Tuesday, June 21, 2005

me toe hurts.

Hmmm, it's been a real good few days here. =) Learnt from previous experience to go slow on all the fast food and to eat simply...so the past few days has seen me eating more chap chai peng than all the previous months in Singapore combined. =) Still, I'm getting fatter... :(

On Sun nite I got to play badminton with Ps Steven and his friends in the Tacloban Badminton Club. Amazing, huh. There's actually a badminton club there. And the receptionist played alongside with us. Now, I'd have thought that a receptionist? -- probably just someone who works there. Ah no. Far cry from it. She's one of the most well-built women I've seen (well-built i.e. muscular and fit and tall, in other words everything I am SO NOT :D). And yes, we got trashed by her. Ha. I was quite proud of the fact that after losing 3 games I still managed to come back and beat her in 1! Shows I learn fast!

Besides that, lotsa cooking at Ps Steven's place. It's been quite some time since I experienced the more "ministry of helps" kind of mission trip I'm experiencing now. Besides helping regularly to wash dishes (boy, is there LOADS to wash!), yesterday Ps Steven and I cooked curry for ourselves as well as his members. Heh. So we went marketing, chose some chicken and spices and all the rest, and cooked our own curry. It was a bit malu-ating to have to learn how to skin carrots and potatoes, 'cos seemingly like quite cannot make it. But I improved over the 5 potatoes that I skinned. hahahha. And learnt how to make coconut milk. Power man!

Besides that, had lots of opportunity to chit-chat with Ps Steven and discover his attitudes towards ministry, his philosophy on leadership and to see first-hand how he touches base with the people. =) All I can say is "Wow"...I can't see myself doing something like that so naturally right now. But I will learn. =) I remember what the Lord had said last week, "My son, do not ignore the Lord's discipline, or get discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, even as a father corrects the son ON WHOM HE DOTES." So I treat all of this as discipline la. And I often feel uneasy and sour about this, about not being good at so many things; whether it's housework or being a people magnet. But the unpleasant self-knowledge is useful for me, it means that the Lord is bringing these things up, not just for humility in me, but also so that I can pay some heed to these "lesser" issues.

Will be preaching this Fri to youth svc of abt 50 pple. =) Fear and trembling. Haha. Do intercede for me. Your prayers are so crucial. :)

Me toe now hurts from the badminton game where I put on too small a shoe size to play. Ha. I shall go and rest...ta!

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