warm up

*turns on the engine* VROOM VROOM! :)

I miss writing. I really do.

I was really glad when the plane landed. It was funny. Much as i wasn't anxious about the flight and that I know I am under God's protection, I did hold back making plans/responding to text messages asking for confirmation of presence @ celebrations because things felt uncertain when I was in C. It seemed like James 4:13-15 was speaking :

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit" yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

Such is the brevity of life. I decided to just place all the plans at the back of my mind and only started replying to the messages only after I touched down. Not that I did not enjoy the company of my DG mates. They had been great and I had been very encouraged by how they gave of themselves throughout the trip. I have much to learn from them in terms of their dedication to serve the Lord and one another. It's truly by God's grace that 6 women who travelled together for 10 days doing really intense work ended up as better friends as before.

For the longest time since I accepted Jesus into my life, I never had the desire to go on M trips. Being in C, visiting the villages, interacting with the children, sensing their joy, enthusiasm and hunger to learn everything we have to teach them really touched me and warmed my heart. Truly, for once, I understood what unreached people groups mean; they stay about an hour and a half up the mountains, making them very inaccessible to people. It cost 50SGD dollars for a return trip (bumpy, narrow roads and all). I also understand now why people keep returning to their adopted groups. Because I feel that I want to go back again, particularly to that 1 village with those 8 kids.

I was touched and almost near to tears on the 1st day of ministry, when a 13 year old girl gave thanks for the food, praying so sincerely, thanking God for the food because it is Him who gave the food to us. Being in a poor village, and having them slaughter one of the few chickens for us made the prayer more real, that truly, God has given the food to us.

Thank you all who prayed. We were truly protected in more ways than one. When we work, we work, when we pray, God works, and indeed, it was very evident how He worked during this trip. All glory to God. 44 children/teens and 6 adults PRCed. I really felt very privileged to be serving with this team and being used as a vessel by God because truly, God could have done all of these without us. He didn't need us to "help". He only wanted us to grow in faith and character and learn to rely on His grace through the different experiences.

One thing I learnt about God that touched me also is that He is a God with a nurturing heart. He yearns for us to grow from spiritual babes to adults. He is our great and awesome heavenly Father!
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