partners in the harvest - youth challenge, mission conference

i only have photos of the after-conference part of the day, cuz i was paying so much attention during the conference. ahem.

i just wanted to see who was taller. *cough*

went to murni's for dinner after the conference. lunch too, for me. since i went right after my LAST PAPER.

super bulging muscles.

not just brawn, but brain as well.
this dude memorized the entire menu.
he should get a law degree.

i don't know about the rest, but i felt challenged by andrew cowell's sharing on his burden for mission. it all boils down to two things - whether you're living

a WASTED life for YOURSELF
(meaning being in the way of mission work)

or

a WORTHWHILE life for CHRIST

i have personally never felt a strong calling to go for mission work. i don't even know what it's like to feel like going on mission trips. all i know is, i'm more affected than the average person when it comes to racial issues, religious issues, injustice, poverty, and the underprivileged.

it was very encouraging when andrew said that not everyone is called to be on the mission field. you don't even need to leave where you are, to serve, and not be in the way of mission work.

he told a story about how an old woman had been praying for him and his family ever since they left for mission work (12 years),

...another story about a man who owns his own business and forwards the profits towards mission work all over the world,

...and yet another story about the same man who bought a house and doesn't live in it, but opens it to our missionary brethren when they return from the field.

i chose to do law because i felt God calling me to be a good lawyer for those who have none.

ever since school started, i have noticed that i am more comfortable around indians and malays than i am with my own race sometimes.

i have been speaking the malay language more often than i did in the past 20 years. am doing my best to learn cantonese and hokkien.

i don't know what His masterplan is for me, but i'm now doing what i can, where i am, while i wait for His next instructions.

what are you doing with your life?

it's not always about you.

it shouldn't be.

on that note.

maybe going for the dmsj camp and learning to kick yourself out of your snuggly comfort zone of non-fellowship with 'strangers' would be a good start.

dmsj is not just about the quiz, it's about fellowship, in every sense of the word.

you may not feel it now, but ten years later, when you're all grown up, or maybe just a few years for those who are yet to enter university - you'll find that you need your brethren. and sometimes just sticking to malaccan brethren doesn't cut it.

some point in your life, you'll start to feel like there's this whole other world out there, outside malacca.

and then you'll find that you don't know it at all.

so.

hurry up and give sharma your names. =)

oh ya. say hello to raymond's girlfriend - cassandra. =D