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 :)
3 comments:
One thing i desire too is see you my dear Uncle Allen in heaven, and i will make sure i Hug you first and beat you into a pulp for you left us without telling. You gave us sadness and pain. Bottom line, your laughter, your voice, your everything will carve a very deep impression in me. Words will never explain the things i feel, feeling and felt.
Love you uncle Allen
Wayne
can't stop to visit allen's facebook n friendster..
his life is a testimony for everyone..
the faithful heart of serving..
thank God that we know where he is now..
we will miss u .. till the day we meet in heaven..
great blog... yes, we are all saddened by his passing away. but we know that his life testimony is powerful and has impacted many many lives.
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