Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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Sharing problems, learning plans, accepting responsibilities. --]
It's really been a while since I blogged... Oh well, time to get started again!
Today, I had Cafe ministry at 4pm... Well, was actually thinking of going to find Gordon and surprise him after school, but after Grace talked to me, I realised that ministry was a bit more important than my friend... Sounds bad but... Yea. It occurs to me that many times I just live life on and on and on... But never really plan much... Now, I'm going to start planning, in case of sudden things happening and, I really don't want to plan to fail when I fail to plan...
I'm going to start planning from like... Next week! Since this week is a mess... Hahaha.... I believe that praying helps too! I'm going to seek God to help me with 50% of my planning!
Hmmm... What have I learn today...? Right! Today in Cafe, I learnt to take more responsibilities and initiate to ask my IC if I can do this and do that, which are the right things! Even new in this ministry, I have to remind myself that I have to set a new heart, but not to stay at being new! I have to understand things and learn! After all, Pastor How already said, it takes discipline for people who are not studying to study... And learning new things... That is really a great step forward, and good usage of the small sized, big capacity brain!
Going for CG tomorrow, and I can't wait what Jamie will share with us all... I hope I don't get forfeit again like last week.... But oh well, if I get forfeit, I'm going to do it with the best I can! After all, it's about accepting responsibilities!
"Not to complain about what I get, but to happily receive what You give me, just like my joyous heart." - Alvin.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 10:34:00 PM
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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Another calling? Or just a dream fulfilled? --]
Today is like... the first time I had ushered after half a year... Haha, cool that I did not make any mistakes... And I'm just not sure if God called me to be in usher ministry now, or it's just a miscommunication around church... Anyway, I suddenly recalled that when I need to fill up my BMT (A) form to see which ministry I'm going to, I put Usher (1) and BMI (2).
I'm also not sure if after doing my (2) so long, God wants to put me to (1)... You guys know the story right? God fulfills your dream after you give it up for Him... I'm just not sure yet... Dream? Or simply just another ministry I'm going to?
Haha, God... Regardless, I'm going to stay faithful to You. It doesn't hurt to go to another ministry to serve You, and it only goes better! I also admit that I'm in my own season of Discipline... Need to take better care of myself, not just in terms of health, but also what I do...
BMI : Taught me not to be scared of mostly everything, and to tackle them.
Cafe : Taught me not to focus on what I learn in BMI too much, and forget my cleanliness.
Usher : Taught me how to put those two above in the right place, and I'm able to plan now.
Hahaha, look at the link the ministries have... I'm growing God! Thanks!
"Not to chase after the new and forget the past, but to add my experiences and give You the best result I can have from them." - Alvin.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:46:00 AM
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Understanding the next generation. --]
To think that I have a chance of being with the young kids again... Not that I'm really old, but it has been quite a while since I feel this way... Being out with Gavin, Kent, and their friends made me realise how wonderful and pure their lives still are. And that is why I made a decision that I really want to save this few kids, so that they can carry out what God had laid for them. It's really about the next generation, and not much about us... It's great to be able to help them, love them, and grow with them! Hmm, today's lunch was cool, and I sort of did not lost my appetite... The few of us had chicken rice, and... something extra! Hahaha! Here's a picture that I have taken!
Originally its just a plain chicken soup. Well, after adding soy sauce, cucumber, chili, bandung(?!), it turned out like this! It looks cool, and well, smart enough, I tried it. It doesn't taste too bad, only have the taste of the soup and chili, and I did not have stomachache! Haha! After that we went to Gavin's friend's house to spend a little time chatting away ~
Went for BMI at church later on, saw everyone sweating, happy, loving it. Not to mention the hard work we put it, but giving our best, being a church builder, that is priceless! Had Tao Huey with a few of the CEG mates later on, and we really had fun walking from Geylang to Aljunied Mrt station, looking around, walking around alleys, haha hilarious...
End of my exciting day, looking forward to my next exciting day tomorrow... God, You had moved, now it's my turn to run and chase after you...
- Alvin, Servant of God.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:32:00 AM
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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A new ministry, an old beginning. --]
Haha, went for my first weekday cafe duty today! Learnt many cool stuffs, and made a few drinks! Haha even bought and made one for myself! Tastes not bad, but wrong flavour, I choose the vanilla one, which doesn't really show it's taste when mixed with milk. I have also learnt the way to serve people better, and cafe can help me a bit for BMI too! Haha, love the link these two ministries are having, and looking forward to more!
I believe that through this experience, I will be able to understand more of cafe's run through, and maybe, able to help me I.C more and not act like a dummy standing there waiting for orders all the time haha ~ Being an Ops leader, and going back down to being a crew, even in another ministry, I feel that I'm beginning to learn again, while still having the experiences and knowledge in my head!
Double the ministry, double the knowledge, double the heart.
Using the same kind of heart of BMI for cafe, it's going to expand and increase. =P
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 1:24:00 AM
