Sunday, 10 January 2010
Yesterday was the cell's Thanksgiving Gathering held at TP Level 5 Room 6.
It was the usual room that we used for our preparation of the mission trip to Myanmar last year.
The email told us to be there at 10.45 sharp.
Somehow, due to testing out a different bus route to TP, I was there 45mins earlier.
Walking in was easy.
The student leaders that was to bring the visitors around was standing around the overhead bridge.
Not sure whether I look like a student from TP but I was not approached.
I think the year 3 students had classes yesterday as a lot of them were coming out of the lecture theater.
Waited for UCL outside his office.
He came then bring the plates etc to somewhere.
Soon Joan and Charisse came then went buy drinks.
Then Samuel and Bio came.
Sit there just talked.
Took some pictures then rest of cell came and had pizza for lunch.
The programme started around 12.30.
Photos of mission trip.
At 1pm, due to Jon, Carmen and Jolene leaving.
AP showed us old photos from sunday school.
Whole day was showing old photos of some which I cant remember it actually happened.
One of them which I was in was a trip to the esplanade, didnt remember that.
Another was a trip to west coast for Christmas.
That I remembered.
While looking at the photos, had ice cream cake.
Took turns to share our own personal testimony about the recent Myanmar mission trip.
And here's mine.
Before the Mission tripI did not really expect much from the mission trip, thought of it as a normal trip except for the living conditions there. I felt that I had been well prepared for the trip in learning the language by going through it every fortnight and trying to do the teddy bear balloon during my free time.
During the Mission TripLiving conditions at Yangon was much better than I thought it was, so was it just came to mind that at Pathein it will not be that bad. During bus ride to Pathein, at some parts of the road, I saw women are the ones to repair the road with rocks. When I saw this, I had expected the people repairing the roads to be men. It looked very pitiful of them to be carrying rocks to repair the road under the hot sun for days.
At Pathein, the children at the orphanage gave me warmth, joyous and close feeling. Though it is the first time meet and seeing them, the way the children communicate with me while doing the activities makes me feel like it is not the first time knowing them. One thing that certainly surprised me was how much they would go for to thank a person and show their gratitude.
After the Mission TripOne thing I missed is the warm and joy I had experienced there at Pathein. On looking back on the mission trip during the telematch, something I should learn from Marcus is to be as energetic as him for the children during telematch.
I learn that going for a mission trip to serve God’s people is commitment to the Lord, sharing God’s blessings on me with others and is like a test of faith in God.
Romans 12: 11 - 13Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practise hospitality.
After all the sharing of photos and testimonies.
Was like 5.30.
Went for an early dinner with Edmund, Marcus, Samuel, JianZhong at TP business canteen.
Marcus went home first while the rest of us was trying to decide to go for service or go home.
Stood at the overhead bridge there talking about for like 20mins.
In end, decided go to JianZhong house.
Bused there to j8 while talking about the cell's present and future, about mission trips, past events and about AP and UCL.
Decided not to go jianzhong house so just stayed at j8 to talk.
Left J8 at 8 then went home.
1/10/2010 04:51:00 pm