see you in heaven, allen.

our beloved brother allen

our time in samal island, phillipines (Gideon's 300 mission trip, Oct 2007)



15/3, 4pm.
i was shocked when ps.chungwah asked all the teenz quickly stood up and prayed for brother allen chua during teenz service - he knocked out during lunch meal with his team mates at a restaurant in kuantan and was unconscious, life was in danger. i didnt really know what happened to him and later news said allen had passed away.
my heart drowned.
i always knew that God has many plans in allen's life. this happened too sudden for us to accept. How God transformed him from a gangster, a bad person to a godly man. Allen's life testimony was indeed very powerful that attract the lost souls to believe in God.
My mind was blank at the moment when i heard the news.
What i could recall was the happy and tough moment we had been through in samal, Philippines.
I was blessed to be in the same team as allen, whom we always call uncle allen, uncle allen. The tone he spoke, the cartoon actions he made, the jokes he cracked, the fun we had in pick-up truck, joyful moment in ps lopez church, the street skit, the food we ate, the ministries we served, life experiences we shared etc... all these scenes continue to appear in my mind...
Even though we only spent that one week together.
Allen's zeal for God is what i have to learn, his desires to serve God, to grab every opportunity to serve Him really touches my heart. All of us can't bear to say goodbye to him, we shed our tears on the coffin, we prayed, we mourned.... but we know that He is in heaven with the Lord, angels are rejoicing because allen has done so well when he was on earth...he was still doing God's work before he left us, going to Kuantan for mission trip with WAF.
Indeed, God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts and we know that God has His BEST for allen.
I thank God for this wonderful brother who has deeply impacted our lives, that we have to live out our lives for God and continue to run this race with our beloved bros & sis - because our destiny is in HIM. Let's treasure the time to be able to serve our Lord together!
allen, see you in heaven :)

new life

time flies!

i stayed in singapore for almost 2 weeks already.

i couldnt sleep for the first few days because of the change - change on whole environment, work, friends etc. Kinda stress coz things here are moving fast! (ehem, even the escalators) For my first week, i was so emotional (perhaps under stress) - i have to wake up 6.45am (used to wake up 8.45am!), squeeze into mrt (no more driving), buy breakfast with many foreign labours (oh well, i m also one of them :( ), bring umbrella everywhere i go, queue up v long to buy a few things from supermarket etc. i was complaining deep within, why do i want such a change....

Esp at work, realised that the court system, the response from legal firms etc are just - FAST. A lot to learn and a lot to pick up, esp on Sg laws... thank God i have a nice head of department who was my senior in JB few years back, we worked in a same legal firm before. She is willing to teach and coach me.. i m indeed very blessed!

thank God for my god-sisters too, i do not have to worry bout my stay and food... hehe... and yah, many of my church friends also work in Sg, that day we met up at Causeway Point for birthday celebrations for Titus, Apple and SeeHwee and around 24 people turned up! Amazing... :)

I found a new flatmate to share a 2 bedroom unit at commonwealth! yeah, its an old unit but cheap and without landlord~ wow i just couldnt wait to see what God has in store for me for the next couple of months! He has been so faithful and really taking care of all the little things that I worried.

I ve learnt to rely on Him so much more on each new day, coz I know without Him, I can do nothing! Tomorrow is Friday again... yeah, cant wait to go back home~ Esp the teenz concert on sunday night~ Let our praises move the city of JB!