As i look at this group of people, i would just smile automatically.
I'm not siao la ok..For once ahhahah!

MAny of them i've been with since they were lower sec and now they have grown to be Interns and leaders, more mature in the faith, having a heart for the LOrd!
The new leaders taking time to think about how to help a young person grow, spending time with them, teaching them as well as rebuking them in Love. It really encourages me!Its just so exciting to see how the Lord is going to work in the lives of the younger members and those that are yet to come!

However, the thought that i'll be leaving soon makes my heart a little "sour" not jealous kinda sour haha..its the can't bear to leave kinda sour..loL!
I so much want to stay and not go back to australia!
but...I know the Lord has plans for me down under and i WILL to trust him wherever he places me!

The Truth

Woohoo! really (x3) happy to be back and seeing everyone!

Praise the Lord for The Christmas Switch! An opportunity for us to share the wonderful message of Jesus Christ with our friends.

Been thinking about the what it takes for 1 to understand the seriousness of Sin.

Sin is actions thoughts and words that we speak that are displeasing to God.
This does not reach the perfect standard of God.
BUT! God didn't leave us in this condemned state!

For God so loved the World that he gave his only son Jesus Christ,
that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life.
(John 3:16)

Something within me is stiring when i read it verse. Hungry? no leh...stomachache? no leh...Heart burn? also not leh....
I just want to burst out saying : Praise and glory to the Lord for his Love! You'll never be the same once you've understood it!

I just want everyone to understand this great Love of God! but at the same time, people need to noe the seriousness of sin.
SOme say "Loosen up ..not that serious la please.."
I tell u now.....IT IS THAT SERIOUS people........
I'm not becoming some fanatic christian trying to convert everyone.

It is the Unchanging truth about God's undying love!

I asked the Lord ,How to make them understand??

He answered me that even in understanding the profoundness of sin it is his holy spirit's work. We just have to be faithful in proclaiming his word and God will work in their hearts according to his purposes.

I thank God that an understanding of his love produced in me a holy hatred for sin.It is only then i realised the great work his has done in cleansing it through the death of Christ!

What inexpressible Joy!! I really can't describe it..
pRay with me that in in loving God i will also love his people.
That this stiring within me to share his love will continue on..

Praise be to the Author of Salvation!

Back or not?

Long awaited post i know..haha..here it is!

Spent the last 3 days in adelaide having a lot of fun! Just
hanging out with Connect group peeps, jAmming, putting up christmas tree and decorations (For the party i'm not going..haha!), Talking about what the Lord has placed in our hearts.

As i hear the different "stories", i can't help but thank the Lord for each of them.
So different in character and personalities but faith in the same God!
I can't help but stand amazed at how the God of Abraham, Issac,jacob, Moses, the God of the Bible would Love us so much that he gave his son Jesus Christ so that we can have a relationship with hiM!

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
(1 John 4 :16)

Let the Love of christ be a model for our relationship with our friends.

What can i say
What can i do
But offer this heart of Lord
Completely to you
(Stand , Michael W Smith)

Reflect-October

Thank God for his faithfulness. He never fails to teach me no matter what the circumstances are.

I was sharing with a friend from church about reaching out to my Non Christian housemate. I was getting a little discouraged by the non ideal “results” I was hoping for. At the same time, I realised that I don’t have much time spent with her. I was very careful about what i was saying and doing. It somehow became quite orchestrated.

It came to a point where I would do certain things to please the person, I was getting quite weary because I was afraid that she would get angry and have the wrong impression about Christians ,I would be cautious over very little things. I have also warned my Christian housemate on a few occasions about the choice of words and impression she was giving. I became really paranoid. Instead of getting to know her (Non-C housemate) more and being able to talk about deeper things, I became distant. I prayed and asked the Lord to show me what is happening. How has wanting to show Christ to her become wanting to please her. Somehow my focus went haywire.

Praise the Lord nonetheless! The Lord helped me to realise that I have lost the focus. I tried to do so many things in my own power to “WIN” her over. I have completely forgotten about that in the end it’s the Holy Spirit that convicts her and no matter what good image I portray, it’ll not work. Along the way I became hypocritical. Thank God that he brought that to my attention.
What happened to wanting to see people saved because we want them to know the truth? I asked the Lord for forgiveness and prayed that I will treat her genuinely. One of my church friends encouraged me by saying that although we dun see quantifiable results but that does not mean that God is not working. It came as a timely reminder.

Pray for me that I will continue to look for opportunities to share and that as we continue to reach out, that we’ll always be mindful about our motivation. The Love of Christ.

In school once again....

Hi all!
sorry for the long overdue update..
I'm currently in school now..time approaching 2am..tired but still going strong!
Exams are really really coming..
I think most of you have already finished rite!?!?
Do pray for me as i've not been well..But nevertheless Praise the Lord for sustaining me whilst i'm doing my revision.

My papers fall on

11 Nov - Urban Economics
13 Nov - Real Estate Valuation
16 Nov - Property development and building management

I'll be going off to Melbourne from the 1st to 6th of December for an Overseas Christian fellowship Convention
thereafter i'll be back in adelaide and i'll be flying home on the 18th of Decemeber!! woohoo!!

Pls prepare the Pom poms!!

Will blog my reflection letter soon! stayed glued...

Past Failures

Long time no blog!

In a blink of an eye, the end of the year draws near..All the assignments are slowly piling up and exams would have to be done.

As some of you would have read in my recent reflection letter, there is always 1 lingering issue that with the help of the Lord, i'm still dealing with.
The fear of failure, or rather, past failures still come to haunt me time and again.

There's always a tendency to be discouraged easily.

But today as i was in church, Pastor preached about fighting against the devil's schemes of instilling fear, condemnation and intimidation in us.
of course we all know that fear, condemnation and intimidation can sometimes cloud our minds that we forget that the God that we believe in is so much bigger than all of those!

So instead of surrendering to all these, lets surrender to God!
God is again reminding me that I can be confident in him!

I will continue to give him praise!

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.
(Psalm 86:12)


Finally a pic of me wearing the Salt and Pepper T shirt!!
I am the only one who has this t shirt in Adelaide!! musahhaha....
Thanks Romans!

Credibility

"Somtimes need to vent frustration ma..i also don't mean it."

Thats what i hear some christians say when i stare at them or comment on their use of undesirable words.

I do not react like that just because i'm the one that sets the standard or everyone must say words that suit my ears.

How would people especially Non C's around you react when they hear you speaking like that? How different will you be from them?

I get really frustrated at times. Not that i profess to be perfect.
But people do not even see the need to speak or behave in a way thats pleasing to the Lord. sigh..

Its does not mean that we must act good in front of people. Its genuinely changing because of love for the Lord , so that people can see Christ in us.

Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
Lets live what we believe.

In Pursuit of God

I was just listening to a sermon by Pastor Eric chua He was talking about the Pursuit of God which really striked a chord with me.
In bad times, we seek God more but then in good times, we get proud and have tendency to fall away from God coz we think everything is fine so not need him.

In looking at Christ , he always spent time with the Lord in whatever situation he was in. Purpose was to draw strength and instruction from the Lord.

for me, in spending time with the Lord each day, it helps me to realign my thoughts with his. I think i am able to better handle situations that come my way, coz i start seeing things from his perspective.

For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD,
my confidence since my youth. (
(Psalm 71 :5)


Thank God for his sovereignty , coz in his character i can trust.

Jean and i 

moomoos! 

Me,Kai,June,Lily 

Red vintage car! 

My little Pony! 

Praise the Lord!

Tired from staying up till 3am the nite before to finish assignment..
Thanks to Dazz for the jia youing!! haa..
Have been busy with assignments

Thanks to the other ppl for keeping my blog alive by tagging ahhahahha!

I was at OCF today and it was like any other meeting..
But wat especially encouraged me was this fellow OCFer called Sam..
He's from some place in Africa, near Sudan or something.

He was sharing with me about how he was so excited about proclaiming christ to people around him!
He actually said that when he was at the shopping centre , he felt like screaming Hallelujah! but restrained himself lol..
You should have seen the passion and the enthusiam he had when telling me!
He even brings a write up about how he's gonna share the gospel whenever the need arises!
I've never seen such enthusiasm in my life!
If only all of us had that same sense of urgency and Joy in wanting to share this good news!

Today i went to the Annual Royal Adelaide Show! Shall upload photos and tell u wat its about in my next post! remember to tag haa..

I can only Imagine

I'm back again!! This post is kind of a follow up of my previous previous post.
The one before the "Swollen hand" one..haha..
Thank God my hand is back to its normal size..(some ppl might say "Isn't that the normal size?!..NO LOH!)


Wanna share with all of you a song "I can only Imagine" by a group called
"Mercy Me".


This song talks about what our response may be when we see Christ.
To hear the song , click the green musical note on the stickam player on the right.


The Lyrics is as follows..

I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk
By Your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When Your face
Is before me
I can only imagine

{Chorus}:
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for You Jesus or in awe of You be still
Will I stand in Your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When that day comes
And I find myself
Standing in the Son
I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine


The Journey we're on is long and tough..but when we see Christ at the end , it will all be worth it.

Shen4 Chu4 yuan2 Shou3..

When i was on my way to "The Idea of North" concert on saturday.
I got bitten on my hand by an insect. I initially thought that it was
just a normal mosquito bite and i was telling myself, Whoa its only my 2nd time being bitten by a mosquito here in oz land woohoo! haha...

IT went flat after a while..but the next day..... my hand started swelling....
then i used it to tell my housemates about the doraemon joke
i can actually show and tell the yuan shou part! lol..

I went to the doctor's on sunday waited for like 2 hrs..and then i only saw the doc for like 5 mins ahahah!
doc said its nothing major. prob got a sting or something. so i'm suppose to monitor if the swelling gets bigger.
Can fight with Daryl's doraemon hand liao..ahahahha!

However, the concert was fantastic man! I watched it at Elder Hall, a music conservatorium at the University of Adelaide.
The acoustics were really good..and the best part was that "The idea of north" were super on pitch man. The performance was just superb..

The idea of north are an Australian Accapella Group/Jazz Quartet.
Those who love accapella must absolutely listen to them..

For now...admire my fist..loL!

me in my messy room.. 

Are u ready?

Updated as promised! after skin shedding season! its updating season! (i think i'm last on the list..)
still can't get that e blogger thing of the top! lol..but someone helping me get new skin rite? lol!

to those who update their blogs regularly Good on ya mates!! (Fake Aussie Accent haha..)
Some challenging and encouraging blogs include, Romans' Peng siang's and Amy's (the links are on the right)
Thats what i hope to do on mine as well.

Sometime this week,Romans shared with me that he had a dream about judgement day and how he was brought to a room full of TV"s and his whole life was about to be flashed on the screens. (Like matrix haha..)
A fren that stayed over just yesterday was memorising a verse during her QT and it was about Christ's coming! guess wat??
Today during service, pastor preached about Christ coming also!

This reminded me of something that me and some others often say "Jesus faster come! " (If u find yourself grining or smiling, we might have said that to each other sometime or another ahahahhaha!!)
But then are you sure you would really be ready if christ came the next moment?

I was sharing with Peng siang a few days ago, about how i found being a Christian even harder here in OZ land
when we try to share the gospel, its nothing new to them, people would just tell you nicely that they don't need it.
Some think that they know a lot about Christianity coz they live in the "city of churches".
Another group of people would think that they do not need religion because they are happy within themselves.

I guess that is because they do not live life with an eternal perspective.
people think that as long as i live my life happily now can liao. We have been made to last eternally. we might live for the most 80-100 years (By God's grace) on this earth. Its a super short time, compared to forever.
the next question would be what are u going to do for the rest of eternity?

I've heard some Christians saying "are we seriously gonna like sing songs, read the word and worship God forever? aiyo very boring siah.."
For me, i thought about what would happen when i see Christ again. I can only imagine that when i finally see Jesus again, i wouldn't have to say anything and he would understand everything that i went through.i would just be in his presence singing and being with him forever!! yeah!! Thats really something to look forward to.

but..have i been living my life the way that is pleasing to him? how about in reaching out to others?
Am i proclaiming the gospel or ashamed of it?

For those of us that are christians, how does finally meeting Jesus face to face and worshipping God forever in heaven sound to u?

I hope you're just as excited as me :)

Ladies and Gentlemen! School is officially open for me!!

HOw exciting! (Self psychoing...learn from sherm hahaha...)
Actually its not really self psychoing but rather looking at it from a different perspective.
Praise the Lord that he has brought me through 1 semester , it has been and will continue to be a tough journey.

Many people say that "studying overseas? easy one la..." i beg to differ.
but maybe it just me? the assignments seem more difficult and lectures difficult to understand (not taking into account the lecturer's accent haha..). have to handle people to people relationships. SOmtimes i just wonder how i'm going to get through it.

However in the midst of these situations, God grace , mercy and faithfulness continue to be evident. I really cannot do it on my own and began to depend on him more.

In learning to handle different situations and emotions, God revealed how flawed i am.
I used to think that i was "ok". Able to handle emotions well..it just went all downhill when i came here..haha..

This statement from Rick warren struck me a lot. "God is interested in building your character and not making you comfortable" (Rick Warren, 2006)

I'm definitely not comfortable at this moment.
Pray with me that the Lord would continue to work in and through me for his purposes.
and that i would face each day with Joy!

Look to the horizon. Its antartica already!
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