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perhaps a tad too many things has been happening this holiday, with the oc, family, friends and work, too many that i no longer want to share anymore.

why are farewells so hard, if you ask me, two farewells are a little two many this season. so much is going to change next year. as pong said, it's like having a part of you being taken away.

over the last night talk with daren and mel, and dinner at cuduroy and finch with pong, nic & clar, i believe all of us have come to change the perspective of the way we serve and run our ministries. which i believe is god's way of revealing his purpose to the few of us for the next year.

for pong, his ultimate realisation was that he has to change the way he runs the worship ministry by working with the team with no longer a fixed set mentality but rather preparing the team such that we wont setback when people move in and out. hence focusing ministry on the individuals, and blessing them as an individual rather than as a unit, so that when they leave, they'll be blessed by our fellowship and love for god.

for ash, is to realise how god has used all of us the pray for a specific person, for a specific reason. sure, as a team, we've been praying for different people for time to time without having the oc knowing, but we've come to realise over the past few days that perhaps this year was even more special, because god telling each of us to pray for his given person. i was so touched to see ash jump of stage just to pray for someone.

for nic, clar and pris, was to be reassured again of god's work in their lives, it was to re-experienced the power of prayer, it was to renew their commitments to one another, and it was to open their eyes to see god already working among them. it was to see god answering their prayers for the people they've been praying for.

for me, it was to understand that god shows his feelings for someone when you pray for them. it was to see how much god loved his little children, it was to feel different things when praying for different people. in god's way, it's his way of expressing how he feels for someone.

for mel & i, we've come to realise, that god kept us here clearly for a purpose instead of wandering somewhere else. we didnt see before, a shortsightness on our part, we've been looking so much at the present, we've forgot to look ahead at the future. and it is now, that he has called us to be patient and wait upon his faithfulness and promises. it was to realise that things will only happen when the leaders have that special attachment to the oc, one that our current does not have. and in time to come we will be them, and we will have that love for the oc they never had.

as this year closes, we are thrilled how god has used us in the last bit of this year to bless many others, espically the p6s and sec1s who have experienced god for the first time, for many of them it was to see god in their midst of things that has been going on at home. i believe none of us doubt that the start of next year may actually be a huge setback, affecting many of us, but at the same time, we want to pray for the blessings of goodwill for those who will be leaving us, and we pray that even though changes maybe difficult, we ask that god will guard our hearts all the same.

i dont think words can express how much our sharing outside our ministry time has helped us grow, for one we're thrilled that the parents could see the fruits of this ministry.

it's funny how for the few of us, our experience with god is always different from the way the oc experiences god. when it's with the oc it's abt feeling god's touch, for us it's about seeing his work. perhaps it's because we're walking this journey together, perhaps it's because we've learnt to deny ourselves more, such that we may become his tools, perhaps it's because we're accountable for one another, perhaps it's because we've committed our lives into his hands together.

whatever it may be, we always say the next year is a new beginning, strangely this time, we truly believe that it has only just begun. and even more and greater things will come. and this will be the year, that will exceed beyond all we had imagined.

hellooo (: im home, it's been an exciting week, i've realised i have a busy week up ahead right before i fly.

i'm off for oc camp, see ya next week!

oh! & for all those christmas cards i promised, i won't be able to finish designing all of them at this rate i'm going, i'll probably buy a pack.

i love my baby sister (:
she's so cute, she's been giving me a lot of little pecks on my cheeks lately.

and she doesnt know her abc,

cel says "g,h,i,j,k,m..."
&
cel says "r,s,t,u,v,w,m..."

i guess she loves m more than the others.

just last sat day she bowled for delfi masters in the 1st div, (i dont know what all the fuss over the premier div is abt, if you check the score sheets, the top half of the girls from 1st div beat the 2nd half from the premier div).

anyway, she came in 4th, which she was so upset abt, because she lost the trophy by 8 pinfalls. but the upside was she won $20 in cash, and another $20 wirth of delfi chocolates, which is gorging herself with right now.

hello, i believe this is the season for miracles.
eh mel?

Santa Baby,
Just slip a sable under the tree
For me
Been an awful good girl
Santa Baby,
So hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby,
A '54 convertible too
Light blue
I'll wait up for you, dear
Santa baby,
So hurry down the chimney tonight

Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the Fella's that I haven't kissed
Next year I could be just as good
If you'll check out my Christmas list

Santa Baby,
I want a yacht and really that's not
A lot
Been an angel all year
Santa Baby,
So hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa honey,
One little thing I really need
The deed
To a platinum mine
Santa Baby,
So hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa cutie,
Fill my stocking with a duplex
And checks
Sign your 'x' on the line
Santa cutie,
and hurry down the chimney tonight

Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
I really do believe in you
Let´s see if you believe in me, too

Santa Baby,
Forgot to mention one little thing
A ring
I don't mean on the phone
Santa Baby,
So hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry...tonight

it feels like running into a wall, maybe all it calls for is grace.