The past few days have been exhausting, but immensely satisfying! Yesterday marked the end of our 3-day ice-cream event! =) What''s this about? Well, the REAL team decided that we should bless the schools around our church with FREE ice-cream=) How cool was it? VERY.


Most of the people decided that Thursday was a good day to have ice-cream, so we saw about 100 people over at our place that day! Praise God! =) I was also very blessed to be able to speak with the dunearn people =) They were such a wonderful bunch to chill out with. My sec 3 girls (Artika, Asyiqin and Syahirah) who went on the 1st and 2nd days were totally intoxicated by david's guitar-playing skills and voice, AND my sec 1 girls on Friday were so hyped out playing table soccer their voice resonated throughout the entire room! =) It sounded fun? Yes! It was SUPERBLY fun! =)


My super noisy girls at the soccer table! =)


The ice-cream champions =)

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Dear Lord,
I pray that whatever things may come my way,
obstacles that I know by my own strength, I will definitely be helpless,
let me know You are always there for me.
Let me cry out to you.
Hold me by my hand and walk the road with me.
Give me a heart of compassion, love and understanding.
Guide me, in all my ways my Holy Spirit.
I'll surrender my all to you,
for You are my potter and I am the clay.
11:33 PM
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This week seemed to flash pass rather rapidly! =( Perhaps it's because REAL actually started only on Wednesday=) My REAL friends brought back J.Co donuts rather fresh, but original from Indonesia! Wonderful FRIENDS! =) =) =)

Wednesday was contact work day again, but it was done with a different twist! We sent out two hot-looking mascots! Shall post up pictures of them soon=) Guess our mascots were superbly gorgeous and attractive it pulled in more people to participate in our FREE ice-cream event! That aside, I would really want to thank God for His hand of mercy upon us the past few weeks we were out bridging with the dunearn and swiss cottage people! It didn't even rain and the weather's always warm and sunny=) ALWAYS =)

Had a sharing session by Sis. Regina on thursday. Well, it was a thought provoking session I would say =) She shared about counting the cost to be a child of God. Like what she said, it is undoubtly true that it is hard to take up the cross and follow Jesus. BUT, because we are willing to follow God, He will surely bless us, protect us and acknowledge us when the end comes =) The end justifies the cost! To be with God till eternity is worth more then anything the world can offer me. Also, my God isn't just someone who would meet us only at the point of death, He is a moving God. His presence is ALWAYS with us! How secure can I be in God? VERY. Why? BECAUSE God is so dynamic He's always revealing Himself in different ways and I'm always and ALWAYS experiencing His ABUNDANT LOVE =)

Oh and in the morning, we had a lesson on the bible by Pastor Soh again! =) The one important message he wanted us to take away is that in our intimate relationship with God, He is the one who will always initiate a conversation with us, and in return, we would ALWAYS respond back to His love=) Would you respond to Him?

Well, REAL isn't that thought-provoking everyday, we do have fun with our fellow REAL people too!

Friday was David's birthday, and yes, we had LOADS of fun! Shall post some pictures too! I haven't given pastor Cuixian my blog yet, but well, "thanks Pastor for sponsoring the cake!" when you read this=)

Well, here are some pictures! 1st one is copied over from vinvin's blog! Thanks ah =)
Survival REAL camp: SURVIVED! Strong and healthy! =)



Batam mission trip pictures! Copyright acknowlegements from david.

They so did not tell me they enjoyed good food there!


AND carry babies THIS CUTE!


and play with SO MANY CUTE and ADORABLE kids!!!


On Friday...we had this much fun!

prancing ballet dancers! =)


Psalm 62
v1: My soul finds rest in God alone;
my salvation omes from him
v2: He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is m fortress,
I will never be shaken
5:26 PM
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My REAL friends all went for the mission trip I couldn't go! =( Well, it's ok because God taught me how to pray for them =)

This blog was meant for last week:

On tuesday, our PPT was a bit different(PPT means worship and prayer tiime). We worshipped most of the time, with prayers and words from God. The presence of God was really strong and overwhelming that we just had to soak in His presence. It was awesome! We worshipped so long it ate into our reading time, but it was worth it.=) Well, after that, it set me thinking about our worship. How could it be possible for us to worship so long without feeling tired. Instead, the more we worshipped, the humgrier we felt (for God's presence). The truth is simple-we worship a living God who always reveals Himself to us! =)

How true it is when Pastor Peter Soh was telling us that because our God is alive, and because our religion is a relationship forge between us and God, we worship to respond to His love for us. Indeed, it is very true! =) My friends, read the lyrics of this song, and you will realise why we so fervently seek God with our hearts.

At the Cross

Oh Lord You've searched me
You know my way
Even when I fail You
I know You love me

Your holy presence
Surrounding me
In every season
I know You love me
I know You love me

At the cross I bow my knee
Where Your blood was she'd for me
There's no greater love than this
You have overcome the grave
Your glory fills the highest place
What can separate me now

I love my God=)Do you?

On wednesday, we did contact work again. Well, I kind of abandoned Samuel! Haha sorry my friend =) BUT, he was really good! He like had a quality talk with this girl for a VERY long time, something which i didn't think he would attempt to do=) I think God is using each and everyone of us really wonderfully in many ways. Through contact work, I could feel see the passion to reach to the dunearn and swiss cottage people, and most importantly, I saw each and every of our qualities used by God as He used us to do contact work =) Our God surprises us with new stuff everyday. He's a dynamic God who does not teach us just by the workshops we attend, but also by the experiences as we go out to harvest the fields!

Thursday was really fun in a way that we had to FAST! Could you imagine guys fasting? I really couldn't! If I'm not wrong, Sam didn't fast before, and i guess it was agonizing for him because we all saw his energy level falling!=) Not so hyped out with his usual round of table tennis too. Well, apart from that, I think fasting and praying is a very good way of intercession. I don't really understand how it works, but I know it works. I remembered last year I was fasting and praying for my friend to be more open to God, and sure enough, she was more receptive of God =) All praise to God! =)

HOWEVER, this isn't entirely REAL. REAL is only complete with the cacophony of sounds and laughter from everyone else there! During break, the more active ones would sweat it all out at the table tennis table, or do some hip hop(David and Keith!!!hahaha!), while the a bit more passive ones would sit at the organ and 'feel' over there or rather, on the chairs enjoying the company of the others!=) =)=) Real's enriching and very fun!
10:18 PM
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Hello EVERYONE! Just want to tell ALL the REAL people that REAL(no puns intended!haha) was EXCITING, FUN, and... A LOT growth for me!! I enjoyed each and EVERY one of you!=)

1st Jan was a real, REAL lock in camp.It was really good to have our phones and cash locked away though=) Without phones, we wouldn't be inundated with the endless distractions, and without cash, we were practically made to live life on the EDGE!
We had to work our way through 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners for...13 people++ with only 50 bucks. How's this possible? Well, we had to truly trust that God would provide, and He did! We were really worried that we had not enough food to go around feeding so many people, but the miracle was that after each meal, there was MORE THAN ENOUGH to go around! Praise God=) It really brings me back to appreciate how Jesus fed the 5,000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes with EXTRA food left over! That was exactly how we felt =) Well, that wasn't the ONLY highlight. The MOST encouraging thing I felt was when not one, but EVERYONE helped to prepare AND wash the dishes! So unity is the key! So likewise, UNITY as one body of Christ makes A LOT of difference in the PROCESS as well as the RESULT=)

The workshops were really good as well. I learnt that everyone of us is a 0, but God is a 1. If there are so many 0s and no 1, it would still be 0. However, if God, our number one is placed in front of all of our zeros, the number would instantly be made BIG!

There was this one blindfold game which impacted me as well. When Samantha was guiding me through the 'dark', I felt secured because I recognised her voice and I know who I was following. However, when she wasn't there to guide me, I was totally lost! I was fearful and panicky. It was when I felt so unsure and insecure that I realise that without God, my life would fall apart. I am nothing without Him, but in Him, I WILL BE SECURE.

I totally did not regret joining REAL. it was a real experience for me and I met great friends whom I can share with openly and laugh with, hysterically!

The official program started on tuesday. The bible reading was good! God spoke to me so much more when I was willing to sit down and truly read His word =) During worship, God revealed more to me: Seek and run after His heart. The past few days, it was my prayer that I want to understand the heart of God more. True enough, He let me experience it during my contact work. I'm really glad God used Sam to speak to me=)

Well, just to sum up, it's VERY encouraging to know that everyone of us is willing to be sensitive to each other! =) =)
11:00 PM
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