back home after a long day but, THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, i shall skip the school part coz its extremely sterotype~

zhaowei messaged me, an important message, asked me to help out in church for the packaging of the journals. without much consideration, i gave him my word and messaged several people who stays near church too.

since i ended school at 2pm, i went home placed my stuffs and went out again. i headed to CCK Lot 1 in search of Harvey Norman, but it closed down. so i went to Bukit Batok and found the branch there. found a boiler and bought it. the boiler is for my mom's birthday present~ lolz=P something that she needs and we need~ ain't i an extremely practical person? =P

finally reached home again at 4 plus. went out again at 5.

took a cab down to church as i was late and had a really quick dinner at KFC. when i reached church, i realized that zhaowei hasn't reached and he said his leader would look for me. so i went into attributes and browsed around.

i found the book that i linked in my laptop and bought it immediately. the book is called Drawing Near by John Bevere.

in this book, John Bevere urges us not to settle for the dry shadow of Christianity that knows about God without knowing God. the incredible invitation from the Creator of the universe is not just to worship Him from afar with words and rituals, but to enter a relationship so meaningful and intimate that you know His heart, and He knows yours.

often we feel God is distant, but Bevere says that cause is not God, but ourselves. our focus on possessions, entertainment, and feel-good worship forms barriers to Him. but when we open our lives to Him in humility and obedience, He fills us with His Holy Spirit and reveals Himself to us. prayer transform from a dry, one-way monologue to a loving dialogue between companions each sharing the deepest secrets of the heart. in restoring this intimate relationship with God, you will form a loving union with Him that fills your life with joy and passion.

okie. i don't have such strong command of english to write those. its actually taken from the back of the book. its really a great read and i've only read the first chapter=) there's still more to go and i know that i'm in for a great time.

okiEe~ so i was sitting there reading my book when Sister Cynthia came up to me. she asked if i'm joel and introduced herself. Sister Wendy came along too and they had their dinner while i waited for the van to arrive.

finally the van arrived and we started working~ in the beginning, there were only 7 of us. slowly, more and more people came and even Pastor Yeong came down and helped out. most of the people helping were church staffs and they were all super fast~

even though those of us that could leave early when given the chance, we refused to leave. i kept insisting that its okie and i'm fine with it~ lolz~ Sister Cynthia was worried that we might have to stay through the night but i guess Sister Wendy was the one that called for reinforcements~ hAHaz~

i was assigned to do the packing of the journals into boxes and sealing them. never had much rest as the flow of the journals were never ending~ but thank God for His Supernatural Strength, even though i was coughing slightly and my knee was giving me problems.

when i was sloting the journals into clear plastic in the beginning, even though it was extremely easy, i thank God that i was extremely sharp to notice a few stains in the journal and missing pages. really thank God for His discernment as most of the time it was like an sudden prompt to take an extra look at the journal.

not only that~ when i was packing the journals into the boxes, there were several journals that were placed in the wrong direction. thank God for His discernment once again and the mistake was corrected.

talk about Spirit of Excellence manz=)

i guess the BESTEST part is that, even though everyone was doing the same job OVER and OVER again, no one complained and when we finally completed the THOUSANDS (only january) everyone started to burst out in cheers~ most of them forgot the time and even Pastor Yeong wanted to do a 3 cheers cheer~ lolz=P

for me, personally, the joy of the Lord filled me from the beginning and when i was working, every single action i did was for the Lord. even when i was slotting them into the clear plastic sheet, i was thinking how the journal would inspire our everyday life and when i've my copy of the journal, how am i going to write on it because its so beautiful~!!

i took a cab back with Sister Cynthia, Sister Wendy and another brother from Sister Cynthia's cellgroup and thank God they stayed around my area=D

well, i wonder when would they be doing the febuary part of the journal~ i wouldn't mind helping out everyweek=)