Psalm 23- a different perspective

Yesterday, i had the honor to be sharing on the pulpit and for the past week of preparations, I could not even sleep in the late nights... even the very last night before the day I have to preached.

God showed me Psalm 23 in a very different angle that I broke it down to 3 parts.

¹THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.

²He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.

³He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him--not for my earning it, but] for His name's sake.

Verse 1-3 shows me the life of a child where the child simply trusting his father. Not the knowing of knowledge but its part of the package of the relationship. If the child is standing at the side of the swimming pool and dad is telling the child to jump and very natural the child knows that dad will catch him, he leaped into the arms of his dad. That's like a child-like faith.

When we first know God, our prayers are simple and seem to be answered very quickly too... then came verse 4 first line

⁴Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death,

The true life test ... the reality of life challenges slips into life. At the garden of gethsemane, Jesus faced the ultimate challenge also his mission, He prayed 3 times to the Father to have it remove...

v39 "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

v42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."

v44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

It is totally fine and cool to express your feelings when you face challenges. Just like Jesus did but He know and know the will of the Father's is the best plan for Him. And i believe because He knew Ps23:4b-6

I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

⁶Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.

There's Victory in every trials because of the promises of God.

Remember the road to be crucified, Jesus was carrying His cross and fell. Then the guard ordered, someone among the crowd to help Jesus to carry the cross.

God reminds us that it is alright to fall during the process of carrying our cross - trials. God will send someone to come alongside with us to help us to carry our cross.

When Jesus was crucified on the cross, he cried out

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matt 27:46

There was total silent from Heaven. There are times where God can be silent because He is stretching us.

³Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.

⁴And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and ^{d]" style="line-height: 0.5em; ">[d]}tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of]joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation.

⁵Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.

Just like a bow and arrow. God wants us to reach our destiny - bull's eye. In order to let the arrow hit the bull's eye at a distant, we need to pull the arrow back and tighten the rubber. There is a need to stretch. Test and trials in life stretches us. God has already prepared the table of feast waiting for us to arrive after crossing through each valley of darkness.

"Because you got a double dose of trouble

and more than your share of contempt,

Your inheritance in the land will be doubled

and your joy go on forever."

Isa61:7 (Msg)

Now for each valley of darkness i'm about to walk through, I know there will be a double inheritance and joy that go on forever...

Tell your double dose of trouble, " come and I look forward to inherit my double dose of blessings and there is such great joy overflowing within me that I will and able to face the valley of darkness.

AMEN!!!

My Barista Hubby...

Here are some pictures of my lovely hubby serving our customers drinks...

A busy trip back home...

I came back to n.p on 15th Sept. Sometimes its so scary to know how time flies off so quickly....

Loong n i 1st went back to C.M n stayed at gateway for 6days.... it was a good relaxing time for me as i go shopping... help the girls at gateway to dress up to go to an international church. This church started not too long back... started by a couple who graduated from Rhema. Good to be hearing those rhema words again... kind of miss my good old study years in Rhema...

Met up with joy joy there too and had a long long talk... went to my favorite Rib rest. - Dutch.

Took a bus to go down to Sukothai.... wasn't a good trip for me.... car-sick.... each time i return.. i will get motion sickness..... was't a long trip unlike n.p but i get mild car-sick...

Spent about 4 days there... big bro was sick and had to go for operation and didnt get to see mom on the day we left... during my stay there.... i was helping aunty to look after her provision shop... really a big shop.... and of course never fail... mosquito bites....

Then we took bus to Bkk to meet 2nd bro. He took us out to an island.... very very nice and beautiful.... (shall post the photos another time... )

Then back to the lion city - Singapore...

Had a really good time together with the team to meet up with Danny & Julie to trash matters out.... all of us didn't want to head back to np due to work.. but we all were refreshed by the retreat... really good to take small breaks with Jesus and then write on the journal.... Thk God for Rev Norman for making this possible....

During my last wk was just busy shopping for Jars of Clay.... kind of stress out with the thought of opening shop by this Thur (24th Sept) & 25th is a holiday till 29th... wonder how it will turn out... many things not completed but i know we can still serve the food on the tables of our customers... still disappointed with how work is progressing.. but just have to trust the Lord...

On the other hand... i'm really excited.... the very 1st cafe is going to birth from the vision i had when i was 17... been a gd 8years.... God this is your ministry... u have to help us...

Commit Jars of Clay unto ur Hands

Remembering my favorite verse in Sunsch

As I was reading my devotional book, i came across my favorite verse during my sunsch times...

"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man..." 1 Cor 10:13

Why is this my favorite verse???

I can't actually remember why.... but i know it was a period of time where i faces lots of trials and temptations in my life... its all about the choice i have to make if i say i'm following Christ.

What I learnt from this recent devotion...?

Oswald chambers " temptation is not sin" quoted by his book, "My Utmost for His Highest"

He continues saying that Temptation is very much and puzzle of our life as long as we are men. Temptation is common to man, the bible clearly wrote. But not all temptations are faced by every men. Rather the nature of one's man attracts to the very nature of that temptation.

For e.g David loves to eat ice-cream. One day, mom told David not to have ice-cream because David's throat is not well. Knowing that ice-cream does not do anything good to his throat yet seeing the ice-cream tub in the freezer, David is tempted to disobey his mom and tempted to eat the ice-cream.

Lucy, is not a ice-cream lover. So even when she is not having any sore throat, opening the freezer door and there sits a huge ice-cream tub, Lucy does not feel any excitement at all.

David loves ice-cream while Lucy does not. Who will be 1st to be drooling over ice-cream?

Everyone knows the answer.

The same to the nature of man. Temptation fits the nature of the one tempted and reveals the possibilities of the nature. Every man has the setting of his own temptation.

I like to look at temptation at a different angle. Temptation is a step before sin. If i chose to be tempted, I have sinned. If I chose to not to be tempted with Christ help, I not only repelled away from sin, I taken a step to be closer with Christ.

"Temptation is not something we may escape, it is essential to the full orbed life of a man. Beware lest you think you are tempted as no one else is tempted; what you go through is the common inheritance of the race, not something no one eer went through before. God does not save us from temptations; He succors us in the mist of them." - Oswald Chambers (My Utmost for His Highest)

Forgiven Much...

When Shawn - american idol contestant, came to present his songs here, the song that touches my heart most is "Forgiven Much"

As i hear the lyrics of the songs i just couldn't stop tearing. As i read the passage in

luke 7:47

" Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven- for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."

A journey worth remembering...

I'm so happy the day when i saw Adeline together with all the special things she brought up... such a blessing for us here...

We had little time together as we were in separate painting teams and she was in the villages for 2 different weeks. Only the last week she was in the capital.

Though through the short time with her... nice to recall and joke about how we started exploring into missions in the past.... and now all of us are in different areas but still serving the same Father.

Looking back....

I knew ade when i first came into children's ministry in 1999. She was like a big jie jie to me at that time... we went on trips to chiangmai... we then serve together in the missions committee... we too went for night classes at Ywam and even some mission conferences...

Though we have all gone to different areas that Father has placed us in... its beautiful to look back at the path He has allow us to cross paths and again cross paths here...

We had a great time together with the other team mates...

I'm protected bcos I'm the Apple of His Eye...

Zech. 2:8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye

I was so drawn to this verse and led me to share this in the women fellowship together with the text in

Matthew 7:9-11

⁹"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Being a woman, we seem to have this ability call "Worry". We cannot stop worrying. Being a woman here is not easy. Woman can't stop thinking about their children. They will be worrying about what are the children doing? Are they being naughty? Are the teachers treating my child well? Is the househelper looking after the child???

Thousands of thousands of questions and worries ponder in the minds of women.

Moms here can't stay with their children 24hrs but Our Father can! Being adults, we will not be folding our arms and see the children walk into danger... so what more our Father who not only give good gifts but also protector of the apples of His eye.

As i share, I saw one of them started tearing...

I went on to say if we would change our worries to thanks giving wouldn't that acknowledge our Father who will be faithful and the protector of His children? Worrying would actually reflect on our doubts such as " I know better than my Father.... I know how to protect the children better than Father... I know what's best for the children than Father...."

I regret for not stepping in to minister to this sister instead, i handled the time over to the chair person of this fellowship.... something that needed to be taught how to be sensitive to the H.S and flow with Him......

I'm the Apple of His Eye... how about you?

Purpose of The Word

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (New International Version)

¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Proverbs 4:20-23

²⁰ My son, pay attention to what I say;
listen closely to my words.

²¹ Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;

²² for they are life to those who find them
and health to a man's whole body.

²³ Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.

As I read 2tim3:16-17, the word thoroughly caught my eye and i went into the meaning in Hebrew & greek....

3190 yatab - to be, make well

7495 rapha, to cure

I got so so excited and then when i was doing my devotion using proverbs, Prov4 speaks about the Word and shines the purpose of the Word.... they LIFE and Health.... WELLSPRING of Life.

I know not all accepts this teaching.... i believe in both spiritual & physical healing... do not ask me why some are not healed and so on so forth... I do not like to engage into this... I usual encourage people to taste the goodness of His Word and be open to what He will be doing and showing us to change... Here i use the word showing bcos the Holy SPirit is a gentleman. He does not forces us to change rather He shows and encourage us but is all up to us to make that very decision. Do not first think of how you can change or what you should do... rather the heart must make that very decision to allow the Holy Spirit to change... He will take good care of the rest of the steps.... just get the heart issues right first...

I just came back from a camp - Youth camp (theme: Be Ready)

The youths are were pure, eager, willing... that's the beginning of their change in their spiritual walk with the Father. I believed that the Holy SPirit is at work in the hearts of the youths and especially those who took that step of faith to come forward to say "I'm willing to commit to the work of the Father"

Look its not easy.... Jesus too struggled and prayed only thy will be done not his...

though is not easy, but in His time, you will see results and see fruits.... just persevere on my brothers and sisters in Christ especially those serving the Lord full time... Let's keep the Faith.

3weeks back, we went to a village and held a Praise festival. The location we went was where the main hyro project is... you see streetlights for the first time in this country... but just as we planned to start the praise, the electricity went off for 2.5hrs. It never happened to the villagers there but only when we were there... obviously it was a sabotage.

Imagine here with me... if this were to happen in Spore... Complaints, people walk off... the entire event is a Failure.... BUT these audience, they were very very patient with us... we manage to find a generator after 2.5 hrs of waiting and nothing is stopping us to praise our Father and have His word preached.... due to time, we had to cut some songs... the other bands didnt agreed to it except for HRC. I'm so proud and humbled too to be serving with HRC as their sound crew... It was an enjoyable trip to be going into villagers to bring praise in the mist of the ppl there.... kind of reminds me of Rev Tony who once shared about his praise team moving from town to town....

I'm hopping to get some rest before going on full-gear again for the cafe.... will update more on the cafe soon...

i juz need a little rest for now....

glo

Back track to our trek...

Its been about 3 weeks since we came back from a trek. That also mean, 3 weeks of inhaling pollution, 3 weeks of the noise pollution on the roads and 3 weeks of uncertainties in the capital... 

About the trek...

We had a great time knowing more about the culture and also interacting with the locals especially for Loong who has great opportunities to practice his language with the porter and guide. 

The 1st day as we set off together with a family of 3, shortly leaving the valley, we were stuck. Not knowing for what reason at first we simply waited thinking it could be an accident or traffic jam...etc Afterwhich, we found out due to an accident earlier in the wee morning... the villagers called for a closure of the road.

We were on the bus for 5hours which means we could have reached our destination if not for the closure of the road. Not knowing what time will it open, our guide decided to get us out of the bus and walked to the other end of the closed road. It was an excellent moved.

We walked for 45mins and we hoped on a van and there we head to our 1st destination - Pokhara. Inbetween we stopped for a late lunch but we tried the river fish and its YUMMY....

Oh by the way, that's the very same day our dear Mr PM threw a resignation in due to a conflict... rumors of curfews or "bandha" but what the hack... we will not be disturbed bcos we are in the tourist area and up in the hills..... 

Frankly, it was nice to be out of touch of the entire political issues besides all the different pollution.... Nice to be in the mist of the beautiful hills that My Father has created and set them in place... 

Each day was about 5-7hrs track... everytime when we reached each tea lodge, we could see no view of the majestic mountain views due to the clouds... and there will be drizzles too... BUT... bcos of the rain, the very next morning greets us with the majestic view of the snow capped mountain ranges.... 

Our main destination is to reach PoonHill, 3210m above sea-level. The air was thin that morning and the cold wind blows... makes us want to give up to reached the peak but we persevered on. (we woke up 4plus to see the sunrise)

I really would like to try going up to ABC - Annapurna Base Camp... but i'm not too sure if loong will want to hahahhaah

Our own candlelight dinner...

I can trust Him for all my needs...even shoes

Today was watching G.TV and this guy shared about the lilies and birds are all taken care of... and how he was bless with a pair of shoes...

Indeed, I too can testify of that too... 

Last yr, I wanted to get a pair of gd shoes -hiking shoes, so will be easier for me when i head up to the villages as I only had a pair of free-shoes from SAF - (brooks)... so i wore that day-in and day-out... and when monsoon hits last yr, I only had that pair of shoes. Wet shoes i was wearing everyday.... so uncomfortable as u know...

And just before monsoon hits real bad here, someone from Spore, bless me with a nice water-proof hiking shoes. Indeed He knows wat i need most... 

And when my sis went to H.K, she too knew that i need a pair of gd shoes since i walked alot and is important for me to wear one.... she too bought me one.... 

I feel so bless and loved by people who bless me and of course the ultimate Giver... 

I reflected on this, and indeed i'm here to live a life different for Him and to deliver a msg to the people here... there is this word that rings in me

"How beautiful are the feet of those...."

I know i'm taken care of by Him  and blessing me with shoes juz makes me want to walk extra miles just to deliver that msg i experienced! 

glo

Who can be against us if He is for us?

We hit the road at about 545 and arrived at 1100am just in time for service... 

After service, held a baptism at the riverside for 1 high caste youth who was told by his parents that he is not allowed to touch their bodies when they died bcos he changed his belief... & now baptized. Continue to keep him in pryer...

Then we started the film show only at 830 pm due to many reasons... anyway yup... there was huge crowd and some brought their own home benches in to have the best view and comfortable seats.... 

While the show is rolling... Mr sa.tan is of course at work too...

a few drunkens came and accuse us... 

" how much are u getting paid for preaching openly ...?"

" how dare u changing our religion under the sky so openly?"

then came religious people too

" what time will u all be done? Its time for us to sing songs & chants in this temple..."

It will be late & therefore they just went ahead to sing & chant at the temple near us....we did nothing to stop them but the locals asked them to stop... " do not disturb us now... we want to watch this show...!!! Do it after the show...."

maoist ppl came too to disturb our co-worker who stays there... but nothing is stopping us... He oversees us.... He has His angels protecting us.... 

Mr sa.tan lost everything... he is down at our feet bcos of the victory won!!!  

We started packing only at 1130pm and drove back to the hotel and reached at 1245 eating our dinner.... slept at 2am and woke up at 730 to hit the road back to capital....what an experience we all had...

This Holy Wk...

This year is not an exception for us here to have services from Mon to Fri. I was assigned to speak on Tue while Loong on Wed.

I felt very heavy hearted even as I prepared and shared. 

The topic i name "The Cost". The two events according to the scholars to this week before J.C arrest happened on the very same day.

The two events were:

- The woman poured perfume on J.C

- Judas betrayed J.C for 30silver coins

According to the Gospel of John, he wrote and emphasize that the perfume is not just expensive but very expensive. (Scholars believed it cost 1 year's wages)Whereas, J.C's disciple sold him off for just 30 silver coins. (This is the cost of buying a slave in those days)

What a vast difference we see. Very expensive perfume = 1 year's wages & just 30silver coins.

So the 1st cost here I like to ask

" How much does J.C cost to us?"

We also can see the posture of these 2 characters here towards J.C

The Woman (believe to be Mary) poured the perfume on J.C - an act of servanthood and showed reverence towards J.C.

Judas, J.C's disciple, sold him off or betrayed him off for 30silver coins - betrayer, J.C is like a slave. 

"What's our attitude towards J.C?"

All of us have expectation and we even brought in this attitude of demanding our expectation in our spiritual lives. Or some had expectations of J.C fulfilling our demands and therefore be part of the family. What happens if our expectations are not been answered immediately? We complaint. We loose hope. We feel discourage....etc

Come to the 2nd Cost

" The Cost of J.C life on the cross & the Cost of the Father 

giving His only begotten Son to die"

Isn't this cost He paid for us enough?! What more do we demand from Him?!

What's the cost of J.C to us? The Cost of J.C death isn't enough to show that He loves us?

So we celebrate this season year after year, and then we continue to live our lives daily as if nothing happened to us. Is that true X'tianity ? Or what about celebrating Xmas too... 2 important seasons to us.... Is that being a believer??? NO!!!

Now we come to the 3rd Cost

"The Cost for being a disciple of J.C" - taking up the cross daily

This is not an easy cost to bear, J.C himself had a tough time carrying his cross... Being a believer here, we are laughed at, mocked at and even faces lots of persecution from our families and friends... some of you may have been kicked out of your village for believing in J.C. This cross is not easy to bear and what more clearly written that we are to carry it daily. J.C carried the heaviest cost & cross for us -mankind, so we can be reconciled back to the Father. J.C did it to glorify the Father. Can we too carry our cross daily to glorify the Father too?

Summary:

1) How much does J.C cost to us?

2) Isn't the cost of J.C death more than enough for us?

3) The cost of believing in J.C - carrying the cross daily

I hope this too speaks to anyone of you reading this blog... I hope is not too hush for u guys... 

Virus Attack!!! But nothing is going to stop us... we got J.C anti virus

I know some of u have been receiving weird msg from my hubby's msn... plz block him out bcos of virus attack.... 

The other virus attack has been happening in this country.... due to the transition in the change of season, there's lots of sicknesses happening now. Vomiting, fever, cough & L.S...

Both Loong and I were hit and also in Ps Erick's family & our girls in Sophia home.

We aren't going to be knock down by this virus... keep us too in ur pryers... 

Photos of the Medical Camp

More Photos of the medical camp

Photos of the Medical Camp

So Much to Thank my Father

Tis blog shall focus on a Big Thank U to Father...

1)Our house rent increased

So what to give thanks about?! Instead of a $20sing raised each month, have talked and discuss with our landlord, manage to push it to 16sing per month.

2) Someone has committed to support us monthly

With the economic issues happening in Spore & all over the world (maybe not here), Father has bless us with someone who decided to support us. She came to know us when she came with a team. Father never lacks in giving to His children....

3) Jars of Clay cafe/rest.

We are thankful that so far, the progress from nothing to a little something is coming up... the menu is 50% done except for snacks & drinks & dessert. So far food tried outs & tasting has been great.... really enjoyed the good and bad success

Still on a lookout for a location... saw a few,  we both like the same one.... but we'll have to check out the price for the rental.

4) Internet upgrade

I received a call yesterday from the internet company, saying they would like to upgrade my current internet plan to a better one - whole day internet access with no fee... now we get to use the internet anytime in the day as long as our UPS has power...

5) Our Health & Safety

THough we fell sick but we are Healed... I think safety, most of all is for Loong. He has to cycle every wkday to school (to&fro) thank Father for watching over...

There's so much to Thk Him for our daily lives here & needs being provided and even at times our wants & desires of our hearts... 

Loong shared about the Widow & the Jars of Oil in 2.Kings. Again is a great reminder for us that we are to be contented and use what He blesses us with to be a blessing... 

Keep us in ur thots:

- Jars of Clay location, rent cost, menu, logo& slogan...etc

- The valley is running out of everything - Food, petrol, cooking gas, water... due to strike...

- Loong's school (actually every school) having student union events. Vote for the individual unions... but seem like is getting worst. - Fights are occurring... n now Loong does not need to attend school for tomorrow.. who knows what will it be like for next week...

- STill looking for a house with a gd rental price tag on... we saw one that we both really like. Gd location, big rooms esp living & kitchen, 2 toilets... but more than double of what we are paying... not within budget at all... 

- Looking for a 2nd hand bicycle for me or loong. We have 1 but there's two of us... when strikes happen, there's no vehicles so have to cycle.

- Also looking for a motorcycle... do not know whether to buy a 2nd hand one or get through a friend from India(3times lesser the price) but troublesome as we need to go and renew it monthly... or a total brand new one - minimum cost is 2500 sing... yes is cheap consider singapore standard but not from Thailand hahahha pry pry...

And the happenings for my Bday celebration...

My dear fren lyn, is waiting for me to blog what happened on my bday and here i am... 

The day was like per normal, made breakfast and he wishes me Happy Birthday and of course a Kiss (heehee shy shy) and off he cycles to school. And I start preparing lunch for my dear husband to come back and when it was 1pm, i ponder, what happened? How come today so late... (like a typical naggy wife) So I was prepared in my heart that he might be off to a florist to get me flowers like last year.... I was singing songs with the guitar, then i heard knockings on the door. There is my husband. I wondered in my heart if he was holding any flowers behind his back like last yr how i accidently saw it but to my amazed, NOTHING... I was kind of disappointed but didn't want to show or ask... then I head to the kitchen to heat up the food meanwhile, he sneaked behind my back "Suprized!!!! Flowers!!!".... 

(wait wait that's not all.... be patience readers)

I got a sms that there's an urgent meeting regards to Sophia's home... So i told loong about the meeting and he was a little unhappy as he plans to spend the whole late afternoon after his tuition with me out at a hotel to watch the sunset and have a nice meal... He was sweet to accompanied me to the meeting. 

And we had pryers and meeting and closing pryers too... then Loong rushed me to go off to the hotel so we will not miss the sunset.... I was putting on my shoes and.... 

"Suprized!!!" Shouted all the ladies (shanti, Jacq & grace)

Tonight's dinner is on the way now... One of them is already up on the rooftop BBQing... and while all the ladies head to the kitchen and prepare bee hoon and salad..... All the M(s) families and sophia's house parents came to celebrate this 25th Birthday of mine.... 

We had a great time bbq up in the roof without any electrics (hahahahaha)

Loong still owns me a dinner though.... hahahhaaha

My husband is so sweet.... love him.... 

A Sweet Valentine...

14th Feb 09, this is our first valentine day celebration together as a married couple in another country. Though Loong wanted to surprise me with a reservation at a hotel(don't think too highly of hotels here okie hahahaha) but when he saw the cost per person, think that reminded him of me nagging of too pricey :P

Anyway, I prepared dinner in advanced. Supposing to get chicken thighs, my dear husband got chicken meat in cubes... anyway I managed to turn this around so instead of getting a nice big piece of chicken thigh grilled on the plate, is all in cubes... Loong arranged the food on the plate so nicely and with a nice candle set on the dinner table, the atmosphere changes. (By the way there was no electricity too...)

So 2 nice plates of food - sweet onion chicken grilled, mashed potatoes, carrots and zukinis at the side and dessert wine. (Will show u the pictures in the next post)

Loong's commend:
" The chicken was very good! But the company is even better... " (mushy mushy)

Most importantly is, Loong was sharing about what the Lord spoke to him about being content whereas, the Lord has impressed on my heart is not to store up earthly treasures rather be a blessing to others espeacially in M.

Today at the international ch. the msg was on Living our Lives as though we are dying. Meaning, live a life to the fullness for G. and for others... though we faced lots of culture shocks, instead of staying at our shock stage, move on... think about J.C who came down and faced lots of cross-culture issues too... and it is fine for us to feel cross-culture shocks bcos indeed we do not belong to this earth, we are just strangers/aliens living here for a short while and soon we will be returning to heaven... I personally thk G. for this reminder and to want to live my life to the fullness together with my husband, serving till we leave this earth...

Its a privilege to be serving the King of kings and Lord of lords...

Back to the city...

Do not mistaken that i meant City as in Spore... rather the capital here...

Both Loong and I had just came back to the city 3days ago after been up in the villages for 5days.

We brought a team of doctors from Spore and visited 3villagers, saw 1000+ patients in total. By His Grace, glo helped a lady Doctor in translating while Loong was helping out in the dispensing of medicines and he is now very good with the medicine names- the antidote to whatever illnesses u can name (hahahaha)

glo: I had a good time learning from the doctors and helping to translate... I know only He who enable me to translate and understand the language too... I am the only female translator and therefore was asked to do special examinations on female patients with the doctors... i saw womb dropping out (4th stage), a mini operation, any part of the body , i seen it all with all different issues.... (hahahhaa) I would have to say is exciting and fun...

There are cases also where I had to tell patients that they are in their last stage of life.... that is really hard to come out from my mouth... all i could do is laid my hands and pry... in any cases, all the patients will receive their medicines and then head to a prying corner by our co-workers.

loong: When i was dispensing the medicines to the various patients, I knew that they want to find healing in their lives/health. But my pryer for them is that they will truly find the Real Healer that is who we live for. 

Now both of us are back in the city facing no electricity for most of our days... Loong started his language sch today and seem like he needs to chase up with what he missed, and glo is now back busy with the preparation for the new work and going for meetings... 

Keep us in ur thoughts and pryers..

- a new house to move into (3bedrooms with 2 toilets at least so can host guests)

- a motorbike/scooter for a little connivence in traveling around esp for work...

- our monthly support

- our family members who have not know Him

- Loong's language study (enjoyable and able to pick up fast)

juz us and Him...

A little update of our lives...

Been quite a while since i last wrote ever since we left as a couple into the field...

Since the day we step into the field, we only have 8hrs each day... 4hrs in the day and 4hrs in the night. I just signed up for internet and i can't use the internet bcos there's no electric... what a lifestyle we are all having in this country.

I(glo) have been cooking bcos we are sick of the outside food and its so dark when it hits 6pm. sunsets at about 4pm... lifestyle here is slow and peaceful so far....

I(Loong) just signed up with the language school inorder  to get my visa to stay while glo gets her dependent visa from my study visa. THis is so far our strategy... 

This wk we have our directors here with us to do training and next wk we will be having a medical team of which both of us will be flying to the East and climbing the hills... 

Then after coming back from the east, I (loong) will start my language school... while glo will come up with the menu and do all her tried out cookings and baking... for this upcoming cafe.... so do continue to pray for us...

Got to go now before the electricity cut off and can't send this blog up...

juz the two of us writing.... loong n glo