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| The Vine's 1st Cantonese ALPHA course
I am so thrilled to see how God's love and truth is touching the hearts of people attending the Vine's first Cantonese ALPHA course. Tonight is the last session of the course, but for many of the guests, they just embark on this adventure. (okay, really cheesy, I know). I hope I will be able to follow up with some of these guests.
Going Back to Nehemiah House
Although I am still physically tired, I am looking forward to go back to Cebu on Wednesday. My friend, her husband, and my friend's friend are already there caring for the children living in the Nehemiah House. I will spend a week there. I still have no idea what God wants me to "do" there. Right now, the only word that echoes in my heart is "intercede".
Please pray for:
1) the children living there, and the children who come to the outreach programs
2) the children's families
3) the staff
4) my friends
5) myself
Discernment.
physical strength and protection (from head aches, tummy aches, and dehydration)
...AND anything else that comes to your mind.
Thank you!
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| I'm sooooo spoiled by Hong Kong's efficient service.
I've been in this beautiful place with my family for a week.
Yet it has been frustrating to wait for service at various kinds of places. I understand that it is Christmas time. especially when there is only 1 person in front of me when I just started to line up. It still takes at least 15 minutes.
Today I finally complained directly to the staff. Minutes later, I started to feel bad.
Being in situation when I don't need to wait for things to happen, when anything I wish is immediately taken care of, my ego gets inflated and think I deserve the best. Yet at Christmas time I am reminded of Jesus' humility and love. He came to serve and not be served. Who am I to get irritated and complain about such little things that don't really matter?
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| With lots of prayer from the day before and yesterday, the nurse injected the needle into the back of my hand with ONE try (compared to at least 4 attempts from previous PET-Scan experiences). Thanks for praying!
The result is: except for little dot on the liver, the rest of my cancer cells are longer active =)
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| 1) I am preparing paperwork to visit my sponsored child in Thailand. The process of applying for a no-criminal record certificate is more complicated than I expected. Yet it is even more frustrating for the Philippinas applying for it. I was so furious to see the difference the police officers treated me and them. I tried to comfort the Philippinas and encouraged them. The police officers at the centre where I applied for this certificate were so apathetic. Argh!
2) On the other hand, the helper who took care of me since I was 4 years old has been stealing a lot of things for the past few years since she got married. Not only that, she has been getting loansharks that kept calling or "visiting" our home to get money back. My parents have been very gracious and forgiving and renewed her contract all these years. Finally they also decided they couldn't trust her anymore. So my dad told her today that they would not renew her contract again. From my dad's view, she took it well. Afterall, he did not report her to the police, gave her a huge sum to find a place to stay, and cancelled the debt she owes. I found it a little awkward being alone with her now. I hope this week will go peacefully among my family and her.
3) For this past week, I couldn't sleep through the night. I guess it is either due to the stress of the above 2 situations, or just because my doctor increased the dosage of my chemotherapy. I keep waking up at least 3 to 4 times during the night. It takes a long time to fall asleep again.
I hope this weekend will be much more peaceful. I am looking forward to my friend's violin perfomance this Sunday at City Hall. She will be the soloist playing the "Butterfly Lovers" Concerto. It is a fundraising event for people with spinal problems.
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| I watched "Prince Caspian" last Friday. Although the book is better. I still love seeing Aslan's interaction with Lucy, and seeing Edmund's transformation.
Today at The Vine's Flea Market, I saw a book called "Transported by the Lion of Judah" by Anne Elmer. The words echoes Andrew Gardener's sermon. I don't know who donated it but thanks so much. I was moved to tears reading it.
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