Whew, THANK GOD, thank GOd my line finally is working....
It isn't perfect but still, it is working la....
WOO HOO!!!!
Yup, It's been a long while since I got to write anything....
God has been good to bless me with such an amazing month of holiday...
It is really refreshing but tiring(though it seems like an oxymoron that those 2 words can come together)....
For this post, I shall not post pictures, Hehe, cause most of it is already on facebook and I will just post some in some later blogs...
29th May:
We had a great party at Josie's house, It was packed with form 6 students... I felt a bit akward at first, since they were all Josie's year one, but then I was pretty amazed at how friendly these guys were... Had quite a great time, though it did remind me of my time in form 6 which was really THE BEST, schooling experience I had so far...
30th May - 2nd June:
Man, I had really one of the best times of my life... CHURCH CAMP... I praise God for opening the way for me to go.... I've always loved church camp.... The previous one in Kuantan was really one to remember... I was quite disappointed that it was cancelled last year, by GOD's GRACE, he made it happen this year...
To me, the biggest thing I look forward to during church camp is being able to hang around, talk, chat, spend time, linger, have fun, get to know and ENJOY each other's presence, I thought the Kuantan church camp was great, little did I know the things God was gonna do for this year's church camp.... The theme talks by Pastor Joshua was just great... Not just enthusiatic and funny, but one that I believe so much is from the Lord, it really convicted us all, especially on UNITY... The most meaningful theme talk was on the second morning where we had an amazing time praying for one another, God really worked in our hearts individually and corporatelly as a CHURCH.... Another thing that really striked me a lot is when pastor Joshua spoke to the youth and told us all to "RISE UP AND BE STRONG".... Wow, that was indeed powerful.... That is indeed the cry of my heart, to see young people of my generation RISE UP, especially the youths in KLUANG....
Other than the theme talks, we had super fun together... I am so so encouraged by how the Uncle's and Aunty's all participated so much.... Really shows that our church are full of AMAZING PEOPLE.... Trully am encouraged man.... Spending time with each other was great.... I bunked in with Gideon, Sean and Justin, wow, the fun we had each nite, teehee, really NUTS la.... Playing cards all nite till we kena from Security.... Playing volley ball and water polo.... Running along the beach and lying down on the sand with different people...
The testimonies given by different people was also VERY VERY POWERFUL, I have never heard testimonies so real, so powerful and so genuine from the HEART before, I nearly cried of Joy and gratitude during the sharing...
Church camp.... Really an unforgettable one for me.... Praise God for the experience, PRAISE God for church camp, Praise God for my church...
You guys will always have a special place in my heart....
Love lots....
3rd May - 5th May:
MYPG, here we come.... Set off on the 3rd nite, was very encouraged to see 20 of us from Kluang... It was a pretty long day, I would be lying if I said I was super attentive the whole day.... Hehe, I was actually pretty tired, but thank God for giving me the strength... I led in praying for the different LYPGs around.... It was great to see different LYPG leaders praying for one another... Uncle richard spoke on leadership and challenged the youths to rise up and stand up for righteousness in our land... He challenged the MEN to rise up and lead first, since God first called men to lead.... And he challenged the WOMEN to rise up and support the MEN... Anywayz, Great job to the Alor setar team... Thanks for taking such good care of us... We had some complications and nearly couldn't catch a bus home....
5th May(nite):
We celebrated Gid's farewell at KFC Kluang mall... Yup, a bunch of crazy youths again, making noise, clowning around and being SILLY in PUBLIC... Haha... After dinner, all the guys made a trip to CC.... COUNTER STRIKE MAN.... HEHE.... It was so so cool.... A total of 20 plus of us went.... IT was CRAZY, shouting at each other across the room, like the whole CC belongs to us... Haha... It was so fun we proposed to do it during Boyz nite.....
6th May:
We had community service on that day... We basically went together as a whole youth group to the railway track to give out food and supplies.... It was an eye-opening experience for me as I never knew there were so many people in need just at my doorstep.... Well, this is the first step for Ablaze to step out and serve the community....
At nite, the Tangs came and stayed over at my house... We went out for Mamak and stuff and stayed up pretty late watching Madagascar.... It was great having them around...
7th - 9th May:
We set off for FWP after church service... I was pretty nervous about driving on the highway by myself.... But to my great astonishment, it went out great, greater than expected, not bragging, but really, I never drove so smoothly on the highway before.... Praise GOd la... Plus I have people like Xueqi in the car to keep me awake.... Haha....
It was great to finally be able to meet up with the leaders which most of them I only got to speak to them via phone....
For the whole FWP, It was tiring running around and making sure the guys are fed well, that they have blankets and all... But honestly, it was God who gave me the strength plus the Joy to do all those.... We had an amazing nite of nitez.... We had a 2 hour session of prayin in the spirit and worship in the spirit.... God really blew us all away.... He revealed so much of himself to us....
The biggest thing is about the HEART.... I am reminded again why I do this and why I do anything at all.... It is for God.... we do it in response for His love.... Everything is in vain if it isnt directed to our Lord...
"Refine our hearts oh God, make it yours and YOURS alone".....
Thank God for FWP, a reminder for all of us and for me especially of the HEart of all things....
Jesus my Lord....
9th June(nite):
Though I was pretty tired, I had to make it for Jane's farewell.... It was the last time I will be seeing her for a long while.... Though I only got to know her for 2 years, she has been a wonderful friend.... We had a great time with her and yamseng-ing.... Hehe.... God Bless you Jane.... Thanks for being part of ourlives...
10th June:
You know la who's birthday.... Haha.... Derek hitched a plan to SARBOH our dear Jit.... We all met at kluang mall first before heading over to his house.... Armed with shaving cream, flour and cake..... Eish, we nearly GOT HIM.... He sniffed through alll our scams.... Haha.... I believe it was a birthday to remember, RITE JIT?
11th June:
Not only Baby Aeden was born, we had visitors.... Yvonne, Elaine and Stephanie came down to Kluang after visiting Melaka.... We brought them to many places to makan since they love food.... We had a lovely time to catch up....
But the happening thing was the BOYZ NITE.... WOO HOO!!!!
It was a whole nite of PS games, board games, counter strike and sleeping for us guys... It was the best fun nite I had.... It was also the first ever time I did not sleep for the whole nite at all... The best part of the fun nite was our COuNTER STRIKE session... there was about 22 of us and we crowded the same CC.... As before, we were shouting and yelling at each other across the room.... It was CRAZY, simply CRAZY.... It was great to have Gideon back home too... BOYZ NITE, GUYS ONLY, Hanging out with one another = Brotherly love and fellowship and FUN....
12th June:
I slept till 3pm.... Man was I tired.... Went over to help to set up the BBQ pit for Jit..... We had Calvin and Pastor Catherine over.... It was great to start the BBQ fire... Especially when you have Cheng Yee there.... Man, He really makes fire starting fun la.... Hehe....
Yup, that is a brief summary of my week.... Whew.... Like I said, refreshing and tiring at the same time... I thank God for giving me such an experience before I leave Kluang for my further studies.... Sigh... He is trully Good and Great...
I PRAISE YOU LORD FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN ME AND FOR ME.....
