went to hougang in the morning (11am - that's morning to me) =P with my mom for brunch. just walked around, nothing much.. went back home in the afternoon around 3+ i think.. relax a while, then asked my dad to drive me to expo.. there's this GoFest in Asia.. it's really cool. sort of like a missions conference thing, then in the evening there will be worship free admission every night. last yr also have, but i didn't go.. this time i went with Faith, Jianxiong and Akouo girls.. i had dinner with them at the food court la.. was really excited abt buying things from the booth.
then it was soon time to start. Joseph Chien was there. then we all worshipped together. most of the songs were unfamiliar to me n a bit hard to pick up. the time of testimony was good though, a cambodian sharing abt the salvation of his village. and message was very good. a simple passage abt Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman, has deep significance. all the 12 disciples went off to buy food, but Jesus stayed behind and had a purpose. in talking to the woman, she believed, and went to tell the whole town abt this Jesus. all the 12 disciples missed the show because they were too concerned abt their physical needs. in terms of missions, this is a good lesson to learn.
after that before we left i went to various booths to check out abt missions. bought 7 pieces of pass-it-on cards. hope to buy more another time. also bought a pair of earrings for 50¢.
went for supper at Changi Village with faith n jx... Nasi Lemak!! =P then we went to Fisherman Village.. i wasn't really allowed to stay out late... =P supposed to go home n pack my bag for the next day.. but we found somewhere to watch soccer over heineken. had a close brush with xiaoqiang.. it was v funny la.. they were laughing at my reaction to it. we chatted until abt 1+am i think.. after soccer la.. then i went home n packed my bag. got scolded by my mom cuz she was awake when i reached home. slept a while so v tired.
ya i was packing my bag for tanjung balai with my parents' cell grp. when we reached harbourfront we were quite late for breakfast. was quite easily pissed due to my lack of sleep.. but i was glad to see the Feetwashers like Jane, Pricy, Cleon, Dally... kinda was a leader for them when they in pri 2.. can still rem them..
(kinda tired and lazy to describe already)
ok brush through quickly: did visitations to 7 homes in tanjung balai, my team had a doctor, so we followed along as she did blood pressure tests and talk to the pple. most of the pple there r sick n poor to see doctors. had bak kut teh for lunch. at the last home we went to, i was running low on energy n i was not in the conversation at all. walked back to hotel to rest. woke up for dinner at the restaurant next door. the main dish was crab.. =P had ice cream n beer too.. after dinner walked to a cool cafe for tea.. that cafe is really so NOT tanjung balai la! very well lit, very modern furnishings, even i like it!
after dinner went to a minimart to buy sweets n instant noodles then went back to hotel to watch soccer. gotta thank God for good weather cuz it only rained when we were indoors!
sunday woke up around 8+am for breakfast downstairs. had 4 eggs.. =P went back to room to pack up n check out. waited for instructions... then went to church.
i didn't go visitation but stayed with the Feetwashers to conduct Sunday School. we gave out lotsa snacks and drinks to the kids. Daniel played a game of blind man's bluff with them. we went to eat orh mee for lunch n it was pouring heavily. was quite drenched.
i went to the back door n watched the rain n saw a cat searching for something in the grasses.. then i saw it carry something in its mouth. i thought it was a prize - a mouse.
but when i looked carefully i realised - it was a kitten!!! i ran to the front door of the church to find it. then i saw a poor little thing inside a snack packet.
n i asked bena to bring me an umbrella to look for its mommy n sibling. i was sure this was not the one i saw.
anyway i was quite occupied worrying abt the kitten, its safety, its hunger, etc.. but i joined in worship when the service started. n uncle john (john sim) preached. it was a short story actually, but phei phei had to translate it phrase by phrase. it became quite xin ku to listen. but it was still good la. then it was time to go back to singapore. wanted to go for camp when i came back, but after dinner it was already 9+pm. so i went home to pack my bag instead.
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