20091002 BBQ-cum-Yann Ling's Birthday!

Praise be to God for the recent gathering at Elaine's house! It was amazing for the abundant grace we've received, from the fine weather, to the enthusiasm and safety of everyone, to the food that we enjoyed, let's all thank God for them! :)

First and foremost, thanks Elaine for the opening up the venue, looking through the menu of what to order, and the constant emails to finalise everything.

Thanks to our top chefs, Adriel, Stanley, Troven, Min Shiung, any one else whom I may have missed out.

For Adriel and Stanley who reached there earlier to help set up the stuff and fire.

For Gabriel who brought the ultimate fan, without which might have to start the fire over and over again. loL~ I think part of the reason why the food was good was because we had a good fan. What do you guys think? :D Also for leading the way for Fiona, John and myself to Elaine's house.

For Min Shiung and Yiyi, our leaders, for bringing the disposables, else we would have ran out of supplies, and also for that bottle of red wine!

For Harry too, for that bottle of sparkling wine. yuMz~!

For Siew Hor, who probably had the biggest role of evangelising to the aunties. You left a deep impression in their lives, and a great example for the rest of us to follow as well. :)

For Andrew, for the surprise visit!

For Fiona, who is our debt collector! loL~ If you haven't paid, please make her life easier hor. :P

And essentially, everyone! The outing was only possible with the participation of all of us. Indeed, to God be all the glory that we as members dwell together as one body of Christ.

Here are some of the photos taken that night.

Our chefs!

Look how busy the hands were! :D

Cute Gab!

The marshmallow girl!

The birthday girl!

Finale Photo!

The rest of that night's exciting photos are available for viewing here. All glory and praise to God for this cell! :D

Karaoke Images Uploaded!

Whoohoo! Finally able to upload! My goodness! :D

The cell's inaugural karaoke-cum-buffet!

Stanley and Gabriel bringing in more food!

My attempt to capture everyone in the shot.

Parting shot!

20090807 Karaoke-cum-Buffet!

I think blogger is screwed up again and refuses to have that normal text editing bar which allows me to upload photos. :S

Shall post up some photos from our outing when it is up again.

In the meanwhile, do check out the photos that I had taken that night. Enjoy! :)

Moses

Greetings From France!!

Hey Guys!

We're GREAT! Thanks for all your concerns and prayers through the week! We've just settled down in our Hostel in Grenoble and are getting used to the lifestyle here. Unfortunately, in Grenoble, it is as hot as it can get in Singapore! Afternoon temperatures can hit a high of 28 - 29 Deg! So yea, we brought all the thick clothing for nothing~~~ >_0 (Well, at least can use them for the tour) Haha. We spent 2 days in Paris before moving down south to Grenoble. France is a beautiful place with lots and lots of land. However, standard of living here is high! So we gotta live like paupers most of the time here. Haha

Oh yea, something to share. When we were in Europe, we visited alot of cathedrals and churches. We saw the many statues and pictures of Christ on the cross and in His glorified form. (Almost half of all the paintings in the Lourve are about Christ) And although its mainly catholic, nonetheless, looking at all these statues and paintings seemed to bring the reality of Christ's death on the Cross for us. Both me and Pris felt a deep sense of serenity and holiness in the eyes of the Lord, and we just want to share and encourage that indeed Christ is so real as He is right now in our very hearts!

So yea~ having that thought in mind, we really dun feel that alone out here anymore!! Heehe, not to mention of course we got each other as well. And for you guys there whom somehow or rather feeling lonely or dejected by circumstances, fret not! For the joy of the Lord is our strength! Praise God! Bless all of you and take care! We miss ya all!

Agape Love,

Pris and Adriel

Cool Illusion

Hey Guys, was goofing around my mails and came across this very interesting and weird optical illusion. Just follow the instructions and dun try too hard! Haha, its a bit spooky, but dun worry, its not some ghost or monster picture. Lol. Have fun!

Cheers, Adriel

Never Let Go...

This week has been crazy. It's Saturday today and I'm still in office, expecting another full day's work. Anyway, just this morning, while I was using a web service which randomly shows pictures on the web, I found this series. :D

A lot of times I allow myself to slack spiritually when work increases. I have not been blogging much at my Christian blog if you guys noticed. Anyway, I don't exactly believe in coincidence, since I believe everything is in God's plans. So yeah, as I said, I manage to find this series randomly this morning, and it really touches me a lot.

Never let go, never give up. No matter how tough, how harsh, how impossible, how tiring, let us continue to hold on to the cross. I've noted another thing from the pictures. In this life journey, we're never walking alone. There are a lot of people walking alongside with us, and we can find encouragement in each other, and grow together.

No matter how adverse or desperate your situation is at the moment, trust Lord to set things right. I learnt two days back from a podcast I heard from Holy Trinity Brompton, which is about Martha and Mary.

Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)
At the Home of Martha and Mary

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

In the podcast, it was teaching us not be distracted by every day's activities. Life will always be busy with no room for our Lord if we allow so many things to occupy our time. Ultimately, only one thing matters; listening to Jesus.

Let us seek Him first, before we seek other things in life. :)

Ok, time for me to get back to work! God bless all!