Heard it again

"I love you."

It's been sometimes since i stood at that altar area... And hearing once again the all familiar voice saying, "Yvonne, I love you." Tears welled up and came tinkling down my cheeks. "No, Yvonne, no trying to be emotional", i said to myself. But then, i stopped trying to talk to myself and just let it be.

So what if I was emotional. So what if people know that I was crying. So what??! What's the big deal over here man... "2008 will be your year." Isn't it a great reason to tear for joy and excitement! Haha.

I believe that 2008 will be MY year.

Year for:
- N262 to multiply with 30
- Cinthia to become CGL
- Members to become helpers
- Me to get pregnant
- Family to get save

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Narrow is the path and straight is the way

This was the phrase that kept appearing in my mind and knocking at my heart during leaders' mtg yestrdy night.

This year, no matter what desires, dreams or ambition we have, we have to always remember to keep our eyes and feet on this straight and narrow way. The bible says that Jesus is the Truth, the Life and the Way. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus.

So many things have happened in 2007 and especially in the 2nd half. It's kind of scary to think of it sometimes, how bcos of one's mistake, one's thought, one's weakness, lives are affected or destroyed. And things are no longer the same again.

As I was still trying to digest this word from God, i kept reminding myself that I must always learn to be simple. Simple to people. Simple to adverse situations. Simple in difficult times. Simple in victories and defeats. Just be simple. Over the last 2 years, this was and still is a principle i constantly remind myself to live by. Just be simple. Now it's so easy to be happy. Just be simple. So easy to feel appreciative and to care for others. Just be simple.

My life is no longer the same. Thank you, Jesus. It's just so simple.

I'm still not ready

Hmmm... Just a "hook" to make you read my blog entry. Ha! But then, not exactly irrelevant tho... I'm not ready as in... not ready to blog abt my year-end thanksgiving and new year resolutions.

Today, the cousins came over to play boggle. It was reali intense... Everytime, they do something, they are reali into it man...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I just realised today that the cousins are reading my blog!! They are probably reading this entry now. (Hi cousins!!) Hee.

Pst Tan preached a tremendous sermon.

One of the illustrations that reali GOT me:
A lecturer took out a huge jar in the class. And he put in rocks into the jar as much as he could and he asked the class, "is the jar full?" The class answered, "Yes." Then he took out a pack of small gravels and started pouring in as much as he could. And then asked the class, "Is the jar full?" Knowing that the lecturer has something up his sleeves, the class replied cautiously, "It's quite full, but there is still space." Pleased, the lecturer took out a pack of sand and started pouring again till the jar could not take in anymore sand. He asked the question again and the class replied in like-manner. Then he took out a jug of water and pour it into the jar till it's full. Then he asked the class, "What can you learn from this?" One of the students stood up and answered confidently, "No matter how packed your schedule is, there is always a way to squeeze in more things." The class broke out into laughters. And the lecturer replied, "No. This is to tell you that, in life if you don't put in the big rocks first, at the end of the day, you will never be able to put them in anymore."

In life, if you don't put in the big rocks FIRST, before everything else, you will never be able to put them in anymore at the end of the day. Sometimes, we neglect our loved ones so much because of work, our ambition, etc, that at the end we realised we will never have the chance again to "squeeze" our loved ones into our schedule anymore. Not just talking about our loved ones, but also about what is actually more important in life. Things such as our relationship with God, our values, our convictions & our character.

So much to say... I am so impacted by this illustration. I couldn't get it off my mind and heart. Throughout the entire svc, thoughts went through my mind. Maybe it's time for me to move on. I need a confirmation. Can't be rash again. 

Pastor "fighting" with Vic!

It's rather amusing to see both of them being so serious in "fighting". Haha.

Joanna & Ben's Wedding

2nd part of the Taiwan fireworks at 101

At Pst's Hse on Dec 27

Went over to pastor's hse to do a bit of work. And caught these on camera. Hee... They are playing Wii and reali serious abt it. :) While the ladies did jigsaw puzzle. Haha.

Day 7 in Taiwan

We decided to take the speed train to Taizhong to shop at the Feng Jia night market. The train took only 40min whereas it takes 150min on bus ride.

The night market is not as fantastic as what Vic always described to me. Anyway, I still bought some clothes there. Haha...

Day 6 in Taiwan

Did nothing much the whole day. But went to take the cable car ride with Aizhen, Vinson & Renzhen. It was SOooooo COLD!!! And it was so high.... I forgot to mention that I have fear of heights... Gosh.... Thank God it was dark enough that I dun see how high I was from the ground. But I cant reali capture the scenary on camera...

Day 5 in Taiwan

Woo... Vic and I got to see the fireworks at 101... but not exactly at 101 cos it was too crowded. The fireworks is VERY NICE!

And in the morning, we went to 101 AGAIN to sit around and do nothing. Haha. We were so act "sey"... It was so COLD outside and yet we sat outside starbucks drinking our HOT coffee and trying to pose COOL (see pics). Haha..

At night, Aizhen and Vinson brought us to pao wen quan. We were so sua gu. But we dint quite know how to enjoy it. Half the time, we were trying to regulate the hotness and coldness of the water. Haha... And Vic had rashes right after that. So his stomach is rather marked by red spots now. Hee. Still it was rather nice having to do smthg fresh other than shopping....

Day 4 in Taiwan

Day 3 in Taiwan

After 2 days of shopping in the major shopping malls, we were rather tired liao lo...

Anyway, we went to attend New Life Church Service in the morning. We went purposely just on time or slightly late so that nobody will recognise us. But who knows....... one CGL still recognised Vic... Then we tot we can hide in the balcony, but another staff came and greeted us. Then another one to get us to go down. Aiyo... Pst Abraham even introduced us during the service. And we went to have a short time with him. Wa... So stress. Haha.