journey of recovery for friends ....

last year Aug , a close friend of mine, her healthy hubby suddenly had aneurysm in the brain ( blood vessel burst in the brain ) ... admitted ICU for mths , and he encountered miracle , today he is 100% recovered and started going back to work force , PTL.

last year Dec, another friend discovered stage 3 nose cancer ... she's an insurance agent and well to do, started treatement at private hospital and after 3 mths of treatment, she is free of cancer cells now ..

this year Feb , a very young fantastic young adult- father of a 1.5 yr old toodler , suddenly developed pain in stomach , then found out it was leukimia , admitted to hospital for chemo treatment and many other treatment ... he is still fighting for his survival now , wishing him luck, praying for miracle for him too , he is such a wonderful young man..

last month, another friend dignosed with cancer , she is also starting her treatment ...

tonight I am attending a wake service, my helper's dad gone home with the Lord , he fought his liver cancer,  PTL that he accepted Christ and did his water baptism 2 sunday ago ,  he is in better place now.  the Big C - is indeed a silence killer ,  on and off - I just hear who and who having stage 3 cancer,  kind of kia lang ....

One thing I am pleased to see is that , all those who recovered from the big C , they have a new perspective of life ,  they turn into a better person ( in my humble opinion ) ,  I like the new 'them' very much ... sometimes I like to think that maybe it is a lesson for them , to learn and be a better person , who can contribute more to others , in any area.

brother water baptism ....

Today marked another great milestone for my family. It's the water baptism day for my brother. Mum was happy and glad that he was given this opportunity.  Praise the Lord.

He had the special treatment, his confession statement was in Hokkien, pastor had to call many folks, finally manage to get brother Tio, who speaks good hokkien to perform the ceremony. 

Moving forward, I hope God remembers him, remembers that he is His son who suffers seizures everyday, all we ask is protection on him, when he falls, let him landed safely, when he has seizure attacks, let him be in good place and not harmful to him....

Brother was the first special 'child' who baptised in my church. He set a good testimony. Now , I received another request from another family, I will follow up with the special child and hopefully this Dec, we have another good celebration.... Happy Birthday Brother Teddy Bear !

my first church camp

It's school holidays , 2 weeks break. lesser cars on the roads during office peak hours, plus most of my customers are on leave, no meetings at work during this 2 weeks, indirectly , my work schedule seem a bit relax now , I'm liking it of coz , hehehe.... I'm preparing myself to attend my first church camp, it's the Young Adult camp , will be held in Malacca. I'll be there from Sunday to Tuesday. The theme is 'Making Better Choices'. This is a good topic, all of us need to make decision from the moment we buka our mata... It's June liow, half of the year has gone by , I reckon it's a busy year for me ... I really am looking forward to spending quality time with My Lord, hearing His voice , receiving the messages He has for me ... Hope I'll enjoy my first church camp , hehehe....

Faith Factor

Sunday Star under Fit4Life section, there is an article about 'Faith Factor' - can faith really work miracle and heal the body ? there are some scientific explaination...some of coz still mystery. It's quite a good read, try read it ..... this article covers chant, meditate or pray.
I'm still a new baby christian, it's my 4th year now :) , I've had the privilege of attended some seminars, workshop, 1 healing session, prayers marathon...have heard some marvellous stories, indeed some are miracles. I've seen elite knowledge workers whole heartedly believing in Miracle, knowing that God will grant them the miracles. 2 weeks ago, I attended 'Hearing God's voice' seminar, the speaker touched my heart when he shared his experience in healing an epileptic child, a child who had 5 seizures a day. Since the healing prayer, the child had 1 seizure in 2 months time. Wow , that's something. This speaker is highly motivated, it's very encouraging to listen to him, to look into his eyes, or even to walk up to him and had him lay his hands onto my tired burdened shoulder .... Now, I have a long way to go on faith journey, good thing is that I'm improving , the joy comes when I'm able to receive the message that God wants me to comprehend ...trust me, it is ! Hallelujah ... For this simple Faith, I've told God that I want to give a public testimony , I want to stand in public and share a miracle I've been asking for , that is to heal my Teddy Bear , either stop or reduce his seizures tremendously.....for the past few months, I've been demotivated, feeling very tired and frustrated that after changing multiple medicines, his fits wasn't reduced yet gotten worst. I'm out of ideas, in the midst of considering his brain surgery option....yet in fear. I'm glad that He sent this great man, Marc Dupont to my church, helps up-lifted me a bit :) ..... F.a.i.t.h is just 5 characters, yet it is extremely hard to master, I shall continue to pray :)

01-01-2009 sunrise service

This morning, woke up late and rushed to church , arrived late 6:45 am for sunrise service. The message was 'Entering 2009 with Faith' ... 15 things I want to do ( a faith check up ) :-

1. Passage study ( book of the bible )
2. Person(s) I want to emulate
3. Person(s) I want to see saved , brought back to the Lord
4. People I need to encourage
5. Principle I want to build into my life
6. Purpose ( long term spiritual goals ) I want to see achieved
7. Plans ( short term goals - spiritual and non spiritual ) I want to make in 2009
8. Prayer I want answered in 2009
9. Protection I need in 2009
10.Price I may have to pay to grow, to mature ...
11.Poor who need my help
12.Prosperity in God
13.Personal relationship with God
14.Pursuit of excellence
15.Presence of God in my life - the key to all keys

This is the list from my pastor - the 15 P's ... Bahija doens't know what principle should I build into my life ? Do you have any ideas for me ? if yes, drop me a note yea ...

Dec 25 ...

Christmas is to celebrate Jesus's birthday ....when I celebrate my birthday, I received many gifts from family and friends ... so to celebrate Jesus birthday , I blessed some kids and some friends with some gifts. However, I think the most important thing is to please Him , what shall I do , or get for my Father Lord ..... I don't know what He wants...haa. I started my bible study very seriously Jan this year , it was progressing so well , until June :( ...then I stopped, then the chapters all piled up , now I'm still in Ephesian only , aiii , so many more to go , I doubt I can complete it. So after being a christian for 3 yrs , water-baptismed last Dec , I still haven't finish reading the whole bible. Started in 2007 - I stopped after Q1. 2008 try again, now it stopped in Q3. Hmm, at least I've improved some. HeHe Guess, I shall tell my Father that for His 2008 Christmas gift , I'll start my bible reading 'again' and hope by Dec 25, 2009 - I can proudly tell Him, I've delivered what I am saying now :)

Morning, went for christmas service at 9am.

Lunch, at Monica's house for the traditional christmas gathering , we used to have a big group of F.r.i.e.n.d.s ...now most of them out of countries, nevertheless, we still had fun. Ringgit and Ms World blessed me a great gift , they are so thoughtful , now I remember them everyday .....

Tea, church again , dressed formally in baju melayu because PM Pak Lah was there ... he as usual lambat lor. I spent time chit chatting with his outriders - tall and 6-packs , well built - haa. Met some folks from Jabatan Filem Negara.

Dinner, at my youngest sis's place for christmas dinner - mamamia - yummy dinner with lovely company ...also celebrated my birthday 'again' ....

After dinner, we watched the singaporean movie '钱不够用II, Money Not Enough Part II' ...it talks about singaporean life, getting tuff, want to earn more money , and family issue. It's a very touching movie. I insisted that my family watch it together. It's a good bonding time. We even had a mini post-movie discussion to talk about the known issue that every household will have to face one day ...'what to do with our ageing parent ?' ...next time I blog on this topic yea.

Miracle

Today I was off from work , hippie ! FINALLY had the chance to go to malls , walked past those nicely decorated christmas trees, listened to christmas songs, to feel the season , of course - this is the commercial side of Christmas :) , this atmosphere makes me feel good , like it's time to wind down for the year. Bahija had a deep thought, for 2008 , what shall I get for myself ? I have the tradition to buy myself a gift every year in December - 'killing many birds in one stone lah' - as my little reward for the hardwork I put in this year , as my bday present, as my christmas present. Thought for days and couldn't figure out what is an ideal gift ..... today , when I walked into the mall , viola - I got myself a MIRACLE. As I am hoping , wishing, praying for a MIRACLE :) ...... The best part is my Quiet Time (QT) with the Lord, QT for Dec 22 - 'December Desire' , it talks about miracles , so 'kiew' eh - hohoho, hahaha, hehehe. Bahija is goin to dream land now - and it is a sweet one , sweet miracle :)