BACK!

The trip was great, learnt a lot, saw a lot. =)
Is "honeymoon" all rosy and sweet? hehe, nah, there were the neon-light bits, the black-earth bits, the black n white bits, and yes, the rosy n sweet bits.
Thankful that i've quite learnt to live together with munch, quite gotten used to having company almost all of the time. Still gotta work on that personal space bit, coz i find myself rather unstill when i dun get my "alone" nights.
Thankful for the shared experiences with munch, seeing the different sides of him (hehe.. have any of YOU ever seen him frustrated??), seeing how he copes with the bitey, impatient, frustrated, tired me.... hehe... yeah, not roses, but totally important and precious.
Guess honeymoons are good for that. Getting to know the daily habits of each other, and working out kinks without the presence of external work stress. now that we've done that, now we can start learning to cope with WORK at the same time. =P
And... haiz, i was robbed of Christmas!!!! we left LA on Christmas eve morning, crossed the international time zone along the way, and reached tokyo on Christmas NIGHT. Cheater. but even if not, it would still have been one of the most meaningless christmas. No special present for jesus, no cosy friends-gathering to talk about jesus, no christmas service, no chance to invite dad n mum n people i care about to church with me.
*cry*
Well, it was nice to read about the parties the cg had, how fruitful n meaningful! it was nice to watch the clips by the drama team =)
Hmmmm... loud and clear message from God, that marriage is NEVER about just two persons. It feels so inadequate and wasteful being away for such a long trip, while exciting things which have eternal bearings are going on back home!
My resolution for the rest of my life: NEVER miss a church camp, NEVER miss Evangelistic Christmas Service/parties, and dun use up the ENTIRE holiday for a play-only trip.

Well, really wanna post the pics soon, but i have to get ready for school first!

Form class is 3E5. totally new class to me! looking forward. hehe. it's always so exciting to get a new form class. my 4th! wow... time flies.

Please pray for me that God'll minister to them through me, that they will be blessed - not by human wisdom, but by the Spirit, and that 2007 will be a fruitful year - in spite of many RESTRICTIONS *mumble mumble*.
But i know that when a word is spoken in the power of the Spirit, His work gets done. Ha! Yay!

"Last Words"

Leaving soon, gotta rush...

My two Dec 17 wishes:
1.
parents' salvation-dad to experience true joy, and mum to experience forgiveness and release of all bitterness.
2.
Breakthrough in spiritual climate & journey for everyone in church.

Trip objectives:
See, marvel, relax, play, experience.
Know God more, draw nearer.
Know Munch more, establish an edifying lifestyle together.
Refresh, recharge, get strength, love and inspiration for work in 2007.

we'll be back, our job here is not done yet.

if we don't make it back, rejoice with us coz we get to meet jesus first.
then please help to remind my parents to contact patrick for insurance, take care of them n tell them the joy of departing,
and inform school to find teachers to cover my classes.
=)
morbid? nay. just being prepared.
in adeline's words, "if anything happens to me, it means u haven't been praying for my safety."
so pray hor... i'm driving leh!

see ya'll
will post when i can. =)


weeeeeeeeeeeee! here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) =)

Because it has once worked...

long long ago, during Chinese lessons, LMJ once told us the story of "Shou Zhu Dai Tu". can't really remember but i THINK it was about a man who was supposed to go hunting for pigs, but was lazy, so he sat under the tree, and a silly bunny came hopping along and knocked into the tree and fainted, or got trapped by the tree roots... and so the man got himself a yummy rabbit stew without having to work.

So he thot, "hey this is great." and he sat under that tree the next few years, but it never happened again, so he starved to death. something like that. wait... it sounds a bit lame, it's probably wrong, but the idea's there.

Anyway.

isn't this what everyone tends to do?

"i prayed this way once, and felt God's presence, hence from now on, let's always sing these songs/ pray these words/ use this tone/ use this volume?"
"we tried this once with the kids, and they grew. so let's forever write materials/have no games, just bible study/ have lots of games/have tuition/visit them more"
"i asked God, and He told me exactly what to do, so from now on, i won't do anything without hearing directly from him."

there isn't a right and wrong i guess, just that different situations call for different strategy. but how do we decide the strategy? by experience? by waiting for a revelation?

personally i like to have that very certain word from God. i somehow NEED to know that the way i've chosen is exactly God's plan. coz i've seen and experienced that Man can plot and plan, but it's always God's plans that prevails. An ounce of favour from God is worth more than 10million man-hours.

So i prefer to hear first, then act. does that make me a ShouZhuDaiTu-er? sit around till the bunny comes again? what if it never does?

but no... the fable doesn't really apply to this, i suppose. God's not a silly bunny, and he did say he would reveal his plans to his friends, so i am certain he intends for me to know his heart.

but the truth is, sometimes i dun hear, sometimes i dun wait. like samuel at the 1st 2 calls, like King saul when samuel was late. lack of intimacy, hence lack of revelation? i admit. lack of faith, and hence kan-cheong? i admit. But i need to hear you. i dun wanna run ahead in anxiety when i hear no commands from you.

without intimacy with u, jesus, i am a mere human.
i dun like to see with my own eyes. gimme your eyes again please?

oh and today, for a moment, i felt a lack of closure, and a motherless-ness, a mentorless-ness.

God reminded me He's my teacher, and of the power of prayer.

Ha, what a great gift he's given me, the gift of intercession and prayer. i dun use it enough.
i will. the world will be a better place.


oh, and, yesterday had WAGHAB gathering with jean, sarah n hp.
happy for hp... haha, first time i see her n danny in non-church setting together, and i like it. i like the way he looks at her, i like the way he obviously love her to bits and treasure everything about her - every strange quirky hp trait!
HP... i approve 102% =) =) haaaaa, he's God-given, not like the 301 guys i kept trying to make you consider!!! go get married! remember we're supposed to have kids at the same time!