5th Feb 2006

Good morning Sunday. Today's gotta be one of the most involved Sunday I'm waking up to. My mom woke me up ten minutes before the alarm went off. I was pretty alert and that came as a surprise, considering the fact that I slept really late, having been bugged by headaches and gastrics.

Reeling over the pain that my full blown gastric was causing me, I made my way to wash up and to have a quick bite before I left. Thank God for my mom, she prepared something for me to bite on...its something she does religiously every morning without fail indeed. It was only when i hit the shower that I realised that I had forgotten the tune to the 1st worship song.

Completely.

Desperate enough, I prayed in the shower and lo and behold...when I came out of the shower, I managed to get in tune! The version of the song that Julia sent me last night (thanks julia!!) started off in F-sharp, and we were to sing on a D-note today. Confused, I had tried really hard to master the song last night. Praise God for his wonderful blessings..the gastric pain was really nothing as compared to the amount of gratefulness I had in my heart at the moment.

To add on to that joyous note, Leon woke up immediately when i told him we were leaving for church (read, leon is a deep sleeper, i had, at times, to drag him to the toilet and let him seat on the toliet floor before he wakes up).

Leon, you're an amazing brother and I thank God for the wonderful changes I see in our relationship :)

Swallowing two gastric pills and rushing out of the house, we made it in time for Leon's SF service. I finally had a chance to munch on my food while waiting to set up the MPH.

Nervous, i tried to rehearse...but once more slipped. Ten o clock came up, and I was caught up in a frenzy stting up the MPH. Shao, Violet, Julia and Justina arrived, and with their help, we managed to set up for YA service in the MPH for the first time. Arent we honoured to have that privilage of a spritual ground breaking ceromony!

The time for rehearsal came, and I really was nervous as a first timer, but with the threesome's kind words and encouragement, I made it through the rehearsals, and thru the worship session, tho violet's expressions were really funny!Praise God.

What really touched me though was the sermon today, or rather part of was was shared with us today. I find myself really guilty of being vunerable to stress almost all the time. Its not healthy stress but unecessary stress. Its what makes me lose my composure when I'm doing sound for at any time and place. Its the kinda stress that amounts when I'm hosting any events at my place. Its not the right way, but I find it hard to relax and take it easy. The perfectionist in me wants things to go well all the time.

I recognise that as a weakness in my life (i get stressed, and worse, I tend to get snappy at people). I pray that God will really remove this stronghold in my life.

If you asked me to evaluate my perfomance todayas a backup vocalist, my answer would be that I am unsure. I thank God for the opportunity to try this out and God willing, He will bless me and develop me in this area of ministry. I generally drew more positive comments...but...hehe.**shy lah**

Fellowship at Coco's was a blast, and so was home visitations. Kudos to Teck Wee and Eugene (and their parents) for being such gracious hosts. Had a great time at their places, chatting and laughing at Eugene's photos and our chinese names :) We kinda watched a movie at my place later, and I fetlt greatly blessed by the time of fellowship we had.

For the first time in some months to come, we had the entire Acts 1:8 at my place..wow. I feel greatly honoured. The effort made to clean up the place for u guys to come over was definetly worth it! Mien, I'm super glad you made it!

In short, it was a Sunday that started off looking so potentially hazardous, but was salvaged by God's mercy and transformed into a wonderful day!

Special thanks to:

God: For all you've done today, from the healing of the crazy gastrics right to the multiple blessings that you've given me all the way.

Shao, Violet and Julia: For your help, kind words and encouragement, its a blessing to serve alongside with you.

Melvin, good to have u back today! Thanks for your ever postive attitude and gentlemanly spirit.

Adrian & Junhao and Chee Seng: For your encouragements that really helped to dissolve the nervousness I was feeling.

Jacob: thanks for taking care of Leon and watching out for him. Appreciate the phone call.

Past Hiap Siang: You're always so encouraging and you have a keen sense of appreciation. God bless!

Acts 1:8 cell group: Hey...there's nothing that I could ever use that would really express how wonderful and blessed I am to be blessed with you in my life. The road ahead looks set to challenge yet it is exciting. Lets run the race together!

Chills.