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sam just told me an awesome piece of news last night: he's finally teaching bs! (: whoo, so proud of and happy for him man! finally entering his calling of being a TEACHER (: i wanted to post everyone's breakthroughs up here but i decided it might not be the wisest decision haha. cos some of us are still in the process of sorting things out, so better not count the chickens before they're hatched. not that i doubt the visions--but it'd be more exciting to look back on the races after everyone's standing at the end point tgt.

(then again, there's never really an end point for our walk, is there? maybe a better phrase would be after everybody's entered into the visions we had in sot tgt (: )

anw, i was thinking about how God has blessed my family this past year and i'm really very awed at all the milestones that have been accomplished. my parents used to be very anti-christian, but now, they're quite chillax with church stuff and all. my dad was the most angsty one, but amazingly, he was the one that gave me the go-ahead for sot and also the relatively chill one about building fund. my mom sponsored me ~$400 for my mission trip, and she never fails to separates all the idol-worshipped/non-idol-worshipped food for me at home (and the coolest part is, i didn't even request for it. i just told her, 'mom, it'd be better if i didnt eat that' and amazingly, not only did she not object, but she went to separate all the stuff for me :D) plus, she allowed me to join the campus peeps for the new year countdown sleepover; and i really thank God for the moments when she'll 'casually' tell me, 'eh, rmb to pray for me ah.' (note to self: PLS LEARN TO PRAY IN MANDARIN). bro has become alot more relatable to and a more filial and responsible person as well; not to mention, he was the first person that i reached out to in my family.

so all in all, PRAISE GOD for an awesome year with my family! and looking forward to more to come (:

posted by xin! @ 10:55 AM