The final analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
...Forgive them anyway!

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
...Be kind anyway!

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
...Succeed anyway!

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
...Be honest and frank anyway!

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
...Build anyway!

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
...Be happy anyway!

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
...Do good anyway!

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
...Give the world the best you've got anyway!

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Testimonies!

Hey guys!

No. I haven't died.

anws, I got 2 testimonies. so here goes,

Background first:
I moved in with 2 housemates this year.
I kind of regretted it straight away cos no1, i wasn't used to staying with ppl.
no2. the best friend of one of my housemates whom i didn't like wanted to join in.

in short, that friend confirmed that she was going to stay with us.
i freaked out. basically. ran to my friend's place to panic. yup i sure did.
listened to good advice.
talked to my housemate.
made up with her friend. (we had problems with each other for the longest time)

even still, although we made up, it still wasn't healthy to stay with each other.
by the time i was already in the who-cares and the whole I'm-going-to-hole-up-in-my-room attitude.
if you get what i mean(;

in the end, when her parents heard the costs, they freaked out.
so, no. she's not staying anymore.

my whole point here is not to badmouth her but to say how amazing God works in our lives.
because if i didn't know tt we'll be staying tgt, i wouldn't have made the first initiative to make up with her. and the thing is, currently, our relationship is slowly (yes, slowly) getting better. (we're just trying to not step on each other's toes.)

i felt it was good and necessary, although it was definitely NOT FUN to go thru all tt freaking out and making up because the friction tt we had was going on for more than 6mths alr.
But, I'm glad it's over.



testimony no2:

because the place tt i moved in was a house and not student accommodation,
it was empty. yup. nothing. ko-song. no furniture. nothing.
basically, i didn't like the house at all but i didn't have control over tt area.

it was old and disgusting.
the carpets were like shit.
there's grime in what seems like everywhere in the kitchen.
it was dusty EVERYWHERE. (despite the multiple vacuuming).
a wall of bricks for one side of the kitchen, dining room and the living room
the living room freaked me out the first time i saw it. almost had a heart attack.
it was a cave!!!
cold and dark.
there's cobwebs everywhere.

yeah...as you can tell, i really didn't like the place.
it was so easy for me to find so many -ve points with the hse.
it took me quite a while to get adjusted.

but what i want to thank god for is the fact tt although it was a slow start,
(getting all the furniture and all)
I've actually been really blessed.
ppl from church have just been giving me so many things to make my room so much cosier
also, cos i didnt want to spend money buying too many stuffs

here's what I've been blessed with:
-mattress (approx. $2-300?)
-very good/ex heater
-a very^million good stereo system
-a bean bag (approx $40 for just the skin)
-a cork board

so yeah....thank god for all those. saved me sooo much money.
I'm happy!
staying with housemates still needs adjustment.
but just reflecting on what has been happening the past few months made me really thankful of what God has done.

Sunshine After The Rain

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
there will always be sunshine,
after the rain ....

Perhaps you may stumble,
perhaps even fall,
But God's always ready,
To answer your call ...

He knows every heartache,
sees every tear,
A word from His lips,
can calm every fear ...

Your sorrows may linger,
throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish,
in dawn's early light ...

The Savior is waiting,
somewhere above,
To give you His grace,
and send you His love...

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
"God always sends rainbows ....
after the rain ... "







To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!





I got that from an email quite a long time ago, not sure if you guys have seen it. But thought I'd share this with all of you cos it speaks to me quite abit, I hope this sheds some light on you too. And be encouraged by it!

On a VERY happy note! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS for inter-region captains' ball game. A very last minute put together team, thanks to various reasons, but WE DID IT! =)
Thank God we were not the first few teams that hadta play, if not we would have gotta play on the grass, which was VERY muddy and dirty.
After the heavy rain, we shifted to the badminton court area, which was MUCH better. And when we were playing, the rain wasn't that heavy.
Thank God too that I didn't fell 'sicker' than I was even after being in the cold rain for a long time.
The most fun game was the finals, which was played against region 5/6. More like a friendly match than a competition. Ha. Totally cool!
But yeap, I actually did enjoy myself even though I kinda refused to play in the rain at first. Haha.
Alrightttt.. signing off, cos Valerie the Ah Ma keeps nagging at me to finish this update quick cos she wants to read.
If you think I'm naggy, you havent meet Valerie yet. =p


Tata!!
-Pretty Crazy Net Leader *grin*

ENCOUNTER !!!!

photos taken during encounter =D

hehe...yupp...encounter was GREAT!...
tough it was only a short period of 2days 1night,
I could see that the gals that went for the encounter has indeed encountered God and all of us has been touched by him.

so here are testimonies and by Marcia,Esther Lye,Jacinda,Dayna and me =D (in no particular order)

1) I really enjoyed it! woohoo! haha.erm before the encounter, i prayed to God that during the encounter, hopefully i will be able to learn more about God forgiving our sins and i really leanrned about it. it's like God answered my prayer, i am really happy =) i learnt to forgive people for what they did in the past that hurt us and also really encountered and felt God's presence and the holy spirit.

2)i really enjoyed myself throughout this encountered and i also have learnt a lot from this camp. i learnt more bout the cross, sins and forgiving.the presence and of God and the Holy Spirit could be felt in every session without fail. yea...i also thank God for the rest for the girls who went to the encounter with me to witness the encounter with God. it was really cool!...woohoo! I AM FREE! ~I LOVE ENCOUNTER...I LOVE YOUTH CAMP...I LOVE MY YOUTH!~(sounds familiar? xp)

3)God really helped me in the encounter. i really learnt a lot of things and is really happy. i learnt how to forgive people who annoyed me. my sins are now forgiven and i am very relief now.the sleeping part was quite ok la... overall very nice!!

4)i felt that this youth encounter is very meaningful.they tought us about vision for success, the joy of forgiveness, self-hatred and unforgiveness ect. during the time of prayer, the Lord touched my heart and i could feel that he loves and and he cares for me. i hope that i can go to the youth encounter again.

5)God has really changed my life.it was really cool feeling so close to God! i could really feel God's presence in the room! the feeling was cool and nice to know that God is with us all the while. i have learn to forgive and forget those things people said or do to me last time. and I'M FREE NOW! woah!

yupp...so these are it!...cool testimonies huh?...hehe...yupp...so thats about it for now... =D

*for the girls that went for the encounter ~God's Princesses...R3/4 rocks!~ muahah~
hehe

tata!
VALERIE!
aka
WHEREWEREWE!

Congrats to all ppl went to Encounter

Congratulations to Marcia, Dayna, Valerie, Esther Lye, Jacinda, Joel and JJ for having a life-altering experience with God! For me i go to encounter to listen the 1st day message and on the 2nd day went to babysit the little children haha!

From Left Caleb, Ashton, Vanessa


Done By: Brother Bear

gals power =D

those previous photos was taken by John..."candid phtots"
yea...and therefore its kinda unglam...
so this is a nicer photo taken...
not that ungalm...and much nicer =D
yupp...
net was crazy as uaual xp

valerie =D

Another Day In Net

Haha Today in crazy net as we know it is combine net. During the dvd lessons everyone were very quiet haha first time sia.... so quiet in the crazy net but after that noisy again haha... and we have a new member in our net today PETER !!! and also i today said, "Lets split in to two person" wa lao ... my english very powderful..... any way

Heres the picture of the so called girl power ....




Done By: Brother Bear