long time no post!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
HELLO!
haven't been posting for a long time!
was busy luhh
this hols is the BUSIEST i've ever had!
k let's talk about missions first.
MISSION TRIP 2008 to CEBU 26 november-3 december
it was a great experience.
that day on 26/11/08
me, josh, varrick, and weiren went to the Cathay. watched the chihuahua show. haha weiren got lost so josh and him watched like only half the show.
Josh treat us to mee hoon kuay! haha thanks bestfren
oh well, then we went to yamaha to get picks for weiren i think. then weiren left and josh and varrick came to my house! my uncle came then fetch us to budget terminal. my luggage was 13. 8 kg! heaviest mannn
then something happened. me, wenting and zhihao were told that maybe we can't go cause we were below 15 and no parents with us. everybody became very tensed and then we gathered to pray. i don't know why, but i started crying, and then wenting did too. many ppl prayed for us, and Josh kept saying it's gonna be ok. we will definitely be able to go! such big faith! and i started to pray for myself too, asking for trust and greater faith in the Lord.
after like one hour, good news came. we could go! so we departed and i was so happy!
when we reached there, another problem arised. apparently, the staff there said a woman lost her luggage, and they say it's with us or something like that. very confusing so we were once again stuck at the cebu airport for like 45mins i think. it was like 4 am la! so tired. grr. finally we were allowed to go. went to the YWAM base and slept for a few hours. then went for breakfast. after breakfast we had a city tour. it's so heartbreaking to find so many ppl giving their all to Santa Nino
santa nino for your info, means infant Jesus. they make a statue of Mary holding the infant.
yeah i can't say much, wait kena caught or something...
we also went to museums and a catholic church which was very huge and pretty, but too bad, wrong AHEM.
we went back to YWAM for lunch and ate super nice non-spicy curry! haha cause me and anna can't take spicy.
then slept again and woke up for dinner followed by team time and reflections.
2nd day!
woke up at 5.30 am
there was community worship with the YWAM staff. which was an eye-opener!
then team time to prepare for afternoon's feeding.
after lunch we headed off to the slums!
when we were in the van, the kids saw us and there was smile on everyone of them! you could see the joy!
and then we played sticky tag, sang songs, performed skit and there was a testimony by daryl. learnt 2 songs taught by the kids!
then we had dinner and me, wenting, gab ong, gab soh, yong liang, eunice and david went for worship pract. guess what, on the way there, the van broke down and for the first time in my life, i had to push a van. LOL! we pushed it to the side and then realised we were near the church so pushed it somemore. a mini bus stopped and a person started saying something in cebueno, gabe soh dunno what to reply, so he asked david and david said PATHAI.
then the guy said good luck and take care.
we had our worship prac for the whole night then we went back. on the way back, we bought balut. haha it's fertilised duck in the egg. go check it out, phillipines delicacy.
the gabriels were super crazy on the way back. HAHA
we tricked the team that we had to go back cause david knocked someone down, and the team was really scared. AHAH so funny. but in the end, TADA balut is here!
lynn and eunice really couldn't stand it so they sat somewhere else. me and wenting shared an egg. haha. good experience :D
then during debrief, david told us that pathai means i kill you so we said i kill you a stranger! haha joke of the day. there was also the ONE THING joke. wenting sounded like ONE THING to the phillipines ppl. from that day, we all call wenting ONE THING! haha
3rd day we had devotion with the team. then the worship team went to the church called church of our king(C.O.O.K)
the youths were super nice luh! talked to me and wenting. we shared emails and stuff
there was a hot 14 year old guy called luigi. haha half italian! but oh well. haha just kiddin.
went back to YWAM base and had debrief.
4th day
i was posted to go to COOK again with zing, anna, zhi hao and david. haha. it was great. learnt a song called SO CLOSE. me and anna love it!
then we bought jollibee for lunch. it's like macdonald's over there. YC stands for cheeseburger!
then went with daryl, gabriel soh, lynn, janice and a few others to another church. it was a house a church. everything was in cebueno. yupp.. haha
then we went to adrian's party. adrian is the youth pastor of COOK. the party was super fun. played with the youths double whacko, caterpillar, and electricity. electricity was super fun la!
then we had balut again. and on the way back to YWAM base, we kept singing super loud with windows open so everyone could hear us. haha
5th day
we had community worship again. this time, it was super good!
then we had team Worship and intercession too. everyone broke down. i thank God for really being there among us!
then lunch. then my group led by david went to a slum under the bridge. sang songs and did the joyful joyful dance, and also performed skit luh.
then went back to eat huge chicken bought by Joel. and then slept early.
6th day, we woke up super early to go the school called Risen Lord Christian school.
team 2, which was the team i was in, did the dance. and team 1 did the skit. chuan yi gave his testimony and daryl gave his sermon. gabe soh gave a testimony tooo. and we had lunch. went back to YWAM. washed our clothes. then team 2 went for prayer walk and kid's club. it was near the beach. we played games and sang with the kids.
7th day, we packed up, cooked the HUGE pig then went to the beach. it was rest day for us!
we ate a full lunch at the resort. then did snorkelling. which was fun. many of them couldn't see anything but i saw lots of fishes!! haha so fun
then time to depart from cebu. i felt so sad, i started crying again. argh. miss them till now!
david didn't leave with us. LOL
that's that! missions left a huge impact in my life. and it's my desire to go back there one day. but whether it's God's desire, i'm still finding out. :D
then there was
CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL!
we had lots of fun and took lots of pictures! will post them up ONE DAY.
8-10 of DECEMBER
SYRENS RETREAT!
we had alot of fun and i learnt many many things. natalie and zhi wei fell sick.
but they've recovered! and me and wenting were leaders of FIRE!
who's the best? FIRE! haha
we had another cheer but it wasn't really nice. so we didn't use it.
so i changed it from...
we're hot you're not!
we bring you down we burn you down
we're hot you're not!
we're fire yeah yeah, we're fire yeah yeah!
to...
we're hot you're not!
we burn burn burn
we're hot you're not!
we're fire yeah yeah, we're fire yeah yeah!
HAHA WE ROCK MANNN
oh well it was a great time of learning.
i love my group!
then there was
WORSHIP TEAM RETREAT 10-11 december
which taught me much too!
the games were super funny! hahaha
on SATURDAY it was NATALIE'S BIRTHDAY!
went to her party, met zuan ming, then played tennis, taboo etc. me and josh left early. haha
we were star gazing when we realised it was actually a SATALLITE! bleagh
then went to church for MHS, my hope singapore.
then on saturday... i went for softball. then we had performance then i RAN home to bathe then i rushed down to meet josh at 85. haha. ate chicken rice, then walked to church tgt. realised we were kinda late. but.... when we reached, service hasn't started yet! DAVID WAS BACK! i was so happy to see him haha. still have that cheeky look on his face. haha
then for service i sat with josh. the service was good. alter call and everything. i'm now healed!
michelle prayed for healing over me. and the pastor andrew yeo, he prophesised that i'll be a great leader. yeah. and gabriel soh, suddenly told me that something in the past is stopping me from giving my 100 percent.WOW!
then we after service went for dinner with missions team and went back church for worship prac. haha
then on sunday... we had KFC which went well, then i went to kallang leisure park with missions team haha. gabriel soh is seriously weird but funny. LOL.
we went bowling which cost 5 dollars per game and spent 15 bucks!
then we went to east coast park haha.
sang happy birthday to wenting and yeah, played volleyball and touch rugby.
if only it didn't rain, we'd have gone to sentosa! haha
ohwell, we had fun though.
then YESTERDAY
i went shopping with my mum and brother!
bought a bag, a few clothes, AND SAW A SUPER PRETTY DRESS! persuading my mum to buy it! haha
shop for like the WHOLE DAY la! so tired.
then went to watch a movie with bryan chan. TWILIGHT. it was super horrible la. dunno why so many ppl like it. haha
beware of bryan, he's a vampire! chinese version of edward cullen HAHA
we went to the cathay to watch. FIRST TIME i watched in grand cathay. super huge luh!
oh then after that, we searched the whole building for a toilet cause i was super urgent but couldnt' find. then walked to plaza sing and immediately found a toilet! hurray!
then we walked around the shopping centre, then when we felt like leaving it was like 10 plus alr. oh well, haha, i reached home at like 11 plus i think.
so tired.
later today, i'm going for EMPOWER U course at toa payoh! at least now i know i got fren there cause jeremy is going too! haha
k that's all. i wana post pictures but i haven't recieved any yet! oh kayy. finally finished blogging. yay!
oh yesterday, a huge part of me was gone! both my bestfren and daddy left spore to phuket for holiday!
missing josh and amos!
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