blogger hung on me 3 times while i was posting up pics! argh.....
making full use of our smiles and cameras while waiting to get into daniel hall after one long day of fun...
oh well, he's either constipated or... he's pretending to be.
Phoebe's forfeit.
Del said, "i count one to three, you better swallow it now ah!!! " gulps.
2 screamers onboard the bus, ensuring that we will never ever like to hear oldies ever again after the bus ride.
please dont ask me what chin ling was up to. i never know! haa.,,,
after the 1st round of sardines, this was how we looked after being squeezed into one toilet cubicle together.
during the rain, you still have the family!
this is only half the post. the rest were unrecoverable. have to wait till im free again then! HEE.. im going to go down to del's house with ade for more guitar lessons now! byeee.....
Jesus gave us JoY! | 12:42 p.m.
*.* Sara Wants to Give Thanks Too!!! =p *.*
wow! hehe... chin ling's post is not overdue la! i think im lagging behind her! *hehe... but im sure im not the only one! bet aileen hasnt seen this blog before! hehe...*
okok... ive accumulated everything in one post, so be prepared! wahaha...
anyway, i think this blog is really a wonderful idea! it reminds me of God's amazing works, and how much blessing He has placed in our lives! i think more importantly, i must remember to give thanks, in ALL circumstances! oh, and furthermore, we dont have to accumulate everything till team meeting to share! hehe... =p
i think everyone caught something different from the tablencale camp. myself included. although it still IS much different from the previous tablenacle camps, the fact that it touched my heart means something to me, that my heart has not hardened, and that i can still come before God, humble and broken.
keke.... 1st thing to give thanks for, was my cell! everyone except rachel managed to come for the camp! this is ONE time that i dont mind having a squeezy tent! i really think it's God @ work, and even seeing the change in them warms my heart! last time, you would have seen them grumbling and showing a black face throughout the entire camp.
NOW, you see them talking and laughing together, and even sharing with the cell.
sure, they mentioned that the camp wasnt that good that they'll be excited to come back next year, but they also added that it wasnt bad, that they'll regret coming.
for my cellies to say that, wow... it really meant alot to me. thats good enough to hear. =p
i really enjoy spending time with them now, you can actually feel warmth within the cell.
For that, i know God has done alot in this cell. im excited! im praying hard that everyone in my cell can go for the bangkok trip that we planned after their O Levels!!
secondly, i think camp was good for me too! the whole week had been super hectic, and the thought of having to prepare for worship for Rest!Camp certainly did freak me out quite abit! but i am learning something about following through, and one thing is that if God wants to use me, i have to make myself available for Him to teach 1st. haha.. you all dont know how much i struggled can! my 1st time doing worship for more than 7 ppl, with guitar somemore!! keke... i can get stage fright too! i was struggling not to give an excuse to escape from helping, but i really did want God to use me! so yup.. actually, worship wasnt that bad la! im glad pam and aileen were there to help me too! *whew*
now, i hope ill follow through my guitar lessons too! with guidance from dellia, i really hope to be able to play guitar for cell worship next time! keke... JIA YOU!! ade and crow too!!
GOD IS SO GOOD!! <--- ill soon be able to play that! haha....
thirdly, i thank God for the rest during camp! for me, it was really imporant to acknowledge that rest does not always have to be physical rest.. coz im definitely blessed that He sustained me throughout the entire hols. i think serving God doesnt only mean church activities, but to serve extends out to even my classmates! In particular, He also gave me the opportunity to bond closer with a few of my SIM classmates, especially in the midst of working together. it seems funny that they were the ones who made me and another classmate feel so left out in our 1st year in SIM, and now, they are the same classmates whom im closest to! i know God really moved mountains for that la! heh...and im sure He has a reason for placing them in my life! so ill continue to pray for them, and hopefully, they'll come to know God too!!!
lastly, i really thank God for helping me to accept myself for who i am. if God has given me these traits, i should not look upon them as burdens, but as talents to be used to serve God. hehe... hard to explain la! but it was through this period that i managed to find myself. hee.....
amen to all!
Jesus gave us JoY! | 1:22 a.m.
*.* Rejoice and be glad! - Chin Ling - *.*
This can be quite over due leh!
This rest/tabernacle camp is very unlike the usual camp that i go to .... its one that i felt like nothing great happened... But, little did I know that many little convictions sprang from the camp...
The Opening ceremony ...
Where Pastor Hee Guan shared...all in all, one thing that sprang in my heart is that... - have i been receving and not giving? Not learning how to bless others. Taking my life for granted now..
I decided, then...i should get myself moving... I should not be happy and continue to stay in my comfort zone.. There are various areas that i started looking into lah... like joining Touch as a volunteer (errmm..signed up already..but they have not got back to me...so in God's timing, i shall wait). And, i finally got my big ass out of the sofa, and start to meet people that I've long wanted to catch.
Then Pam's sharing during the rest camp brought further emphasis to what God was already convicting me in... :) Pam shared something that i've long forgotten about... One of the ways to rest..is to serve... At first, when i heard it..i felt it was very ironical. i felt like it was hard to put into action. But, when i really did, i truly understood what it felt like to
So, I met up with Aldric. And i really thank God for him. He has been an encouragement to me during the conversation, how he still acknowledges God in his life... and all that.. His uncle is down with cancer...so he wasn't able to go to church for the past few weeks...so I felt like it was perfect timing that God brought us together again to share lah.. :). So, throughout the conversation, it was just very natural and enjoyable! I really felt that God was showing me the blessings of giving... After that, when i went home, i wrote this in my journal
"Well, thank you that this week..you finally started the passion in my heart - to get myself moving..to no longer stay in my comfort zone. Thank you for tabernacle that you set my heart to want to continue to release compassion and love to others. Thank you, dear Jesus. Thank you for enlarging my heart...because if you didn't, i wouldn't have experience the joy of giving. No wonder you said - Its more blessed to give than to receive.. dear God, please continue to keep my fire going and show me the next step of action. Don't ever let me give up on people. Let me love unceasingly. Let me never give up. .....is just a blessing. Lord, i want to learn to give because it blesses others, it blesses you, and it blesses me. Thank you Jesus for lifting my spirits"
Then Pam's sharing during the rest camp brought further emphasis to what God was already convicting me in... :) Pam shared something that i've long forgotten about... One of the ways to rest..is to serve... At first, when i heard it..i felt it was very ironical. i felt like it was hard to put into action. But, when i really did, i truly understood what it felt like the word of God may sound ironical, but when we, in faith put his word into practice... we can confirm the outcome..This was what I further noted in my journal:
"The best way to relax...is not to sleep, not to sit infront of the tv like a couch potato, not to go out spend money and play... Insteadit is putting energy to love the way you love, Jesus.Thank you for such a great way to rest.Its killing 3 birds with 1 stone!In Jesus Name, Amen!"
Well, I don't know if it was part of Dellia's plan to allow me to go through this to learn that the ability to serve God and his people is not an obligation, but a blessing, a gift from God above. But, it sure did work.
I don't know how long i would take to form my own spiritual family (Fulfilling my dream), but I no longer do feel the pressure as i do in the past. But, all i know is that the ability to serve others through the love of Jesus Christ, is indeed a blessing. So, in whatever ways i can, i pray that i will be blessing to others. And, I believe that as i continue do, He will show me to the family that he has prepared for me! :)
Oh yah, and one more thing to add! I thank God, that since I came back, my sister, xiangjun has been great support to me, and thank God that she has grown so much in loving God. We've recently started our own cell group at home, with jing jing as well! Please pray alongside with us that as we welcome God into our household and our family tat things will start changing in all of our lives. That our entire family will come to know God as our saviour!
Also, dear sisters, thank you for the many prayers and support that you have given to me.. :) I really treasure all of u as my spiritual family!!!!
Hair Standing yet? But, I really mean it!!!!
I DO! hahahaha
Love,
Chin Ling!!!! :)
"Each man should give what he has decieded in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
2 Cor 9:7
Jesus gave us JoY! | 1:16 p.m.
*.* Count your blessings! *.*
HEE! OPPS! I am at work now..haha... cant help it.. i need to blog!
Hmmm... yah.. its been a hectic season for me.. a season of perservance and also a season of learning to lavish thanksgiving to GOD!!!! (wich i am so weak in it!)
Haha.. a few tings I wanna thx God for:
I am going to diving in Aug! Heh... initially it was not possible cos' I got staff worship on fri nite... furthermore, I am still on probation.. so ai lo... hhah... but thx God, my P was veri veri kind... she let me go! AMEN! haha...
For term break rite, which is tis 2 wks... I only need to report to work @ 9am! Hahah.. wah the wonders of another half hr of slp! Heh...
I thx God for my G12/cell, hee.. yah... esp. this season of transition for a few of them, its indeed a motivation for myself to "work hard, live well" for them!
Oh... haha.. just checked my mail, the FCBC side had received our mpc application, in the midst of processing, hopefully we can attend the Oct. class! Hahah... so exciting!
This is irrelevant... eh... Ps Vincent is talking to my P now... but the sight of him just makes me wan to laugh! Hahaha.. "Who is your woman?" "Baby del?!" Muahahha!
Jesus gave us JoY! | 11:39 a.m.
*.* GoD oF WoNdErS! *.*
hehe. i just want to thank God for something that may seem quite small, but to me it's really amazing cuz it has shown me how real God is.. that God can really work through u wherever u are..
i've been doing invigilation for the acca exam @ expo.. today was the last day... through the short 4 days i was there, i made a lot of new frens, and God really blessed me with favour with many many of them... during the 3 hr exams, i usually had nothing better to do also, so each time i walked down the rows, i prayed for each student to have peace, to have confidence.. i prayed for the other invigilators, that they will be open to me, that we will hit off well...
and God really answered my simple prayers... maybe it's just me, but i really felt that the students in the rows i prayed for were so much at ease when they did the exam... many of them kept smiling at me when i walked pass them... so funny.... haa, even though it got a bit boring at times, i would say it was 4 days well spent... blessing each one of them... giving them encouraging smiles through the paper... i enjoyed myself... =)
as for the fellow invigilators... haha, it's amazing... it was so easy to talk about church cuz we were @ expo, near max pavillion! and they were all so open... haa, on tues, they kept asking me how my church camp was! hahaa... i was so amused cuz i forgot i had told them about it! haha... i invited 1 old man to come our church, then he said he thinks he will go back to his old church with his wife ( he backslide 20 over yrs i think hahahaa)... then, today i just found out that juliana (one girl from sim) was from city harvest, but backslide for 4 yrs liao!! hehe... i will invite her for miracle catch!! really pray she will come... haa.... ya lor ya lor.... we invigilators hardly had opportunities to talk, and yet each time we talked, God was really there teaching me wat to share and say to them! thank God!!
HEE... very excited for miracle weekend.... at first i only had 11 ppple to pray for, i kept asking God who is the 12th person? how can i know one new person in this short span of time? and tadah~~~ he brought juliana into my life... hehee.... God works wonders.... we must have FAITH! hehe!
carolyn
Jesus gave us JoY! | 11:52 p.m.
*.* Giving thanks!!! *.*
Hey all,
Hehe.... Ya.. juz wana give thanks for the tabernacle camp!!! God is good!!! cos during and after the camp, my ppl start coming to me to confess many many things... I was waiting for 6 months juz for this moment. I do not want to go and ask them but rather wanted them to humble themselves to come and tell me.... So indeed they shared!!! Wooo..
Want to give thanks on Xueli's behalf here.
We got another teacher!!!! hahahaha...
Xueli wanted to reject the MOE teaching Award and choose NUS Business instead. As a spiritual mum, i'm very worried..cos i knew she would join lots of CCA, stayed in hostel and lots more..... ya.. i mean she has already decided on NUS...i got no choice.. but i prayed. Furthermore MOE award deadline was over for 2 weeks.... But u koe what happened on monday morning!!!! MOE called her to ask if she's willing to accept the offer. I mean MOE called!!! i mean they won't be bother to do that!!! Its like God!!!
And on sun, she's like sharing with me that once she's in NUS, she'll struggle with money and allowance. i can't help her in any way really. Can only listen! But the next Day, God made a way!! She was so excited that she called me straight away! haha.. i debriefed with her the whole matter. Really no point hiding from God, draw near to Him and he will draw near to You!!! God is good!!!!
Hahaha.....and i thank God for my life! it's amazing!!!
Mrs Yap. hehe
Jesus gave us JoY! | 11:36 a.m.
*.* GiVe ThAnKs ALwAyS!!! *.*
Yah, thank you Carolyn, indeed you gave our tribe blog "Del's 12 thanks God" and indeed, our life is ever so blessed that we always give thanks!
So dear friends, remember to
ALWAYS GIVE THANKS no matter what happens k?? The power of GIVING THANKS!!! =)
Jesus gave us JoY! | 10:09 a.m.
*.* thank God! *.*
hee ppl! i checked my results when i came back from tibet! hee....got 2As and 2Bs....heee..... finally it is over le! what is my next step?haha....i dunno lah..... but i really thank God for the results....haha....the entire sem was so so rush that i dun even rem the projects i did le....haha... but really thank God! cos one of the module expected a D one! cos sort of condemned by the lecturer...she even think we gave her a very bad evaluation! but got a B! haha! God is good!
really encouraged by what u all have shared with me regarding the camps! hee! especially the weather! hee! think i miss out quite abit! roger proposed to pam! crow passed her driving! wow! so much! haha! but i had a great time in tibet too! i climbed mountains! and i mean really climbed! haha! at least 2000m above sea level.....more than 10km up e mountains! haha! unbelieveable hor! ya! by the grace of God! hee!
Jesus gave us JoY! | 12:59 a.m.
*.* GoD iS So GoOD! *.*
ChiLdReN'S CaMp - FaiTh MoVeRs pLaNeT ShAkErSThe theme for this year's children camp was FAITH.. pastor asked us during the briefing on thursday how we intended to grow their faith.. he said, u must impart it throughout the whole camp, in every action, in every word, in every activity, not just as part of the game.. and i must say, God really worked throughout the camp... This year's children camp was very different from the previous year's.. Last yr was more of fun, but this year, really, Faith is evidently shown throughout the whole camp... it was so so amazing!
- NumBeR oF ChiLdReN @ CaMp -haha, guess how many children were at the camp?? haha... exactly 12 of them!!! hahaha... pastor william was saying, it's by no coincidence that it's 12... through this camp, as we take care of them, it's just like taking care of our 12, teaching each of them faith.. he asked us to believe that after the camp, every one of the children will be totally changed...
- ThE WeAtHeR -haha... pastor willliam said on thurs, he thinks it will rain during the camp.... boy was he righT! when we woke on friday morning, it was raining so so heavily!! BUT the rain stopped when the children came! haa... how great is our God! then.. on the way to sentosa... it started drizzling... and ade's group started cheering " no, no, no no no, it will not rain, HAVE FAITH!" hahha.... and all we had @ sentosa was a very slight drizzle that made it so cooling... haha... AMEN!
But of course, the most amazing one was on saturday @ east coast... Just after pitching our tents, it started pouring.. (haa, God waited for us to pitch our tents!!!) and so, a few hundred pple (from all the different camps and tribes) had to look for shelter.... and how The LORD provides! Because there was a carnival on sunday, there was a huge tentage just behind our campsite... which was able to accomodate all of us!! and no, we didn't even need to squeeze! There we were, a few hundred under the huge tentage, sitting in circles playing games as it rained! wow.... thank God for the free tentage!! HoW GrEaT iS OuR GoD!!
"If the LORD gave us fine weather, we will forget Him... so He gave us a StOrM, yet He provided us with ShELtER.. " - Pastor WilliamGod is so amazing!
- AmAzInG RaCe @ SENtoSa -
The children played amazing race there, and the last station was to find Wally ( William), who supposedly lost his faith and was dejectedly roaming sentosa beach... they had to convince him to find back his faith.... and WOW... it was really amazing listening to the children trying to convince him.... it was simply testimonies after testimonies shared of the LoRd's goodness! they shared about the rain, about how they won, about their group.... and they shared it so enthusiastically cuz it was part of the game!! haha... as i listened, i was just amazed...
and the most amazing part.... william asked 2 grps to go find a bible for him... at sentosa beach??? when it was drizzling?? who will have a bible there rite?? haha... BOTH groups found it... one group went to the hotel to get it! and the other group... they were amazing... for no reason, they walked into this restaurant, and there was one lady praying, with a bible on the table!!!!! hahaha.... so amazing right! u should have seen the expression on their faces when they ran back with the bible.... it was WOW.... haa.... God is GOOD!
God really worked throughout the camp.... I would say that the camp was a great success because the children defintely grew in faith and enjoyed themselves too! Joanna and William really complemented each other, working so well as the prog coordinators!! Most importantly, God was definitely over-seeing our camp.... Praise Him!
carolyn
Jesus gave us JoY! | 10:34 a.m.
*.* The MiNi Proposal... *.*
Hee... erm.. as the title saes... haha.. it happened on the 6th June 2006... 06/06/06.. Haha.. can go buy 4D ah.. (tsk tsk!) Yup.. its our 2nd yr anniversary... so... sadly.. I did not get my leave lah... irritating.. i am going to MOM! hAHA.. Joking... so he picked me up and we went to..... haha.. my place.. haha for me to change into my PURPLE POLKA DOTS TOP! Hahah... too bad I dun have a reader..if not I will upload the pix (act. now is lunch time) Haha... so...
HAHAH... okokok.. basically.. we went to Mt. Faber.. it was a "surprise".. aniwae.. we went to take the cable car! Hahaha... was really happy cos last yr we wanted to take it for our 1st yr anniversary but it was under service maintainence! And last yr for my bdae but did not go ahead as it was tooo late... Hee.. we had sky dinning in the cable itself... the food was "so-so" lah... nice presentation but taste wise was ok.. (haha.. I am the fussy one!) Haha.. so yah.. then on the last rd rite... (total there were 3 rounds).. He popped the "question".. Haha... do I need to tell u the question? Haha.. thank God he did not sae "SO HOW?" cos I would have throw him out of the cable... but... he asked... "Would you like to go MPC with me".. oh btw.. he gave me a pair of earrings from SK! *BLINK BLINK* HEE.. very touched... I DID NOT sae yes immediately.. Hahaha... but of cos I did sae ok lah... after disturbing him for awhile... Hehe...
Yup....so I thank God tat... yes! We are finally going to MPC... so my "getting married dream" has taken the 1st step... hee.. Chin called ydae.. like I was saeing I dun really noe how to react cos' I have been pinning for it and suddenly when its for real... I find hard to believe... hahah.. so yah... but do pray... was filling up the form ydae.. dun really noe how to question some questions such as "When are you planning to get married".. Yah.. so yup pray for wisdom and favour yah...
Hahaha... by the time you ppl get to read this.. will be a few daes time lo... Hahaha.... aniwae... thank God!
Jesus gave us JoY! | 1:47 p.m.
*.* i graduated! NTU no more! *.*
hehe~ i shall be first to blog in here since i cant slp although its already 1 sth in the morning... anyway... i got my last semester's grades a couple of days ago and i've officially graduated from NTU! yup yup i got straight (no no no... its not As but...) Bs for my last sem but the good thing is i graduated w second upper honors! hurhurhur was v thankful cos b4 i got my grades, my fren n i had tried to estimate n realised tat i was only a borderline second upper and i thot i would need abt at least an A this sem to get me in there... but yeah thank God hehe~... v happy!!!! Okie dokie... see you guys at the tabernacle camp!
ade
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ChiLdReN'S CaMp - FaiTh MoVeRs pLaNeT ShAkErS