Breaking of bread with Auntie Kim Neo

Hey guys, two weeks ago, a few of us went to visit Auntie Kim Neo. Well, she seemed cheerful. I was just a bit sad to see her so thin and frail. Anyway, we sang a few songs before we passed the bread and cup around. Juliana "ter-take" a big chunk of bread. It was funny. Before we left, we took a few pictures with her.

Look at Adrian Mau lah..... haha... Anyway, continue to pray for Auntie Kim Neo okay?

bongkar!!

why was eng siang super chuak?

i've got proof. muahahahaha.

Port Dickson Trip

On Saturday, a handful of the youths and the Children Hour kids went to Port Dickson. There were about 50 people in total. We went to Port Dickson by bus and inside things were really peaceful at first. You don't see many people walking here and there, noises from the usual youth and laughters from the girls, aka Jessica, Julianna, Yen Mei, Chen Li, etc, etc. Our first destination was the dunno-what-museum with Malaysia's history. It was really interesting to see our own country's history actually. To learn about these things by looking rather than read the text books, I think all of us agree on that right?

Next, we went to the beach to have our lunch. Had Cap Fan but then got no spoon. Wonder what you all will do if there weren't any spoons eh? Well, we improvise. The adults use their hands and then we youths tore out the polysterene to ganti as spoons while the kids were all scattered so we didn't really know how or what they use. I'll leave that to your imagination k?

We then played Techniqoue or Techniquet or something la throw throw the round thing and must masuk the stick wan. It's been an MGC favourite game since before my father's time and we adopted it lately. Kids were playing and having and this kid, Koshiar, from Iran, came and join us for the fun. People like Daniel and me sometimes join in and leave but Adrian and the rest of the youths were playing while Hwei became the Video-dudette. After the round-thing-game ended, Koshiar's parents took some pictures of us and thank us for the great time their kid had. We then play the stack it long long game before we moved on to the lighthouse.

Adrian steps up to show his superiority in height.

Koshiar is the little boy in the middle.

Koshiar's parents ask us to take a photo with him before they left.

Me giving my email so cun-ly :D

We had to walk up to the lighthouse and it was kinda tiring considering the games that we played. It's like walking up all the way to Brinchang(only some may understand the pain). Nevertheless, we still managed to all the way up to the lighthouse to catch a glimpse of God's magnificent work. The scenery was quite wow, can see the sea and waves and also the monkeys hanging around and the mosquitoes buzzing to get a taste of our blood. Aunty Tina was scared to go through the small path overlooking the sea even though me and Aunty Bee Wan was there. Anyway, A. Tina went through another way and we all walked down again. By this time, our legs were already getting tired and pain.

After another 10 minutes of walking, we arrived at the bus and was heading towards Malacca already. Those who wanted to go and "shi-shi" went to the toilet(Hwei was the 1st there). Thank God the trip was a save one and we got the chance to talk to people. So let's continue to pray for the people who went for the trip that they might join us for more activities and that we will make an extra effort to go and talk to them.

Update on Eng Siang's surprise ...partyy?

Okay...I know I very lambat on updating this. Eng Siang was to leave on 2 Saturdays ago. So, the church youths pakat-ed with his parents to surprise him.
So the plan was that we sneak into his house while they were out for dinner. We got the keys from Uncle Philip. It was super stressful cos' Ken Ken was so hyper. And the tension was quite high considering we had to open the 3 padlocks everytime one of us came. Auntie Tina became our ally by calling us when Eng Siang's parents called to tell us they were coming back. We decided to hide in his room. Lawak betul So many of us in his room and we saw a big clock there.


Ketawa until gila man. Ah Zheng, Adrian and Marcus became the spies.
When Eng Siang they all came back, we all ran into his room, off the lights and tried to keep as silent as possible. Quite impossible considering our youths all kept on joking and making one another laugh like gila. But when we heard Eng Siang coming, we all were rather silent. Then when he opened the door, we yelled, "SURPRISE!!!!!" and the expression on his face was.........

Priceless.


Lawak man. Caught it on video. Everytime we took a look at it, sure laugh one. ater only post the vid. Then we took a group picture and headed towards Subaidah's Corner in MITC. 6 cars man. So funny. Especially when the youths that came pulled out from the back alley of Eng Siang's place. We had to hide the cars ma. Like escort dunno what big shot like that when we went to MITC. The food was good. Very fun. I taught this Jess and Livia that stupid "act cute moves". The fingers thing. Siao one. Ketawa like gila.

Anyway, it was a great night. Although Eng Siang with his super observant eyes noticed a few stuff like my slippers... -.-!!!, toilet flush refilling (Daniel...-.-!!!) and his room door closed... (all of us -__________-!!!) we still managed to surprise him and made him jump. Wahahaha... So the very funny.

I think we should really have a MGC Surprise Team Agency laaaa..... Hehe...Lastly...the video...
Enjoy!

Residential Bible School (RBS) 2008

Basic Details

Date : 26 December 2007 - 31 January 2008
Venue : Highlands Christian Centre (HCC), Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands

RBS is targeted at students in their late teens, specifically those who have just completed Form 5 and 6 and are waiting for their exam results. Others may apply and will be considered on an individual basis. Preference is given to youth from Brethren assemblies throughout Malaysia. Applicants from non-Brethren churches will be considered on a standby basis.
You must be a born-again Christian and the leaders of your church must approve your application to attend RBS.
If you are accepted, you must attend the entire duration of the school (exceptions will only be provided for family emergencies).

Cost

• Registration Cost: RM950 per person. You will be required to pay RM500. The balance of RM450 will be paid by your church. This fee covers all materials, food and accommodation during the length of RBS 2008, personal accident insurance and transport to and from your mission trip destinations.
• Transportation Cost: You will have to pay for and arrange your own transportation to Cameron Highlands at the start of RBS and your transportation home after RBS.
  
• Other Expenses: E.g. laundry, own food, book purchases. All students are required to purchase one book for a book report during RBS. You may allocate about RM40 for this.
  

Please contact the church leaders or the RBS Committee if you have financial difficulties.

Registration
Getting the application forms --> Either:

• Get it from Uncle Rodney or
  
• Download it here. If the link doesn't work, go to the RBS website.

Fill out the form and mail it together with a non-refundable RM100 deposit (payable by cheque only and in favour of ‘Residential Bible School’) to:

RBS 2008 c/o May Lee Hilmy
33 Lorong Burhanuddin Helmi 11
Taman Tun Dr Ismail
60000 KUALA LUMPUR

Closing date: 26 September 2007 Applications received after this date will either be rejected or subjected to a late registration penalty of RM50. Applications received without the RM100 deposit will also be rejected. There is a maximum student enrolment of 48 students (places at RBS usually fill up very quickly) All applications will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact RBS

• May Lee Hilmy at 016-240 6444 or
  
• Email ibayd@tm.net.my

What is RBS about?

Go to my WordPress blog for information about the programme, curriculum, and the things RBS will teach you. I put it up in my WordPress blog cuz I know you guys won't read a post that's too long so I have to keep it short here (=P) and the information brochure's in a PDF format, which I understand some of you do not have. Don't be lazy! Go read!

Seriously. Check it out.

A Moment of Thinking

My CF friend, Esmeralda, only some of the youths would know, shared something that got me and the other cf people thinking, and I hope it would have the same effect on those reading this blog.

She was talking bout how she and her family went to Korea for this evangelism thingy. They were walking along the beach and everything seemed normal at first, the people playing, having fun and stuff, but it all went wrong after that. There were 4 people quite far off the beach, and they looked like they were struggling in the waters. Not knowing their language, Esmie and the others didn't had a clue what was happening and suddenly, one of them cried, "Help, help! We're drowning!"


Geez, it was much more serious than this picture.



They didn't know how to swim, but fortunately an American who was in the evangelism programme swam all the way to where the four were and managed to rescue two of them before the rescue workers came and saved another life but the good news were then shadowed by the fact that one did not survive....he drowned.

If you're probably wondering what has it got to do with you, continue reading. She then said,

"Four of the people were drowning, but only one called out for help. It's like in real life, many people are dying but they actually are not aware of it! We see our friends dying in front of us, what are we gonna do about it?"

We have God and the Bible to help us save our friends. What are we gonna do about it? We see our friends "drowning", are we making an effort to try and save them? To conclude, it's not about how many lives we are gonna save at the end of the day that's important, but did we make an effort to save lives.

Breaking of Bread with Auntie Kim Neo

A morning worship and breaking of bread session was held in Uncle Barry's house today with Auntie Kim Neo. While in hospital, Auntie had always said that she wanted to go to church and be able to worship God and observe the Lord's supper. As it was difficult for her to travel, it was decided that we should have it in the house where she was staying instead, just like what was done for Mrs Chua some time ago.

I tried to recall who was there and counted about 23 people who came after our usual service in MGC. After singing a few songs (including Auntie Kim Neo's favourite - 'Lamb of God', as requested by Auntie Jennifer), Uncle Rodney recollected Beng Hui's earlier sharing on Psalms 77. We then broke bread and drank of the cup.

Auntie Kim Neo looked very happy and said that she had been waiting for everyone to come since Saturday. She had been really looking forward to worshiping with the church as she had not been able to come on Sunday for 2 and a half months. The ladies spent the most time chatting with her after the short service. She even joked that she refuses to take morphine anymore because she doesn't want to be a drug addict.

My dad commented that she looks very much happier at home and she smiled in reply. There's some swelling on her knees. She says she tries to take short walks outside the house but finds it increasingly difficult now.

Do pray for her that she will continue to find joy in the Lord and that she'll remain faithful to Him even during these difficult times.