<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622</id><updated>2011-04-22T03:12:33.769+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeremiah 29:11</title><subtitle type='html'>We love the Lod Jesus and we will share of His love to the world that does not know him yet....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-113757045653207140</id><published>2006-01-18T15:46:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T15:50:46.346+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Limited edition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/1600/NG2A1&amp;amp;3_Jun05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/320/NG2A1%263_Jun05.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only I have this pic :D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-113757045653207140?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/113757045653207140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=113757045653207140' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113757045653207140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113757045653207140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/limited-edition.html' title='Limited edition'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-113722770000861660</id><published>2006-01-14T16:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T15:49:48.403+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I love sunshine!! Lord you are Sunshine!</title><content type='html'>I am starting to 'work' as a weather station :p&lt;br /&gt;The weather today looks 'healthy' and the clothes smell of sunshine ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/1600/PICT0133.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" height="192" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/320/PICT0133.jpg" width="244" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The sermon on 8 Jan is on 'How to Overcome the Fear of the Future' Sometime I think we are just too afraid of the future because we do not know what it holds for us. Will things change for the worse or the better compared to what it is now... Hmm .. Hmm .. I think I will choose to think that it will be better .. because I have only 1 life to live &amp;amp; I'll choose to live it well..... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-113722770000861660?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/113722770000861660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=113722770000861660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113722770000861660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113722770000861660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/i-love-sunshine-lord-you-are-sunshine.html' title='I love sunshine!! Lord you are Sunshine!'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-113687412971889624</id><published>2006-01-10T14:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T14:27:36.433+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The start of 2006 ... with Rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/1600/PICT0130.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/320/PICT0130.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The year started with lots of Rain &amp; Rain &amp;amp; Rain...all over Singapore. Guess its good in a way so everyone gets 'stuck' at home to do reflections for the New Year :D&lt;br /&gt;Its bad cos' the clothes does not get dry after days , days of wet weather with little sunshine :(&lt;br /&gt;. ..if you know what I mean ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its been months since I updated this Blog. A new year calls for new start &amp;amp; new beginnings but somehow .......... at times we still hold on to things of the past? ........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Planning for New relationships, new Economics planning, new personal development, new way of doing things, new Changes (well, changes are new anyway ...Ha..Ha... ), new motivations (if the old ones are not working !), new ... things ............ :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/1600/NG2A_05b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/200/NG2A_05b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/1600/NG2A3d.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1631/995/200/NG2A3d.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-113687412971889624?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/113687412971889624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=113687412971889624' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113687412971889624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/113687412971889624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/start-of-2006-with-rain.html' title='The start of 2006 ... with Rain'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-112609589687663156</id><published>2005-09-07T20:24:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T20:24:56.886+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A pictorial trip</title><content type='html'>Last Tuesday, I was asked to share about my mission trip at the Missions Training.&lt;br /&gt;I was pretty nervous honestly and I thought I could hear butterflies flittering in my stomach.&lt;br /&gt;I was given advice to gulp water before I share and so I did that.&lt;br /&gt;I was also given advice to relax, take it easy and share from heart and so I did that…&lt;br /&gt;I was also given support by my dear shepherd…&lt;br /&gt;God was amazing!!&lt;br /&gt;I was pleasantly surprised to see that the group of trainees was mainly from the youth!! For the 1st time, the youth exceeded the adults!!&lt;br /&gt;I felt very privilege to share God’s goodness and I felt even more privilege to see the enthusiasm that the youths have!&lt;br /&gt;One shared that he wants to obey Jesus for the Great Commission.&lt;br /&gt;One shared that she wants to instill the mission spirit in herself…&lt;br /&gt;Many others shared and I felt very encouraged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time really flies…&lt;br /&gt;Today’s the 7th day of September and it is way past a month that we went to Thailand but somehow, the memory still remains strong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe that a picture speaks a thousand words!!&lt;br /&gt;I’ve collated more photos together…!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/01chiangrai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The photo at the top right hand corner is held at Hope Chiang Rai meeting room. Ps Pornlert is none other than the man right at the back who’s hair was shaved. Hee…&lt;br /&gt;Bottom left hand corner: The guy at the right side is the WAM leader. He’s teaching some dunno-what musical instrument to another member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/02chiangsaen.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the church still in building. I wonder which phase is it at now…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/03golddentriangle.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Golden Triangle: In the 1950s, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Laos was involved in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/04givingtracts.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giving tracts at ChiangSaen Immigration Checkpoint. IF I am not wrong, this is where you can take a boat ride. (I can’t quite remember… Hee…)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/05maechan.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notice wherever we go, we are given fruits. It’s at Mae Chan that we tried a very unique corn. I didn’t try but consensus says that it’s very nice and starchier than the normal corn.&lt;br /&gt;3 of us just can’t resist going up the stage to PRETEND to play the instruments!! Haha!&lt;br /&gt;Hmm… I wonder if they have secured a building of their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/06gloriousfood.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our $4/head BBQ food!! Woah woah!! Yummy Yummy.. Real nice… Hmm.. Except for the mosquitoes!! Thank goodness for mosquito coils. Hee..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/07nightshopping.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our first night out shopping. Finally can buy gifts and souvenirs! The food sold at the stalls look real tempting just that we were all just too filled up with BBQ food!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/08onthewaytomaesai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/09hopemaesai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our one hour journey from Chiang Rai to Mae Sai.&lt;br /&gt;Upon arrival, we were greeted by the pastors and the brothers from Hope Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/10villages.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we visited the first villager, we were treated to a fruit feast! Man!! The corns are SO SO sweet!! How I wish I can bring back to Singapore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/11akha.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Akha Villagers at Hope Napong. The kids are so so adorable and indeed, we had the time of our life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/12relax.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/13flowergarden.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/14flowergarden2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was our last day at Mae Sai and we were brought around to hilltop, border gate to Myanmar, flower garden…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/15chineseuniversity.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is The Sirindhorn Chinese Language and Culture Center at Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai. This is a joint cooperation of Mae Fah Luang University and the People’s Republic of China. This was built as a memorial to honor Her Royal Highness princess grandmother’s 100th birthday as a symbol of friendship between the 2 nations.&lt;br /&gt;Hmm… When I was there, I was thinking “Man!! We are lack of the costumes!! If not, we will be able to act as princes and princesses…!!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/16paddy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ended our stay at our host’s brother’s house where they own a paddy field. According to them, this is considered small scale.&lt;br /&gt;I think for me, small scale or big scale, it was eye-opening for me as I have never seen a paddy field before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/17birthday.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrated my birthday at Changi’s Swensens!!&lt;br /&gt;Top right photo is me and my shepherd and top left is my sheep. :)&lt;br /&gt;My CG together with Jan!!&lt;br /&gt;So sweet of her to come and pick me up to surprise me!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-112609589687663156?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/112609589687663156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=112609589687663156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/112609589687663156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/112609589687663156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/09/pictorial-trip.html' title='A pictorial trip'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-112481433200457338</id><published>2005-08-24T00:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T00:32:59.576+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiang Rai Missions Trip (5th - 9th August)</title><content type='html'>Hi hi!&lt;br /&gt;Finally get to put my input for the Chiang Rai trip.&lt;br /&gt;Paiseh for the long wait...&lt;br /&gt;Heee..&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, you will definitely see duplication or some modification to this blog cause it's a copy and paste from my own blog. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May all who read be blessed!&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I have a VERY good and refreshing trip!&lt;br /&gt;It was a spiritual awakening and through this trip, I caught the spirit and importance of discipleship.&lt;br /&gt;HOnestly, I could list a whole list of things that I learnt...&lt;br /&gt;But hey.. When you see me, just grab me and ask me ya?&lt;br /&gt;For now, read on.... :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nights...!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***********************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;5th August - Day 1&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a whole morning of rest before making my way to the airport with my parents and sister for a VERY early birthday "bash" at Swensens T2.&lt;br /&gt;Anyhow, had a wonderful filling lunch and took down orders from my sister "I tell you ah! Must buy the potato chips for me hor!!! Tomyam flavour hor!! U can dun buy me anything but that chips is a must!"&lt;br /&gt;Wah seh... stress man...&lt;br /&gt;Wait cannot find how?&lt;br /&gt;“This is a mission trip you know? Not a shopping trip.” Quoted from a friend. Hee... :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right.... feeling very heavy, I made my way to T1 and met up with Beng, Guessie &amp; Nelson.&lt;br /&gt;While accompanying Beng to NTUC, I bumped into Gerlene. I was SO stunned to see her carrying a guitar!&lt;br /&gt;Man! That is a heavy thing to be carrying overseas... :P *Lazy Sandra*&lt;br /&gt;Felicia, our new baby, was so nice! She came to send us off! Aiyo... we were all so touched!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waited for all to arrive and went checking in.&lt;br /&gt;*sigh*... All the rush and for nothing.&lt;br /&gt;Our plane got delayed. We could just wait patiently for the plane to arrive to bring us to Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrived at Bangkok after ONE fantastic sleep and ONE VERY nice rainbow to welcome us!&lt;br /&gt;*Yawn*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/wake.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Transitted 2 hours and wow.. when we walked from the international airport to the domestic one, I felt as if I was talking through a time tunnel!&lt;br /&gt;There were markings to tell us how many more metres to go!&lt;br /&gt;Calculated to be 500m in all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/timetravel.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were greeted warmly by Ps Pornlert, Noi, Oh &amp;amp; Nit.&lt;br /&gt;We were just simply too tired to take much photos plus the fact that we were too focused on the good food served!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Checked in at Tanya Inn, said a quick prayer &amp; met up for the final evaluation of the day and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;6th August - Day 2&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woke up for breakfast and met up with Oh who brought us around in a rented van.&lt;br /&gt;We first went to speak to Ps Pornlert and ask him questions on the situation in Thai and how evangelism is done there and what are the main problems that they are facing right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ended off the conversation with an example that Ps Pornlert shared.&lt;br /&gt;Moses was a man who doesn't want to go anywhere but he allowed God to lead him. When we serve God, don't limit God. God is Unlimited. Just trust in Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very encouraged by this pastor!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/chiangrai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;A quick snap at Hope CR sanctuary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We next made our way to Hope Chiang Saen (CS) and was hooked up to Ps Dumrong.&lt;br /&gt;We were pleasantly surprised to see a church in the making!&lt;br /&gt;The four main pillars were up. But the windows and doors not quite there yet.&lt;br /&gt;The builders were just in the midst of piling up the bricks..&lt;br /&gt;Woah.. what a sight it was for me. This is literally building a church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/buildingchurch.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what Ps Dumrong said touched me lots. "The building will be ready when there is the burden from the people of the church."&lt;br /&gt;It's really true.. cause it's the people that made up the church.&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't belong only to the pastor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We then went to Khong river to visit a sister who attends Hope CS to encourage her.&lt;br /&gt;Just a background, across Khong River and you will arrive at Myanmar.&lt;br /&gt;We went... say hi.. and we ended with a prayer.&lt;br /&gt;We prayed for Hope CS to be able to grow from 25 to 40 by year end. Prayed for the building to be ready. Prayed for the hearts of the people to be soft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After which, we headed for Ps Dumrong's house/nursery to visit his wife who was scheduled for delivery on 11th August.&lt;br /&gt;We left for Golden Triangle but only after saying a prayer for safety, wisdom and God's anointing on this family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We gave tracts to those store holders at Golden Triangle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/tracts.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word "language" spoke to me strongly.&lt;br /&gt;Was thinking to myself that if I were REALLY to go another country for mission, I have to master the language!&lt;br /&gt;Man!&lt;br /&gt;Language can really handicap a person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It rained slightly... but by then, we are nearly done with the stretch of store holders and we made our way to Hope Mae Chan (MC).&lt;br /&gt;We were greeted by the pastor and a few members from the Worship ministry.&lt;br /&gt;A few of us, being dreamers, quickly went up to the stage to ACT a little... :P&lt;br /&gt;I took the drums!! Love percussion! :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We left after another fruit feast, prayer and went to Mae Chan market to hand some tracts to the stallholders.&lt;br /&gt;"Yesus Rak Khun, Phra Jiaow Rak Khun, etc..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*YawN*... Gotta admit, waking up EARLY ain't my forte...&lt;br /&gt;On the way back to Chiang Rai, I found my head feeling VERY heavy!&lt;br /&gt;ZZZzzzzz......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/sleep.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We met up with Noi (Oh's wife) and their lovely daughters and ended the day with BBQ!!!&lt;br /&gt;Man!&lt;br /&gt;This is a VERY interesting concept!&lt;br /&gt;We BBQ the food in the middle... and the sides were for the soup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beng &amp;amp; Eugene was the champion!&lt;br /&gt;We surrendered with our white flags but they could still go on... *sigh*...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/bbq.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;7th August - Day 3&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast and we are on our way to Hope Mae Sai (MS)!!!&lt;br /&gt;Finally the mountains and tribes here we come!&lt;br /&gt;Arrived at MS at about 820am. Greeted by a little cutsey dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/whitedog.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then met up with Ps Naruamon and proceeded for our service. My FIRST ever Thai service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/hopemaisai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also met up with the BSP students from Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;Pleasantly surprised cause we didn't know they were there.&lt;br /&gt;It was very nice cause one of them spoke English pretty well...&lt;br /&gt;Least Penny could share her testimony more at ease. :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We performed two songs also. I love you Jesus and Before the world began.&lt;br /&gt;Really wanting to encourage them that even before anything, God already has them in mind. Before birth, God already know the number of hairs on our head. God already has a purpose drawn up for us all. And above all else, God loves us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/presentation.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being a small church, we could enjoy lunching in the church.&lt;br /&gt;They have all the food ready by the time service as over!&lt;br /&gt;Wow... fantastic man!&lt;br /&gt;Homecooked lunch!&lt;br /&gt;And boy! It taste fantastic! But hmm... a little hot.. :P&lt;br /&gt;Well.. I pop myself beside Gift, a BSP student.&lt;br /&gt;One of my own personal agenda was really to learn more about the Thai Culture and I am VERY interested in how other culture worship God.&lt;br /&gt;Very encouraged by her as she shared slightly about her life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After lunch, we brought our things to a motel which we stayed for the night and we made our way to the mountains to visit the members of Hope MS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/mountain.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were greeted by a very shy little boy and his parents.&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I was very touched by their hospitality.&lt;br /&gt;Talk about possessions, we may be richer but hey... when we all went there, they took out so much food to serve us.&lt;br /&gt;Realised that in Thailand particularly in the mountainous/village areas, evax is done mainly through relationship cause all the villagers keep a lookout for one another.&lt;br /&gt;We visited several households and before we left, we prayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all the visitations, we went on another 20mins ride to one village that's VERY inside.&lt;br /&gt;Hope of God Napong.&lt;br /&gt;When we alighted, we were warmly greeted with a tribal dance and the Akha tribe people came and put flower garlands around our neck.&lt;br /&gt;And shortly after, we found ourselves dancing round and round too!&lt;br /&gt;As I was dancing, I was thinking, "Which is my left feet? Which is my right?"&lt;br /&gt;Haha!&lt;br /&gt;I fumbled SO much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/tribedanceclap.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly after, we joined them for the service.&lt;br /&gt;Pastor of Napong shared on how happy he was to see all of us and he testified that God is the ultimate source of living.&lt;br /&gt;When he first went to pastor that village, he doesn't even know how to speak the language of the tribe.&lt;br /&gt;But God is good and He is faithful.&lt;br /&gt;So long as he is faithful to God, God will be faithful.&lt;br /&gt;After awhile, he mastered the language!&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, obedience before anything else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/hopenapong.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that, Penny went to play with the drums and asked the drummer to teach her while Nelson went jamming with some guitar...And a birthday song was sung for me. *Awww*&lt;br /&gt;Caren and I decided to do some more talking.&lt;br /&gt;Haha!!! Yak non-stop..&lt;br /&gt;We continued with the BSP students from Bangkok and boy...! When we left, we were "dragged" to leave.. Haha!!&lt;br /&gt;So much to talk, so little time...&lt;br /&gt;Thank goodness, we do have sufficient time to exchange emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/bsp.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ended off with an evaluation in the night.&lt;br /&gt;For me, Sunday was one humbling day for me.&lt;br /&gt;I learned so much.&lt;br /&gt;I learned what's being thankful is all about.&lt;br /&gt;I learned that the Language that God speaks is Love.&lt;br /&gt;I learned that God yearns nothing more than obedience from us.&lt;br /&gt;I learned that God uses anyone so long as the heart is willing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;8th August - Day 4&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next day, it was a R&amp;R day.&lt;br /&gt;Not that the other days were not R&amp;amp;R but this day, it was walking around Mae Sai.&lt;br /&gt;Went from mountain peak to another peak.&lt;br /&gt;When we were in this peak, we were pointed to the other peak and were told that "That's the next place we are going to!"&lt;br /&gt;And we all went "Aaaww....! Clouds!!!"&lt;br /&gt;At the same time, we got to see how CLOSE Myanmar is to Thailand.&lt;br /&gt;It’s just like JB &amp;amp; Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;Their causeway qutie interesting.&lt;br /&gt;Gave me the feeling of the period drama shows that you travel from one country to another and cross the gate. Know what I mean?&lt;br /&gt;That blue colour roof thingy on the right of the photo is the “gate”. Myanmar is left from the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/myanmar.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haha!!!&lt;br /&gt;We went to visit the Princess Mother's flower garden "Mae Fah Leung's Garden".&lt;br /&gt;Boy oh boy!&lt;br /&gt;Flowers flowers flowers!!!!&lt;br /&gt;It's like a flower paradise....!&lt;br /&gt;Ok ok.. I am being crazy over flowers.. That's me.... *SMILE*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/flowers.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/purpleflowers.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were brought around and finally Noi and Oh brought us to a Presbytarian church that's pastored by Noi's brother in law.&lt;br /&gt;Guess what?&lt;br /&gt;It's my first time in a padi field... and my 2nd time fishing.&lt;br /&gt;*sigh*... The simplicity of life is just so beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;I see fields and fields of padi...&lt;br /&gt;There isn't any tall landscape and I can see the sky...&lt;br /&gt;Just sit by the pond and enjoy the wind (And flitting mosquitoes).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/padi.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/fishing.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can see who's riding that scooter? YES! My dear CL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/pennybike.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did put my hands on that scooter too… Heee… though I have been driving and on the road for years… and I also, I do know how to ride a bike but hey.. When I first started on the bike, I just found myself being UNABLE to control it..!! Haaaa… Really gave me 2nd thoughts to obtain a bike license.&lt;br /&gt;But no doubt, I love the feeling being on a bike. Nature just rub against you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, I can’t keep my hands off dogs…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/blackdog.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And another thing I can’t resist????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.graffiti.net/blithely:graffiti.net/Photos/Trip/baby.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;9th August - Day 5 (Midnight)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traveled back to Bangkok and was received by some students from the Student Ministry house. Stayed there for a night NOT before another birthday song was sung and a birthday cake was cut!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks brothers! Thanks sisters! Thanks sheepie! Thanks shepherd!&lt;br /&gt;Been such a blessing to KNOW that I am in this BIG family of God… I know… I know that if I were to be in trouble, they will be there for me.&lt;br /&gt;Not forgetting all who remembered my birthday and sent me all the smses all the way from Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;It warms my heart so so much!&lt;br /&gt;Well… Next blog, I will share some gifts that I received…. :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For now, that’s it.&lt;br /&gt;Memories too overflowing. Words are just limited. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-112481433200457338?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/112481433200457338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=112481433200457338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/112481433200457338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/112481433200457338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/chiang-rai-missions-trip-5th-9th.html' title='Chiang Rai Missions Trip (5th - 9th August)'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111657866893805206</id><published>2005-05-20T16:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:44:28.943+08:00</updated><title type='text'>NG2A CARE GROUP:</title><content type='html'>UNIT MEETING (26 May 05)-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ASIA Room (Nexus), 715pm - 930pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pre-CG Prayer:DESMOND&lt;br /&gt;Chair + Offering Collection: TRICIA&lt;br /&gt;Communion: TBC&lt;br /&gt;Games: SHAWN&lt;br /&gt;P&amp;W: PENNY&lt;br /&gt;Guitarist: HENRY&lt;br /&gt;Teaching: INN SIEW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All affected "personnel" are to take note.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111657866893805206?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111657866893805206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111657866893805206' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111657866893805206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111657866893805206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/05/ng2a-care-group.html' title='NG2A CARE GROUP:'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111657765994247417</id><published>2005-05-20T16:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:27:39.946+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Great Commission is 4 U !!</title><content type='html'>We heard Penny share about her Mexico Exploration trip testimony last week and I am personally brought back to the trip that I made to Zambia (Africa) ..........&lt;br /&gt;It was a super hot and "scorching" trip for the Team of 4. Thank God I had a brotherMatthew who helped carried my backpack... Phew.... if not I would have been a few inches 'shorter' by the time I cam back... Ha.. Haaahaaa............. :D Something most memorable about that trip was the many group experience that we had, the bonding that went through and the "adventures" we had. Our relationship &amp; friendship was especially strenghth between myself and Sandra...... Yup!!! &lt;br /&gt;I remembered the vision God gave me; that 1 day He would bring me to China to share His Word to the many many people still unreachable in the remote part of China.... SCARY?? Definitely but I know His vision will live longer than You &amp; I...........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come this August &amp; September 2005.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;There'll be exposure trips to Penang (early August) / Phuket / Cambodia. NG2A2 is making a trip to Bangkok: Hilltripes Exposure Trip.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;For the more adventureous ones: October extension trip to Kenya (Africa)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Do get the details from your CLs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; :P&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111657765994247417?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111657765994247417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111657765994247417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111657765994247417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111657765994247417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/05/great-commission-is-4-u.html' title='The Great Commission is 4 U !!'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111638520520984858</id><published>2005-05-18T09:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T11:00:05.226+08:00</updated><title type='text'>SUb-District Meeting (12 May 2005)</title><content type='html'>A People with a Heart for Nations (Luke 5:1-11)&lt;br /&gt;Wendy Tiu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduction:&lt;br /&gt;Encounters with God changes our life. The calling of Jesus's disciple Peter. Peter was a fisherman and when God called him he left his livelyhood (boat &amp; catch of fishes) to follow Jesus. Peter is called to take care of the needs of others around him more than his own. A lot of times in our lives, we are set apart for nobility, and a great destiny. Be it we are shepherds of sheeps or sheeps to shepherds.&lt;br /&gt;Story of Hudson Taylor was used to illustrate a life of sacrifice. God called him to China when he was only 21 years old. He gave up his girlfriend who did not want to go to CHina with him and he gave up a good life in his country. Hudson Taylor laid a good foundation for other missioneries to go into China after his eventual death.&lt;br /&gt;Think Thoughts: It is not a matter of Age or Life station. Question: What is your role in missions?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characteristics of people with a Heart for Missions&lt;br /&gt;1) Capture the Father heart of God&lt;br /&gt;Going beyond just capturing the heartbeat for nations. Have ACTION!&lt;br /&gt;Jonah 4:11, 2 Peter 3:9, Mark 16:15&lt;br /&gt;DO we capture the spirit behind the verses / words?&lt;br /&gt;Example: Parable of the Prodigal son. Which 1 are we? The Prodigal son or the elder son who 'grumbled' against the father for showng favoutitism to the brother. Isn't it more important that the son has returned (lost sheep) rather than looking at how much you do not have in comparison with the one who has returned to the family ??&lt;br /&gt;Story of Jonah (Jonah 3)&lt;br /&gt;God is looking for people who captures his heartbeat. The leader may set a goal but is there anyone who captures the spirit , the same spirit as you ?  Things will be different in terms of prespective and 'sense of ownership' of what belongs to you. If there is that someone, that person would see things from similar prespective as you &amp; 'run' with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO we behave in difference after we have heard the vision / mission ? Do we behanve in indifference after we see the calamity of others ?&lt;br /&gt;2) Faith - God is looking for people of faith.&lt;br /&gt;When God speaks and you are not there to listen :(&lt;br /&gt;Without faith it is impossible to please God ( Abraham in Gen 12:1-4, Hebrews 11:9-10, Hebrews 11:6) &lt;br /&gt;-Without faith it is impossible to please.&lt;br /&gt;We missed so many movings of God's hands of our little faith. Will you intercede for the people? &lt;br /&gt;"If you are aiming to do God's work, He will make it work ?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Outward Looking&lt;br /&gt;Change of perception is needed. Selfishness.&lt;br /&gt;-We are selfish by nature. You can never fullfill the needs of others because you always look at yourself.&lt;br /&gt;-We yearn for attention from people due to lack of relationships in our growing years.&lt;br /&gt;-Help another person who has a bigger problem than you.&lt;br /&gt;Availability&lt;br /&gt;Rom 10:15 - feet is the only part of the body that will bring you where you are willing to go&lt;br /&gt;Rom 10:14-15 - Question:What is the starting point?  Go - Preach - others hear - Faith - Call on Name of God&lt;br /&gt;Rom 10:17 - A person can only have aith after haering the Word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conclude&lt;br /&gt;Why do we have to 'beg' each other to respond to serve God ?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111638520520984858?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111638520520984858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111638520520984858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111638520520984858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111638520520984858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/05/sub-district-meeting-12-may-2005.html' title='SUb-District Meeting (12 May 2005)'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111522121765719038</id><published>2005-05-04T23:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T23:47:08.040+08:00</updated><title type='text'>NG2A News "FLASH'</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Announcements : Week 2nd May - 15th May 2005 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONGRATULATIONS Shawn &amp; Christine on their wedding on 7th May 2005.&lt;br /&gt;John 1 : 16 - "By the fullness of his grace...."&lt;br /&gt;As a Unit we rejoice with them, and keep them in our prayers :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--- &lt;strong&gt;11th May: Gals &amp;amp; Guys ALL shepherding session. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We gather as a Unit once again to receive teaching &amp; learn from each other &amp;amp; from God's word. The gals will be taught by Penny&amp;Caren, guys will be Inn Siew.....&lt;br /&gt;Place: Raffles Place MRT, Time : 7pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;12th May: SUb District Meeting (this replaces CG for the week !!) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO you know who are the other brothers &amp;amp; sisters in the other Units !! Come ! &amp; find out!! ?? The night will be on Missions as we continue to discover God's vision for us as a family. 'Listen' out for testimonies and fun sharing times !!&lt;br /&gt;Place: Sub-Dis North America Room (Necus-Level 5)&lt;br /&gt;Time: 7pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--- &gt;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Camp '40 Days' Fasting &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We embark on our Fasting &amp;amp; Prayer for 40 days starting on 8th May as a Sub-D!&lt;br /&gt;IN enticipation of what Godis going to do in our lives....&lt;br /&gt;More details from your CL soon....... (... too long to type ;p ) Hee...Hee.. hee !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-------- &gt;&gt; Haveyou been blessed by your Buddy or barnabas !! Norminations and testimonies are open as of now. DO send it in under 'COmments' for this Blog entry....... !!&lt;br /&gt;Watch out for more news &amp; updates on Unit CG on May end :P &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Leaders' Annoucements &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) 8th May: CLs only - meet UL (that's me! ) at 1.30pm at B1.&lt;br /&gt;2) 8th May: District Team Meeting (TBC)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) 15th May: Core &amp;amp; Above (Sub-District DMM)&lt;br /&gt;Lesson on 'EQ'. COme ! &amp; find out what is EQ !! :p Mind you its not how clever you are cos that's 'IQ'..... EQ gets you further in life that where you are right now :)&lt;br /&gt;Place:North America Room&lt;br /&gt;Time: 1230pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) 15th May: Unit DMM&lt;br /&gt;A time where we come togather to pary togather &amp; intercede for one another as a Unit.&lt;br /&gt;Chair: IS, P&amp;amp;W: Jieyi, Guitarist: Nelson&lt;br /&gt;Place: Istana Park, Time: 130pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHeers !! Till we meet on Sunday !! ;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111522121765719038?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111522121765719038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111522121765719038' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111522121765719038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111522121765719038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/05/ng2a-news-flash.html' title='NG2A News &quot;FLASH&apos;'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111379146708053293</id><published>2005-04-18T01:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-18T10:31:07.083+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughts on Monday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Today's Devotional: All or Nothing !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;John 21:7        &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total surrender, is reached internally, not externally. The giving up of only external things may actually be an indication of your being in total bondage.&lt;br /&gt;Have you deliberately committed your will to Jesus Christ? It is a transaction of the will, not of emotion; any positive emotion that results is simply a superficial blessing arising out of the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion, you will never make the transaction. Do not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make the determination to surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it is in the shallow or the deep, profound places internally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have heard Jesus Christ’s voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your intimate relationship to Him.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.rbc.org/utmost/today/"&gt;http://www.rbc.org/utmost/today/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;I do believe that much is a matter of choice based on emotions and knowledge....... which we may not realise at times. "If you have heard... " speaks a lot of that choice to be in His loving arms daily.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Yesterday after the "cake" cutting ceremony for our 14th birthday, I turned over to ask Eugene - Is that cake real?? Eugene: No it a prop ...hee..hee.. but it sure looks like real man....... !! Back then when we were celebrating Church XXth Anniversary in ACS at Dover Rd, I had to order this exact cake of the same size from the bakery at Yishun and had difficulty transporting over!! The joke was when the ake reached ACS right b4 it was being pushed out onto the stage, REALISED that there was no knife...... 8( We had to run out desperatly searching for 1 ...where THankfully there was someone celebrating birthday and we borrowed his knife .......... *Phew*....... Hope have indeed come a long way, we are wiser in most aspects !! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Happy 14th birthday Hope Singapore !! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111379146708053293?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111379146708053293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111379146708053293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111379146708053293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111379146708053293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/04/thoughts-on-monday.html' title='Thoughts on Monday!'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111321099532749912</id><published>2005-04-12T08:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T10:28:55.013+08:00</updated><title type='text'>First Discoveries</title><content type='html'>I realised thatPenny's and Desmond's Group have "habit" of sending out &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Messages of the Week&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;and it looks kindof good for announcements and stuff.....but Henry's has stopped !! :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been having fun visiting CGs in Woodlands and FMC and will be going to Sembawang soon!! I hope....hee...hee.... I'm gonna share my &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;1st impressions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; !! Hmmmm..... here it goes... !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FMC CG (NG2A3) is simple, fun (they play UNO during break!!..in between but the CL just sit at a corner &amp; watch... !! ) :p and they're in "tune" .... they sing &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;acapella styled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Worship !! *amazed* They are in tune most of the time... &lt;em&gt;which is until I came along&lt;/em&gt; !! Haa..Haahhaa.... Oh ya...FAVouriTe food of the CG: Durians !! !! *yucks*... :S &gt;&gt;&gt; for me &amp;amp; Desmond &amp; Gloria I think...Sorrie...guys, durians are outta the Unit man.... ;)-&lt;br /&gt;but...........but ...... other than that you guys are a bunch of worshippy, cute and spirit-filled !! Way to go guys..... !!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My next visit was......... Woodlands CG (NG2A2).... !! 1st impression &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; *scary* !!! first thing I hear...body in kallang river?? ...... thrown down from Bras Basah 2nd flr??......... body in Boat Quay ?? ..... I began to wonder to myself "Did I walk into the wrong place" and I don't see the CL in sight...*Oops* .... :S I felt really 'assured' when I saw Eugene ... ;) *all smiles* !! *Phew* ..... !! CG was awesome...&amp; P&amp;amp;W (Penny) was in "tune".... they sing &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;acapella styled&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Worship again... !! *amazed again* ... :)-&lt;br /&gt;There's this small girl in CG that watches WWF and likes to 'throw' people into rivers and mind you not everyone gets the priviledge of being "thrown" into the river...hee...hee... :) priviledge goes only to NG2A2 members !! 8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Henry's CG (NG2A1) guess they are just too...busy with the impending wedding ... *sob*..*sob*...but soon lah... !! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NG2A will be a UNit that is filled with simple and loving and cute ,") people of the Lord... &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;AMEN &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111321099532749912?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111321099532749912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111321099532749912' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111321099532749912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111321099532749912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/04/first-discoveries.html' title='First Discoveries'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989622.post-111286705206692182</id><published>2005-04-07T17:38:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-08T14:11:48.900+08:00</updated><title type='text'>God has a WonderFul plan for U &amp; I.</title><content type='html'>I've decided to start a Unit Blog to keep us in-touch .... creating a Family of faithful belivers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 29:11 " &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Blog is dedicated to the Passionate, Gentle, Visionary, Fervent and Faithful people of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NG2A1 - &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Visionary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NG2A2 - &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ferz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NG2A3 - &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spirit_Filled&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to be continued...........................&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11989622-111286705206692182?l=ng2a2005.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/feeds/111286705206692182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11989622&amp;postID=111286705206692182' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111286705206692182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11989622/posts/default/111286705206692182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ng2a2005.blogspot.com/2005/04/god-has-wonderful-plan-for-u-i.html' title='God has a WonderFul plan for U &amp; I.'/><author><name>Jeremiah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14838969100565239138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
