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February 01 Hebrews 12: 1-2aThe Race of Faith1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...I could imagine sis Tien there, part of that great cloud of witnesses, cheering us on. I visited the Beijing Olympic stadium 2 days before I left for Singapore, and I was very impressed by the sheer number of audience seats all around the stadium. I could imagine what it would be like when the whole stadium is filled with audience cheering the athletes on. It was such a spectacular scene.
We are the atheletes running this Christian race, and the many saints before us are there, in the audience, cheering us on. It isn't a lonely race. It's a race that many has gone through and completed. When sis Mag shared about how sis Tien gave the 2 thumbs up to her and her husband, I too understood what it meant, and it touched me deeply. It meant to encourage them to go on loving the Lord, to continue praying for the saints, to continue on with the race.
With the love of God spurring me on, and the encouragement of the saints ,may I learn to pick myself up and continue to move on. September 07 Farewellhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkUnC7iYwI&feature=related I was surfing around for SOP songs on youtube when I chance upon this song. What a wonderful song to listen to before I leave tmr. Thank the Lord. The flight landing announcement caught my attention as I'll be leaving for Beijing tmr. The lyrics and video are wonderful, it spoke deeply to me, to remember to draw close to the Lord, and to FIND THE CHURCH IN BEIJING! What a wonderful and encouraging and comforting God I have. DaWn says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkUnC7iYwI&feature=related DaWn says: this is a nice video, song that I chance upon just now DaWn says: it's wonderful, i think DaWn says: listen to the airplane landing announcement at the front DaWn says: so appropriate for me to hear lorz Hannah says: the announcement so short Hannah says: what did it say? v unclear DaWn says: yeah, but when i heard it I was like OH! i must listen to it DaWn says: we will be landing shortly, please fasten your seat belt, thank you DaWn says: so appropriate for today, Hannah says: plane, china, underground church Hannah says: i only heard the belt part Hannah says: but really, dun b so pessimistic n morbid... Hannah says: haha Hannah says: what makes you think you might die @ such young age if its not according to His will DaWn says: no la, if it's His will for me to die in China, then it's ok DaWn says: I'm prepared to go DaWn says: if not, then still thank the Lord la DaWn says: thoughts of dying came when we keep seeing images of earthquakes in China, DaWn says: natural disasters DaWn says: air disasters Hannah says: haha Hannah says: waaaa Hannah says: suddenly a wave of negativity overwhelms me DaWn says: why leh? DaWn says: you also think i will die there? Hannah says: lol Hannah says: no Hannah says: by all that you've said! Hannah says: go for exchange.... first time keep hearing pple say abt dying DaWn says: yeah lor, so I'm prepared to "go" DaWn says: haha...i'm morbid la Hannah says: lolz Hannah says: i think if God's work for you on earth still not accomplished, He wont let you leave first DaWn says: i hope so Hannah says: mayb you can change your thoughts to.. preaching gospel there, making gd christian frens... Hannah says: having a gd church life Hannah says: instead of......plane crashes Hannah says: earth swallowing you up Hannah says: having a gd time with Jesus is really precious DaWn says: thank you sister! Hannah says: haha okie.. Hannah says: if you read proverbs/eccl.. life is really vainity since we live to die in the end.. Hannah says: since the preacher's deep contemplation is canonized in the bible in eccl... then it is acceptable in God's Sight Hannah says: but then i thought... i dun think that its really extremely that vain.. Hannah says: we have Jesus.. our lives have a diff direction already Hannah says: theres more meaning to it.. then juz living to die in e end Hannah says: than* Hannah says: then recently i was drained by assignments.. so i told e Lord, im so tired i juz dun wanna do anything.. altho i thank Him for leading me thru e assignment Hannah says: then He answered me on friday & yest yyp mtg thru the hymns Hannah says: we're tired as humans.. but we still have meaning. coz of Him Hannah says: as long as we live to Him....as long as we have e joy of e Lord, His strength, His own self to b with us... life can b beautiful in many ways Hannah says: n i thank Him for being mindful of us Hannah says: =D August 31 luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Thank the Lord for all the saints who love love me so so much.
I think 5/6 of my luggage is filled with stuff from the saints.
I thank the Lord for all the jackets, socks, hats, gloves, thermal warmers, travel cooker, money, bag, stylus, prayers and prayers, even laptop! They lend me so many things it's really overflowing.
July 28 I will serve the Lord- Steve GreenThere marches through the centuries The martyrs of the cross All those who choose to follow Christ To suffer any loss And though their journey led them Through the shadow lands of death The song of their commitment They rehearsed with every breath Chorus: I will serve the Lord I will serve the Lord, my God And if God should choose, and my life I lose Though my foe may slay me, I will serve the Lord Uncertain days now echo back That strong and urgent strain To count the cost, take up the cross And join in the refrain For should our journey lead us Through the shadow lands of death May this be our hearts resolve As long as we have breath Chorus The honor and the privilege ours With wounds we suffer by His side And to the glory of the Lord Those sacred scars We bear with pride Chorus Though my foe may slay me I will serve the Lord http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHii1MC95I&feature=related (28/08/2008) July 24 感谢上帝Finally reached Daniel. Trudged through Ezekiel for so long! I find Daniel a pretty interesting book, well at least for now. I like the part where it writes that Daniel acknowledges that it was God who reveals secrets, when the King questioned him if he could make known to him the dream. Increasingly, I find that it is important to acknowledge God's blessings and work in us. Like the time I finally manage to find the NASA list of air-purifying plants on wikipedia. I searched through the whole NASA website but could not find it. After many days of searching miraculously I was led to the right website. I wrote this to my prof and friend who were working with me: " I finally found the list of air-purifying plants!........ All thanks be to God!" Ha, guess this would be the first time anyone received an NUS email praising God. And today, when my mum told the elderly man who took her blood in the hospital that for the first time in her life, she didn't even notice when the needle was injected. It was painless. The man replied " 感谢上帝!" Wow, he didn't say like " oh, thanks" for his good needle injecting skill, but he thanked the Lord. I am impressed and encouraged. Well, and today, I also have to " 感谢上帝!" that all went well for tuition. We finally managed to complete DECIMALS! ( with the exception of 1 more page left as homework for her). And I " 感谢上帝!" that I finished making the present for Alex. Yeah bro! Hope you like it! And I " 感谢上帝!" that I live in Singapore. Watching the 10pm documentary on Arts Central today makes me appreciate water so much more, and thank the Lord that we have access to clean water. I lived through 1 morning and afternoon yesterday without water and it was TERRIBLE. Felt like I was back at Pulau Ubin for YYPC last year. I " 感谢上帝!" that He provided for me friends to go with me to Tsinghua, and a travel companion who's a Christian! I " 感谢上帝!" that my dad brought me around Ngee Ann to look for plants for my research today. I " 感谢上帝!" that my mum lent me her sweater when I was freezing at the NHC. And I " 感谢上帝!" that I have a super funny bro who's a computer and appliance whiz, and a happy-go-lucky sister who seldom get angry. I " 感谢上帝!" for the immensely cute p6s that I shepherd in church. I " 感谢上帝!" for nice fellow serving ones and pianists in church. I " 感谢上帝!" for the various various serving ones who labored to serve me these 21 years. Now that I'm also a serving one, I finally know how tough it is to serve kids. I can remember serving ones complaining to my mum about how talkative I was, or how naughty I am. I must have bothered them endlessly with my chatting with Joanna, or running off to the toilet with Jo during prayers so she could recount to me the previous Power Rangers episode. hahaha.... I " 感谢上帝!" for the numerous saints in church who love me endlessly and still think that I am "Dawn Dawn" the little girl. Count your blessings dear saints, and you'll be surprised what God has done for you. July 09 SEPThe post-lady? came with a package this afternoon at 12:09pm.
It's confirmed. The 10% uncertainty has finally been put to rest.
I'm really leaving. Like REALLY.
All this while, a 40% part of me hoped that package would be thin, containing just a slip of paper with these words " we regret to inform you that your application has been rejected..." But a 60% part of me knew it all along that it will be the opposite.
I knew it all along. I know God wants me to go.
To leave S'pore for a little while, to learn to trust in Him more, to leave my life in His hands.
There's lots of things to be done. Lots of things that I haven't done by myself before.
Need to apply for Visa, need to plan my trip, need to buy clothes, need to get my modules, need to read EVERYTHING in chinese, need to contacts saints, need to....
I'm really going to Tsinghua University this aug/sept.
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
heyz.
***** says:
?
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
I got my acceptance letter from Tsinghua this morning
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
arhz...
***** says:
haahh
***** says:
congrats!
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
aiyo, dunno to be happy or not
***** says:
why!!
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
that means I'm REALLY leaving! like REALLY!
***** says:
yeah....
***** says:
ull miss home, ure family
***** says:
no brother to disturb u....
***** says:
aiya we shdve had lunch tgt today!! im at home too...
***** says:
how u feeling?
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
scared i guess
***** says:
will cont to keep u in prayer!!
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
my mum finds it weird that i feel scared. Everyone's so happy to leave
***** says:
oh well...
***** says:
they'll happy u did well enough to go on SEP! i guess
***** says:
maybe older ppl think 6 mths isnt much
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
i know. but then.... it's kinda scary isn't it. 5 months in CHINESE! alone! wah.
***** says:
yeah i can see where ure coming from....
***** says:
and ure no hermit to egin with...
***** says:
will u fly w anyone?
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
no, don't think so. the rest of the ppl who's going to tsinghua are flying in aug
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
i think i'll go in early sept instead,
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***** says:
doing up ure forms for tsinghua now?
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
blogging actually
must be bt ure application lettter!
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
yeah, what else right.
***** says:
abt God's goodness and provision for ure life!
***** says:
hahha
***** says:
tts a thread tt runs through ure blog
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
oh really? that's what you feel about my blog?
***** says:
hahah
***** says:
yeh
***** says:
God writes great stories
***** says:
and i hope one day when u look back on ure blog
***** says:
ull find tt God has indeed written a great story
***** says:
on the tapestry called dawn's life
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
yeah,
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
i was travelling though Bukit Batok the other day and i recalled all my sec sch memories
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
how I always wanted to be a doc, then hoped so badly to go to ACJC, or at least a JC,
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
i never imagined I'll ever get into uni
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
but now here I am, though not in medicine
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
but i know PFM is what God wants me to study, and it suits me to a T.
DaWn- don't accept anything I send you says:
and... well the song " all the way my Savior leads me" came to my mind.
***** says:
ah
***** says:
i wonder what He'll wirte for u in the next 7-8 months
***** says:
xciting stuff
Thank the Lord for *****. whahahaha...
All the way my Saviour leads me,
What have I to ask beside.
Can I doubt His tender mercies,
Who through life has been my guide.
Heavenly peace divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whatever befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
For I know whatever befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
All the way my Saviour leads me,
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for every trial,
Feeds me with the living bread.
Though my weary steps may falter,
And my sould athirst may be,
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! a spring of joy I see.
All the way my Savior leads me;
Oh, the fullness of His grace!
Perfect rest to me is promised
Inmy Father's blest embrace!
When my spirit, clothed immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day,
This my song thro' endless ages,
JESUS LED ME ALL THE WAY.
July 02 p5 and 6 concert reflections...When I was tutoring SY yesterday I read through with her a passage about plays in her eng textbook. It brought back many beautiful memories of Children's Camp, and those bitter-sweet rehearsals. Looking through the pics posted by Esther also jolted back many memories.
This year, the p5 and 6 play was alot more demanding than last year's. Instead of just one class, we combined the p5s and 6s. In order to get everyone ( the kids) involved I had to create many many roles, and the p5s had to make many many props. Rehearsals are also not always so smooth sailing as last year's. I had some back up by sis Mag last year, but for some reason I was left to do it all alone this year. Not that I'm complaining, I do understand that the rest of the S.Os in p6 are close to clueless about what I plan to do, and I don't blame them. It's difficult to tell them what I have up in my mind. So anyways, 90% of the rehearsals for the p6s were directed by me. Not easy, I have to say. Towards the end, there are times when things get so tough I really felt like bursting into tears. I felt so responsible if the things didn't turn out well on the actual day. On the last day of the camp, things got so tough till I decided to lock myself in the toilet for a while to cry and pray ernestly to the Lord for help. Confessed to the Lord all my shortcomings, for not knowing how to coordinate everyone, for not knowing how to delegate ( like what Bro steven always say), for not praying and trusting in the Lord more, for lack of asking the Lord for guidance and instead doing things my way. I threw the resonsibility back to the Lord and asked Him to handle it.
Thank the Lord He is gracious to bless when we repent and turn back to Him for help. On the last day, the kids were super cooperative. We prayed before the start of the rehearsals, and after that, there were no major problems. I was very pleased with the actual performance. There were a few slips but aiyah, it's a kid's performance so it's ok la. God really blessed the concert. My mum was surprised when I told her Max was in charge of the music. It was so good she thought it was handled by an adult! She was even more surprised when I told her Grant was in charge of the powerpoint. He clicked the powerpoint at the exact timing. Way to go! Also, it's a wonder how 20 or 30 over kids can hide behind that minature puppet stage. The 20-30 over kids had to hide in an area of about a bamboo stick length and 1m in width. Pretty amazing.
In the end, it all turned out well becuase God was there to bless it. I'm sure the kids also enjoyed it very much. Through those 3-4 months of preparations and coordination, props making, it taught me how wonderful it is when all the saints come together to work for the same thing. Bro Steven was the main IDEA MAN. He started us with the idea of having a puppet show and basically gave us the whole concept of the play. All the beautiful props were made by shu er. I helped a little. ( I drew the houses, and realised that even for a SDE girl like me, drawing houses isn't easy!). She had to deal with props missing a leg or a hand every time we rehearse because the kids can get quite rough with the props. My mum and sis thinks the house with the mum praying inside is one of the nicest. It's now pasted (permanently?) at the back of 4th flr extension. Pretty. Sis Ming Ern was the back stage coordinator. Not an easy job. Sis Mei Ling lend us her clothes rack. Bro Steven was the lights man. Bro Kai San was in charge of the powerpoints, and then trained Grant to do the powerpoint. I did the acting coordination and main direction. Sis Woon Cheng took care of training the kids for their song item. Caleb filmed one of the rehearsal, Alex helped out sometimes...... I couldn't have done it without them. Like my mum said, you can't build up the church on your own. You need the other saints to work with you.
Indeed. Together, we build the church. I've also gained a great group of adult friends within the children service. I love working with the p5 serving ones!! ( ok la, and also W.C Alex, Caleb, W.E, Shane and Pari!)
June 23 What a weekWhat a week it has been. Mon- I surrender all. Tue- Mom almost "went home". Wed- Fever Thr- Fever. Fri- Was that the right thing to do?. Sat- Funny dream. Re-visitation of the dreaded Urticaria Sun- Mystery of the missing $660. God saw me through. June 10 God's love for usPrayed for a spiritual revival last night, and today I get to watch this really powerful and touching video on Tiffany's blog.
Wow. The amazing love of God towards us. The sacrificial love of God. My econs prof once told us there's 3 types of love. Agape love, sacrificial love is the rarest the most costly. Indeed. And we Christians have it. Thank God!
Father Hear Your ChildrenThis song kept playing in my mind when I woke up today and throughout last night.
The piano intro is so nice. My type of music.
Didn't really appreciate it when I heard it at Steve Green's concert, probably cos I didn't understand what the word "penitent" meant. But i went home to search the word on dictionary.
penitent:
adjective
Now I understand. The song became beautiful after understanding it.
Father Hear Your ChildrenFather, hear Your children call June 09 Steve Green's testimonyJune 07 serviceThe youth conference message was very impactful, but it's hard to put into words what God has told me, since it's really personal, and I ain't supposed to blog abt personal stuff, so sorry.
However, I want to share that, being a servant to the Lord is not easy.
I'm starting to understand the difficulty in serving the brothers and sisters when I'm handed the task of doing the administrative work for children's camp this year. There are hundreds of forms to look through, money to collect, duties to be assigned and reassigned and reassigned again, buddies to be given and reassigned and reassigned, mentor/ mantee to be chosen and changed and changed and changed yet again,t-shirt sizes to collate, papers of papers to print, requests after requests to entertain, smses after smses after smses, calls after calls after calls, emails and emails and emails and emails, questions, questions, questions, cut name tags, reprint nametags, highlight names, color color color......
Wah. It makes me fall on my knees and pray for wisdom.
May 23 Tertiary Outing PicsMay 22 Still in Thai!Wow. Still sang in Thai. If only I could get the lyrics.
People need the Lord with Thai translation
May 21 Above AllAbove All 超越一切 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUaAR1Ari6E&feature=related Somehow the Chinese version touches me more than the Eng version, esp the "You took the fall and thought of me, above all" part. The Chinese translation for that phrase in the song is " He humbled Himself because He loves me, above all".Makes me wonder why would such a great God come to die for my filthy sins, if it's not for love. What a great love that is. May 20 Got a jobPraise the Lord for His providence.
I FINALLY GOT A JOB!
I'll be working for Dr Kua's research on Green Chimney.
I want to thank the Lord for:
1. giving me 2 other friends to work with me, Adrian and Yanni. (I thought I'll need to work alone.)
2. the job isn't very demanding. just an avg 2.6 hours daily!
3. I don't even have to think of what to say during the interview.
4. Dr Kua already made up his mind to employ me before I even went for the interview.
What an experience.
When God decides that's the right way for you to go, He literally throws open the door for you.
You just have to walk through.
Thank you God.
Psa 27:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? พระเยโฮวาห์ทรงเป็นความสว่างและความรอดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าจะกลัวผู้ใดเล่า พระเยโฮวาห์ทรงเป็นที่กำบังเข้มแข็งแห่งชีวิตข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าจะต้องเกรงใคร A verse to encourage myself an I prepare to go for a job interview with my prof. May 11 year 2 overEXAMS OVER!!
Goodbye for now, NUS,
I'll miss you.
I'll miss walking up the Engin/ SDE path like a mad woman rushing for lectures,
I'll miss mixing mortars in the lab,
I'll miss eating at June's,
I'll miss chatting with my friends in the LTs,
I'll miss hiding in the comp lab,
I'll miss my great group mates.
It'll be next year before I return.
Till then... Tsinghua here I come!
God is great. Gotta say this. Watched the Ratatou__( not sure how to spell) movie, and the scene when the reporters were asking the chef how he was able to cook well, and he didn't say it was the rat, but said something else.. left an impression on me. The rat has been guiding him to cook, but he didn't dare to acknowledge his help. It's like God and us isn't it. God helps us in many many ways, but sometimes we don't dare to acknowledge it before our friends.
So now, I gotta say,
GOD HELPED ME ALOT DURING MY EXAMS! IT'S GOD, NOT ME!
ALL THOSE EXAM SPOTTING WAS GOD HELPING ME!
May 05 The CrossThe Cross- Jesus In China http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BddT_s85iQ Is that the reason why I'm going to China? |
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