showered, and intended to rest earlier tonight after i reach home.

however, as i was waiting for my hair to dry, i was reading juli's blog. and she had this link to this couple's blog.

http://ashleyisourangel.blogspot.com/

as the lullaby played on, i can't help but teared. the thing is, i don't know them even.

but yeah. i was really touched by how they chose to trust God in everything. every single thing, despite losing 3 children thus far.

sometimes, in such situations that demands your faith and trust in God, one can't help but scream within their hearts..where is God in the picture?

but this couple is amazing..
"However in life, there are many things about tomorrow we don’t seem to understand but we know who holds tomorrow and we know who holds our hands."

"But God does not want us to grieve as ‘people who have no hope’ (1 Thess 4:13). Even as we grieve, God tell us the truth about where our babies have gone. They’ve been dismissed from the hospital called Earth. You and I still roam the halls, smell the medicines and eat coalescent food off plastic trays. They, meanwhile, enjoy picnics, inhale springtime and run-through knee-high flowers. We miss Ashley like crazy but we can’t deny the truth that she’s freed from all pain and struggles and tubes and incubator. She’s really happier in Heaven, in the company of all other child-angels like herself."

:)

anyway, on a lighter note, today was spent with joel, ace, huimei, liyan meeting Ps marcus, his wife stephanie and baby sonika! they came from hope germany to singapore for learning.

had some good time w stephanie, and i thoroughly enjoyed the company of this family. germans are really forthright people! :))

learnt a lot, and one thing that i have came to understand about germany is that, though many are Christians by name, they may not acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah, and does not really have a personal relationship with God. and basically, many are passive by nature. that made sharing the truth a whole lot challenging.

baby sonika was a true joy to the family! and a "natural evangelist". a tough young lady! although the weather was really hot for her, she did not cry a bit. although she fell real hard on the floor, she just struggled to climb up and then, go running all over again! she can be sitting in the pram, waving and smiling at passer-bys. hahahas. you will have instant connection with her!

and i really love how stephanie beamed and exclaimed that she believed God made her baby this way for a greattt purpose. :))

Hoffnung Berlin = Hope Berlin.

here's Hope Germany's webbie! hahas. that is, if you understand german! :)) http://www.hoffnungberlin.de/

fruitful day. helped out in deco too. through these 2 days, i have also realised how committed the brothers and sisters are in doing a work of excellence for Jesus week in and week out. how they really practised on the instruments (for the band), the lightings and sound (MM peeps), the singers for p and w, the programmer (ensuring all things click tog), the deco team, dance team, video programmers etc etc, all for one service!

wow. spirit of excellence.

Expect "Unexpected Valentine" tomorrow for service! :))