. Praise the Lord!

P. Dan and Charlene said that God has given our family a miracle and also praised God for us. May all the glory be given to God! Joy has come to my family, my parents have written this testimony and I translated as good as I can to share with everyone. It sure has been a faith journey and God’s wisdom is something we couldn’t fathom…

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! May you also be blessed!

PS. Below are some pictures taken on 12/4/07 when Abi is only a week old. :)

10 Blessings

Today is the 1 month mark of me being jobless. Looking back these past few weeks, I can’t thank God enough for all His blessings:

10. Now I have time to clean my bathroom and bedroom (okay, it is still on my to do list. Haha)
9. I have time to blog (yes, that is if I am motivated but hey, having a choice is not bad!)
8. I can watch lots of K-drama and feel my life has no drama :)
7. I can stay up and get up as late as I want (except Saturday morning for BSF!)
6. I can take naps (wow, sounds like I am a lazy bum, but that is just part of the detox program from working! Hehe)
5. I can have lunch dates with friends (never really done that before while working!)
4. I have time to visit/help friends (like Janet and baby Josiah, Ruth…etc)
3. I have time to serve without feeling stressed out (hey, it is kinda hard to be stressing out when you realize that others are serving while working. Oh sorry to be rubbing it in my friends! :p)
2. I have friends and family all showing how much they love, care and in support of me during this time (you just cannot believe the number of people wanting to pay for my lunch and willing to lend me $ w/o interests and w/o me asking. Yes, so far, I have declined all offers but it is just good to know that I am loved you know?!)
1. I have consistent and quality face time with God (doing BSF homework and praying without time constrains are such joy! I feel like I have been on a month long retreat with God. Isn’t that cool?)

I am waiting to see where God is leading me next. That is exciting as I really have no idea. All I know is He has been providing and will provide! Rev. Yap shared this verse with me just this past Tuesday…

1 Cor 2:9 No eyes has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love Him.

Doesn’t it just get you all excited and curious in wanting to know what God
has prepared for you and me? Hehe. Stay tuned!

Visiting J&j!

One of the blessings of not working is to have time to do whatever I want. :) Just 2 Mondays ago (10/22), I visited Janet and baby Josiah along with Vivi and Dree Dree. What a fun time to get together!

Like before, we ate, laughed and talked, however things are definitely changing. Janet talked about motherhood, Vivi talked about pregnancy, and Dree Dree talked about wedding planning. Where was I in the whole thing? I was just sitting back not knowing what to think with all the crazy info, realizing life is moving forward fast and seeing how good God is in growing each of us in different areas. I cannot believe we are growing up!!!

Josiah is such a cute baby. I think he totally has Janet's eyes but with everything else like John. Don't take my words, you be the judge!

Here are pictures of crazy auntie Fifi, training baby Josiah not to spit out his pacifier and then training baby Josiah to drink milk himself without any help at a age of ~1 mo. Yeah, I know my status as a possible babysitter just got crossed out from the list. :p

I am almost free!

After so much work drama, finally I resigned this Monday 9/17. My last day at work will be 10/1. Where am I going? No where as I don't have anything line up yet. In some ways, this is a blessing because I really need a break from work to detox. :p

Although I don't know about my future, I am glad that God knows. I do believe He is in control and He is growing my faith through this circumstance. In midst of all the work drama, I found myself originally angry, frustrated, sad and then depressed. After some time in my own slump, God removed me from all that. Now I am very clear that God is with me every step of the way, no matter how uncertain things may look.

God has challenged me to put Him first above all. I am convicted to prioritize my face time with Him as the first thing I do in the morning. For a late riser, believe it or not, I am finding myself getting up early in the morning to pray and do my QT/BSF homework at 6:30 or 7 am. (Surely not with my own strength b/c I just cannot be this consistent. God woke me up each morning!) Before going to bed, I prayed again. All this face time with God, I can't help to think that God is using this period of my life to draw me closer to Him.

For those who are wondering... yes, I have been sending my resumes to places. Recently, I have this thought that praying for my next job actively is even better than sending out resumes actively. Yup, I am still processing what God is teaching me in this situation. Isn't it interesting that this whole situation is becoming a blessing? God sure does great things beyond our understanding.

If you see this posting and want to pray for me, just pray that God will provide and I will continue to grow in this faith journey. Thanks! :)

Youth Retreat

I went to youth retreat this past weekend. The theme of the retreat was iPassion. The kids learned and I learned. The kids bonded and I bonded too. haha. More sharing on this later. I took very few pictures and here are some of them!

Oh no,why is Wendy cut off? Let's try again. :)

Wait a minute, I want a picture of all the junior high girls. Where are all my girls? OH, why are Sam and Michael there? Haha. ;)

That's better. Wait, why is Michael still there? Haha. :p

Hurry girls!!! Let's take 1 picture before the picture crashers show up!!!

Okay, fine. How can I not take a picture of our CUTE guys?! :)

The coolest group of all-- iSpirit-- yup, my small group! hehe. :)

This is one of the yurts which we stayed in