Following Jesus to Smokey Mountain
This is how wikipedia describes Smokey Mountain: Smokey Mountain is the term coined for a large landfill located in Manila, Philippines. The area was cleared decades ago and became the site of numerous public housings for the impoverished people living in the slums surrounding the landfill. The slums were also cleared, which was the home […]
Lighten Your Load
A vivid dream from last night… I was in my highschool and I was cleaning up my locker. The locker was shared with someone else. While I was going which things I needed to pack, I noticed there were a large amount of Singaporean dollars. Since we were in Canada and my locker partner had […]
Missing Home
Sometimes you don’t realize how much you miss home until you receive an invitation to your best friend’s wedding. As you look through the wedding website and see who is the best man and groomsmen, you can’t help to feel you should be there…. ….perhaps this is what real friends are. You want to be […]
Prayer and desire to be independent…
I will be honest. I am horrible at praying. Especially to pray for a long time. My mind always drift off. I sometimes fall asleep praying. Sometimes I am too busy to pray. Actually there are many times I am too busy to pray. But since the beginning of this year, I am tired of […]
Doing the works of the Lord and being the works of the Lord
This morning I was reading the autobiography of George Mueller. One of the early lessons in his walk with the Lord is that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to guide him on what to preach. He reasoned that since he didn’t know the need of the congregation but the Lord knew the hearts […]
Devotion: It is the Lord!
This is taken from a devotion on Utmost.org. Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him. The goal of the call of God […]
Risk Factor
I am currently attending a course called Project Timothy. This is a course for OMF members. The course focuses on God’s calling, our own experiences with God and how He shapes our characters. One of the activities is creating a Timeline. It is a summary of how the Lord has shaped me. As I […]
Beggar in Hong Kong
Wai Jia also posted the experience on her blog. You can find it here. Wai Jia and I spent the last few days before the end of 2012 visiting my relatives in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was also a time of us to get away for a mini-vacation. On the second day as we headed […]
What my mind munch on….
Just feel like sharing what I’ve been reading, listening, watching the past few days. There are so much resources out there online and offline for us to digest. It is truly awesome and at times over whelming. Books Finish reading Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just by Tim Keller Currently reading A Lasting […]
How’s Married Life
We’ve been married for a month. Indeed, it is a tremendous blessing to be with Wai Jia. There are a lot of transitions and changes. Many people asked me how’s married life. My answer is AWESOME. I can never fathom how great it is to have her in my life. Our daily routine of getting up together […]