Baby Myra

Latest addition to our family - Myra, born 20 Dec 2010

The wait is finally over. First encounter with their baby sister.

Daddy's Birthday

(to be dated 17 Oct 2010)

Birthday card for our beloved man of the family on his birthday :)

We love you so so much and we thank God for giving us you.

To the love of my life:

You are my best friend. Thank you for being such a wonderful help and support in the house, in homeschooling, in my ministry. You're always patient in listening and being there for me. I could not have gone this far and done this much without your constant encouragement and prayers. It has been a joy being with you and I've learnt quite a few things from you. Thank for for trusting me as a wife and believing in me. You are truly God's gift to me. I thank God for you and how He has bonded us deeply. You will always have our support and our love.

I pray that God will continue to strengthen you, bless you with wisdom and surround you with His favor and clothed you with His empowerment always.

Swimming

Skye and Trinity go for their swimming class every sat noon.

Last Sat, on the way to class, we said a short prayer asking Jesus to help the kids with learning

the strokes and co-ordinations and also for protection.

During the class, we witness how God answered our prayer. For some weeks, Skye has been struggling with getting the strokes done well and controlling breathing underwater. But this week, all his kicks were good, and strokes well co-ordinated. And he was more in control of his body and breathing. Even his coach also commented that. And even for Trinity, s

he took a step further in allowing her mouth to go in the water when she swam.

Kids were definitely proud of themselves.

Thank You Lord for answering our simple prayer and showing Yourself true and real to Skye and Trinity. I love how You're always ready to show Yourself to kids who believe and trust in You with their purest hearts. Thank You, sweet Jesus.

(Skye learning the procedures of wearing lifejacket and jumping into water for safety.)

Skye's drawing

Last wed morning, Skye came to me with this drawing. He told me it is a picture of him all grown up and he is preaching behind the pulpit. I asked him where he was. He thought for a second or two and said America. And I found it was so interesting that he even added in the podium mic!

Maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise (but it still did). Few years back, the Lord impressed upon my heart that Skye would be a preacher/pastor, like his grandfather and in time to come, his own daddy. And Trinity would be more like an evangelist/warrior.

I felt like this drawing was some kind of comfort to me too, that God is still speaking to me, still pursuing me and wanting to reveal more to me. How can I not feel loved when my heavenly Father pursues me this way, through my kids, in my everyday life.

Entering into this new phase as a family has indeed been exciting. The baby is coming and Josh has gotten a promotion. I've been just so overwhelmed by the display of God's favor upon our lives.

I thank God for the opportunity to stay at home with the kids and the calling to homeschool them. It is through the hours we spent together at home that i get to witness how they are adjusting into this new phase.

Skye has really grown and mature in his role as a big brother. He loves his sister and really can't be apart from her without a good cause :) Last Sunday, Josh and I were leading on stage. And no one was sitting with the kids, so I told Skye to take care of his sis. And whenever it was time to refer to scriptures, Skye would take out his bible, searched for it and showed it to Trinity. And during offering time, he gave trinity the money and prompted her to put in the offering bag. I was so proud of him as i witnessed all these from the stage. And when it was time to leave for sunday sch, he came up to the stage and gave both of us a hug. He's such a darling.

At home, he does his chores willing, and sometimes even help out without being told. He clears the dryer, cleans the dining table and today, wet mopped the floor. And he tidies his room real neat.

Most of all, God has given him a sensitive heart. Whenever he hears an "ouch" from me, he's always quick to check if I'm alright. (josh has trained him well too.)

He's really my darling boy.

babySIM is 16weeks old :)

here is babySIM's first photo session at 16 weeks, medical check-up #3... Praise GOD for the medical assessment by Dr Benjamin Tham, he says "the baby's perfectly healthy and growing very well".
but you must know that at the 2nd medical check-up, Dr Tham was both surprised and relieved at babySIM's development because he later confessed to us that he actually did not expect babySIM to survive from what he saw at the 1st medical check-up (but he did not tell us about this!). So at the 2nd check-up when he saw in the ultrascan that babySIM developed so much so suddenly, he could only attribute it to divine intervention - God did it!
Our God is good! Life is in His hands. Our future too.
People ask me as the sole breadwinner whether I worry for the future...about being able to afford raising 3 kids... i just tell them my conviction 'if children are indeed a gift from God, then He will see them through life and life's challenges. It's not a question if He will do it, it's a matter of having a greater sense of surrender to God to sustain and provide for me and my family. And He has and will. We have and will continue to experience His favour upon us, and with that fruitfulness, in every aspect of our lives.'
Walk this journey with us, and see this unfold :) it's exciting, very exciting indeed!

watch the watch...

yup... this is what i got Lynda for V-day! of course, she chose it. She has great taste! I've learnt to acknowledge that ... yup it's true .... after all, she did choose me ... LOL! woohoo!

Valentine's Day ...yes!

I am the owner of this beautiful timepiece! woo-hoo!! YES!
My beloved wife Lynda 'forced' me into the Vincent watch shop in Compass Point and we started looking around. Shortlisted 2 pieces but eventually chose this beauty.
It's my first leather watch ever. Love the brush gold and black combo classic blend.
hmmm.... Thank you sweetie for this watch, really love it!

So what did i get her for V-day? Almost got a necklace pendant, then it was a watch at the same shop - but my dear wife couldn't decide today, maybe tomorrow (actual V-day) we'll come across something that'll take her breath away... of course yours truly has already done that, i meant something else as in a gift ... ha!

my V-day message to her...
" To my darling princess, I love you! You're a gift from God that I'm forever grateful and rejoicing about. My best friend and confidant, you mean the world to me :)"


And to our beloved blog readers, how did your v-day go?

Blessing

We want to thank Yoke Chuang and Rachel for lending us their car over the CNY season. Love you both.

And thank You, Father God, for this car blessing and blessing us with great family members. Bless Yoke in his work, grant him favor with his superior and colleagues, grant him wisdom. Grant him with revelations flowing from Your throne. Bless Rachel with quick hands, that every time she works, at home and in ministry, it will be fruitful. Bless her with good rest every time she sleeps, a refreshed mind and strong body for each new day.

Prayer Meeting hi-jacked!

Last night's prayer meeting was a totally new experience! The first prayer meeting of the year and what a glorious way to start the year.
Guan was about to lead us in opening prayer and i was playing the guitar when we entered into a time of praise. the level of praise went higher and higher and higher and it was like heaven opened above us and the Spirit outpouring onto us like a waterfall. There were prayers, prophecies, praise unpon praise, worship like never before. There were only about 15 of us but as we worshipped, what i heard was like a choir, there was an extra sound behind around among (i don't know how to exactly describe it) us, it was like a deep rumbling sound, like a roar! Could this be the sound of heaven? I wouldn't be surprise if it was.
As worship went up to our great God, the stirring got stronger and stronger. I heard the LORD say "Build me an altar! Build me an altar!" I spoke forth the word, and we continued to revel in the presence of the Most High. New songs came forth from our lips, old paradigms got shifted, new wineskins were created to take in the new wine, eyes begin to see into the heavenlies (the throne room),... oh it was truly amazing!
And believe it or not for that 1 solid hour i played only 2 chords - D, G. Tried adding in 'A' but it didn't fit the atmosphere somehow. In fact the devil tried stopping it by bursting a string on the guitar, but thank God for my sis Rachel, she sensed something was wrong and passed me the other guitar. Thanks chere!

I believe this is only the beginning of things to come, there will be more. I want more.
I desire to see the mercy seat built among the believers as we gather and worship come to such a level with greater manifestation of the Spirit that people will fall to their knees in repentence, healings take place, miracles spontaneously happen, pre-believers are drawn to Christ and salvation comes to the whole household - GOD BE GLORIFIED!!!
Amen!

6th Anniversary

We celebrated our 6th anniversary on 6th dec 2008. 

I thank God for Josh, my dearest husband, who has been such a tremendous support in my journey of hearing God's call for my life and moving into my destiny. Josh is my best friend, whom God has given me on earth. 

I thank God also, for His miraculous way in bringing us together and now binding us evermore strongly in the synergy He has created in our marriage. The way He's leading us now and holding us together in Him is a testimony itself. 

Thank You Father God.

First Day Of Convention

We arrived at Port Dickson on sunday late evening. The next morning, after breakfast, we went to the beach with the Tans, before the itenarary for the convention began. And I'm glad we did for the following reasons: 
1. When convention began, we hardly had time to relax with kids, except for one short swim in the pool which we managed to take time off for on wed. 2. It was a great time with the kids and real good friends :) And Skye totally enjoyed himself while Trinity managed to go greater depth in sea, much credit goes to Daddy.3. If it was not for the beach trip, the following experience would not have happened.

Here it is: That night, while bro and sis were settling in bed, they were chatting about the beach, and Trinity was telling her bro that she was afraid of the waves. Then Skye asked me, "Mommy, is there anything to be scared of?" I told him no, and explained about how when we have Christ within us, there is nothing to fear and how God is bigger than the boogie-man (from veggietales). After explaining, I asked him if he wants to invite Jesus into his heart. And he said yes! I was so surprised that I asked him again. Then I called Josh into the bedroom and there and then, we said the prayer with Skye asking Jesus to come into his heart. About 2 years ago, when Skye was 3, he told me he one morning, "i want Jesus in my heart" and I prayed with him. But i think this time round, he understood what it meant more in depth. And i was surprised because he had been kind of "goofy" about serious stuff.Praise the Lord! He was working even in the life of my son during the convention! And today, he was humming a warfare/victory song that we sang in convention, which we have totally forgotten the song since it was unfamiliar to us. I thank God for my amazing son :)

(Pictures from this post taken by Caleb :P)

International Convention.

It was really an amazing time at the convention! Personally, I learnt a lot, from the worship, the teaching sessions, the running of the convention in its administrative and logistic sense. 

During the convention, we shared a two-rooms apartment with Dad and Mom (my in-laws). And I'm very appreciative of them and how they let us have the room with the attached bathroom so that we can join the two beds together for my family (since in the other room, it was not possible to link the two bed up). I really appreciate them and I thank God for such supportive and understanding in-laws and spiritual parents. Last sunday, I had the chance to give both of them a hug and tell them I appreciate them.  

Also, this is the first time we had a church convention with our "twins" - Caleb and Debbie. During an altar call (for those under age 35), Debbie took care of Skye and Trinity for the entire time, and Josh and I had to chance to really soak in the presence of the Lord together for the first time with no worries! And watching how Caleb leads in worship challenged me to re-think about being involved in worship again. It re-ignites the passion of abandoned worship in me. Mmm...must pray. 

And of course, I am glad that Josh was with me throughout the entire experience. It is beyond words what the Lord has been in our lives, how He is bringing forth "the two shall become one" synergy. Many a times, Josh has been there to catch me before I fall and support me while I cling onto God when things get tough. He is the best!

WALL-E is Skye's latest fad. He watched it really liked it, his eyes were glued to the screen all the time. Here is a figurine of WALL-E at the Singapore Discovery Centre, a place the family went on children's day (1-Oct).

The funny thing on that day was that Skye and Trinity enjoyed what was outside of SDC (see later pics for why) than inside (what we actually went to SDC for)... what a joke :)
But ST loved it so it was all worth it ...

Anyway, while inside SDC, someones became a TV personalities doing martial arts!
Can you guess who they are???? .... see below for a hint...


This was what Skye and Trinity enjoyed most about SDC... i call it the air-filled playground ... outside of SDC actually

Skye and Trinity were running and climbing and sliding so much ... it was a wonder how i managed to get some pics of them... pure help from God lah i tell you... (thanks ah God!) :)





Trinity got so tired we found her taking a breather in one of the 'huts' ...





Skye had endless energy, not stopping even once to rest... great anointing in playing lah i must say! :)









Then it started again up the 'mountain slide', boy! these 2 kids were brave climbing up and sliding down the super high slide. so proud of them! :) woo hoo!


Beautiful pic of mommy and daugther...















SEE WHAT???



it was a great children's day for our beloved, super-energized, bouncy, playful, funny children!

joy of family

Viewing photos of family special moments never fail to bring melted heartfelt emotions, smiles and 'hearty laughter' *winking at L & CD
The family is an entity ordained by God, and for this we praise Him and thank Him for all the blessings and joy the family has brought to us.

Here is 1 of those moments ...

On Skye's 5th birthday (7-11...yup! as cool & corny as it is, it is. 7-nov),...

the family went for the first time to the Singapore Flyer - woo hoo! the highest ferris-wheel in the whole wide world! (i think!..ha! but it sure was high up there...)
it was soooo slow that the birthday boy kept asking if we were movingand when we ever reach up to the top...tsk! tsk! tsk! kids these days so eager so eager :) but we eventually got up to the top and the view was great.





Skye and Trinity enjoyed themselves so much... see them dancing ? cool moves!

some pics of the scenery...

(wish i had a taken in paranormic mode ... sayang lah... next time lah...)

Thanks to 'Aunty' Serene who sooo sooo soo graciously and selflessly who made all the arrangements and came all the way (without her car!!!) there to pass us the complimentary tickets (heart melt). THANK YOU to 'Aunty Serene' :)

Spiritual Warriors!

Maybe because we have begun to do warfare these days (at home with kids and in prayer meeting), our kids have kind of tap on the warrior spirit.

Three weeks ago, we had an amazing time during the Youth Cell Meeting. The Spirit came upon the entire meeting, and the youth received the gifts of the Spirit. We even had a time of warring in the spiritual realm. It was something we did not prepared for but have been praying for it to happen. It was just awesome! And at the end of the meeting when we prayed for Jason, who was leaving for UK, everyone had a vision and a word for him (yes, they boldly spoke forth even though they were "newbies"!)

After we ended the meeting, Skye told Josh that he was fighting the devil earlier on. And after fighting for a while, there was this picture of him and Jesus standing next to him. I asked him about his vision later to confirmed if it was a picture he drew on paper. He replied it was a picture he had in his mind! 

Maybe I should take it by faith that he was warring for his daddy and mommy during the meeting, and that he saw victory even before we did. It is also a great assurance to know that our son knows Jesus is the victory and Jesus is always with him.

Last Sunday service, both of them were sitting in during the sermon, listening to their grandfather preach about Spiritual Warfare. And Trinity caught him saying "fighting the devil" and promptly turned to me and said firmly, "I can fight the devil also!"

Bible Reading

(Skye fixed up this model of the moon rotating around the earth on his own just by reading the manual. I wasn't even aware till it was done!)

This morning, Skye took out his bible (my NIV bible which I gave it to him some time back) and proudly showed it to me, telling me he's going to read the bible. So he sat on the sofa, doing his own bible reading, reading out in a voice. After reading, he showed me the verses he read 1 Corinthians 9:20 and Obadiah. 

I managed to keep cool while cleaning up the milk mess Trinity created. But having Skye read the verse to me (while I was cleaning), brought a sense of indescribable peace. My good Lord always gives me the portion I need, and this accentuate the truth that God's Word is living and full of power in its own.

Little Angel or Little Warrior

Trinity, she's definitely adorable! Her sweet smile and gentle angelic looks can really melt our hearts. And when she speaks with her cutesy voice... But within her is a tough spirit.  She is not one that can be easily bullied. Kids will not be able to snatch from her what she claims her hold on until they asked.

That tough spirit is going to help her secure her spiritual territory! The enemy will not be able to snatch her claims in God from her. 

Recently, I just taught the kids to do warfare whenever they are afraid. And Trinity would always have the fiesty look when she says, "In Jesus' name, go away!"

And she always look forward to go for prayerwalk around our neighborhood. And today, we started on another new block, our 4th block.

She is our little angel and she is our little warrior!

Our Special Son

Skye, our dearest son, really surprised me last Friday when we went shopping. 

I was shopping for a backpack for Trinity. She had been wanting one since she kept seeing her brother carrying his. Her new strawberry shortcake bag was so cute that I decided maybe I should get a new one for Skye. Ya, I know, the old one is still working fine, no need for a new one. But I just wanted to give him the option of choosing a character-bag for himself.

Much to my surprise, these were his words: "I don't want. I want to use my bag. When it's old, then I'll buy a new one." Wow!!! 

And when Trinity held up a bob-the-builder bag for him and asked, "Kor kor, for you?" He repeated the same thing. 

Ever since he was young, I knew in my heart, this boy is special. On the outside, he may appear tough or even at times, too aggressive. But I know, God has given him a special purpose. It is my job, as a parent to use whatever abilities and talents God has given him to equip him in his calling, and to help mold all the seemingly bad traits into godly character traits that God can use for His Kingdom. I believe, definitely, that Skye's passionate character will develop in him a heart of worship for our true God and his aggressiveness will be essential in the calling for claiming lost grounds for God!

And the Story Goes...

As Skye was finishing up his milk before bed last night, he told me this story:

Once, there was an elf. And the devil came and ask him, "What are you doing?" 

And the elf said, "I'm worshipping Jesus, He is faithful and powerful!"

And the devil asked, "Why are you worshipping Jesus?"

And the elf replied, "Because I'm worshipping the true and living God!"

Hallelujah! Even though it has a fictional character in it, I enjoyed the "short story" totally. And this is my prayer always, that my kids will grow up knowing God, worshipping God all the days of their lives.