Gideon's Cosy Canopy: November 2007

The Amazing Randy aka Jeremiah

Trustfall at Hope Centre's Arise! Event:

See how the NEC dudes do it with their hero of the day!

Why!?!?! Its exams time again! :(

Uni life can be so fast and hectic... Its exams time again!
From now till the end of my examinations, I shall limit myself to only one blog post per week.

Firstly so that I won't abandon my blog and allow it to rot on its own and secondly so that blogging won't become a burden into part of my life.

Embracing myself and face my fears- malay and sociology *faints

By the way, I managed to take snaps on samples for my malay oral test.
Not sure if they remind you on memories of your primary school years, at least they did for me!

My Care Group

Kapo-ed some pictures from Shirls' blog taken during Ziying's farewell to Adults Group. Man we went really crazy that day. Notice the picture that I took off my specs... I laughed till I weep at all the stupid jokes the rest made! What an emotional roller coaster ride for me!

To lazy to type much but summary: I LOVE MY CARE GROUP!

Invite your friends to PLAYLIST!

Here's the e-invite! Pass it all around!

We must not lose the spirit of outreach and of serving God.
Remember, it wasn't David's stone which killed the Goliath; it was David's spirit.

Won't You Break Free!

I'm singing "Won't you break free, won't you break free, 1 more assignment to go and I can be free.... Before the arrival of exams that is..."

Shirls tagged me to write six weird things about myself. Well I got a pretty long list for that so I shan't do it for this blog entry since I'm in no mood for that currently.

Anyway recently after my sharing of Lesson 6 for Word-centered church series, thought what I shared towards the end of it was something really close to my heart. Here you go, my speech of the day!

To sum up my vision- a vision to see a growing generation of youths loving God’s Word, doing God’s Word, transformed by God’s Word and in turn bless others through God’s Word.

Because of this purpose, everything that we have said before make sense. They are the manifestation of the vision that we have. Finishing the schools in NE, growing ourselves, doing the best in our life in various aspects, having a NE camp and service etc.

I am disappointed when I see that people are laid-back. When people are not taking the initiative, when groups are not matching up to their potential. When people not longer love Jesus as much as they did. When people don’t grow despite being in the church for so long!

On the other hand, I feel comforted that people sacrificed for pioneering, people rising up as shepherds, people taking the initiative and go beyond what they are required or instructed, people over-coming struggles or short-comings in their life, people coming to know God, excited CGs, attractive community, passionate evangelism, attendance that indicates commitment--> all these are what kept me on because I’ve seen it and I believe that one day this will stretch to the entire NE. But I know that to start this dream I need the support of my workers, my wineskin, those closest to me, those who know me well to catch my spirit and heart and not to misinterpret me.

I need you guys to make our dream a success. I need you to stretch yourself and serve as a model for the rest of NE. I’m asking you to make my dream your dream. I inviting you to serve with me and not come against me.

Catch the dream, flow in the direction, take lead and take ownership, count the cost, pay the price. This can be a journey you may embark which you will never regret. Suffer yes, sacrifice yes, struggles yes, but regrets- never!

Caught the message? If yes, let us show our faith and deeds on the upcoming 17th and 24th November- PLAYLIST ESS!

Finally, leaving you guys with pictures to summarise recent happenings in my life:

21st Birthday of my schoolmate: