hmm.. some photos we took the other day. :)

just got back from prayer meeting. it was utterly refreshing, and truly, there's so much to thank God for! i still remember before prayer meeting, was telling some of the aunties in the office that if i didn't have to play, i'd have gone home instead cos i was so tired and zonked from last night's gathering at shiqi's place! (uh, although i think i slept the most out of all of us)

nevertheless, thank God i stayed, because i was truly blessed to see how God is working in our community. zachary and his family went up to share, soo yeong shared from 1 peter, spent some time sharing thanksgiving items with daniel ng.. and got to pray with my mentoring gals. all in all, i'd say i was blessed so much more than i could ever give. thank God for that!

heh.. but i am quite tired now.. wanted to post up some pictures from the og outing the other day.. but too tired.. shall do it another day, maybe tmr! og outing on wed was fun.. haha we went bowling and kite flying. and peiru and i kept encouraging each other by insisting we had to beat junwei's score! (haha....)and we did, in a way. (right peiru?)

haha.. peiru just spent awhile teaching me to do all these:

hmm.. met ms tan today. it was good.. just talking to her and catching up with her. airing my views.. telling her things.. listening to her viewpoint. and she hasn't changed all that much, except that yeah she probably grew older, and more tired. but nonetheless, just as wise as she's always been. :)

what disturbed me though, was what she shared with me abt ms goh.. about how she really doesn't have much time left.. how frail she is now and how the doctors told her to be prepared to go anytime. i ought to go back to mg and visit her soon.. before it's too late. sigh.. that's the thing abt relationships. we don't treasure them till they're taken from us. all i can pray for now is that she'll come to a realisation of how much she needs God and come to accept Him, before it's too late.

my heart is aching now.. and it's aching so badly.

it's been a tiring past few days.. right now, all i wanna do after this is to crash into my bed and sleep! zzzzz... but yeah.. felt the need to blog cos there are really so many things to thank God for.
yesterday night, i just found out that one of the freshmen who's coming to pharm, and who's a guy, is a christian! truly an answer to our prayers! finally, a brother who can reach out to the guys in pharm.
hmm.. also thank God for the sisters whom i have along with me in pharm, namely sarah and shiwei. well, it's gonna be another tough term, where we have to make a clear stand on certain issues, and truly be salt and light in the midst of all the darkness. but thank God for people who're walking alongside and praying alongside, who face the same struggles and fears as me, because we can constantly encourage and uphold each other!
thank God also for the church ppl who're coming to nus! finally i have company! hahaha.. mich, yokes and lucas! more time for prayer and fellowship.. heh.
just these few thanksgiving items alone makes me feel more excited about the new semester ahead. and the sole assurance from romans 8 that NOTHING can separate us from the love of Christ..

hmmm.. some of the photos we took at camp!


heh.. seniors! my crazy friends in pharm :)

camp photo..

my og..for one day!




us! janice, me, huixian and peiru

:)

uh, how come i don't remember taking this?

*phew* im so tired now! it's been an eventful past few days.. alpha intro dinner.. pharm camp and mentoring just now. i've done much, seen much, learnt much. now i just need to rest more! was supposed to go visit debbie and her kids, elliot and faith, but i was coughing so much i decided not to, lest i pass my cough and sore throat to them.

pharm camp was really fun. my only regret is not going for the camp earlier, but my legs and hands broke out in rash, so i decided not to join them at sentosa. well, had lots of fun last night playing twister and got to know a few juniors.. generally i stuck with jenxi's og.. peiru and janice followed that og as well.. we played twister until we got all twisted. :S then walked over to chalet L to check out what was going on there.. there were ppl watching tv in the living room, playing indian poker in the room and having a mini-bash in another room. very happening place indeed.. but i went straight for the leftovers from dinner. janice joined me, and then slowly people started devouring the food. heh..

headed down to changi beach after that, passing by changi village on the way.. and we saw something i didn't really wanna see!! :s i think everyone can generally guess what. well, i scurried past them and headed straight for the pathway leading to the beach. the sky was so clear last night, there were so many stars! spent my time there talking to janice.. well, it was time well spent. :)

slept at abt 430.. i was so tired when i got back to the chalet i just collapsed into my sleeping bag and overslept the next morning.. was supposed to help make milo. heh.. oops! all in all, i had fun getting to know new ppl and spending time with my friends whom i hardly saw during the holidays..:)

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away." -1 Corinthians 13:4-8

wow. such is the measure of God's love. i have a loooooong way to go.

forgiveness, grace... these are the two words i've come to appreciate so much over the past two hours. we as fallible human beings find it so hard to forgive and be gracious.. but what about God? We sin against a holy and perfect God countless times, yet in His loving mercy and by His grace, He forgives us if we are willing to confess our sins. 1 John 1:9

As i struggled and prayed through everything just now, this whole notion of God's grace and mercy just overwhelmed me. I realised how unforgiving and ungracious i was, and as i approached His throne of grace, I was utterly overwhelmed. Jesus, who bore all our sins on the cross 2000 years ago, still stands before the Father and constantly intercedes for us, regardless of the countless times we sin against Him. No one likes people to sin against them, how much more, then, would our Heavenly Father be grieved when men made in His image sin against Him? Yet, He forgives. Amazing....

"No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off.
Poverty-stricken as the church is today in many things, she is most stricken here in the place of prayer. We have many organisers, but few agonisers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere." -Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries

Food for thought. Well, bottomline is we need to pray!

Just got back from sri lanka today. Many things on my mind, what I've been fearing may be coming true.. Inside me is a struggle between wanting to find out more and living on the notion that ignorance is bliss. Pray.. God may just turn this whole situation around and bring salvation eventually. That's the hope i'm living on for now.