Updated - Aunty Lydia and Aunty Florence

Aunty Lydia had water in one side of her lungs. That's what causing shortness of breath.

Test results were negative for TB. Doctors will perform some more test on the 11th August 2011 to find out what's wrong and at the same time flush out water from her lungs.

Pray for safety as she travels to KL on the 10th August.

Pray for peace and strength as the treatment is painful.

Pray that the doctors will be able to identify the problem and to administer appropriate treatment fast.


Thank God for Aunty Florence's successful operation!

Continue praying for speedy recovery and healing.

Please pray for

Aunty Lydia

who is currently in KL.

She had breathing difficulties and went for a test to find out what’s wrong.

Doctor suspects TB. If it isn’t, another test is required on the 9th August 2011.

Will notify as soon as we know the test results.

In the mean time, let’s continue praying for speedy recovery and strength for Aunty Lydia.

 

Aunty Florence (Mrs Chua’s sister)

who has cyst in her brain and will be undergoing an operation this Thursday (4th August 2011) to remove the cyst.

The operation will be risky. Pray for alertness, precision and wisdom on the part of the medical staff and for strength, peace and safety for Aunty Florence.

 

updates for the church as a whole.

Oh ya, the elders also reported some proposals (inspired by some individuals) [edits in red]:

Youth Meeting Day & Time

Currently: Sunday, 12PM

Proposal: Saturday, 4PM

Reason: The Children's Hour work is growing, and a great number of them are going to move up into the Youth soon. The change of day and time would best suit this new development. 

The elders thanked the youth for accommodating the changes. =D

When this will officially be carried out will be announced later.

Young Adults Cell Group

Proposal: Saturday evening, venue to be decided by the group.

Reason: The elders are concerned that the also growing number of young adults in MGC are not part of any cell group and don't have an avenue for peer support and corporate Bible study. Dr. Daniel has volunteered to lead the group! 

Question: Apa umurnya ya? I said as soon as they start uni. Kah Wei said as long as don't have children. HAHA. 

The first meeting will be on 16 July 2011 @ Dr. Daniel's house (Bukit Beruang), 8PM. Tell Shaun (016.321.5641) you're coming! There will be awesome food (Malacca is the land of food!), so come!

More updates on this soon. =D

Prayer Meeting & the Lord's Supper

Proposal: Move Wednesday prayer meet and meditation to Sunday, 9.15AM, before the Lord's Supper, which will in turn be moved to 10AM.

Reason: Attendance for Wednesday prayer meets has been poor!

This proposal is subject to further consideration and a final decision by the elders. Please pray alongside the elders as they decide and consider our views. =D Tell them your views by the end of this month (July) so that they can get things moving. 

Extension

Proposal: 1000 s.f. hall, air-conditioned, and additional toilet facilities for the men. (all the brothers say "YAY!") It will cost about RM100,000, excluding further furnishing. 

Reason: The Children's Hour is seriously growing (I said this twice d, so it must be true) - about 60 children two weeks ago. I haven't gotten the statistics for the last week.

The elders request all members to consider this proposal in prayer, because funds are needed, and there are some other works to be considered, i.e. repairing the rotting kitchen top etc.

Ministry among the Parents

Proposal: A more structured ministry with the children's parents who attend the Children's Hour's special events, to encourage them to come on a weekly basis. 

Reason: Chee Chee (Dr. Daniel's wife) had a session with the mothers during the last Children's Hour do, and they were very open and the need for a ministry has since been very apparent. 

The elders urge mature members to come on Saturdays to talk and fellowship with these parents (usually mothers la) and to lend a hand in building up this ministry.

Maintenance

More members to come forward to be members of the maintenance ministry, because the maintenance of the church has for too long been taken for granted.

My personal opinion is besides the wiring and stuff, people should also be sweeping the floors and putting the hymn books back where they belong, even if they're not part of this ministry. Those who have been closing the windows after church are also ministering to the saints in the church. =D

So pray about all this k? I think it's really great that the elders are keeping us in the loop about all this. =D More updates to come, for those who have been faithfully checking this blog! =)

Updates!

Andy Mau has gotten in to USM! He'll be doing Computer Science, so pray that he may be able to settle those documents that need to be settled swiftly. Also, utilize him to the max during these last 3 months. :D

Simon is in the last 3 weeks of his course here. He has to post up a gallery about his final year project which will be seen by TV producers so that they may hire if it's good. Pray that he can do a good job. Also, he is on limited funds, so pray that whatever little he may have, God will use it to the max.

And lastly, pray for my friend's grandmother. She's suffering from an illness which is quite serious. The family is prepared but are praying for her salvation. Pray for that and also a heart to accept whatever outcome it may be.

nuts!

Hwei and Jessica in UM are having exams!

So is Daniel in UMS!

And Fong Wan in USM!

And... and... everybody else who're having exams!

Pray for us!

Pray

Let's continue to pray for the people in Japan, that they may be strong, and like posted before, rebuild their lives although from the rubble.

Also, continue to hold Michelle in prayer. She's supposed to attend school yesterday but it seemed as if things took a change. Pray for God's wisdom to be upon the doctors and Uncle Tony and Aunty Angelina to do what is necessary for Michelle. And not forgetting, God's healing hands upon her.

Lastly, Qi's SPM results will be out tomorrow! Pray for a heart to accept whatever result it might be, and also clarity as to what to do next.

I'm sorry the DMSJ Quiz has not been updated yet, but it will soon!

thought to share.

Photo taken from Tributes.com.

Photo taken from The Star Online.

Photo taken from The Christian Science Monitor.

Video of the tsunami can also be found here.

Photo taken from Reader's Digest Version.

Photo taken from The Sydney Morning Herald.

Photo taken from Blog Watch.

The Christian Fellowship in UM has a room in one of the administrative buildings. We received a call one day telling us two of our ceiling panels collapsed, and the room was flooded from a leaky air-conditioner.

I remember looking at the broken pieces of the ceiling and the flood of water on the ground and feeling utterly devastated. Not because I didn't think I could clean up, but because there was just so much to do that shouldn't have needed to be done, and I didn't know where to start. 

I had to ber-monologue, telling myself to do this and to do that, start here and go on over there, to get myself to move into action.

My experience was half a room of broken piece of ceiling and a room of air-conditioner water,

The Japanese's experience is a nation shaken by a quake and a land swept by a tsunami.

Defeat is one of the most overwhelming feelings to bear, and defeat is what our Japanese brothers and sisters are feeling.

Even if they rebuild their lives, where do they begin? 

From the pieces of rubble around them, because there is nothing left.

How can we watch people in their pain,

and still seek gain for ourselves?

Where has it gone?

The heart for people?

Do we feel nothing when we read and watch the news?

Are we not human anymore?

Are we not moved to pray for them?

Where is Jesus' heart of compassion that should abide in us?

Our hearts are heavy.

The destruction is greater than we first imagined,

and we find ourselves crying to God 

to have mercy upon the Japanese people.

The time between the mighty earthquake and the tsunami

was simply too short for many to escape.

-- Update from Sapporo, Japan.

Pray for mercy.

Pray!

Please do pray for Qi and Yik How, and Andy who will be taking their SPM and STPM respectively. Same goes to Jessica, Daniel, Hwei and other University students in their exams. They've just finished their first week of exam, so pray for continued strength from the Lord and a good mind to be able to sit for the remaining papers. Pray also for good health for the whole month of exam.

Pray for Simon. He applied for internship in 8TV and also NTV7. The slots for internship are few, so pray that he may get a place in either one of those TV stations, and if not, God will guide him to another place for the internship.

Pray for Sally, Adrian, and Kenneth who are involved in the MMU Christmas play. They look tired so pray for strength as well and not losing sight of the goal of preaching God's love to their non-Christian friends.

Pray for the Christmas event in our church. Pray for Juliana as the organiser that she may not leave out any detail and be able to direct the play in the best possible manner. Lastly, pray that God may be with us all, for anything without His consent is useless. For teachers and students, enjoy your holidays and spend them wisely. Whee!

Baby Joshua & Simon *edited*

Baby Joshua

At the time of writing, the Cheah's are in Ipoh.

Baby Joshua's lung didn't close properly, so he's having difficulty breathing. The blood circulation is also now direct - the blood passes through the heart, but doesn't stop there. (I'm no Science student, so I don't really understand)

*edited*
Joshua's experiencing something called the "Patent Ductus Arteriosus". In short PDA.

We have two main arteries. One to distribute blood to all parts of the body (Aorta), One to carry blood from heart to lung (Pulmonary artery). The baby doesn't use his/her lungs during pregnancy (Oxygen provided by the mother). Flow from the right ventricle needs an outlet (which is through the patent ductus). When the baby is born, the patent ductus should close within 24 hours. When it doesn't, it's PDA.

He's going for an operation on Monday to seal the hole, so pray that the doctors will be careful, and that the operation will go well.

Pray also for Geng Yi and Grace!


Simon

Uncle Rod, Kah Wei, Sharma, Shaun, Shuen, Sin Yee and Wei Jin (sorry if I missed out anyone - I wasn't there.) went up to Shah Alam on Friday for Simon's father's wake service. Jessica and I went for the funeral service on Saturday. Simon thanks MGC-ians for cheering him up by making him laugh so hard on Friday.

He'll be staying on to help his mum and sis wrap up some things, and should be heading back to Malacca on Wednesday. Otherwise, it'll be Sunday.

Pray that God will be with Simon and his family, and that Simon will find a Father in Him.

Update.

It's sad for me to update this on the blog but Simon's father has passed away this morning. According to the message received by Simon:

"After yesterday's surgery, everything was fine until between 5-6am. The doctor called saying my father's condition had changed due to blood pressure dropping continuously and having breathing difficulty. These resulted to him having heart-attack-like condition. Finally, my father was announced dead at around 6.30am."

On behalf of the church, we send our condolences to you and your family, Simon. On a positive side, he is a Christian, so he's gone to a better place to be with God. If I may recall what Uncle Dexter said about Raymond, "We may love him, but God loves him more to bring him back to Him."

Let us as fellow brothers and sisters continue to pray for Simon and his family. It's a tragic loss to bear, but God will sustain them and bring them through this testing time. He has always done so, and will do the same.

"In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a mansion for you." John 14:2

Prayer!

Please pray for Simon's father. He is either having a heart surgery now or later. It was supposed to be on the 17th November but has been brought forward to today. It's a surgery that will take 6 hours. Pray that God will give the doctors necessary skills and alertness while performing on his father and that the surgery will be quick and successful. Pray as well for the family, that they be strong in this hour and also for Simon, that he may be positive in his studies and other areas in spite of this matter.

Good News!

Yik How was discharged yesterday! His platelets count went back up to 100+ so the doctor was satisfied and let him off! The doctors still do not know what was the cause behind the drop in platelets but according to Kah Wei, it's an idiopathic disease.

The word comes from Greek, idios meaning one's own and pathos, suffering. The term is used for diseases which arise spontaneously from an unknown cause. Something caused the platelets in Yik How to go low but whatever did what it did is unknown. Shuen says the doctors came up with idiopathic because, they felt like an idiot and pathetic for not knowing the cause of the disease.

Anyhow, regardless of history, let's just be thankful that Yik How is alright again and thank God for His mercy.

Please do pray for Joel. Uncle Rodney messaged saying he fractured his ring finger in school yesterday. Pray that he may be able to recover properly and be healed!

Cheah’s & Chee’s

"Thanks again for all your prayers and support. God is really blessings us with Joshua, as the kid went thru lots of complications.

But at the end, he is as healthy as he can be. Praise God for that. That's why we named him Joshua, a warrior for God."

- Geng Yi & Grace

Also, for those of you who’re not in the know, a severe earthquake struck Christchurch, NZ on 4 September 2010, Saturday (NZ time). Auntie Jennifer stood up during the open worship on Sunday and shared that the Chee’s were safe, remember? =)

 

Uncle Ivan, Auntie Kim, Marcus, Jerm, Livia – we didn’t forget you, we just didn’t update the blog as soon as we should have. =(

 

Livia wrote a bit about it on her blog, and here’s a concise account of what happened.

 

photo taken from www.bbc.co.uk

 

There’s a video there too. Go check it out.

 

photo taken from www.radionz.co.nz

 

 

Thank God for His grace on the Cheah’s and the Chee’s!

Please Pray!

Please pray for Ken and Joel who'll be taking UPSR this coming Tuesday. Oh noes! Sometimes it feels like we're worrying more than them huh? But I guess they have that fear as well so let's pray that for these next 2 days, God will give them awesome memory power and that they may not panic on that day!

Pray for Kiat Siong and Wei Ming (Wei Jin's bro!) who will sit for PMR next month too.

Qi is having her SPM trial exam now. Pray for wisdom and discipline!

Andy will be having his STPM trial exam this week so pray for the Facebook temptation to depart!

Pray also for the MMU students, namely Adrian, Kenneth, Sally, and Frederick(I think). They'll be having their exams too starting tomorrow!

Pray for Geng Yi and Grace, that God may guide them to be good parents in bringing Joshua Cheah up! Lastly, pray for church security that thieves wanting to break in will suddenly feel an urge to go mamak then lazy want to break in!

Explorer Camp!

Pray for the committee as they'll be having meetings lots and lots for the next couple of weeks. It's just 2 weeks away before the camp now!

Please pray for:

Melissa as she is the middle person between our church and the others. Like Kenneth said, she's the mediator!

Sharma and myself as we come up with the plan for the games. It's a bit tough to think of the sequence of games as exact distance from one location to another is unclear.

Kah Wei as he comes up with Devotion materials. Pray that he can get materials suitable for the age group.

Shuen as she thinks of a story for Campfire. Yep, there's a campfire!

Pray for Benjamin that he may go to the camp as well.

Pray!

Prayers

Please continue to pray for Mrs. Chua's brother. He got admitted into the hospital again. He has difficulty in breathing, high blood pressure and is a diabetic. Pray that God will touch his heart that he may believe and be saved.

Pray for the Uni students. Probably all of them are going through exams now. Hwei and Daniel should be over pretty soon since they started theirs earlier. Pray for Adrian and Kenneth. Having their finals this week and next I think.

Urgent *EDIT*

Please pray for Mrs. Chuah's brother. He went for an eye operation. Now, the doctors can't stop the bleeding. Pray that it will actually stop before he loses too much blood.

Bleeding has stopped! Thank God the doctors knew the cause of the bleeding. He's out of operation now, but still need monitoring because his blood pressure is still high and he's diabetic. Mrs. Chuah would like to thank all who have prayed. Please pray also for his salvation.

Pray!

Daniel will be having his final exams next week and there'll be a paper on Sunday so it's kinda bad on him. Pray that he'll have the discipline to study and that God may give him a good mind to remember what to study!

Pray for Hwei too! She'll be having her exam in 2 weeks' time!

Thank God for Simon. I think he finally found a place to stay. Ixora I think.

Pray for me? *EDIT*

I'm having pre-test tomorrow for driving. I'm kinda scared on the road. Pray that everybody wakes up late tomorrow and stays at home so that the road will have no cars at all. Thanks!

I passed!

YO!

How's everybody doing? Good? Not good? If you are, good! If you aren't and need us to pray, just request it and we shall!

Firstly, let's thank God for Jessica's results. They're awesome results. Go ask her if you don't know ya. Pray that she may be able to hear what God wants her to do next. It's a tough choice to make, so we pray that she will know. Sharma passed his ACCA paper too! One more to go before becomes a professional!

Pray for Geng Yi too. You guys remember his modelling company? It's growing fine but there are a few problems here and there. There's a client who is not paying money to him after using the company's services. Pray that he may be able to get the proper amount from this client and that things may go smoothly. Also, pray that he as the company's head, may know clearly the direction the company will be going and to be Christlike in all manners when doing business.

Pray for Timothy Keong. He attended MGC for a few months when in MMU but then went to Cyberjaya to study after that. If you can't remember him, he's the dude who roars when playing Captain Ball he's in between Hwei and Unc Rodney in the MGC blog banner. He's in his final year already and we all know how tough it gets.

As for Simon Lye who's back with us, pray that he may get a new place to stay. Government took back the building he was in so he has to move out by April and stay in another place. He's in his final year too. Pray that he can juggle the time between finding a place to stay and assignments.

On Saturday we'll be having the Children's Hour Picnic. Pray that those helping out can control the kids and that they may have a good time.

That's all!