happy birthday bao! we went to eat at ministry of food during the weekend and the desserts there are thumbs up! good! :D drop by a visit to try their red bean cum green tea ice cream dessert! others desserts are nice too. sharing the same birthdate as bao is seng too- happy birthday seng!
a big shout-out to my one of my long time girlfriends, evelyn- happy birthday too! enjoy your holiday trip k! :)During the weekend, roy and i went for our mpc breakout session. i was pretty looking forward to it, wondering how will it be like. together with us, Joo, Gavin and Pearlyn, we went to our hosts' humble home at tampines. david and alice, our hosts from the family group, are married for 7 years with 3 lovely preschool boys. they met when they were serving in the adults group and now they are leading a cg in the tampines area.
upon reaching their place, we sat down in the living room. just like typical Hope setting, we quickly settled down in a circle seating. it is also the couple's first time to host the mpc breakout session, thus, the initial start was alittle raw, as we do not really know one another well. alice came along with drinks and snacks to warm up the session. well, this session is supposed to be a Q&A kind of session. we can ask anything about relationship, marriage and family and share our experiences. our conversation ranged from financial planning to staying with in-laws, from goals in a marriage to handling kids. there was one thing i was particularly very excited and convicted about. during the conversation, i actually had a question to ask the couple about church planting, little did i realise roy also had the same question in mind. it was then, a question about the couple's goal and direction for the family was asked. david replied that they have plans to move to toronto in 2 years time. i was delighted to hear that because honestly speaking, as i see their family, it is a comfortable place to be in and their 3 kids are young. yet, something greater has captured their hearts to do. i was very encouraged by their desire. after the whole time, roy and i talked more about this and we both agreed that it is so important for God's vision to lead the family. david and alice are one of the many families we have who are inspiring in their lives. i look forward to our second session together.
anyway, a thought i had today: time waits for no man. i want to learn as much as i can and apply the learnings. yesterday's ulm teaching was quite a long one. we listened to john c maxwell's Lifting others up. okays, all my thoughts are in a web. need to sort out first. till then :)
roy and i went to fetch his parents at airport yesterday. we headed out earlier just to spend some time talking and relaxing. believe it or not, now i begin to understand more whenever books/ instructors mentioned about communication between couple. as familiarity sets in, its often hard to find time to really talk during the routine- daily- stuffs. unknowingly, we might just find ourselves, yes talking, but content of the conversation is mainly about informing each other of schedules and other meetings or just exchanging information for ministry needs. halfway through a current book i am reading now, i began to take a deeper look into our conversation life.
i really appreciate each time roy initiated a walk or just ask about my day and how am i doing in my life. i appreciate that he gave me an airtime. its not just about finding out my schedule or other meetings only, but he hopes to know me more. i appreciated last night alot, its just less than an hour, but it was fruitful. we talked about our ministries, work and the recent things we learnt. one of which that i am encouraged by was on outreach: church planting derives from a constant life of outreach. it kinda blew my mind when he said that. how can i say i wanna go plant a church when my outreach life is dead? or not frequent or not consistent?
as he went on to share, this thought was stuck in my mind and i prayed a prayer to thank God for his life and being an example to me. recently, God also helped to inch his friendship with a friend closer. what blew me off also was the deeds that coupled with what roy believes.
the little steps of obedience not only build up our treasures in heaven, but more importantly, it builds up the character of a person.
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