Well since i'm here anyway i might as well talk about that.

Haha, so yes, i thought it would never happen. like it was one of those really random ideas in my head, that would just disappear haha but praise the Lord, Amanda helped me come up with the great idea of the picnic and people were actually enthusiastic!! i mean like seriously! my CLASS!! it was quite the miracle cos we're not exactly bonded and don't usually hang out together. so that ppl volunteered to bring chips - Achala and Chloe, spag - aisya, vegetables (yuck!) - Shaun, sausages nuggets etc - Mike, drinks - Elliot (who'd just gotten 8 teeth extracted so no, he didn't volunteer to bring food poor dude) haha it was just really really awesome!

so we all arrived right! and took pictures by the sandcastle at East Coast Park where there was an oh so pretty rainbow!! haha almost everyone came at least 20 out of 26 which is seriously cool for something i expected nth would come out of!! haha and all this time i was just like dear God dear God please let it work out oh no its raining oh no okay i trust you oh dear God please let it work out...without punctuations haha. so yup!! it was all great! we ate, played TABOO!!! thanks sam for lending me =)!! haha.

there was this point when one of the guys was trying to describe something. he was like there...that thing you put on your face...you know (pats his face) there!! that thing lah!

so the girls were like concealer! blush! rouge! foundation! moisturiser! powder! facial cream! ....

and you know what the answer was?

mascara.

i know.

haha so, yes, it was awesome fun and the veggies even tasted good although no one wanted to bring them home!!

oh oh!! and we played the latest fashion in paris which hui yi took SO LONG TO GET!! haha its some observing game super fun!! haha and also murderer! lol and the first round amal was so blur she forgot to give out a detective card! lol sigh it was super fun!!

haha, so yes, it was awesome and i had good fun =) although im blogging about it very late still it was fun and ive only God to thank truly!!

Oh yes, which reminds me! the dark knight is very good and i've just got introduced by tim to this band called selah and i have three of their cds!! and they're soooo good =) haha yup! and that's all for now i should REALLY GET BACK TO STUDYING!!

love,

evelyn

evelyn(:

Haha, so yes i haven't posted in quite a bit because of well..exams. haha, what else right? =D!!

And so every single day i have to study because i didn't do too well in Common Tests or Mid Years boo hoo. haha, and yes because prelims are in like 3 weeks? Hence, the title of the post!

So now i have free time, i dread it. cos i have to study still =D. haha but nevertheless it is good! I am learning to depend on God to see me through this time. I'm sure i'd be really happy doing stuff and moving about in typical me-fashion, but I know God has much more for me to learn sitting down and praying!! One of which is to make time to do QT!! So totally important!!

In fact last week was actually very very bad. Have you ever gotten the feeling like you're out of focus with God and you're just going thru the motions of Christian living? It was like that ALL WEEK!! haha, but praise the Lord, He has reminded me of the importance of getting up 20 minutes before usual so that i spend QUIET UNINTERRUPTED TIME in his presence! There is NO COMPROMISE for that!! Thank you Ps Jeremy for showing me that =)!!

I have a quote!! Haha...The only cure for a divided heart is love for God!!

Bee-you-tee-ful ain't it? And so apt for my situation then =)

Oh yes, and on Sunday we had a lot of fun surprising Carol at her own condo =)=) haha, we wouldn't have missed it for the world and it was so much fun! haha, all day long i think she was suspecting because we were like "err, take the drinks for laaater, em, nvm i'll take them," or "errr, we should wrap up Cell Group soon, there are people waiting for us cos we're all going out" and suspicious comments like that.

Then our dear Pam squeezed us so OBVIOUSLY into Tay's car right? when we were supposed to discreetly wait for Sam to come AFTER carol had gone! haha, so yes, despite all the hiccups it was good. She was still SURPRISED and so happy, and someone almost sang happy birthday...abit of the wrong occasion since it was a farewell!! lol

There was good food and a game with lots of carol trivia with the usual jokes about her ardent admirers!! haha, yes, it's fun to tease when you're not the one getting it! haha 30 pairs of shoes, 162 cm tall...

And then came one of the best parts...the few sentence sharing about our dear girl! and yeah, it was all so heartfelt and awesome! haha quite a few people were tearing and we all wanted to pray towards the end but many people had to leave, so we'll probably pray more on sunday before she goes and on the airport on the 20th at 4AM IN THE MORNING!! lol haha just like evan's farewell lol.

I really realized the importance of not putting your life on hold for A Levels!! I'm really blessed with such an awesome CG of caring girls and two new guys LOL as new additions! and such an amazing group of church friends =) =)!! And i rly rly love mt carmel youth and do want to see it grow up in our dear Father!

Speaking of the two new guys, lol, i hope they don't see this or they'll say i'm harping on the issue again! Haha, i'm not, its just that this is really something i don't wanna forget! Haha, i had to scold them during prac for going on and on about hurrying it up cos they wanted to play soccer, but upon reflecting, i shd've been more understanding because after all, even if i'm usually disciplined in pracs, i definitely am not in QT right? And yeah, we're all really so far from being perfect and should keep building each other up!

Really thank God that we're on good enough terms with each other that they knew where i was coming from and i could apologize frankly to them too! So on Sunday before worship, Suwan called the band together to sing thru the songs, worship and pray, because definitely as musicians we forget to do that a LOT!! haha we're abit too focused on jamming lets just say! heh. and it was really good although SOMEBODY came late...hehehehe just joking eh!

Yeah, and by God's grace and provision! All went well =)

I really feel so much happier in school too!! haha everyday its a joy hanging out with Hui Yi, Nad, Tim, Amira, Farah, Jan etc and all those wonderful people that make TJ worthwhile!! And lessons are improving so much, haha i know why i did so badly for Common Tests and its been uphill since then by God's grace! most of the time when i get back great essay marks, my jaw drops because i'm so not used to it, proving how all these good things must must MUST come from above =D!

Oh and i cannot forget how my birthday went although this is about a few weeks later!! haha the best part was when my mum and dad brought me to KFC. I know right, KFC, big deal =). Wait! Haha so i'm like...huh? I'm a bit old eh mum! haha, and she just smiles and we go anyway cos she has free vouchers for it from her boss right. Then when we reach the place, my dear old blur dad goes, "hey girl (my mum), where's sunny and the gang (all my cousins, uncles, aunts etc). I know right...big deal? of course! i haven't seen them in forever and i love them so so much they are the funnest coolest loudest people ever, yeah i think we really annoyed the other diners at KFC when i saw them all and we were all hugging etc. It's really been months!



SIgh and my cousins are like sooooo cute...i'm sorry this is like a really long post but you don't have to read it all. hehe yeah here are some pictures!!

It was one of the best things honestly, haha amidst all the love i got from my friends (= it was also really good to be back in Msia. Spore stress lah. LOL

And so yup, i really praise God for all that's been happening lah. Like just today i made a new friend at the piano who has the same piano playing style which is really rare in TJ!! What more can i ask right? God meets even my musical needs =D =D!! My prayers now are personally for more direction because i'm not sure whether or not teaching is really what i wanna do. But other than that, life is really good! PRAISE THE LORD!

Here's a verse: Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nth move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. - 1 Cor 15.58!! Beautiful ain't it?



Love,

Eve

evelyn(:

This post is mainly for Convent girls because its a long ramble on stuff that happened when we caught up!!

Yesterday I managed to catch up with some of my Convent friends, Elisha, Tab and Priscilla! It was really so so good to see them all and catch up with them about our lives!

So we arranged to meet at 10 at my house first and go to school by 10.30 where Eli would meet us at the warong. So Lala is there at 10 plus and we msg tab after a while and she's still at home eating breakfast! like HUH!! hahas so anyway, Lala drove us there first and Tab met us there subsequently and Eli too =).

It was really good going around saying hi to the teachers. I'd already been back two weeks before so it was more like the others than me updating the teachers about our lives and what we're doing now! Things haven't rly changed much, the toilets canteen and stairways still smell exactly the same! Bad, oily and schoolish respectively =)=) Muahahahahahaahaha.

I gave my deceased aunt's books away to the library (and was sweating like a pig cos that box sure was heavy and carrying it up two flights of stairs is just no joke) and Lala got her SPM (O Levels) cert!

And for the first time in forever we patronized the canteen and bought all the unhealthy (supposedly filled with maggots) food there. We went to look for the ice cream lady who'd been there since i was 6 but I DNO WHERE SHE WENT!! her cart wasn't there no more!!! I hope they haven't kicked her out or anything! And we walked around the field talking about Sports Day, looking for the almost invisible long jump pit, singing "the songs of our time" e.g. Collide Yellow etc, which made us feel so old lol and complaining about how no one sings with us anymore and most of our new friends think we're weird when we suddenly start breaking into singing. Sigh, i can fully sympathize with that! Neither my church friends or TJ people really sing a lot boohoo!

So after catching up with Pn. (Mrs.) Yeoh, Pn. Doreen, Pn. Geetha, Pn. Emilda, Pn. Vasantha, Pn. Noraini, Pn. Elony etc etc we were like WHERE'S PN. IGNATIUS right!! haha she was like a MUST SEE man haha dear old iggy. So we checked the chem lab where she usually is to no avail sigh. So we took a tour round the 3rd floor again and voila she was teaching add math to one of the accounts classes lol. i think she'd just scolded them so our HELLO TEACHER!!! was quite a relief from them. In typical iggy fashion she was like, "ah you see i'm distracted already, do your work ah, you lucky only!"

And she came out and talked to us but again in typical iggy fashion she is so work focused that she pretty soon has to get back to her class which had sunk into a state of anarchy LOL!! dear iggy!!

AND SO...

We finally got down to Lala's car, and after exchanging presents (all Tab's presents were delicious Russian candy mm mm!) haha we drove to the mamak stall next to JOTIC which has like the best ice kachang in the worrrrrrld!! absolutely. And in the car we sang our favourite HEY JULIET (SABIN REMEMBER THAT!!) complete with actions and off key tunes.

Lunch was good, just ice kachang and tahu bakar (fried tofu), good drinks and the nasi goreng ikan masin (fried rice with salted fish), all the best in the world and relived more memories of Girl Guide days after walking in Istana Gardens (the king's gardens) and going down to that same mamak stall to fatten up! we could afford it then lol

And then more singing in the car, and then we msg val to tease her about her boyfriend, when she's getting married (she's the kind for sure get married and probably the earliest too right) and whether she still wants four kids and val can't wait so she calls us and because of the faulty line where she is i have to call her back! so yeah, despite the awful line and the fact that THEY WERE USING MY PHONE MONEY we had quite a fun time individually speaking to her lol. we hung up upon reaching City Square

So we go to watch The Hulk which was awesomely good with all the blowing up and bashing up and destroying of everything! Yeah!! it was totally the bomb although iron man was better cos tony stark and cars etc were way cooler =). Liv Tyler was as usual great =)

Next stop was MPH bookstore, and Elisha just got caught up in this kids magazine about Disney channel stars (e.g. Hannah Montana Jonas Brothers and co) and then we started looking at maternity mags for the cute baby pictures and in typical Convent spirit, we were making lots of noise right? And then guess who comes along and is drawn to our "familiar noise"!! JANICE LEE!! who's back fr concord until august =)=)!! So totally awesome right haha. And shes still the same, not-fun-to-tease, cool person and yup, it was just so so good to see her! SHE DYED HER HAIR hahas

Oh, i almost forgot to mention, there's a new Max Lucado book out and it has 2 analogies:
1) A boss's daughter in the workplace. Her behaviour (whether bratty and manipulative or kind and caring without using her father's leverage) will reflect what the employees think of the boss. Likewise, i used to really get tired of being "a pastor's daughter" with such high standards from everyone including myself and my family at times. But it makes a load of difference when you realize it's your heavenly Father you represent more than your earthly parents and how you act to this world makes a world of difference!!

2) A mirror. Mirrors reflect the light to give off Morse Code signals at times but if the mirror is headstrong, uncooperative, cynical and does not obey the flashes intended by the signaller, the message never gets across! In the same way we are to become transformed into God's image and reflect His glory like good mirrors =D =D

And so finally we go down to Macs and eat somemore (like we didn't already have ice kachang, tahu bakar, rice, popcorn, chocs, sweets...) lol and just catch up. In the whole day we managed to see:

Say Li - who'll be doing pharmacy at UKM
Balqish - mass comm in Im not sure where
Nishalini - who's waiting for matrix i think! and hanging out in school as Mrs. Emilda's PA every single day!! muahahaha
Safizah - business in melaka i think

And we also managed to find out about:

Resshma - Medicine in UTM
Wen Huey - UKM too although im not sure what!
Ai Yun - Cancer cleared and Medicine in UM!!!! (which is super hard to get in PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT)

Jia Leng in Australia, Jia Jeng doing dentistry, Hidayah in Korea, Elisha going to India for Med, Ashwini going to India too on Sunday, Shameen finishing As in HELP, Yu Wen and Wern Li in HELP, Joy and Cherry long time in Auz already, Tze Yin and sister in Russia with Tab! Twins in Spore, Hui Ting and Wei Shan in Taylors, Val in Nilai

Yeah so that was just a recap for everyone and i'm sorry if i missed anyone out!

So yup, that was the end of an extremely fulfilling day with my friends! The only thing missing i felt was perhaps the presence of God and i hope if we ever have reunions big or small, we can always start it with a time of prayer for each other or worship of a few songs just to make God the centre of everything!! I really cherish these awesome girls with all my heart and must keep praying for their salvation/walks with God. And to all my girls reading this =) =) please let's make more effort to keep in touch okay! I know we're all busy with our lives etc etc but life is about the people =)!

evelyn(:

1. The songs



Be Still



Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
The Holy One is here.
Come, bow before Him now,
With reverence and fear.
In Him no sin is found,
We stand on holy ground.
Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
The Holy One is here.

Be still, for the glory of the Lord,
is shining all around.
He burns with holy fire,
with splendour He is crowned.
How awesome is the sight,
our radiant King of Light!
Be still, for the glory of the Lord,
is shining all around.

Be still, for the power of the Lord,
is moving in this place.
He comes to cleanse and heal,
to minister His grace.
No work too hard for Him,
in faith receive from Him.
Be still, for the power of the Lord,
is moving in this place.



On my first day of exams, H1 History which i was most fearful for, this song kept me going all the way and opened my eyes to the real meaning of trust. Trust-even though a simple mistake causes one question to sink boo hoo hoo, haha.



2. The Poems



When Examinations Come



Lord grant me a quiet heart
Before examinations start.
Lead me to use my leisure hours,
To reinvigorate my powers
My mind from daydreams liberate
Give me the will to concentrate.
From my faint heart in love expel,
All failures fears that there in dwell
And from my pillow drive away
All dark forebodings of the day
Help me in faith to rest so deep
That I may have untroubled sleep
While notes and subjects I prepare
May I not lose my zest for prayer! (YES!!)
And may I not forget to look
For daily guidance in Thy book
In quietness, confidence, and peace,
May I have quick and sure release
From needless fears and apprehension
From outward strain and tension
So may examinations find
Each one alert in heart and mind
Thus inward joy and peace possessing
MAY EXAMINATIONS PROVE A BLESSING!!



Likewise, TRUST - even though my head really hurts so hard with Math and I've never struggled so hard with anything in my life and it's convincing me I have learning difficulties!! (which reminds me I should go practice very very soon =))



3. The verses



2 Corinthians 4:7-11

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.



Philippians 3:!3-14

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.



TRUST that though we are sometimes attacked by our own desires not to have to persevere, or spiritually, we have the power of God to rise above it!



*Prayer: Dear Lord, for all those who are having trouble sleeping, trouble doing Quiet Time and trouble praying because they feel guilty over their walk with You and not being faithful in their work or whatsoever, I pray you'd give them the spirit of faith, strength and courage to rise above this that Your goodness and faithfulness to deliver them will glorify You!!



Love, Evelyn

evelyn(:

This is a wonderful forwarded email and instead of forwarding it to a dozen addresses i decided to post it! is easier =). It really changed my view on the different special callings God has according to His plans for us and TRUST in those plans. To all those in ministry, let's keep going yes :)?

TO MEET SUCH A MAN

I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.

As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, 'I will work for food.' My heart sank

I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief.

We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him I made some purchase s at a store and got back in my car.

Deep within me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: 'Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square.'

Then with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the square's third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the store front church, going through his sack.

I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor.

'Looking for the pastor?' I asked.

'Not really,' he replied, 'just resting.'

'Have you eaten today?'

'Oh, I ate something early this morning.'

'Would you like to have lunch with me?'

'Do you have some work I could do for you?'

'No work,' I replied. 'I commute here to work from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch.'

'Sure,' he replied with a smile.

As he began to gather his things, I asked some surface questions. Where you headed?'

' St. Louis '

'Where you from?'

'Oh, all over; mostly Florida '

'How long you been walking?'

'Fourteen years,' came the reply.

I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulatio n that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, 'Jesus is The Never Ending Story.'

Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in life. He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought.

He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly He gave his life over to God

'Nothing's been the same since,' he said, 'I felt the Lord tel ling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now.'

'Ever think of stopping?' I asked.

'Oh, once in a while, when it seems to get the best of me But God has given me this calling I give out Bibles That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads.'

I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: 'What's it like?'

'What? '

'To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show your sign?'

'Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments. Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became hu mbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me.'

My concept was changing, too. We finished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused. He turned to me and said, 'Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a strang er and you took me in.'

I felt as if we were on holy ground. 'Could you use another Bible?' I asked.

He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. 'I've read through it 14 times,' he said.

'I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and see' I was able to find my new friend a Bible that would do w ell, and he seemed very grateful.

'Where are you headed from here?' I asked.

'Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park coupon.'

'Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?'

'No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star right there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next.'

He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his mission. I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things.

'Would you sign my autograph book?' he asked. 'I like to keep messages from folks I meet.'

I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a ver- se of scripture from Jeremiah, 'I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope.'

'Thanks, man,' he said. 'I know we just met and we're really just strangers, but I love you.'

'I know,' I said, 'I love you, too.' 'The Lord is good!'

'Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?' I asked.

'A long time,' he replied

And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, my new friend and I embraced, and I felt deep inside that I had been changed. He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, 'See you in the New Jerusalem.'

'I'll be there!' was my reply.

He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll and pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, 'When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?'

'You bet,' I shouted back, 'God bless.'

'God bless.' And that was the last I saw of him.

Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his hands would stay warm that night without them.

Then I remembered his words: 'If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?'

Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. 'See you in the New Jerusalem,' he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...

If this story touched you, tell a friend!

'I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.'

'Father, I ask you to bless my friends, relatives and e-mail buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask you to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace, In Jesus' precious Name Amen.'

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached Please do not break this pattern. Prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one anoth er. God bless and have a nice day!

GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Paula Stephens

evelyn(:

Haha mega-funny! Good thing Jessica's with SQ =)=) Boeing 747-400











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and...........





AirAsia .....!?











Ssssssshhh. ~~ Don't laugh too loud...



you might wake her up.. ~!!!

evelyn(:

I was reading up on the church history of missions, how they spread through faithful servants, to China, India, and Southeast Asia since the time of the Acts! These men really adopted to the cultures and learnt to speak the language, in the manner of Paul in Corinthians 9.

"Yet when i preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! if i preach voluntarily, i have a reward, if not voluntarily i am simply discharging the trust committed to me."

Paul really reminds us that evangelism is a compelling from God to all Christians, not just a select few.

"...Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slve to everyone, to win as many as possible...I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means i might save some."

And it's important to become good friends, build good bridges with others, show them our love and help, first before thinking of preaching, or it'll just look fanatical and insincere. I made a lot of mistakes with this in the past but my daddy reminded me that if you have no rshp with the person why would they wanna listen to you? which is very true :)

And finally

"...Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."

"Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly; i do not fight like a man beating the air. No, i beat my body and make it a slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."

Let's keep praying that God will keep us faithful to bring the Gospel to our friends! That we won't feel afraid, for everything is possible to the man who believes! And that's how we even have our faith today anyways!!

evelyn(:

Hey yall!!

The reason i have started a blog over again is the quote at the top navigation bar!

~Only one life, it will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last!~

Which also happens to be my daddy's favourite quote lol. haha. and my brothers were getting into blogging too! Go check theirs out!!

Lol, i must sound like a noob right, being so excited about this lol. haha, but yeah it's important to journal because life passes so fast and i wanna remember how i feel about events and when i get a digicam, it'll be even better =D!

So I shall record my first important incident! A renewal or revival with God rather. Since my spiritual walk stagnated for quite a while, i was quite glad to go to church camp (which totally rocks my socks still!!). haha, and during the camp, i managed to catch up with my CG mates (~Eas-eh!!~, lol!) Yeah. And a lot of the younger youths.

Lots and lots of things happened...lol including having to ensure the younger youth were occupied and didn't get into trouble! as well as impromptu-ing the games and activities for the youths (which unfortunately din get organized!). And obviously dealing with living with 6 other girls for 5 days where we had fun to death!! We had this girls night thing the last night where we invited all the younger youth girls over and it was so cool haha playing the LATEST FASHION IN PARIS. Haha and they're so cute they called it a party. As usual, digs were on Pam, with KTP and rodents (Tsame CG would know what i mean=D). Actually we teased Pam throughout the wholeeee thing. lol. except when she was sleeping cos she was so tired out being on the committee!!

We also went go-karting, went out for a cze char (!!), played soccer (FOR THE FIRST TIME LOL, we're so pro, and i played goalie...mega fun! lol) and played water polo (haha, i was drowning on account i'm so short right). Hahas, oh yeah, and we also played Cranium with the Hebron youths (which was ultra fun: EAS-eh!! hahahahaha)

But the best part were the sermons on apostles: men who changed the world!! Even our tags designed by the lovely Lynette read: With God's help, I, __________, can change the world!

And also all the prayer/sharing sessions we had til 2 p.m. at night!

And it highlighted a lot of changes i had to make in my life in this new phase of re-dedication of new aspects to God. Like my swearing and reading addictions. And selfishness!

So it didn't go great at all after camp because i was still not doing devotions regularly and just skimming through the Bible even when i did, right. sigh! hahas.

And in the weekend, all through Sat, Sun and Mon i received wakeup calls from God, through events that made me lose my temper (like my lack of self-discipline studying, tiredness of having to KEEP studying, my unsatisfactory walk with God, the jams and queues getting back to Malaysia, an awful Math test, etc etc). And on Sunday, Ps Cynthia preached about God living in our hearts. He sees right now all our nasty thoughts, secret desires and things we keep from Him, our pride, arrogance, selfishness. The awful things we try to keep away, forgetting He sees everything.

So for three days straight I was crying every single day in my moments with the Lord as He really humbled me. Because I was getting quite proud of being a role model (or so i thought) to others! And He showed me how far i was wrong and how much i NEED GOD!!

And it's like He prepared me since Camp, and it's the best feeling ever =).

So yes, that's what i wanted to write down!! And i'm really glad i did cos i'm so forgetful and now i won't forget this!! heh :)

Please pray for me that i'll keep up the drive to study and cover all i need, but at the same time, have meaningful QT and study of God's Word so i can be a better servant!

THANKS THANKS THANKS to TESSA SIM RU for making this template! Haha i'm so enjoying this blog nowwwww!! =)

Love,
Evelyn.

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