great impact

"Small deeds done with great love will have great impact"

-Mother Teresa-

this week, the vicar in my FE church delivered a sermon of John 6:1-15,
about Jesus feeds the Five thousand.

He pointed to the boy who gave up his 5 small barley loaves and 2 small fish,
and how in God's hand it became a great blessing for 5000 men, not including women and children.
But the main thing is, this boy was willing to gave up his own "lunch"...

God can make our "small things" become great blessing for others.
The important question is...
--are we willing to give up our "lunch"..?--

Lord, grant me a sensitive eyes
to see other's needs more than mine,

grant me a sensitive mind
to know when I need to make a step for others,

grant me a faithful heart
to pray for others unceasingly

although it seems to be difficult,
although it will cost time, energy and feelings
although I may not know the reason why...

help me, Lord
to walk and live Your path..

the new age..

it's not about the world ideology..
it's just as plain as it is..
my new age..

I thank GOD for many birthday wishes (and parties) from my lovely friends..
A friend told me that I am RICH, because I have a lot of friends and people who love and care for me...
And I Thank God for that!! ^_^

I really enjoyed my 1st birthday here in singapore, with a lot of friends who has been a family for me..
I thank God for you all...
my classmates, the St.Peter's Church choir members, my lovely girlz at GKY SG who are joining the piano training under me, and all my friends who had prayed for me and given me their best wishes...
I thank God for each one of you ^_^

As God added one year in my age,
I believe He will continue to uphold me in my journey walking His path, just as He has been...

Praise the Lord!

me and missions

Last week was the mission emphasis week in my school, ended with exhibition and performances in the international nite, where the Indonesian students presented "Sik Sik Si Batumanikam" in 4 parts acapella with dancing I learned from Unpar Choir ^_^

but that's not what I'm going to write right now...
the thing is..

I felt it again..
the touch..
the calling..

along the 4-day messages during the chapel time, I kept recalling my previous calling into mission, in the National Students Camp 2003. (gosh!! it's been 6 years now!!! and I still haven't gone to ANY mission field!)
There were few times I had planned to go for missions, but somethings just came out and made me have to cancel the plannings...
and those "somethings" were also important "local" ministries... :-?

So, I started to pray again for going into short-term missions.
Few choices I have in mind right now...
I'm interested to go with the SMF (SBC Mission Fellowship), which always has a mission trip at the end of every semester.
I also found "Serving in Mission", and organization that support missions and arrange for short-term mission trips.
The last choice I can think of is the most reachable one, it is in my own country, joining the ministry of a church in Yogyakarta, and I can go for 2 weeks-1month, basically up to me... ^_^

well, when I see all of these choices,
the harvests are really plenty..!!!
As His labor, would I go for Him??


As a start, I took the privilege to be a prayer-partner of a friend who is going to a mission in India in May :)
He is going to visit our other friend's hometown in India for two weeks, so it is arranged that he will give some training or workshops for the pianists, and maybe the choir in the local church there.

hmm... I envied him when he first told me about his planning..
but I realized, my time hasn't come yet..
I still have a lot to be prepared,
heart, knowledge, skills, and of course.. financial..
hmm...
keep praying on it!!! ^^

Here I am, Lord
I will go, Lord, if You lead me...

the balcony and the cellar

I got back my reflection paper yesterday, and I want to internalize my self with one of my reading for Christian Education subject on Youth Ministry..

"Let the balcony people speak to their cellar voices"

from: Ross Campbell, How to Really Love Your Teenager, Victor Books,
pg.140

The sentence explains how youngsters should learn to have an ability to filter people surround them, having people that can lift them up with love, hope and courage as "balcony people" so that they won't wallow in negativism and despair.

I know my self as a people-oriented person,
and I thanked God for giving me a lot of "balcony people" in my life,
to speak to my "cellar voice"...

My pray is that I can also be a "balcony" person for someone else, who can give comfort, courage, words of love for others who are in need...

Please help me, Lord...