:: Prayer update 4th Nov ::

1. Pray for good rice harvest in Thailand, let no flooding or bad weather affect the crops that are ready for harvest this November.

2. Pray for me that I will resist comparing the standard of living when I return home, but that I will count my blessings.

3. Pray that God will show me my next step.

:: homeless ::

This is the third time I'm facing the possibility of homelessness.... those nights before i sleep i wondered where i would be sleeping the next night. The first time it happened Fon told me that she thought I was very brave because I didn't cry... but this time I can't help it already.

Praise God that I have a home in Singapore. Sometimes that made me wish to return earlier. ...

:: movement update ::

I'm going to Sawang Daendin again tmr morning, with a few other church and RCDC (childcare centre) staff. The principal of RCDC Sawang Daendin is getting married! I asked to be invited hehehehe..

I will stay there with Fon until 21st for a camp where she is helping to do translation. Then when we return I will move to Franza's place as Gail is hosting her friend until the 26th.

Honestly i feel a bit pai seh to keep occupying Gail's place without paying and it wasn't in the deal (of my mission trip) in the first place. I will see if Franza can let me stay for the rest of my trip.

Homeless again!

:: back from hotel! ::

nothing much to update, except that the CONFERENCES ARE OVER!!! woohoo~

Can't really describe what was shared, because certain topics are sensitive as works are carried out in certain communist countries. Was too tired to participate in workshops that I was interested in also. =(

Just glad to meet the bishops as well as the missions delegates from many parts of Asia (mostly Singapore). Met Rev Timothy Chow (very funny - he wanted to walk to the airport), Rev Joshua (Shaam), Rev Jonathan Wong, Rev Steven Seah (can't rem where I met him before but he looks familiar), and my friend from Campus Crusade. Very surprised and quite glad to see him because I thought he backslided or something.. =x

Been staying at the hotel and acting as a service provider (go out to exchange money, coordinate with the tailor, buy phone card etc). Very very tired. On the last day I actually had time to take a nap while the delegates go home, but i couldn't fall asleep. =( Got a little headache when i woke up this morning. (Glad to be home at Baansiriyenakat!!)

Been eating so much i ought to go on a diet. =x

To date I have lodged at the following places in 2 months during this Bkk trip:
1. Yee's family residence
2. Gail's apartment
3. on an overnight bus and in the church in Sawang Daendin
4. Hotel in Korat
5. Church in Ban Chang
6. Fon's friend's place in Ban Chang
7. one night at Franza's place at Silom Lofts
8. Royal Benja Hotel

LOL

:: stress ::

Went to survey the area around the hotel where we would be holding the Bishops' Meeting (CCEA) and the Missions Conference (MCR) from 1-5 Oct and 6-9 Oct respectively. So you can imagine that, because these 2 are held back-to-back, how stressed I am.

1st Oct is just next Wednesday!!! I've got to:

1. Draw out the map based on what we surveyed and do up a list of services around the area

2. Finish up the 6 brochures with the information of the churches and ministries that the Anglican Church of Thailand is involved in

3. Do up name tags for the bishops (ooh i get to see the bishops from all over Asia! - someone joked during the English service that if u want to find out how the bishops look like, come and help out as guides and volunteers to welcome them LOL)

4. Lead a group as they split up to sightsee Bangkok (i boycotted Suan Lum Night Bazaar when it was brought up as a suggestion because of my recent experience there, expensive and nothing interesting to buy)

5. Finish the powerpoint presentation i was tasked to do, and to help do the projection on the first day

6. Move to the hotel and stay there throughout the conference period - so i'll be very busy and without internet access during this time


Umm... of all the tasks above i think No. 2 is the most pressing and stressful one.

OT tmr and chiong next week!!

:: busy ::

ummm... nothing much to update, except that i'm getting busier. These 2 weeks since i returned flew past VERY quickly!

conducted a lesson on design and communication last thurs... and i'm supposed to finish up some powerpoint presentations and brochures for the conference 2 weeks later!!!!!! no time! Getting stressed. Falling sick again :( got phlegm... dunno is it because of the weather, or the workload =x

Thank God for Mondays (rest days)!

:: back from provinces ::

Last week I went with Fon to:

1. Sawang Daendin (Mon - Wed)
2. Korat aka Nakhon Ratchasima (Wed - Fri)
3. Ban Chang (Fri - Mon)

Had a great time in these places... met Singaporean missionaries in Sawang and Korat. Learnt more about church planting work and I've been wondering how it could apply to the church in Tanjung Balai and in Cambodia. Culture plays such a major role!!!!!!

Pray about:

1. Flooding in Thailand - i may want to get a pair of boots soon

2. Sawang Daendin - they need English native-speaking volunteers to teach for long term at the kindergarden. The parents have a choice of placing their children in other kindergardens because the current volunteer (Audrey) has finished her 4-month "contract" and is returning to Singapore soon. And the kindergarden is the church's source of income. Pastor Dickson tries to raise fund from Singapore for the income, but that is not sustainable.

3. Korat - This nice town is doing quite well... praise God. Pray for opportunities to reach even more people

4. Ban Chang - Achan Anong is the leader of the church (Super woman!!) She has a committee though. The last she shared about the church it was full of thanksgiving because the kindergarden there is doing well, in terms of intake and support. The church is expanding so that it doesn't have to share compounds with the kindergarden, and they need 100,000 baht more. Pray for financial support and manpower!

5. Oh yah. The political situation. Pray for wisdom! Only wisdom can rule a country well. I don't really know what's going on out there, but it's been disrupting tourism and businesses for the lower class people. Hmm.. just read that the prime minister of Thailand hosts a TV cooking show. I'm sorry, but doesn't it sound amusing?