Bless bless and bless

Dear daughters...

Just want to thank you for all ur support and understanding even in this time of my adjustment to work. It's really encouraging to see how you all are really rising up to do things out of your comfort zone and taking the initiative.Keep it up! Hope that you all have enjoyed the retreat as much as i had. =)

Just want to post up the groupings for the 100 K challenge:
1) Cheong, grace, charis, kai
2) val, beiqin, suet
3) Nuan Yi, Elaine, Victorette
4) Jen, yvonne, Xinyi
5) Melissa, Gwen, Fiona
6) Peng, reg, des, debbie

For my group, i met up with fiona today and we prayed tog, our gp's daily synchronised prayer is at 11pm. So do go abt arranging ur times in ur gp.

Also some clarifications. The pastors will not contact ur friends, but they will mail sth to them, nth offensive, just to let them know that they will be kept in prayer, in fact till the end of the year. Though we are sent out to find pple to bless for one mth.. The prayer will carry on till the year end which is also part of consolidation by faith.

Beyond all these... may blessing be a lifestyle of ours.

Please keep me in prayer, cos i have a vision to see a church set up in my workplace.. starting this thurs. PRay that GOd' presence will visit and the pple will find rest. That the church will be a place of rest.

Love you all in His love.. Do keep testimonies cmg in!

Mummy

Are you part of the 100K blessing?

Extracted from my blog.

We went back home after taking of photos and i am pretty much excited about going out to bless the nation with this 100K blessing. Especially along town area and in hospitals, but have to check out though, nurses might not want strangers to intrude esp after visitation hours. Like Fiona, i was counting the number of people i want to bless, whether or not there's already 20. But while walking home along the ulu bangsa street, God spoke to me, 'Val, its not the numbers that i want, its not about meeting the quota of 20 that you have to start searching your hp contacts for people to bless. I will bring to you these people, at the right place, the right time and the right people, all you have to do is to tune in to my voice.' I'm taken aback and am really enlightened. I repented and immediately obeyed His words.

And after i got home and bathed, nisa came to my room, wanting to teach me to make recycled paper, and i asked her about the blessing. Immediately, she said she wanted. And praise God! She's the 1st person that God wants me to bless. =)) After that, i felt prompted to ask my mom also. I asked her if she wants to be part of this 100K blessing, and she said 'ok, but i dont want 100K, i want infinite blessings from God!'. As usual la, i gave her the ?huh? look. After she saw the 12 blessings, haha she said she wanted all of them! -_-'' Boy, she hungry for God's blessings. then she said 'You ah...ALWAYS ENTICING ME ABOUT SUCH STUFF!!!" ahha but in the end she chose no.10 and she shared with me the book she was reading. It was about Forgiveness and she has reached the last chapter, its about 'how to lay down your burdens and how to release forgiveness!' She was so shocked that everything came so timely and believed it's indeed his works and not mine! Praise God man..

Dear sisters and brothers, i pray that this testimony will be able to let you grow more in faith and trusting the Lord. Things can never go wrong with God.

to Mel, thanks for your affirmation and encouragement. thanks for always being there for me and helping me out in the cell group. Your presence was sufficient.

to Regina, we will grow this cell together. Thank God for your willingness to always help people around you. I was one of those blessed by your acts of kindness. I miss supper times, this time round i will initiate to organize.

to Von, thanks for being such a wonderful listener and all the times of sharing we had. Thanks also for enduring with me at cambodia. Haha (sshh our secret, though i tink the whole cell knows already) Your humor has indeed brought me a lot of joy.

to Des, i miss those times we chatted over msn, just sharing our ups and downs. Please do come n click on me, coz my msn contacts r all gone.

to Fiona, thank God for your faithfulness. As you continue to mother tricia, gf and the rest of the cell, i pray that you will learn and understand the heart of a mother. If you need advice on bgr, just ask me ok? i'm not super pro la, but at least been thru enough to be able to help you through i guess. We will go massage together.

to Chng, i miss those times preparing singspiration in Sci Canteen and leading worship with you in gb. As you take up the role as an officer in gb, i pray that faith and trust will rise up in you, that you'll learn how to surrender to the Lord.

to Gwen, thanks for your prayers and chatting over msn. It was indeed a time of bonding and getting to know you better this year. The Lord just wants to say to you 'He's really proud of you'. To the things you do, I just want to affirm you that its really good enough. We appreciate it and the Lord appreciates it as well.

to Cheong, as you mother claris and grace, the Lord is faithful to provide. Know that He is your provider and you will be blessed. He will never short change you. Jia you in spiritual mothering, we are running this race together. Thank God for you, for always taking the time off on fridays to help me and regina lead worship and play the guitar. I really appreciate it loads. You dont know how much it means to us.

to Nuanyi, thank God for all the times we chatted over msn in the mornings when i had nothing to do at work. thank God for the times we had in cambodia too, i pray for more chances to be able to know you better. Let's continue to run on this race, towards our goal where Jesus is awaiting us.

to Elaine, i enjoyed your cookies and chocs and rice that you cooked. You muz teach me how to do so in the future! I want to cook for my husband as well. haha! And i know you will also take delight in preparing food for your other half in the future. Be still and know that He is God.

to Jen, thanks for all the sharing. We shall keep each other accountable. Just want to let you know i'm here if you need a listening ear. Remember, we will not settle for the 2nd best.

to Sik, thanks for being there as a friend when i started cell, your support really did make a difference, if you do not know. Thanks for bringing so much joy and laughter to us too.

to my dear daughters, i just want to tell you that i'm proud of you all. Dont ever think that you are running this race alone, coz i'm always here with you. God is always here with you too. We will wait patiently for the rest to come back, coz Love is patient. Let's continue to run on this race together. I'm excited seeing each one of you growing slowly but surely. Love you always.

photos!

goodbye debbie and suet ming...
may the Lord's angels be with you always.
we will see you guys soon.

convocation at bugis mrt? cool.

and this is the newly elected miss bugis.

haha. no la. why did i ask her to take with the station signboard and the bouquet? because it shows the love of the family. though we couldn't make it in time for the convocation at nus, we still made it for convocation at bugis mrt. it's really the heart behind it. glad that you know, we love you yvonne.

miss bugis with last year's winner. wahaha.

the beautiful moo moo card. everybody say thank you gwen for making the beautiful cards. it's really nice and even though it's a bit torn, but even its imperfection shows our love. because we were too enthusiastic with passing the card around to sign our blessings. haha.

not everything in life is perfect, it's the experience and journey through it that matters. the card has been through alot, hours of construction and design, hours of filling it with blessings. it's really what goes on behind the final product. at the end, it is really beautiful.

and that's not just about the cards, but about what we all are. hours of handcrafting, hours of design, hours of planning, hours of joy, hours of tears, hours of molding, hours of refining, hours of discipling. the most perfect of imperfections.

Announcement- Cell Retreat aka Chalet

To my dear cell group sisters, as we all know the day of our chalet is nearing. (so exciting right?!haa) So now, we have to go into intense preparation. For what? for the BBQ of course. We are there to EAT! So, all the people who are having holidays and free, let's plan the foooood. As you can tell, even as i am working, i am quite free so i have done some research. Firstly, some updates.

Date: 13-15 July 2007 (Fri, Sat, Sun- check out by 10.30am)
Location: Costa Sands Downtown East (which is in Pasir Ris, not East Coast, take note!)

Now for the BBQ food, which we were deciding to buy on our own or to order online, as most techno-savvy people are doing.

http://www.ezb.com.sg/index.asp

I have found 2 websites, but have decided that this one wins the other. and is slightly cheaper. However, i do not know what would the price be like if we were to buy from a supermarket. BUT, i think this website is pretty affordable (i think) and got delivery (which is like sooo convenient, we will not have to take the shuttle bus out to white sands to buy and carry back then). however, this will need to be discussed with everyone first, so please take a look at the website and we shall discuss on sunday!

That's all for the BBQ.

p/s: the sambal stingray looks good. and chocnana or something, which i know some people will like.

the pretty daughters of God

Gwen's birthday in camp and her lovely bouquet in her hand!

Jennifer at 6am - the beauty doing sentry duty for the GB girls

Cheong - The shy Swedish milkmaid

fresh from cell on 7/6/07

Don't know who switched off the lights, so half of the video was taken in darkness. Oh well, you get to enjoy my lovely one octave higher singing. Oh, sik might not be able to hear it...

Mdms..mdms..

Hey!

We had a very good trip to Cambodia and now, some photos are ready~ :P

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prizzelated/sets/

For full commentary, click on slide show and the [i] button right in the middle of the photos and let the photos run!

There are also more photos with the rest. :)

Para Para Showdown

it was a challenge she couldnt refuse
a battle of the hands & dance
she put on a fierce fight
in the face of our black belt expert (watch our illegal video)
our jaws dropped when his rapid hand + body movements became a blur
predictably, she was defeated in the extremely difficult stage
but we still love u
n will cheer u on always

Para Para showndown

我發瘋了。。。

我想我大概是瘋了。一口气內寫了兩篇entry，還是用中文寫的。

anyway，我是想對大家說的是我們敬愛的天父想對大家說：
“親愛的女兒們，我要親自的祝福你。我要那麼神奇班的賜福與你，讓我的恩典由你流入你的住家、家庭、屬靈、教會和國家。”
羅馬書 ８：３２ ﹣“神既不愛惜自己的兒子為我們眾人捨了、豈不也把萬物和他一同白白的賜給我們麼。”

aiya... i give up typing in mandarin la...
in english, this is what i think our Heavenly Father wants to tell us:
"Dear daughters, I want to personally bless you so supernaturally that it will flow into your home, family, ministry, church and nation."
Romans 8:32 - "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?:

the Lord wants to bless us, yet unless we as believers claim the rights God has given us, He cannot freely bless... so my dear sisters, just want to encourage you to claim your blessings even before they happen... have faith, that simple faith to just believe... the Lord will surely bless!

是時候停止了。

昨晚和适萍吃晚飯。晚飯後，潔淋也和我們一起在她家附進的macs閑聊。
我們談著談著，就說到我們這一家的一個坏習慣 ﹣把別人的crush拿來開玩笑。
我們三個決定了，要把我們cell的這一個惡習給改掉。讓cell成為一個安全的環境 for sharing。
要不然，我們大家會有點辛苦。有心事，但不能說出口，因為不安全。
往往在我們的宣鬧中，受傷害最大的因該是旁觀者。
看到別人受到嘲笑，不想同樣的事發生在自己身上就干脆不說也吧了。
我們希望，由我們開始把這個環境t換掉。
讓大家都感覺得到這個家庭是安全的。
我希望大家可以一起把不好的給換掉，不讓沙蛋（satan）有机可成。
我們一起努力吧！

He goes with me.

Ever wonder how often you see a toddler scurrying like she's in a 10m race all.the.time.? *wah, how scary to be running for the whole life*
It seems no toddler will stroll at the same painful speed as us walking out of expo every sunday. hmmm, actually no sane person will. Oops, ya. That's not the point. No no regina I am not talking about you laaa. *Haaaaa*

Ya, I am talking about the story behind the drawing up there.
The point, of course, is not about the speed. But really, it is about myself always wanting to walk away. To walk my way. Sometimes obviously intentional, sometimes, I didn't even realise.

I used to think that it is so amazing that "He goes with me". But as I pondered on an original sketch (I had initially drew the Big Giant leading the lil' girl), I thought of sth else. Like a baby who just learnt to walk, the father will always hold on to her from the back. He runs when she runs. He slows when she is tired. He goes where she pulls him to. The growing up girl is bursting with excitement with this whole new world. And the father never let go of her hands. With strong and firm fingers, he had stopped her from running into the edge of the table that reaches her head above her sight. He had subtly pulled her back when he heard her pants. He had amazingly steered her away from the pile of dog shit that just missed her beautiful shoes by 1 nano-meter even though usually he cannot see his Fei Yu Qing's mtv subtitles .

He has to be slow because every step he takes is one giant incomprehensible step for her. He never expects her to keep up, but really just letting her go and be herself. But all this while, she is ahead and oblivious. Running and running.

In her journey, when she falls, the father will stand behind her, dust her butt and egg her on. When she trips, the father will still not lose sight of her. He makes sure she gets up before he continues to walk. Sometimes, she feels lost and far, only because she is always looking ahead. And when she finally remembers, she will look back and will know He is still holding her fingers, leading her.

So how far can the Lord be, when He is always holding my hand *unless His hands very-the-long-like-you-really-think-He-will-hold-you-from-where-He-is-sitting-in-heaven*?? So can I ever be far from God if He is never far from me?? Can't be lor~ Distance is relativity. *waaaah my physics very zai*
Only if I choose to look in front and at the mess ahead and forget that my head can rotate.

But..the lil' girl will 'think' she is far...when she lets go of him. That's when strangers and friends along the way will squat down beside the crying baby and ask her..."Where's daddy?" She will cry and be defiant. Her tears will blur her vision and she will not see. She will think her dad has forsaken her. She will alternate between quietness and wallowing, searching and waiting . But strangers and friends will be with her. P a t i e n c e. Slowly, she will take that first step to find back her daddy. Remember how the lost babies, whenever they are back in the arms of the parent, they will cling onto them like kualas? Remember how the lost babies, when they found back their daddies, they just somehow stop crying? But I guess what struck me most the more I thought about it...is how willing the babies are to entrust themselves in this temporal care to guide them back.

As I grow up, I also ceased running like mad babies into table edges because I know it hurts when I buang my head into table edges like how regina buang car poles *oops*. But I forgot I have already out-grown table edges and I have forgotten that my Father will never let me run into table edges. Maybe he will, but he will never let me bleed until I die you see. Running to victory is not easy, I guess it probably means running into many table edges.

oh no, I very luo shuo...To cut the long story short...
My story would be *still not very short*

In order that God go with me, I must first hold on to him. Then I run. If I run before even holding His hands, I would miss the whole point of wanting to share where I am running to with Him. I will probably run into more table edges too.
If I had really ran stray, I must realise when I am 'crying' and need help.
And when I am back, I must not let go again. Be strong and courageous!

Of course, the drawing above might just tell u a different story today la :)

saturday great kids

Saturday Great Kids

yesterday met up with Jen at 3.10pm

coz she got the timing mixed up plus the location

we would have crucified her if the event was cancelled

ha Jesus would be so chio

ate at the foodcourt

chatted happily

at first it was quite awkward with the kids

but they warm up after the games

there were joel, emmanuel, marcus, zared, renee, hannah, gary, zachary, dilan, ginny, amanda, sabrina

the games as one of the boys put it was kind of chaotic n disorganized

the kids were running around especially emmanuel

anyway the crucifxation scene is really quite drama n real

its really classic to see daniel as the satan - muahaha he looks more like count dracula..face so white like ghost

n lai huat as jesus in diapers. muhaha - he really looks very skinny...a starved jesus

but their acting is great. satan was really scolding jesus

but some of the kids were laughing as the jesus keep walking in n out then lie down again.

its really quite comical with the extra commentary

went home tired but happy

the kids enjoyed themselves alot

it was good spending time chatting with Jen

jasper is a lightbulb.

Kept this in my handphone for a while...figuring when is a good time to post it up.

Enjoy! Our mel making beautiful music with HC!

things we do after sunday service

Here's what we did on Sunday. We discovered Desiree's secret talent.

Now for song no. 2!

Also, we discover Von's and Peng's hidden talent. Tap dancing! (well, i promised you'll be on youtube.)

thanksgiving

mm... i always get spiritual attack everytime i give thanks. things juz goes wrong. ha. but i still want to do so.

i wan to give thanks to God that He has blessed me with a great talent. a talent to visualise. hopefully it will be greatly used to bless people and not for self-ambitions. i do take pride in my work, sometimes too much. And i become defensive. thus, often i feel upset with my boss coz he picks on the smallest mistakes and details in my work.

my boss/mentor is another person whom i want to thank God coz he takes time and effort to sharpen my talents. at the same time, he builds my character. both are painful processes but it's for the betterment. many times i take him for granted. i question his instructions and say mean things to him without second thought. ya, im aware and i repent.

i leave all of you with this verse, proverbs 4:23. "Above all else, guard your heart for it's the wellspring of life."

finally, i thank all of giving me the freedom to share my deepest thought and darkest secrets.

appreciate all. nitez =)