A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book. Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?

BUTTERFLY

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

don we always think " GOD! WHY DO YOU GIVE ME SO MANI PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE!!"
but think bout it for a moment. if He is to give us an easy life, will we still give Him thanks in everything we do?

I asked for Strength.........And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors.........And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........I received everything I needed!

NO TIME, NO FAITH

I knelt to pray but not for long,I had too much to do.I had to hurry and get to workFor bills would soon be due.So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my knees.My duty toward god was now doneMy soul could rest at ease.All day long I had no timeTo spread a word of cheer.No time to speak of God to friends,They'd laugh at me I'd fear.No time, no time, too much to do,That was my constant cry,No time to give to souls in needBut at last the time the time to die. I went before the Lord,I came, I stood with downcast eyes. For in his hands God held a book;It was the book of life.God looked into his book and said"Your name I cannot find.I once was going to write it down... But never found the time"

how mani times had we just did our QT jus for the sake of "i don want my leaders after me"?

how mani times had we just prayed becos ppl are us said to?

how mani times did we said. "God, i will do my QT later",

but the later never came?

think bout it.

went to service after the drill com.

with full u and everything.

after service,

me and von chiong to change!!

i got alot of gel in my head.

sob leh.

so i put lot lot of water.

and everyone asked me

YOU BATHED AR?!

argh..

at last it looked alright..

after washing, blowing, washing , blowing.

dinner-mtg-eat at *pattaya*-cab home.

today went for bible study.

mostly, repeating on last week stuff.

but well. its stil good!

went out with zq, hong,lopez,von to buddy.

den we drove ard aimlessly. cos no one knew whr to go.

at each junction, we turned right.

lols. in the end, someone suggest go jp.

so we went.

ate, shopped.

actually the guys want cut hair de.

but they changed their mind,

cos too ex.

got what what nada de $9.

you all don wan. choose somemore!

haha.

went to plaza after that.

got hong wanted to eat nasi brani.

AHEM. so we went.

and he didnt eat the nasi brani.

ate curry rice in the end.

diaoo. hahas.

but at least me and zq got to eat ice cream.

=))

LOSTSHEEPLOSTSHEEPLOSTSHEEPS!!

suddenly got some gan chu.
how awesome is it to breathe,
how awesome is it to wake up each morning,
how awesome is it to be able to walk,
how awesome is our God who created all.
can i hear an AMEN to that?
hahaha.

talked to dorothy today. over lunch!
she first time so le yi de eat LJS with me eh.
hahhas.
bestfriend. yes. ppl don believe in forever.
but i do.
cos i believe and i know,
we gonna survive thru til eternity tgt.
=))

met xq and von at mac.
didnt eat. cos really no appetite.
fastforward.
we are in bus.
i kip repeating to zhiqi jaslyn.
DON LOCK WRISTS!
i kip repeating.
getting paranoid.

fastforward.
at ngeesoon campsite.
sat at spectators stand.
the coys ard are so noisy cann.

fastforward.
nineteen coy turn.
me and von were like.
uh. do u think sth wrong with their contingent ar?
den we realise.
ONE BLANK FILE!
oh my.
prayed for them.
someone belt drop.
ms pearl picked up.
aww. dat is double suay can.

fastforward.
"next, we have the TENTH team, from the TENTH coy!"
i love this entry sentence. lols.
me and von prayed in tongues and understanding thru out the 11 min.
didnt wanted to stop.
and the girls really did well.
solid bang. the "sar" "du-er" thingy was great.
everything were great.
except for. ANG ZHI QI!!! ur wrist. hahas
had praises from HQ officers. which is one big miracle.
and py med girls were impressed too.
TENTH COY. I LOVE YOU ALL. =)

now to fancy drill.
i noe i ought not be worried.
but well. i jus cant help it.
alot count on fancy now.
let's just pray yea?

cell grp was great. justin and gang came!
service awesome.
the first time.
i jus stand dere. and when no one said anything
i shouted AWESOME.
in response to ps daniel de sentence.
so coool lahhh. wahahhas.
HEALING!

everything was great. awesome. WOW.

went to drill prac with the girls in the morning.
it was alright.
they learnt finish fancy drill liaoo!!
next week we shall start perfect-ing.
we really have to pray.
left at 2 plus.
washed up, met lz to go church.
was raining heavily thou.
reached church.
we were actually the earliest few.
so we went up to canto hall.
mr chin hurt his hand
so nana took over..

played a game.
problem solving game.
and we used a very lame solution.
learnt bout worship. baptism of Holy Spirit,refilling with the Spirit.
and mani mani more.

went out for dinner. rooftop!
dorothy,xinchun,kendrick received the gift of Tongues!
praise the Lord yea?
=))

and came night time.
the guys wanted to bathe.
so the girls + vincent play monkey.
til abrasions on my knees. abit.
but nvm. it was fun! =)
the worse night i had i guess.
imagine the aircon at 16deg.
eu are slping happily with a slping bag below u.
and a blanket to cover your legs
and a jacket.
then. somewhr at 3am.
your blanket and jacket both got taken by others.
one word.
COLD!
but well. resourceful.
squeeze with ro they all lo.
hahaha!

ro went to make the deg to 30deg. lol.
finally made it til morning.
7am. on light. play songs. shout here and dere.
aww.
breakfast was tuna bread and oreos.
den session.
Psalms 1 =)

went for lunch with
lz,lopez,ro,ed,theresa,vincent,junda.
den cos they got time left. so went to mac with
lz,lopez,ed,junda,ro.
slacked. ate.
super funny.
MACsprite!
coke+ice-cream+sprite.
plus sth that is super stupid.
Potiphar's wife!!!
hahhahaha..

had fun.
learnt mani.
fellowship.
most of ALL..
GOD spoke=)

althou i only went for the 2 night service
God reveal mani mani to me.
bout a problem that i had always been in,
yet do not admit to.
AM I WILLING TO YIELD MY EVERYTHING TO SEEK HIM?

i wasn't sure of the answer when i had this qn in my head ytd.
but now i'm sure.
YES I WILL.
i cant think of anything that i will not give up for Him.

had intensive drill prac for the girls today.
i woke up late. cos ytd reached home at 1230 i think.
but i managed to reach sku by 930, with glucose! =)
me: anyone here allegic to chicken rice?
girls: "i want no bone de!" , "i wan chilli!!", i wan this and that.
me *speechless* while the girls continue shouting what they want and nots.
finally. cant take it.
me:I ASK YOU ALL. WHO ALLEGIC!. NOT WHAT U ALL WANT. SO JUST ANSWER MY QN!
girls: *silence.* "no sgt."
shouting do help. but it certainly don do much for my SORE THROAT.
i cant make it past 3 sentence w/o going out of tune.
grrr.

not only they made me angry the first min i walked in.
the second min, dey gave me "whatever" drills.
see lerh. i wasnt angry.
but i was super disappointed.
i saw what they cud do.
and this is so not their standard.
its just like.
if i know they are fresh apples.
and yet they act rotten.
i wud be more mad den i knew dat they were rotten in the first place.
and dey acted rotten.
well. weird analogy. haha.
disappointed and sian.
i began thinking whr i went wrong.
and finally it struck me.
so i went to ask yuzhen.
eh. got start with prayer this morning b4 i come?
den she say no.
den i say.
NO WONDER LAHHS!!!! hahaha.
we prayed.
and after that, solid bangs and super memories.
oh my oh my. my God never fails to provide.
thank You God!!

this whole week i haven been at home much.
after drill com, i think i will stick at home 24/7.
have to be good girl!
so that my parents will see that its God that had changed me =)
living my life as a testimony.
YES! =)

they are tired they are sick of doing the same thing all over.

but yet,when you ask.

DO YOU ALL WANT TO TRY AGAIN?

what you get. is a resounding

YES!!!!!! COME 'ON!!

oh my. feel so gan dong.

so they did it again. and when they finished.

dey all looked at me with the

SO HOW? WAS IT GOOD? face.

=/ so touched. seeing them putting in their efforts.

plus a surprising news told to me. i cried. =/

but i controled. cos i gonna teach the girls!!!

but well.

I LOVE YOU GIRLS ALOT.

they really put in so much of their effort and strength(literally)

that jacelyn and jingyi(iTHINK) got their fists swollen.

bonded lots with them. esp jingyi.

DRINK TILL V HOR!

DRINK TIL O!!!! faster!!!

hahahhas. enjoyed it much.

thank You God for everything You blessed us with. =)

fast forward. came to 12mn Sat =)

was happily puttin ice into cups with von.

when lz suddenly ask us to be in game com.

mtg awhile.. and we went to bathe. or did we not?

i forgot.

=)

fast forward. games hour.

realis that i don really understand the game leh.

but i station master!

so lz speed teach me again. lol.

my brain is speedy absorber.

sth bad happened during games.. but well. forget it. hahas

after that. tally scores. got some prob. i was stil speed calculating even when lz

is done talkin to the crowd.

so all stared at me count. stressed leh. =(

but well well. GREEN TRIBE won. =)

fast forward to break camp. waited for ppl to go for dinner.

and we ate MAC. went home after that.

i'm a baked lobster. with blue blacks. and mos bite. =)

get the pic? hahaha.

iLOVEmyGOD.iLOVEmyGIRLS.iLOVEmyTWIN!

iLOVEdoingTHINGSthatIcantDOonMYown.
cosTHENiNOEiNEEDtoRELYonGODfully.

onlyTHEN,

thenIcanDOwhatisGIVENtoMEyea?
lols. typing this way is tough. hahahas.
why is it so easy to blame God when things go wrong
instead of thanking Him for the good things?
now is the time when all of us are tested.
in different ways.
who will be promoted(spiritually)
and who will stay?
i certainly don wan to see myself
being promoted while my fwen stay
neither i stay they go
.so. morale of it?
help one another.
don think eu can survive on ur own.
u need others' help even if
dey are
junior-er den u.
younger den you.
less experienced as you.
one day. eu'll see that u are linked to them somehow.
so stop saying
THAT 2 SENTENCES OKAY??
tmr is camp..
anyone excited? haha
LOOKtoGODnoMATTERwhat!

wahahhas.

=)

sound good? =D