So the other day Mua, Mcd and Chris (who's back from melbourne) went to help out in a kids conference/workshop at SSMC organised by NECF.. well I kinda volunteered to help and dragged those two dudes in.. muahaha.. it was great catching up with those two people again.. they are like my really close friends back in high school.. (the lamers!! long live cfsmkdj!).. and it's amazing that we got this opportunity to be helpers at a KIDS conference! i mean.. we're like kids ourselves! haha!
So on tuesday night we had like a preperation and planning session.. It was quite last minute honestly and we didnt really know what we were suppose to do.. found out we had to lead stations.. like there's four stations in which kids rotate around and pray and games and stuff.. the theme was THUMB, tribals, hindus, unreligious, muslems, and buddhist.. and we were teaching these kids about these religions and people groups to pray for and open up their minds to missions work.. i got tribals as my station, chris got muslems, and mcd (the paedofile! 'he loves kids'), got the unreligious station..
Wednesday was the real thing.. and it was from 9am till 4pm (tiring betul!), there were about more than 50 kids to handle while the adults had their meeting with this awesome speaker from Australia, Jane Mackie!.. It was really supprising to work with children, some of them were actually really smart and could answer questions that we didnt even know about! (how embarasing!) We really enjoyed ourselves, telling kids about the different people and religions around the world and getting them to have a heart of prayer and missions towards them while playing some games and activities as well.. and getting our thumbs dirty making thumbprints on each others bags ;)
In the afternoon was a combined pratical session with the kids and adults, Jane Mackie did a really awesome job getting us to do a couple or processes
1. Get rid of all the junk (like being honest and confessing our sins)
2. Make God our priority (like putting away all distractions and focus on God)
3. Forgive one another (make peace and love each other)
4. Praise and Worship and kick the devil away
5. Invite the holy spirit
6. Get our hearts and mind to focus on God
7. Listen the voice of God
Step 7 was the best of all! Jane Mackie got all the kids to lie down and listen to the voice of God, some saw visions, some saw dreams, some felt that God was telling them things, but the best was one little girl who felt that God was confirming that she will be a missionary in China when she grows up (like walau-eh!!!) imagine that! God can really speak to little children with childlike faith! For me personally I had a picture of a communication device and felt that God was telling me to 'tune' in to Him and cut out all distractions from the world.. wow
After that a map of Malaysia was laid out and the kids were told to surround Malaysia, the youths then surrounded the kids and finally the adults surrounded the youths, half the room were told to worship while the other half prayed out loud and switch turns.. WOW God's presence just took over and many just stood there weaping for our nation! imagine me, chris and mcd too were just pouring our hears out for our government, the children and youths in our land.. the adults were repenting of their sins of neglecting raising up a praying generation.. and the adults were blessing the younger generation.. finally in return we ended with the kids blessing and praying for the adults! (full on!!)
All in all.. I've learnt ALOT from this experiance.. like the power of being open and honest to God and other people, letting Him speak to you.. and that we can be 'dangerous people'! when we're with clean hands and a pure heart.. and have a childlike faith to believe God and obey what he says! wow. Besides that it was a good time catching up with some old friends like pei wern, jamie and liang.. well we visited them after our meeting...
Ok ciaoz. I tried to think of something inspiring to end this post but its not working. Till next time.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Interesting Moments 2
so.. this is an answer to those asking.. "Oh so what will you be doing now? which college r u going to? bla bla..
Well.. let me tell you another story..
Time: After final exam, wednesday 21/11
Place: Somewhere in the forest in Mantin (on d way to seremban)
So after a long year of SAM and finishing up the finals, dealing with all kinds of stuff including the cat story which is below, Japheth decides to spend three days alone with God in a forest, without food, just water.. and what a better place than the prayer land in mantin, which has a couple of cabins in a forest which has like ponds and waterfall, and lots of bugs. So with just him, a guitar, bible, couple of books to pass time, he heads of to spend some time with God.
Day 1: Unloads stuff, checks out cabin (eww bugs), checks out window (eww lizzard), checks out the pond (eww it's infested with water lilies).. "oh come on city boy! you can do it" he tells himself. He got stuck up the hill for some time cuz there were some geese that came out of nowhere.. and mind you, there were like heaps of em! like 5? *honk honk... Did devotion at night, read some chapters, wrote a long note to God and slept (ok so far so good)
Day 2: woke up in the morning.. toilet full of bugs.. *persevere persevere.. haha.. no food (fasting remember?) He gets up, starts reading some books. Sang songs in between.. Finished reading 3 whole books before falling asleep in his room. Wakes up.. *growl* "ah.. hungry.. but cannot eat.. fasting.. takes a gulp of water.. "This is a delicious meal (takes another gulp of water)".. by the 2nd night he couldnt take it anymore.. So he approached one aunty who was staying there:
J: Hi auntie, can pray for me ah?
A: Yes boy, why what's wrong?
J: err... weak la
A: haiya, normal la for people who first time fast so long.. sure weak one.. normal la, go drink water
J: err.. ok
(mum calls Auntie)
M: hey how's my son doing?
A: err.. weak.
Through God's grace he survived through the second night, and got his answer, he felt that God was laying down a couple of options for his future, these included college, bible school, ywam, or work. God was saying 'choose and I'll bless you' kind of thing, but he was insistent that God were to show a clear path and speak to him. He couldnt sleep until 5.30am that night.. tossing and turning until he decided to just wake up and say "Ok God, I know you want to tell me something so do tell me so I can sleep" he said. And it was at that point where God said "if you put your hands on the plow, don't look back", he felt that God wanted him to continue his studies and get a degree before taking the next step. So he drew lots, and college came up again.. and he slept peacefully until like 11.30am..
So that's the ending of the story.. moral of the story, God can speak to anybody if they are desperate enough to seek Him. Even through drawing lots (hey that's how the disciples chose matthias!). God honours those who spend time seeking Him.. and it's really worth it in the end, little bit of sacrifice is all we need..
So yes I'll be going to university next year.. most probably monash malaysia, hopefully!! and probably doing economics since I love it ;) their CF rocks!.. and while waiting, I will be working for a bit in my parent's kindergarten and chilling out! (futsal anybody?)! ;) so do keep in contact!!
ciouz!
Well.. let me tell you another story..
Time: After final exam, wednesday 21/11
Place: Somewhere in the forest in Mantin (on d way to seremban)
So after a long year of SAM and finishing up the finals, dealing with all kinds of stuff including the cat story which is below, Japheth decides to spend three days alone with God in a forest, without food, just water.. and what a better place than the prayer land in mantin, which has a couple of cabins in a forest which has like ponds and waterfall, and lots of bugs. So with just him, a guitar, bible, couple of books to pass time, he heads of to spend some time with God.
Day 1: Unloads stuff, checks out cabin (eww bugs), checks out window (eww lizzard), checks out the pond (eww it's infested with water lilies).. "oh come on city boy! you can do it" he tells himself. He got stuck up the hill for some time cuz there were some geese that came out of nowhere.. and mind you, there were like heaps of em! like 5? *honk honk... Did devotion at night, read some chapters, wrote a long note to God and slept (ok so far so good)
Day 2: woke up in the morning.. toilet full of bugs.. *persevere persevere.. haha.. no food (fasting remember?) He gets up, starts reading some books. Sang songs in between.. Finished reading 3 whole books before falling asleep in his room. Wakes up.. *growl* "ah.. hungry.. but cannot eat.. fasting.. takes a gulp of water.. "This is a delicious meal (takes another gulp of water)".. by the 2nd night he couldnt take it anymore.. So he approached one aunty who was staying there:
J: Hi auntie, can pray for me ah?
A: Yes boy, why what's wrong?
J: err... weak la
A: haiya, normal la for people who first time fast so long.. sure weak one.. normal la, go drink water
J: err.. ok
(mum calls Auntie)
M: hey how's my son doing?
A: err.. weak.
Through God's grace he survived through the second night, and got his answer, he felt that God was laying down a couple of options for his future, these included college, bible school, ywam, or work. God was saying 'choose and I'll bless you' kind of thing, but he was insistent that God were to show a clear path and speak to him. He couldnt sleep until 5.30am that night.. tossing and turning until he decided to just wake up and say "Ok God, I know you want to tell me something so do tell me so I can sleep" he said. And it was at that point where God said "if you put your hands on the plow, don't look back", he felt that God wanted him to continue his studies and get a degree before taking the next step. So he drew lots, and college came up again.. and he slept peacefully until like 11.30am..
So that's the ending of the story.. moral of the story, God can speak to anybody if they are desperate enough to seek Him. Even through drawing lots (hey that's how the disciples chose matthias!). God honours those who spend time seeking Him.. and it's really worth it in the end, little bit of sacrifice is all we need..
So yes I'll be going to university next year.. most probably monash malaysia, hopefully!! and probably doing economics since I love it ;) their CF rocks!.. and while waiting, I will be working for a bit in my parent's kindergarten and chilling out! (futsal anybody?)! ;) so do keep in contact!!
ciouz!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Interesting moments......
Well.. it's after my exams.. so I guess it's an appropriate time to check in an update.. yes yes I know it's about time! haha.
Nothing much has been happening since finishing up my last paper for SAM, besides leaving Inti and my friends in nilai (GOODBYE INTI!!) p.s- to everyone who is considering colleges, DO NOT GO TO INTI!!!) muahaha.. reason number 1: inti's lecturers suck. seriously. 2. environment in nilai is seriously dead boring. 3. students there have a cincai tidak apa/ lazy attitude.. which means no mood to study. 4. call me and i'll blabber more. haha
no la it's not that bad really.. just didnt like my year there much.. I do admit I had moments where i cherished the peaceful environment and being able to share the good news with a couple of friends and made some great friendships.. but academic wise.. it sucks. haha (sorry for being evil!)
anyway.... oh i have a story to tell while i was doing my exams.. it goes something like this...
Time: 1.30am, night before economics finals
Place: Japheth's room
'it was a dark and gloomy night.. Japheth puts his books away and yawns 'oh well, it's just economics', he mentions. suddently he hears a faint cry.. like the sound of a baby's wail. "It's probably the neighbours", he thinks to himself and yawns again. The sound of the cry was getting annoying, it has been there for the past one hour or so.. Surely a baby cant be crying that long without the parents attending to it? oh well.. must be a cat then.. stupid cats!
He packs up his books and gets ready for bed, brushes his teeth and takes a dump. Wait. 'Is it just me or is the crying exceptially louder in the toilet?', he ponders. He tries to listen for the direction of the sound.. It seems to be coming from every direction... downstairs? my sisters room? outside the hall? behind my house?' thoughts start coming in his mind.. "maybe it's some robbers decoy to get me out of my house and attack me!!" but no.. he must be strong! It's scary enough living by himself in a big house all alone in Nilai..
He opens up the connecting door of the toilet to his sisters room, yes the sound was really loud! but how? could a cat have entered into the house and wandered upstairs? eesh.. it's so late at night! and he has exam the next day!!
He turns on the light and listenes for the sound. It appears to be coming out of the bottom bunk of his sisters double decker bed.. He takes a peek.. a big black cat stares at him with evil eyes.. grrrrr... He jumps back.. whoa.. wat d? he peeks again, there were at least 3 kittens crying by their mum...
Flashback. Japheth recalls the day when he began to hate cats, It was a bright and sunny day. Their family had gone visiting another house which had a cat as a pet.. being small and playful at that time, japheth decides to play with cat, poking and disturbing the cat when all of a sudden it happens, *slash!!* and the cat reaches out its paw and slashes japheth in the eye.. since then, japheth detest cats and would chase after them with every weapon possible, slippers, glass, football, bricks, stones.. etc.
Back to story. Japheth is stunned. He does not know what to do.. slowly.. he reaches for his phone and dials his dad's number. (bear in mind it's about 1.45 in the morning). "Dad Dad! there's a cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?? help!!" he screams. "Wait, speak to your mum" his dad replies sleepily. "Mum Mum!! there's a humungous black cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?" he screams again. After scolding him and giving him a long lecture about keeping the doors and windows close, and rebuking every evil spirit from the black cat, his mum says, "Just get rid of it and sleep la, aiyo".
It's all up to him for now.. He opens the lights in the house and gets some milk and water.. "Maybe I can coax them out the door", he thinks. He opens the main door and heads upstairs.. The mother cat still growls at him.. drat. time for plan B. He heads downstairs again to find some food. "Do cats eat breakfast biscuits?" he wonders.. "Oh well, no harm trying".. While heading towards the room, he sees the black cat peering out the door.
*swish* the cat bolts past the door and heads into... MY ROOM!!! "AHHH GET AWAY GET AWAY!!" he squeels. The cat flashes out the room and runs down the stairs, heads towards the main door and dissapears into the darkness abandoning her kittens.. oh well.. at least the big cat's gone.. now for the kittens. He calls his friend, (almost 2am in the morning), "hey, there's a bunch of kittens in my house, how do I get rid of em?", "Well, here's what you should do, get a cloth and a clock, put the cloth on top of the clock and put the kittens on em..". "WHAT?, how would that help?". "The ticking of the clock would feel like the heartbeat of the mother". "Ok".
the things I have to go through at 2 in the morning before a final exam.
Anyway.. fast forward the story.. the kittens were put outside his house and stayed there the whole day without moving much.. flies were coming.. He had to do something.. So he wraps them up and goes to his neighbour down the street.. "Hi Auntie, do you want some kittens? they came into my house last night". "EWW GROSS!! throw them away! wrap them in a plastic bag, tie it tight tight and drive far far away and throw those pests!! EWW GROSS!!"
So much for having kind hearted neighours.. So yes I did just that.. cruel as I must.. haha!!
So that's pretty much what's been happening.. till my next update.. ciouz!!
Nothing much has been happening since finishing up my last paper for SAM, besides leaving Inti and my friends in nilai (GOODBYE INTI!!) p.s- to everyone who is considering colleges, DO NOT GO TO INTI!!!) muahaha.. reason number 1: inti's lecturers suck. seriously. 2. environment in nilai is seriously dead boring. 3. students there have a cincai tidak apa/ lazy attitude.. which means no mood to study. 4. call me and i'll blabber more. haha
no la it's not that bad really.. just didnt like my year there much.. I do admit I had moments where i cherished the peaceful environment and being able to share the good news with a couple of friends and made some great friendships.. but academic wise.. it sucks. haha (sorry for being evil!)
anyway.... oh i have a story to tell while i was doing my exams.. it goes something like this...
Time: 1.30am, night before economics finals
Place: Japheth's room
'it was a dark and gloomy night.. Japheth puts his books away and yawns 'oh well, it's just economics', he mentions. suddently he hears a faint cry.. like the sound of a baby's wail. "It's probably the neighbours", he thinks to himself and yawns again. The sound of the cry was getting annoying, it has been there for the past one hour or so.. Surely a baby cant be crying that long without the parents attending to it? oh well.. must be a cat then.. stupid cats!
He packs up his books and gets ready for bed, brushes his teeth and takes a dump. Wait. 'Is it just me or is the crying exceptially louder in the toilet?', he ponders. He tries to listen for the direction of the sound.. It seems to be coming from every direction... downstairs? my sisters room? outside the hall? behind my house?' thoughts start coming in his mind.. "maybe it's some robbers decoy to get me out of my house and attack me!!" but no.. he must be strong! It's scary enough living by himself in a big house all alone in Nilai..
He opens up the connecting door of the toilet to his sisters room, yes the sound was really loud! but how? could a cat have entered into the house and wandered upstairs? eesh.. it's so late at night! and he has exam the next day!!
He turns on the light and listenes for the sound. It appears to be coming out of the bottom bunk of his sisters double decker bed.. He takes a peek.. a big black cat stares at him with evil eyes.. grrrrr... He jumps back.. whoa.. wat d? he peeks again, there were at least 3 kittens crying by their mum...
Flashback. Japheth recalls the day when he began to hate cats, It was a bright and sunny day. Their family had gone visiting another house which had a cat as a pet.. being small and playful at that time, japheth decides to play with cat, poking and disturbing the cat when all of a sudden it happens, *slash!!* and the cat reaches out its paw and slashes japheth in the eye.. since then, japheth detest cats and would chase after them with every weapon possible, slippers, glass, football, bricks, stones.. etc.
Back to story. Japheth is stunned. He does not know what to do.. slowly.. he reaches for his phone and dials his dad's number. (bear in mind it's about 1.45 in the morning). "Dad Dad! there's a cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?? help!!" he screams. "Wait, speak to your mum" his dad replies sleepily. "Mum Mum!! there's a humungous black cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?" he screams again. After scolding him and giving him a long lecture about keeping the doors and windows close, and rebuking every evil spirit from the black cat, his mum says, "Just get rid of it and sleep la, aiyo".
It's all up to him for now.. He opens the lights in the house and gets some milk and water.. "Maybe I can coax them out the door", he thinks. He opens the main door and heads upstairs.. The mother cat still growls at him.. drat. time for plan B. He heads downstairs again to find some food. "Do cats eat breakfast biscuits?" he wonders.. "Oh well, no harm trying".. While heading towards the room, he sees the black cat peering out the door.
*swish* the cat bolts past the door and heads into... MY ROOM!!! "AHHH GET AWAY GET AWAY!!" he squeels. The cat flashes out the room and runs down the stairs, heads towards the main door and dissapears into the darkness abandoning her kittens.. oh well.. at least the big cat's gone.. now for the kittens. He calls his friend, (almost 2am in the morning), "hey, there's a bunch of kittens in my house, how do I get rid of em?", "Well, here's what you should do, get a cloth and a clock, put the cloth on top of the clock and put the kittens on em..". "WHAT?, how would that help?". "The ticking of the clock would feel like the heartbeat of the mother". "Ok".
the things I have to go through at 2 in the morning before a final exam.
Anyway.. fast forward the story.. the kittens were put outside his house and stayed there the whole day without moving much.. flies were coming.. He had to do something.. So he wraps them up and goes to his neighbour down the street.. "Hi Auntie, do you want some kittens? they came into my house last night". "EWW GROSS!! throw them away! wrap them in a plastic bag, tie it tight tight and drive far far away and throw those pests!! EWW GROSS!!"
So much for having kind hearted neighours.. So yes I did just that.. cruel as I must.. haha!!
So that's pretty much what's been happening.. till my next update.. ciouz!!
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