At the camp.... The excitement came

This is Kem Sepueh... Mosquitoes breeding ground ... The mosquitoes used Kamikaze strategy to attack people
Marianne looking for her super hero... Spider man... "Spider man.. Spider man... where are you?? I am Miss Lonely here!"

Morning devotion time... Everyone shared and learned... Good Good... university culture

Aerobic... Boleh kah?? Sure can loh... from the Medical Doctors woh...

The Fear Factor began....

Our Annual Camp at Kem Sepueh again ^_^

Started with finding the group member around...

Getting serious and designing the team's flag...
Posing for some photos first....
Discussion the do or die planning.... Johnson said, "We must Win... else We jump to the sea for Titanic"Bus came... bus came... even came late 1 hour, everyone still excited ... i guess hahaha

The journey to the camp started.... To Be Continued

BEAUTIFUL STORY OF DREAMS - - From June

Once there were 3 trees on a hill in the woods.

They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the 1st tree said, "Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings. Everyone would see my beauty."

The 2nd tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally, the 3rd tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time, and people will always remember me."

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the 1st tree and said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the 2nd tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the ship yard." The 2nd tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the 3rd tree, the tree was frightened, because it knew that, if it cuts own, its dream would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.

When the 1st tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into a feed box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for.

The 2nd tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. The 3rd tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams. Then one filtered day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he
stood and said "Peace," and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it. The man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill.

When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined.

We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always the best.

Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't..

From,
June

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25th September 2007 (Tuesday)

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Jess...

This is how we love her..... :)

Forever in our FIT group heart... Jesslyn

Start with the cutest photo...... Guess who she is .......... hahahaha

Forever in our heart.....

FIT farewell for Jesslyn.... Congratulation for your Graduation

Special posting for Jesslyn..... the FIT group will miss you a lot and continue to pray for you :)

Jesslyn is a blessing for the FIT group and we will continue to pray and support you wherever you go..... "You never walk ALONE" :)

When miss us, come back and fellowship with us :) The FIT group will continue to grow as your faithful seed had been planted here.... We will be stronger and better....

STRIKING TO BE THE BEST is our FIT motto!!!! I believe God will do miracles in our FIT group and God's wisdom will be with all the members :)

Thanks for your support and hardwork throughout the years serving at Hope Kota Samarahan... Even my wife will miss you :)

From Gary & Lilian, Christine, Natalie, Winnie, Jasmine, John, Oliver, David, June, Elise, Leena, Boon Hui and the rest of the known friends from FIT, Unimas.

Forever in our heart.... All the best in your future!

FEB Ranchang Pool Outing!!!! ....

Must start with all the handsomes and beauties.... (You all judge them yourself OK... Bible written that only God can judge not human.... hahaha... so handsome or not, beauty or not.... keep it in your heart :) )

Here come all the HANDSOMES from FEB!!!!! Aiks... got satu ekor from FK...hahahaha

Then they tracked to the waterfall.... the photos look like in the oldies... maybe all of them really old....

Family photo before play water .... all look very innocent.... Find out later ... INNOCENT???

Below photos are the most TERRIFYING and show the real character of the FEB students .... I love their posing.... All the sisters should be wondering who they are and want to get to know them...hahahahaThe SLIM SHAME SHADY.....

Another VERY VERY GOOD one from them..... I really love this one............. "Ho Yau Ying AH!!!!" .......... hahahaha

This one also shown that the SISTER at FEB really GANAS... you see.. the long pant also koyak!!! GANASNYA... Natalie is pointing at the spot.... HAHAHAHA...

The last one must be the best one lo..... Our PITY girl from FEB.... I just wondering why she post with the tree like that???? Look like Aunty at the 80's you know... leaning a tree ???? I don't understand... I really don't understand.... tree??? Aunty??? Like Hui Ling always said, "Oh My God" hahahaha

So, after seeing this post.... MUST JOIN OUR ANNUAL CAMP TO CRAZY TOGETHER OH!!!!!

BREAKTHROUGH GENERATION CAMP!!!! AT SEMATAN BEACH :)

Pre-Intake Dinner with the JUNIORS!!!!

The team "garu kepala" on how to arrange the transportation for so many friends and members want to join for the dinner ....... what a good headache !!! :)

The two loyal brothers keep washing and preparing the foods and plates before and after the dinner..... WHERE ARE THE SISTERS???? Hem....

Praising God lead by our First timer, Brother Alex !! :)

Games time.... The most "gila" and uncontrolable time.... Even Brother Johnson said if he is incharge of games again, he will eat Panadol first :)

This is one of the games we played that nite.... found it funny.... University students??? HAHAHAHA..... Don't kill me.... just commending :)

Do not press....

Do NOT PRESS



Now you know why people do not like to follow rules....

Preparing for Annual Camp!!!!

All the "leng chai" and "leng lui" took photo at Gunung Gading before start to survey a good campsite.... so many MOSQUITOES!!!

Want to post for a good shot... end up look like cicak gobeng...

Alex and Hang Nee not only survey the place, they want to be the model for Gunung Gading.... one mascot of Gorila and another one mascot of Cimpenzi...

After some discussion and thinking.... we decide to move our annual camp to Siar Beach... Gunung Gading too small for all of us... and also for Oliver not to scare of wild BEAST :)

The FIRST CLASS Logde at Siar Beach... Too expensive.... still praying whether we will have our annual camp here or not..... Pray hard.... :)

This is how it look like from outside.....

Beautiful sea behing the lodge :)


This is our second choice.... THE RED HOUSE.... just next to the FIRST CLASS LODGE...

The last one.... the most BUDGET one..... the modern long house!!! Next to the RED HOUSE.... Most probaly we will use this place for our ANNUAL CAMP :)

The seaside just in front of the long house :) Continue to pray for a good camp site for our Annual Camp...

Last destination before we went back.... we visited Alex's grandma and we prayed for her :)

She speaks Bahasa Malaysia and Iban so well!!!! Gosh......

Preparing for Kuching Explore Race!!!!

Start with taking bus from Samarahan to 7th Mile :) Drink teh c 3 layer and eat breakfast :) Yummy!!!

Then we went to Saberkas before going to Water Front. Play around with the crocodiles.... IT students.... a bit gila ....

In the small boat crossing to Port Margeritta.... So exciting.... the boat need balancing else everyone masuk Sungai Sarawak...

Took some photos at before went into the small boat for memorial purposes.... hahahaha.. scare after this no more chance to take photos... CROCODILES!!! Juniors.... are you ready for the Explore RACE!!!

Guess where we are :)

Sand in our shoes

Imagine the obstacles a person would have to overcome to walk from New York City to San Francisco. A man who had accomplished this feat was asked about his biggest hurdle. He said that the toughest part of his trip wasn't walking up the mountains or crossing hot, dry, barren stretches of desert. "The thing that came the closest to defeating me," he admitted, "was the sand in my shoes."
This reminds me of how we can be spiritually defeated by what begins as a little irritant. We let an unkind word, a small setback, or a misunderstanding get us down. Or we allow people around us to influence us in little but wrong ways. Instead of being determined to avoid evil—big or small— (Proverbs 4:14-27), we compromise. We neglect to go to the Lord for forgiveness and help.
Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English explorer who had sailed around the world, was crossing the Thames River when a violent storm threatened to capsize his boat. He cried, "Shall I who have endured the storms of oceans be drowned in a ditch?"
We would be wise to ask ourselves, "Shall I, who have come so far by faith, be defeated by 'sand in my shoes'?" We must answer with a resolute no! —Richard De Haan


Lord, grant us strength to overcomeLife's greatest trials that we may meet;And grant it also when we faceThose little trials that would defeat. —D. De Haan

The DONKEY

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL:

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries -Most never happen.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less

We build TEAM according to God's principle

I was blessed by pastor’s shepherding message yesterday. It was about how to build a TEAM according to God's principle.

To join a TEAM is easy but to remain in a TEAM might be harder. Generally the factors that can motivate one in a team, is the the sense of ownership, burden of wanting to achieve something together, a heart wanting to learn from one another, a real relationship that had been developed etc.

As a child of the Most High God, we all know so well that special formula of developing a great TEAM can be founded from the WOG. But the problem is sometimes we are so careless that forget to apply these formula, including myself. As the previous article specigy, many times we accidently allow the enemy to tell us his formula rather than God's formula of building a TEAM.

It is dangerous when we are too depended on speculations to build a TEAM without refering to God's words. It is dangerous when we act something based on our thoughts and not God's thought. God's formula are always so meaningful, but i think it will be much more meaningful if we obey it and dare to live it out. Nevertheless, action speak louder than words.

Thus i need to continuosly make sure to myself when I mean what i say though it is never easy. But i always believe our God will be our strength and encouragement endless time. He support us when we first desire to obey Him. Let me end with this verse, "walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Eph. 4:1-3).

STRIFE... from Cindy Choo

16 Apr 2007

Once again, I am cornered to wake up and smell the roses.

Evil is lurking everywhere… Oh…how ignorant are we in just living our life? I am reminded once more as I was reading through the papers on the issues that are going on in the world. “STRIFE”… That’s right, if you have not read correctly I will repeat it, STRIFE.

This is one of the main weapon Satan is using to destroy the very place mankind is thriving. Small matters are made into big issues. Leaders of the world waste time and resources fighting against one another, instead of channeling those precious ‘assets’ for the good of their country men. Just take a good look at our closest neighboring country – Thailand and further east, Timor Leste. ‘Brothers’, seemingly of a the same nationality fight against one another in this war torn country, ravaged by the predecessors through years of colonization and later civil war.

Go up north of China and we will have Nepal, warring against the same people sharing a common nationality… And this crosses to the India continent, Middle East and Africa continent. In most of these countries, they have been colonized, been through the worst year in history – the Japanese atrocities, the Holocaust, Cold War, oppression from colonization and massacre in the name of ethnic cleansing and the superiority of a certain ‘race’!

The people in these countries been though it all – varying in intensity of their experience, nevertheless in despair just as the other of their countrymen; killing, rape, looting, bombing …this are a few named mayhem that can be seen to strike fear in the hearts of men. Even after all these are over, ‘brothers’ of the same nationality rise up against one another and fight amongst themselves. Those seeking for peace and a new start have to go through the whole mean cycle once more. The freedom and independence that one country gained supposedly for the good of the particular country – to start anew, given a second change is shattered once more through greed and power craze.

In actual sense nothing changes, the country men who have hope for a better future is once again shattered. The brave man and woman who have fought for the country’s freedom, laying down their life, every fiber of their body, to break the bondage and chains of colonization and cruel leaders are long forgotten.

Indeed independence does not come cheap. Many times, blood has to be shed; for a free country… If we are not careful, the same scenario that is happening in our current world affairs can happen to our church as well. The same STRIFE that Satan uses to destroy our world (the physical) can also be used to destroy God’s house (the spiritual). It is already happening…

If only we can all put our differences aside and putting what God wants as the main priority in his house, surely we will have more time to reach out rather than use the time ‘warring’ against one another. It’s hard many times to deny our ‘rights’. But than again, we are no longer our self but of God. If we are to be true disciple, then we have to deny our self and take up the cross, “then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.” (Matthew 16:24)

Hard truth perhaps, but much needed if we are to see God’s Kingdom expand. Jesus gives us the freedom from bondage of sin through the shedding of his blood and body, that we may be given a new life – like the many brave man and woman as I have mentioned earlier. It was with a price. Nevertheless, His was a far better plan, better good for mankind – SALVATION. Yet, we see many instances ‘brothers’ (Christians) fight amongst themselves just like the world, forgetting the very price that have been paid for freedom! If we are reckless, we will go through the very same vicious cycle like many of the other countries are going through…

In God’s house, no one is better than the other. Even leaders are merely appointed by God not as how the world would appoint, but appointment through God’s standard in His word. Therefore, we ought to examine our hearts and check our motives. I know it seems lame to some of us to be talking bout all ‘this crap’, but like it or not, God is not please with individuals who are self-centered only wanting the blessings of God for themselves! When challenge to give of time and resources, all kind of excuses is cooked up just to get away from it!

If we give selflessly – and I mean everybody in the house of God, then we can see a far greater work of God! It is a privilege indeed that we are given to serve our Father and we are merely His vessels that He use in touching life, make disciples and plant churches. However, He can only use vessels that live it right with Him. I am not saying that we need to be perfect – than we will all be in heaven with our Father, but a repentance attitude. Zechariah 3:7, "This is what the LORD Almighty says: `If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.”

OBEDIENCE is after all better than sacrifice, But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king." (1Samuel 15:22-23)

Therefore, let’s keep UNITY in our Father’s house… understanding as well how God works, not the way the world function and works, but according to His very divine nature. Don’t allow and let Satan have a foothold in planting the spirit of strife, when Satan have an inch to it then he will start ruling.

Resolve any issues in our hearts as soon as possible that can birth bitterness, unforgiveness and sin. Be reconciled, do it God’s way!!!

"Before they call, I will answer." (Isaiah 65:24).

One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died, leaving us with a tiny, premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator (we had no electricity to run an incubator). We also had no special feeding facilities. Although we lived on the Equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts.

One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool that the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst (rubber perishes easily in tropical climates)." And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed. As in the West, it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drug stores down forest pathways."All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. Your job is to keep the baby warm."

The following noon , as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby. I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle, and that the baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.

During prayer time, one ten -year-old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our Africanchildren "Please, God" she prayed, "Send us a hot water bottle today. It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon." While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added, "And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl so she'll knowYou really love her?" As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say "Amen"?

I just did not believe that God could do this. Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything; the Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there?. The only way God could answer this particular prayer would be by sending me a parcel from the homeland. I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever, received a parcel from home. Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the Equator!

Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there on the verandah was a large 22-pound parcel. I felt tearspricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children.

Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement was mounting. Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly-colored, knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored. Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas - that would make a batch of buns for the weekend.

Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the.....could I really be? I grasped it and pulled it out. Yes, a brand new, rubber hot water bottle. I cried. I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could. Ruth was in the front row of the children. She rushed forward, crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly, too!" Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully-dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted! Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?" Of course, I replied!

That parcel had been on the way for five whole months, packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the Equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child -five months before, In answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it "that afternoon."

"Before they call, I will answer." (Isaiah 65:24).

When you receive this, say the prayer. That's all you have to do. No strings attached. Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. There is no cost, but a lot of rewards. Let's continue praying for one another.This awesome prayer takes less than a minute.

Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this. I ask You to minister to their spirit. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubting, release a renewed confidence to work through them. Where there is tiredness or exhaustion, I ask You to give them understanding, guidance, and strength. Where there is fear, reveal Your love and release to them Your courage. Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leaders and friends to support and encourage them.Give each of them discernment to recognize the evilforces around them and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it. I ask You to do these things in Jesus' name. Amen

Sleep....sleep.... sleep....

Thanks to Eun Tae non-stop taking all the photos when we on the way going back from the long house to Kota Samarahan..... Eun Tae, do not worry, we will repay 5x more than these photos... wait for your Birthday ... hahahaha

The last one should be me lo.... else peoples will make noise.... hahahaha