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Trip to Melbourne

2011-04-15T11:03:00.001+10:00

We are indeed having a good time, a blessed time. More info visit: calebdebbie.blogspot.com.

15th Jan 2011

2011-01-16T00:38:00.002+11:00

It's the 15th day of the year and I've learn so much. Also it's been tiring. I've to adjust to the tied schedule. Busy but blessed. Every morning, as I wake up and see my hubby beside me, I know I'm blessed. Then my kids wakes up and says, 'good morning, mommy,' I know I'm blessed. As I have breakfast with my family, I know I'm blessed. As I work through the day, I say to myself, I'm capable, I'm able and I know I'm blessed. I'm learning to be grateful and thankful for the ones I have and notice the details around me. I am blessed.

Doing house chores

2011-01-08T03:43:00.002+11:00

Today I learn to work with my kids in doing house chores. Usually I prefer doing it myself because I can get things done quicker and the way I want it to be done. But today, I realize they are growing and they need to learn basic living skills. So I started them with house chores and I'm surprise to see their willingness and joy in setting the table, dispersing the groceries, etc. It's fun to them and it's time to help daddy and mommy. I guess they feel older too. Dylan and Dayson helped my hubby to set up the clothes line. Caylie helped me with the groceries. It was fun and enjoyable seeing the whole family working together. I thank God for having them in my life. They have taught me many precious lessons of life. I learn to see things differently too. I learn to have patience as I work with them. I learn to allow them to get things done in their own way. I learn to encourage them.

To learn something new everyday.

2011-01-07T00:46:00.002+11:00

This year I've made it a point to learn something new everyday. Well, I've been learning and learning. Today, I learn that it's important to choose a table near the toilet if I plan to enjoy my dinner in a good restaurant with my kids. It makes toilet breaks a lot easier! I've also learn to carry books (now, I'll bring the digital babysitters like Iphone and DS and DSI) and include them in my shopping, that way they don't get restless and they too can enjoy the outing with me.

Thanking God for 2010

2011-01-06T02:20:00.004+11:00

2010 was a year of happening for me. As I reflect on 2010, I thank the Lord for His blessings towards me. In 2010, I managed to Graduate, Celebrated my 10th Wedding Anniversary in a special way as we renewed our vows! And had a family holiday at Universal Studios Singapore. All these are precious moments of 2010 for me.
December was a very eventful month too. It was a month where we lost a dear friend and we grief with her family. It was a month where we celebrated our 10th anniversary , my hubby's birthday and welcomed Baby Myra to the Sims family, and we celebrated my dad's 60th Birthday and Christmas. Talk about all in one, we had it. But God is good and now we walk into a new year 2011 with thankfulness in our hearts knowing that we walk into a new journey.

A funny discovery

2009-05-14T12:18:00.001+10:00

It was 2 nights ago when I was having a chat before our kids slept. I took the opportunity to share with them on the value of sharing because our boyz were fighting over toys and refuse to share. I mentioned to them, 'Boys we need to learn to share just as Jesus shares. We are His friends and we need to be like Him too. Jesus wants good friends too, those that can share!!' Then Dayson said, 'But Jesus had a bad friend, Carrot'. I was confused 'huh??' I ask them, 'Who's Carrot?' then I thought to myself, I don't remember mentioning about Carrots in the bible. (I was sleepy too.. and we were all lying down in the dark room chating..so I'm half awake) Suddently, Dylan said, 'That guy who let the bad people catch Jesus' Then with revelation I said, 'Oh! Judas Iscariot!!! ' Yes!! replied the boys. And I had a good laugh.. 'He's name is Judas Iscariot and not Carrot. Dylan said, 'But mommy, you said Judas is carrot!' Oh dear, I spend a good half and hour trying to explain to them that name. So funny! Children are so simple.

Dylan into guitars!

2009-05-07T15:11:00.001+10:00

Dylan just turned 6, and we found his new desire! He's occupation didn't change but he just added a new hobby. One of his birthday gift was a real guitar! He loved it!

Baby Max

2009-05-06T18:22:00.002+10:00

Finally, I met Baby Max (Danielle's baby), 6 months old.

Baby Max needs your prayers, he has a hole in his heart and he is due for check up in July. We are believing God for a miracle that the his heart will be completely whole. Do say a prayer for Baby Max and lets experience this miracle journey with Danielle and Max. Let's believe that the next check up the cardio will find that his hole in the heart is no more there! Amen!

My Special Day

2009-04-30T17:59:00.002+10:00

It's that time of year where everyone reminds me of my age!! : )
It was a great day and I managed to spend time with some wonderful people in my life. My family and cell and our youth too!
Thank you guys! You are exciting people. I started my day out for a good breakfast!

We ended it with a family dinner. More pictures later, need to upload from Caleb's camera.

Interesting..

2009-04-12T17:41:00.003+10:00

Recently, I found out that there are friends who still visit this blog.. so today, i decided to view it and it's so filled with sweet memories of my stay in Australia. I've learn so much since then and I still have lots to learn. So I think I'll pen a few words every now and then as and when I can on this blog.
Happy Easter! Over the weekend, Caylie had some of her very best friends over for a Slumber Party! The girls had fun! We also celebrated Deborah's birthday with her family. Happy Birthday Deborah!

My New BLOG

2008-08-18T14:09:00.002+10:00

Hi Everyone, Caleb and i have decided to merge our blogs. Check out our new blog at calebdebbie.blogspot.com

From now on, I will update the new blog called 'NEXT'. So click on the link to see more of Melbourne and the continuation of our life's story.
It's all real and it's all happening!
Don't miss out!

Beautiful Melbourne

2008-08-16T16:19:00.003+10:00

Beautiful Melbourne! So much to see and enjoy.

We enjoyed Coffee here.. Caleb took a picture of the muffins and guess what?! the lady gave the 2 muffins to us for free!
"Picture becomes real!"

The walk ways are simply beautiful!

Double Date

2008-08-16T15:52:00.008+10:00

So after almost 8 wonderful years of marriage, we went on a 'double date' with Ps Bong and Ps Anne. It was fun and romantic!
Caleb and I took the train to Melbourne CBD and there we met Ps Anne and Ps Bong. Just the 4 of us had a great time walking around the city and it was simply an amazing experience. There was so much to see! Before we knew it, it was late... my kids were phone me up! 'Why are you so late, mommy'. "what time will you be back?"... it was a wonderful day! Of cause we made sure we brought back something for the kids to enjoy!! Thanks to Anna for helping us look after the kids for that day. It was a good break for us and for me too..

Caleb on the train. He takes the train every week, but this was my first experience in Melbourne.

This is an interesting building, with the Big Screen on the side showing the Olympics. It the Federation Square that there's always activities and entertainment there!

I like to see the Horse Cart.. just looks like Europe or England.

Art and Craft

2008-08-14T10:28:00.003+10:00

Caylie proud of her Art and Craft done at school. They had a story teller who came to the school to perform a short story for them called 'Tadallik, the frog". So here's her art and craft version of the frog. Made from egg crags and paper and foam.

Our Extended Family - JIL Melbourne

2008-08-13T16:28:00.010+10:00

It was very cold.. Caleb almost frozen.

Dylan and Dayson having a fun time with Bella!

Here's me with Ps Anne in JIL church.

A lovely photo taken by Caleb when we spent some time at the Victoria Market with Ps Bong and his family. In the photo is Bella, Ps Bong, Vicky, Caylie, Dylan and Dayson.

Totally enjoyable with Ps Anne, Jessica and Anna.

Caylie's concert

2008-08-13T16:02:00.004+10:00

Last night was Caylie's school concert. I managed to get some photos but not much and not very clear. She totally enjoyed herself and it made her day when Uncle Joey, Aunty Ebbie, Ryan, Noel and Aunty Anna when along to watch. She felt special when they came to support her and it meant a lot to her to have them there. So, she had a great time! Here are some pictures.

Can you see Caylie? She's on the left corner with a Possum hat and red sweater. It was really hard to take a picture..so dark!
Then there's us!

A new Thing!

2008-08-12T09:28:00.003+10:00

I know many of you are busy people, so just to share with you what the Lord have been speaking to me as we prepare for the LRC Convention. Mark 2:22 'And no one puts new wine into old wine skins. The wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine needs new wineskins.' Interesting! I believe there's something NEW that's stirring in the spiritual realm. Just want to encourage you, if you are attending the convention, be prepared to receive a NEW thing that the Lord is working in you. Allow yourselves to let loose into His presences in dance, jumping, spinning, singing.. rejoice for the NEW that He will release! Amen! Don't be discourage but get ready, it's exciting and not just in the spiritual but maybe even in the physical or natural. New wine must be put into new wine skins! What's the New that you desire to have in your life?

Ok, so that was something i've been meditating on the scriptures, feel free to comment!
Here's Caylie and Dayson, they loves to cook. One of their favorite is Spaghetti Bolonese. Yummy.. Tonight, we'll be watching Caylie perform at her school concert! So more pictures coming up tomorrow...

The harbour

2008-08-11T11:19:00.003+10:00

After a great time at the Victoria Market, we drove down to Melbourne South to the sea! It was another wonderful experience. The wind and the waves were very strong.
Anna trying to get a good shot at the sea! Caleb took some great shots too, check out his blog. It's where the harbor is, there was the light house, people jogging, playing kites, even kite pulling the cart (not sure the name of the sport) , para skiing. All along the coast. I was using Caleb's camera to take pictures while we drove along the coast. So i don't have the pictures here.

Over the weekend...

2008-08-11T11:05:00.004+10:00

Weekends are always my favourite time of the week, always well spent with Ebbie and Joey, Ryan and Noel, also with Ps Bong, Ps Anne and their family. It's always exciting and fun. Ps Bong and his family took us to see Melbourne yesterday. It was really cold and rainy but that didn't spoil the fun.
This place is called Victoria Market. Clean and nice. There's a lot of stalls selling all kinds.. i think i can spend a whole day here! But they were closing because it was 5pm. Shops close early on Sundays even the malls because Monday is a working day and schooling day so everyone goes home early on a Sunday. Good principle.

This is a stall that sells Rabbit and Kangaroo meat! And no, i don't want to try it..

We tried a German Hotdog instead. Big and filling but yummy. Caleb and Ps. Bong major discussion on the food!

Another Rainbow..

2008-08-11T10:49:00.002+10:00

Today, while i was driving Caylie to school with Dylan and Dayson behind, suddenly ,we saw a rainbow in the sky! again! It always reminds me of God promises for me. It also reminds me that God is watching over me and that He is so real! It's always magical to see a rainbow. The rainbow in the picture is a little hard to see i think. I was rushing to take the picture to show in my blog and my kids asked me excitedly 'mommy, did u get it? did u get it?' and Yes! I did! before the traffic lights turn green!

Olympics Opening

2008-08-08T15:54:00.002+10:00

Today is the day, the Olympics Opening tonight! Are you watching?? Caylie had fun today in school. It was Olympics Day at school and they had sports and games. Looks like everyone is in the mood..

Is it all a dream?!

2008-08-07T09:04:00.004+10:00

I tell you... i still can't believe it!! We are actually going for convention.!!.. What A JOY!
Ok.. the first i'll do when i get back is to eat..er.. ice-kacang! that's something i can't find here..
Yesterday, Ebbie and Joey managed to find Soya Bean drink, so we all enjoyed it together. We long to meet our cell, the Voice.. the northern people.. these are always in our hearts and we miss them.
I've enjoyed using Sonlight program for my kids, Dylan loves to read now. He sat down after his lesson just by himself looking through his literiture book on "Homer Price" he was so absorb.

God deserve the Glory!

2008-08-06T20:54:00.003+10:00

The return of C&D! Yup, at long last, we finally manage to get good rate tickets to return for the LRC Convention 2008! : ) Totally unexpected, so if you are going for the convention , see you there! We are excited and we look forward to meet up with all of you. Our hearts are there! It's exciting times and God deserve the Glory. Thank you Lord for making a way and giving us the opportunity to attend the convention. Thank you all for praying for us and your encouragement. See you there..

Be exalted!

2008-08-06T14:05:00.003+10:00

I've learn a new song 'be exalted', that's the chorus and it's been in my heart and in my head. God's exalted and i declare that song every morning, noon and night. I begin to see God move in my life and He begins to give me a learning attitude and i began to learn from others, from my husband, from my parents, from Ebbie and Joey, Anna, Ps Bong and his family and even from my kids. One simple lesson is to learn to love people other then my self and I've tasted the self less love from people around me , even towards me. It's my prayer, "Lord, teach me how to love and care for others the way You've loved me that You may be exalted beyond anything else." Love is also about the willingness to help others without being asked. So I've started to teach my kids to do just that, do help around the home without me asking them. I'm surprise, last night my kids actually helped me without my asking. It takes time to cultivate this into a lifestyle but it's a start for me and for them.

Mangosteen! Yummy!

2008-08-05T15:31:00.002+10:00

Guess What? Yup, there's Mangosteen here! yummy! Miss Malaysian Food.. And there's Durians too! We tried the mangoesteen. Nice! Sorry, forgot to take picture till we finished. Haha..

It's cold outside!

2008-08-04T11:34:00.004+10:00

The days can get really cold and i've learn to cover up the kids to keep them warm. Last week , the temperature was below 5 degrees. One day it went down to 1 degree! But we don't really feel it if we are indoors. Only when we go out... 'cold'. Caylie was not in the mood for photo taking at that time. So just the boyz. Speaking of photo taking, Caleb was the camera man at JIL yesterday, after church, Ps Bong organized the whole church to take a group photo to send to the Philippines in conjunction with JIL anniversary celebration. The church had fun and it was "light and easy". Everyone was so cooperative, so united in hearts. And we all enjoyed ourselves. I'll ask Caleb for some photos to upload on my blog. Will show you some.

It was another wonderful weekend.

2008-08-04T11:22:00.003+10:00

I look forwards to weekends! Life Group was a joy! It was a combined week of our Life Group with the Youth Life Group. We had the opportunity to get to know the youth group in the church. Caleb shared and the people were excited. This weekend, we would be running our first Performing Arts workshop with the church. The following week, those in the workshop would be presenting! It's exciting! We are preparing for this workshop.
The best time for the kids to sleep in the car, when they are all wrapped up nice and warm and especially after a day of fun! "Knocked Out"

Life Group tonight

2008-08-01T16:28:00.002+10:00

We are preparing for Life Group tonight. Caleb would be speaking a little on the Performing Arts, do keep him in prayers and lets pray that God will birth that ministry in JIL Melbourne tonight! Amen! Appreciate your prayer support.

Happy Autograph!

2008-07-31T21:47:00.003+10:00

Today, Caylie was really excited when she came home from school. She had the honor of receiving the autographs of 4 professional football players in Australia. They visited her school and taught the kids some moves. She enjoyed it.

Visual Aids

2008-07-31T10:19:00.002+10:00

After teaching children for so many years, the best tool to make learning interesting is still by using Visual Aids. Thanks to my hubby, he can easily draw within seconds. (while it takes me a long time and lots of erasing work on my picture.) So i got him to draw and the kids enjoy their study. Picture speaks a thousand words. And the picture raise curiosity and interest in the kids. I paste this on the glass door, and when Caylie came back from school, she saw it and said 'mommy, what is this?'. It's attractive. Children loves pictures and colors. If you are given the opportunity to teach children, put in lots of pictures and colors! They will love to look at it and you have their attention. (for a while at least).

Caylie's school tap.

2008-07-29T15:07:00.005+10:00

It was Monday, and we stayed on for Caylie's school assembly. Then we were invited to stay on and join the Parent's Coffee time after the assembly. We got to meet other parents and chat with them and with Rosa the Vice Principle and Jenny the school Principle. Really nice and friendly, down to earth people. Before we left, the tap in the class that we were had problems, so Caleb was helping out! He had to press the tap down to stop the water from flowing. So here he is happily stuck with the tap! Jenny managed to get the plumber and Rosa helped to off the mains. We were glad to be a help. Caleb later informed me that last Friday, he helped one of the teachers to try to get the key out of the lock. The key was stuck in. So he's been having opportunities to help out in the school. : ) The teachers are very friendly too. God is doing something in our lives to bless those around us and try to be a help to others.

Snow Man

2008-07-29T14:54:00.003+10:00

For those who are wondering, yes , we did see some Snow Man and did some of our own below.

Joey had a great idea of keeping the drink cold.

Caleb's version of Mickey Mouse in snow.

Ebbie did this cute Snow Man and Joey's Ice Duck beside it.

What an experience on the Toboggan!

2008-07-28T14:40:00.003+10:00

Can u believe I tried it!!! I would have never done this on my own but it was the encouragement of love ones that gave me the confidence! Thanks to Caleb, Ebbie and Joey!

We stopped for a picnic lunch on the way up the mountain. It was interesting, the snow appears after a 20 minutes drive from here.

It was a day always to remember!

More on the Snow trip.

2008-07-28T14:25:00.005+10:00

It was a very enjoyable trip, surprisingly when we where there, it was not really cold, even tough it's about 1 degrees. I guess it's because we were well bundled up and the water proof suits helps to prevent the wind. It gets really hot after a few rounds of tobogganing! That was FUN!
These are how Snow Boots are like. Every one needs one, the kids too. We rented ours.

Lots of fun on the Toboggan!

Snow!

2008-07-26T22:52:00.002+10:00

Yes! Snow! We had the most enjoyable and a truly amazing experience with SNOW! A day trip to the Lake Mountain. 2 hours drive from home. Will upload more pictures and videos tomorrow. Right now, i'm really sleepy, have to wake up early for church tomorrow. God bless, have a great day! Good night.

Delicious

2008-07-24T21:48:00.002+10:00

We were blessed with some delicious cakes! What a surprise! Caleb woke up this morning thinking of meeting up with Ps Bong, instead Ps Bong called and came over. Must be God's appointment. This are some cakes I've never seen and never tried before, it's mostly made out of nuts, like pistachios nuts. It's the type of eastern dessert.

Socks box

2008-07-23T20:26:00.003+10:00

Creativity starts at home. All it takes is a wrapper and a box. I enjoyed the outcome. Just wrap the Potato Chips Box, and it becomes a box to keep socks and handy for the kids to take their socks. And it takes less space because it's tall and slim in size. Easy access to their socks!

Caylie's Day!

2008-07-22T21:31:00.008+10:00

It's Caylie's Day because she was given a special golden sticker from her class teacher for a good art work she did using charcoal. (Have not taken picture)
She is happy! See the Gold Sticker on her jacket?
Caylie's art work is the Pink bear on the right top corner. Put up on the notice board beside her class. (This poster was done some time back)

On the floor around the school building has these words and lines. Dylan and Dayson loves to follow the lines and read the words then do the action along the lines till the next word. If it says "Hop", they will Hop till along the line till they reach the next word, "Walk"...etc.. Interesting and Fun for the kids.

It's a very cold , windy and rainy day but the boys still have fun!

Sunday, a day for the Lord.

2008-07-21T14:31:00.003+10:00

Sunday is all about Him. After church, Caleb and i were invited by Pastor Bong to the leader meeting and there Caleb gave them a multi media presentation and that was the first step in pioneering the Performing Arts ministry with Ps Bong and Ps Anne. We desire to assist them in training and raising up this ministry with them. It's exciting and it's a joy to spend the rest of the day with Ps Bong and his family. We are blessed and we enjoyed the fellowship. Ps Anne caught a flu as well, and we pray that she'll recover speedily. Amen.

Saturday at Science Works

2008-07-21T14:11:00.013+10:00

Here are some pictures i manage to capture before my camera ran out of battery.
Children at the playground. The train is an attraction!

Caylie totally enjoyed herself at the Science Works. My kids loves science. This is an interesting out door playground. Behind Caylie, Dylan and Dayson checking out the skate boarding swing! Thinking if they want to try it.

Ebbie, Joey , Ryan and Noel are a blessing to us. They are the spark plugs in our lives! We Thank God for them.

Visit to the Science Works

2008-07-21T13:59:00.002+10:00

This is a video of the Upside Down living room. Interesting huh. We totally had fun at the Science Works with Joey, Ebbie, Ryan and Noel. While Caleb was still attending the conference.

It was an experience and i am amazed with Dylan. Those who knows Dylan, he is shy and scared to try. But at the Science Works, he was different, he was so attracted to the experiments and what science can do. As soon as we when the the sports section, he when wild, he had the boldness to try out race, skate boarding, wall climbing, etc.. He just had fun and he was not shy and not scared. Amazing huh.. I was proud of him! He was bold and courages. (too bad, my camera ran out of battery!) : )

It was a long but exciting Weekend.

2008-07-21T13:46:00.005+10:00

I was truly blessed over the last weekend. God is good ALL the time.
Friday night, Joey and Ebbie took us out for some fun at the mall while Caleb join Pastor Bong to a Men's Conference (held once a year in Melbourne, Planet Shakers lead the worship). We had fun, so did Caleb. The kids had to most fun playing with their cousins!

Love goes a long way!

2008-07-17T21:53:00.004+10:00

Dylan had the opportunity to chat on Skype with Grandma! And he is so very happy. It made his day! Grandma played an alphabet game with him on skype. He enjoyed it very much.

It's not difficult to win a child, just show sincere love to them. They can feel it and they know it. Every night, Caleb and I give our 3 darlings hugs and kisses to wish them Good night. And we also tell them individually, "mommy love you." "daddy loves you".We have 3 darlings so we need to make extra effort so that no one feels rejected. Even spending time with them, we are learning to give them individual attention. It needs effort. Sometimes i stop what i'm doing and I go to them and just talk to them. Amazingly, even when they are watching a show, they would rather talk and they would give me some attention. (sometimes) : ) It works both ways.

Prophecy book.

2008-07-16T22:32:00.004+10:00

I've been meditating and applying "God Reigns" over my life and I am still learning. But it's true and it's happening in my life as well. There are situations in life where we can't control but God is in control so we need to let go and allow Him to take over the wheel and stir us in the right direction. Today, God's been speaking to me to get on track. So i've asked Caleb to print out my prophecy from Cindy Jacobs so I could study it and I took sometime to read my prophecy book. You know, it is important to keep track of all your prophecies. So I keep a book of all my prophecies over the years. And it's been my guide book too.
After reading some of my prophecies, I have a clearer mind and I feel better, more faith that God Reigns over my life and things are going to fall into place.
Younger children are not able to write or keep track of their prophecies, so if your child had a prophecy, it's a good idea to keep the record for them, it can help us (parents) to move into the way that God has for them.

Dinner with Ps Bong's family.

2008-07-15T19:44:00.002+10:00

This video is taken by Dayson just before we started eating. Caleb, Ps Anne, Jess and Bella just finished their dance practice at our place. It's truly a joy! We all taught he's taking a photo, but it was a video!

Creativity

2008-07-15T19:35:00.002+10:00

As i was teaching my boyz today, i wanted to cheer them up. So after our book reading, i got them to do art, and to design a robot of their own, since they've been playing with their robot and Dylan wants to be a robotic engineer. While they were drawing i decided to wrap their scrap book. That made their day! Suddenly it was not the usual exercise book but the cartoon "Cars". That puts a smile on their face.

Recovering!

2008-07-14T23:49:00.002+10:00

Thank you for praying for us, we are on the road to recovery. Have been taking juices, and all the advise given. Today, Caleb came back from class with some dishes he cooked. Yummy and funny!
I'll post the pics tomorrow, need time to transfer them. So he cooked Sweet Sour Fish and Satay chicken. Yummy huh? It tasted really nice. Just that the sweet sour fish was bright red in color. Like a florescent red! But still it tasted good. Ah, miss all the Malaysian food.

Sunday, we had a full day. After church we had a great time fellowshipping with Pastor Bong and his beautiful family. It's our joy to hang out with them. God has neated our hearts with them. Then in the evening, Caleb teach dance to Pastor Anne, Jess and Bella. It's going to great. It's very interesting, new concepts, new ideas from God. They will be performing with Caleb at the end of this month. I'll try to post some pictures. Want to see?? i'm excited. Ministry gives us life. Such as just spending time with this special family, and learning from Pastor Bong and Pastor Anne gives us such life.

China Town type..

2008-07-12T23:39:00.004+10:00

Here are some pictures of Richmond, we were surprise that one part of it looks like China Town.

Missing you all..

2008-07-12T23:11:00.002+10:00

U know, the first thing i do when i log into my blog is to read the commence.. U guys are making me even more homesick.. :) thanks for the love, care and cheers! U really light up my day. It's winter here so it's darker not much sunny days.
How is the Voice? Ok, Voice members, bring it on!.. News? Info? What do you think? Talk to me. I'm all ears! What's happening? What's cooking for Christmas? Sheela..??? William?? Joyce?? Josh??Jan??Alex??Anyone...

We had a wonderful time at Life Group. The power of God came! like Awesome! like.. a person got filled in the spirit and started to speak in tongues for the first time! Another lady got slain! Ps Bong shared and challenged us to list down 10 things we would thank God for each day. I've been thanking God for one thing a day, and now 10... I feel challenged and so let's do it! You too.. 10 things.. 1. Thank God i'm recovering. 2. Thank God my kids are recovering. 3. Thank God i have a beautiful family who loves me. 3. Thank God i have a family in M'sia who loves me. (my Church, cell, Voice) 4. Thank God for amazing friends all over the world. 5. Thank God for 3 meals a day. 5. Thank God for airplanes that can.... 6. Thank God for blogs and email and internet. 7. Thank God for jackets, heaters, air conditioners. 8. Thank God for His love to me. 9. Thank God for health. 10. Thank God for a bed!.. Sleepy..Good nite.

Kids enjoying Caleb's fried noodles at Pastor Bong's place.

Not well..

2008-07-10T23:08:00.002+10:00

I'm still trying to recover my voice. It's still sore, coughing as well. So.. really need to rest. I'll post some photos tomorrow and hopefully a video. We drove past Richmond and it's like China Town, i took a short video in the car to show you the pictures. It's late night now, so i'll post it tomorrow. God is good, remember the accident case, so Ebbie saw an ad while driving and gave us the telephone number to call, in short we most likely be able to get our car fix for free! Praise God! So i want to Thank God for today, we found the right people, solicitors to help us.
Oh, Yesterday we arrive home late, so i didn't manage to post. We had a great time, Caleb cooked dinner for all of us and Ps. Bong's family. I was asked to play the keyboard and we had a time of worship. There was such an awesome presence of God, i know that God is still with us.. So, i would be playing the keyboard for Life Group (cell) this Friday. Eh, pray for me ok?Little rusty with my playing.

The kids enjoyed their visit at Ps Bong's house.

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Dylan and Vicky enjoying strawberry fondue!

Dayson enjoyed his time with Jessica, Bella and Vicky.

Caylie had fun playing dress up and she became Princess Caylie.

A connection!

2008-07-08T00:52:00.002+10:00

Today, we were not feeling too well. I lost my voice. My kids are down with a flu also due to the cold in winter. I learn from Pastor Anne about rubbing baby oil or Vaseline on the forehead, chest and back of the child would help to keep them warm when they go out in winter. So we are still adjusting. Pastor Bong really gave a helping hand to introduce us to a car mechanic to fix the car because our car can stop anytime while driving, so it's dangerous. Then we had such a great time fellowshipping with Pastor Bong and Ps Anne and their children at their home. Will post pictures tomorrow. Sleepy now. I thank God for bringing Ps Bong and his family into our lives. It's a joy to have known them and we are encouraged and inspired whenever we fellowship. Something stirs in our spirit and we always enjoy their time with us. I feel a linking or connection between us and them. Just as dad met with Bro Eddie, it's like a connection between LRC (Latter Rain Church Malaysia) and JIL (Jesus Is Lord). Something like that....

Today was exciting.

2008-07-07T00:30:00.010+10:00

We started of the day with a great service at JIL Melbourne. Everyone dance to a song (Sorry, can't seem to remember the title) and we all couldn't stop the power of Praise! (like a revival!)
Then, was a wonderful time of lunch at church.
Then, we had the privilege of having a time of fellowship with Pastor Bong and Pastor Anne. We enjoyed the Spanish donut at Choco Churro.

This is Choco Churro, like a chocolate longish donut. Yummy! (Wish mom was here to enjoy this!)

Dip it in chocolate!

The kids loved the chocolate milk shake.

Caleb trying to get a picture of the kids having a delicious time.

I enjoyed my cup of Mocha. Simply irresistible.

Then Pastor Bong and family brought us to the park. The kids loved it. (My camera ran out off battery!) It was a beautiful park with a river flowing through. Then we enjoyed dinner together followed by fellowship till night. We are honored and we felt very blessed by them. We enjoyed the food but to fellowship with them was the best part!

Healthy and Tasty soup

2008-07-05T20:57:00.004+10:00

Soup of the day! This is specially dedicated to my dear friends
Joshua, Lynda, Skye, & Trinity and also Daniel, Marilyn, Ashley and Andrea. Thinking of them inspired me to put this in my blog, knowing Lynda and Marilyn are busy mom! :)

For all the busy people.. you can make a quick soup of the day and feel strengthen with lots of vegetables.
My first draft. Boil water, put in onions, carrots, potatoes, celery, small amount of tomatoes, mushroom and broccolis. Add chicken stock. You can put as many types as you desire. I cut them into cubes and bring to boil. Then i blend them. Add some spices of your choice. I use Rosemary and Sweet Basil. Then add milk. Add salt and pepper. Garnish with celery leaves. And it's done. Lovely to eat with toast and butter. Try it and let me know.

As long as the kids have their soup, they have everything in it as well! My kids eat faster too.. Sometimes they have 2 bowls.

2008-07-05T20:38:00.006+10:00

Dylan enjoying daddy's cooking.

Here are some of the tasty delicious food cooked by Caleb. Yummy!
Today, we had the Fried Mee with mince meat for dinner. It was absolutely wonderful.

Last week, we had the fried rice. Also a delicious Asian cooking style with 'lap cheong'.

Dressing up in the mornings.

2008-07-05T20:23:00.002+10:00

As soon as i got up, (i managed to sleep in ...heehee.. ) i went to the children's room to see how and what they were up too. Caleb has already got the kids ready. All dressed up! Daddy's style. This puts a smile on my face! I'm blessed to have such great kids and a great man!

From here I learn that a good rest is important. Husband needs to understand and be sensitive to their wife, by giving them an extra hour or so to sleep in and get a full rest (e.g. holiday) once in a while would enables them to feel refreshed and recover from exhaustion. Like wise, wives also ought to give their husband enough sleep. A well rested person is a happier person. (Hmm.. better put this into my research too..)

Great and Easy Healthy Meals

2008-07-04T20:54:00.003+10:00

I Thank God for giving me ideas in preparing simple and delicious as well as healthy meals. Mom thought me how to use a hand mixer and it's been wonderful. It's been 2 days now and we have soup for lunch and dinner.
Today's lunch was Potatoes and Celery soup with Toast, i add on fish fillet with 'happy face' tomato sos to cheer the kids up.
The children loves this type of meals, easy to eat. Dayson loves the 'happy face' tomato sos, he always ask for it!

Dylan loves the soup with toast, sometimes he takes 2 bowls of soup. He enjoys fish fillets too.

Caylie doesn't like vegetables, we use to have to force her to eat, now she loves it because it's all blended into the soup with milk and potatoes.
As parents we are happy the kids are eating vegetables!

Getting connected.

2008-07-03T23:03:00.003+10:00

Today, i enjoy some amazing moments on the phone with some amazing people in my life! They have made my day! Phone is still different from emails but Skype is the best.

Revived Celery!

2008-07-03T22:33:00.006+10:00

This was a weak celery that has been used. Mom has a great idea of leaving the celery in a glass of water and see if it grows.

Now, look at it! We have some celery plants growing! Strong and healthy. When we cook, we just pluck some celery from here. The weak celery gets revived!

This little garden of celery teaches me that to learn to turn my weaknesses into strength. When i face with a challenge and feel weak, i've to learn to believe God that He can fill me up and REVIVE my heart and my spirit! Revival starts in a heart that is willing and ready for God.

A Rainbow in the sky!

2008-07-02T16:47:00.003+10:00

The boys and I have been learning Science on the topic on Weather and we've been learning about the rainbow. Today, we saw a rainbow in the sky! It appeared just after i was told that Caleb Ielst result of 6.5 is not a problem! Then Anna came to my bedroom and shouted with excitement, "Look, a rainbow!". So we all took out our camera's (Caleb said it's like we've never seen a rainbow in our lives). It was funny but all of us including the kids were so excited about the it. God's promises! I felt God was speaking to me about His promise for me. Emmm... i've to do a search and find out exactly what is God's promise for me? Maybe have to read through my prophecy book and find out my destiny and calling and purpose in life. Can u see the rainbow?

God was with us.

2008-07-01T23:14:00.007+10:00

Today we went to the Vogue School of Performing Arts, and met with the owner and director of the school. She was amazingly kind to us and in short, Caleb would be doing a short performance on the 19th July in the school at the Presentation of awards ceremony. There Caleb would have to promote his new class, "Martial Arts Dance". Praise God, he was given the opportunity to teach that course. Pray that the promo would stir the people to sign up for the course. I'm believing God that at least 20 people would sign up for a start! Amen?! We are excited because God has open a door for us.
On the way home, our car suddenly broke down. So we had to push it to the side of the main road. It was cold and windy and dark. Both our phones could not call out. I prayed and called Jesus to help us. Then a passer by asked us, 'would you like to borrow my phone? Do you need to phone?'. I said 'Yes! thank you!' and i managed to get mom to inform her that we are stuck, the car broke down, please pray!. Then the car immediately started and we drove back home safely. Amazing huh. Wow! God reigns! I know He sent His angels to guard over us.
I thank God for His protection and help.

Dayson proud of his rainbow! We did the rainbow science experiment together and our boys loved it. (Science subject)

Mom would be flying off tomorrow morning to the Gold Coast. She would be ministering there for a couple of days then flying back to KL (Malaysia). We would miss her as we are missing dad already. Well, we'll see them soon.

We had a wonderful dinner

2008-07-01T01:38:00.004+10:00

Today, we had another great dinner with Pastor Bong and his family. Caleb and i are totally blessed by them and we look forward in serving God with them. JIL has suddenly become part of our family and I know it's no coincidence that Dad is with Bro Eddie now as well. God has such perfect timing for everything. It was a time of great fellowship and a time to know Pastor Bong and Ps Anne , Jess, Bella and Vicky. Knowing such a beautiful family has brought joy to us. We fellowship with them till 1am. I pray that they would be able to have a good night sleep and wake up in time for work tomorrow. : )

JIL service

2008-07-01T01:20:00.002+10:00

Sunday, yesterday. We went to JIL Melbourne for the first time. We were greeted by friendly ushers. The day was cold but the people were warm and they made us feel at home. The worship was simply amazing! It was like our service , at VVC. The people showed such passion for worship and dance. It was as tough i was in a revival. The whole church was dancing. They are set free in praise and worship. Even the children dance.
Caylie joined Victoria (her new friend, also Ps Bong's youngest daughter). All the children gathered at the side and they followed the teacher to dance and learn to worship God together. U know, even the kids were happy and having a great time. You can see that they enjoy the worship. Caylie loved it, then the woship leader (Edgie) invited the kids to the front to dance, and the kids just went and dance. It reminded me of the time when we had the church dance to the song, "God is Good" or "There is Joy Joy JOY". I felt so at home and inspired to see the church participated in the worship. Pastor Bong and Pastor Anne, dance along! Even Mom! : ) Then Pastor Bong gave a great message on being a Victor!
After the service, we all had a lunch followed by leaders meeting (which mom shared the Word to the leaders) I was enjoying my time with the kids at the playground and got to know some of the youth. We totally enjoyed our time there.
Thank you Pastor Bong and Pastor Anne for your prayers for us and your kind hospitality.

Ielst result

2008-07-01T01:17:00.002+10:00

And so the day finally arrived, and we received the result of our Ielst exam. Caleb's result was 6.5, but he needed a 7.0. Mine was 8.0. So we are praying and deciding which option to take next. Thank you all for praying.

There could be an opportunity.

2008-06-28T22:40:00.012+10:00

Today was another busy day for us. We went to a Dance school to find out about the children's ballet classes. (Thinking of sending Caylie to continue her ballet) And we also had a good talk with the owner and director of the school who is interested in hiring Caleb to teach a class on WuShu with Dance. This coming Tuesday would be our next appointment. Pray for God's favor and if all works out well, Caleb would have a 'paid hobby'.
Then in the afternoon, finally had time to sort out and organize my children's wardrobe. Using boxes as shelves and compartments helps to make the cupboard a lot neater. Caylie likes to choose her own clothes and dress up. So it's important to keep a system in her wardrobe and limit the amount of clothes. Too many clothes would not be easy to maintain, so i've put away the summer clothings and 'too big' clothes. Only put what she can wear. Now she's happy with her wardrobe.

Managed to spend some time with my hubby. Its important for parents/husband and wife to make time for each other in their daily schedule. Just to relax and talk will enhance the relationship. Communication is a vital key for any form of relationship. (Hmm.. must add that to my research.) Oh, dad suggested to me to write a thesis on 'Families' for my masters degree since I'm doing all these research and all. I never thought of furthering my studies. So please keep me in prayers if i should take up this challenge. Speaking of dad, he finally decided to blog! Yup, go check it out! revelationfortoday.blogspot.com
(Photo taken by Caylie, she's showing interest in photography, so Caleb's giving her lessons! )

Bed Time Boyz!!

2008-06-27T22:39:00.007+10:00

Good nite! Go to sleep!

And then... mommy look at this.. and this.. take this... and daddy watch.. this... and this..

Good nite boyz!

Kung Fu Panda

2008-06-27T22:29:00.005+10:00

Didn't know my kids had the flair for Kung Fu, must be from their daddy! Caleb was so proud of them, they have it in them!
Dayson, The amazing Spider man.

Another great day!

2008-06-27T22:10:00.011+10:00

Today is Caylie's last day of school, (she starts her term break, 2 weeks holiday!) so after school, we took the kids to the playground for some fun time with them. It's winter, usually the days are cold, but today is hot and sunny! Perfect weather for the park. I thank God for giving us this perfect weather and for a great time.
Dayson lazying on the grass, enjoying himself!

Dylan loves the slide.

Caleb enjoying the swing! Seeing them happy, makes me happy too.

Seeing all these at the park makes me thank God for blessing me with such a beautiful family. I learn that a role of a mother in the family is very vital. A father's role is equally important, just that i can only speak from a mothers' point. (since i'm into my own research on "keys to raising a Godly family") The role of a mother is to set her home in place, orderliness, tidiness, and beauty. Then a home becomes a place of joy and peace. I like it when my husband turns on Jazz music in the mornings, and dinners. It just sets the mood right, and we enjoy our meals together. Another role of a mother is to love her family, her spouse and children. To love also means to take care of them, to make sure they are healthy and see to their daily home needs. I learn that sometimes just by listening to my kids, they see that i love them. By night time, i'm equally tired and i'll just sit in my children's room and watch them play, listen to them talk and usually, they will entertain me for more then half an hour. But they like me to be there to give them the attention they needed. Well, there are lots of ways and i'm still researching.

God reads my blog!

2008-06-26T22:18:00.003+10:00

I thank God for today, because He has surprised me and showed me with love. I thank God for friends and family who i must not take for granted. God has been teaching me on "God Reigns". Yup, i'm still meditating and practicing what the Lord is teaching me. He has power over all because I have given Him full authority, so nothing has more power or more authority then Him. When God reigns, He makes time to bless me too! : ) God is a personal God as well.

I've been learning to Thank God everyday, and every night when i pray, i will start with Thanksgiving. Even as a person, when someone gives a compliment to me or thank me, it makes me feel special and accepted by the person. My kids thank me all the time when i help them and that just makes me want to help them more because they appreciate my help. God has feelings too, so when we thank Him, it makes Him feel so appreciated, so accepted and He does not get lonely watching us everyday, but He has a part to play in our lives and He gets to be in my blog! I'm sure God reads my blog every single day! i wish He will post a comment! heehee.. God is good! When Paul and Silas was in prison they Praised Him so much He was so excited, He pressed all the buttons and the earth shook and the prison doors flew open, the chains were broken! Because God felt loved and accepted! He was excited, He was cheered! Like in a football game, the people cheered for their team. God wants the same too, for us to cheer Him on and say, God You can do it! I know You Can!

So, before you sleep at night, take a minute to Thank God for making you a special person! I believe as I thank God everyday, I will experience blessings and unexpected blessings will come my way. We serve an amazing God!

A great Day!

2008-06-26T21:53:00.007+10:00

Today is a good day for me. Firstly, our visa is approved and done, because Caleb took over the course so we had to change the main applicant to him and it's all done! Praise God! Then, Caleb brought in the mail and we were surprised!
Got a card from Vanessa (Zürich). Van, Thank you! It made our day special! Your card is sitting on the cardboard shelf downstairs. Speaking of cardboards, that's where i had another surprise of the day!

Caleb brought me to our bedroom with my eyes close and surprised me with a new bedroom look! Ta dah! He rearranged the furnitures to make it cozy and neat. To save cost, we have furnitures made out of cardboards (DIY) from boxes. On the left is Caleb's paper tray! : )
My cosmetic case! Done by Caleb for me to put my facial stuffs. I was so touched when i saw my stuffs all organized in the box! He said he knew that would make me happy.. and he is right.

It was a great dinner!

2008-06-25T23:08:00.002+10:00

We had a great dinner tonight. My family with mom, Anna and Pastor Bong. (Pastor of JIL church Melbourne) He came with his wife Anne and 3 daughters. We had a great time, from 6:30pm to 10:10pm. There was that connection i felt between us and them. Then we manage to get dad on skype and Ps Bong got some time to chat with dad. It was so timely before dad had to leave for an appointment. Amazing! I believe God bonded our hearts and guess what? They ask us to help them for the Christmas Production this year, if i'm not mistaken, it will be their first. Interesting, huh.. Of all things, Caleb got food poisoning since after lunch. So, he didn't manage to stay on for dinner but went to bed coz he was vomiting. Do keep him in prayers. We'll update with photos later. Good nite! sleepy liau..

People in my mind..

2008-06-24T22:41:00.004+10:00

I've been praying a lot especially the youth in our ministry and i've been wondering how they are doing, namely, Jan, Duckie, Dino, Olivia, Andrea, Denise, Soo Yin, Cheryne, Stephy and Joy (Isabel). For the past week, i've been keeping them in prayer. Really miss them and i pray that they will grow in God and find strength in Him. These are the girls i've been mentoring and i wish i could continue to help them grow and have God as their friend.
Of cause i've been having some of our Voice youth in mind.. so many to name, but Caleb and I talk a lot about you guys. Missing all of you! Like my crazy and fun bunch, Sheela, Saundra, AhBo, Swap, Hamster, Ben, David, Jared, Nora, Johnathan. These really put sparks in life.
And not forgetting the guys! Jo, William, Alex, Andrew, Darrian, Sam, Victory, Vincent. Another fun bunch in our lives, they know how to put a smile on our face!

Of cause our twin siblings, Josh and Lynda. , Van, .. And the list never stops...
I think i must make a list and prayer for each one of you... then i think my prayers will never end! : ) love you all!

Families are a gift from God.

2008-06-24T22:27:00.002+10:00

While we were having our bed time prayer as a family, i was surprise by the prayers from my kids. Caleb started to get the kids to pray and all of us have to follow the one who is praying. So we have to repeat the words that are prayed. "Follow me" type. It's been a few days since we adopted that style of praying and i find it effective. Today, one part of Dayson's prayer, 'protect our nation'. I was amazed. Caylie's prayer, 'bless grandpa, grandma, ...and her usual family list, thank You for Your graciousness.' and Dylan's prayer, ' bless our country'. God hears every prayer of a child. It's important to teach our children to pray and allow them express their hearts to God.

Need help from theVoice

2008-06-23T22:21:00.002+10:00

I need help in getting the video promo on the SriAman PAC. Anyone has it? Let me know. Thanks.

Pictures

2008-06-23T21:03:00.006+10:00

Caylie painted a beautiful picture.

Our boyz busy with their art and craft which they did on Sunday afternooon after church. They did the clay, now it's dry and they are painting it.

Every night it's family time. Daddy reads a story a night and then we all hold hands and pray then it's bed time.
I realized when the night ends well, the children sleeps better. Maybe because their hearts are settled and there's much love and peace. This gives beauty sleep to the kids and thus to us as well.

Weekends

2008-06-23T20:54:00.002+10:00

Weekends are always busy time for us. We had a great day yesterday, Sunday. We were invited to JIL church , Jesus Is Lord Church in Melbourne (the branch of JIL Phillippines; Pastor Eddie's). We'll be having dinner with the pastor and his wife later this week. They have invited us to help them in the Performing Arts ministry which they do not have yet. The Pastor and his wife are passionate about the Arts and they are really excited. So it's an opening for us and we feel there's that connection, u know. So this weekend we'll be visiting their church. Mom preached there last sunday and it was amazing. We were told that a lady in the midst was baptized in the spirit during mom's message, she started to speak in tongues. Amazing! Dad will be visiting Ps Eddie soon, so i believe it's a connection. We'll find out more about this new connection soon! Exciting!

This week is Caylie's last term week. Then she'll be having a 2 weeks holiday!

Caleb will be having a test tomorrow. Class test, so pray for him, he's studying now.

How was your day?

Pictures

2008-06-20T22:20:00.004+10:00

Dayson and Dylan just loves the playground.

Dylan says hi! I haven't been taking much photos. Been busy. Today, we had lunch with Ps Rob and his wife. It was a great time.
I should have more pictures over the weekend.

So i shared to Mom and Dad.

2008-06-20T22:04:00.002+10:00

Hi, thank you for being on this crazy journey with me. Say this to yourself, hey promise to say it aloud, ok?? you promise.. "I am special!" haha.. did u say that??Aloud?? : )
Ok, so i told mom on email, without all the dramas and details, just the points, and she send it to dad. So today i got both their emails... hey, it's personal. But in short they say that , that is the breaking forth of a big ministry. (it gets scarier huh) And that God will connect me with the right resources. Well, like Cheryne and Sheela commented, spiritual parents plays a vital role in raising a Godly Family. I totally agree, my parents have raised me up in the ways of God and I'll always be grateful to them for being an example for me. I know Dad has always been such a good and patient listener and he always allows us to chat and Chat and we are still chatting with him electronically.. But he loves to listen and now i realized that he learns a lot about each one of us, he has 5 kids. He knows me better then i know myself because he's been listening and he gives us advice that makes us think of our decisions. Till today, i'm still learning from them. Mom is our crisis manager, she can perform miracles and make things happen! Every time we are in trouble, she knows what to do, how to do it and when to do it and we are to do it. Mom has laid a very strong spiritual foundation in me. U know, when the church first started, my brother and i was the first kids in Children's ministry, with another pair of brother and sister. So that makes a whole class of 4 of us! Full attendance every week or half. : ) But guess who our teaches were, among them was mom and dad! i will never forget when dad took the class and taught us the story of Jesus calms the storm. Powerful and impacting! He used bedsheets as the waves...etc... Parents are the best role models of Christ love for His church or his family.
We are still on the topic of Godly Family so feel free to comment.

2008-06-19T20:37:00.002+10:00

Caylie's the new photographer in training. Daddy's coaching her. It's getting cold, today it rained, even colder..

This is so weird...

2008-06-19T20:22:00.003+10:00

While putting the kids to bed, i fell asleep and i saw families, children, many of them. Then suddenly i felt so burden for the Children's Ministry and Family ministry. Like the weird est thing ever.. i was asleep, but it was so real, it was like i could hear them talking and like i was there but not there. u know.. then the passion i once had for the children's ministry many many years ago, just flooded my soul once again. (This must be because there are people like you , those who are praying for me. I must thank the WAY church (JL, Ps Nicholas church in Singapore) for their prayers for us. All these must have taken place because they were all praying... so it that good or..hmmm.. definitely good i guess.
Ok, back to that vision thingy.. so to help me, i need some answers.. i plan to do some research and write out some concepts and structures to help churches in these ministries. Hey, i still have the passion for theVoice, the youth. (it will never die in me) but somehow there's this stirring in me to plan. For what? I don't know. For who? who cares, as long as i do the will of God and just plan and God will lead me to the next step, right? (scary). Ok, so back to planning and research.
Everyone belongs to a family. ( i hope) What do you think a Godly family is like? What do you picture in your head? (now, J can write detailed scenes.) But if you have the time, fill me on some comments. You can help me work this out. We'll start with the ultimate family, may not be real at present, but an ideal family that you want to have. I always work backwards. And i want to search out something interesting for the kids too.. like bringing in the "Planet shakers type worship for the children's ministry". And yet, the nurturing of every child's life is important..ok, i better stop here, some of my readers prefer to read short blogs..i'll add in some ideas everyday. So, you're going to help me? right? :)

Something amazing

2008-06-18T21:46:00.002+10:00

As i watch my kids play in the sand pit, i realized that no one actually steals the toys. Interesting huh. All the toys belong to the school and it's just left there for the children to play. Everyone plays the toys and the toy trucks, spade, buckets are always there! That's cool. We usually allow the kids to play when we fetch Caylie back from school at 3:30pm.

My fasting experience

2008-06-18T21:29:00.004+10:00

Today is good, i think i can hear God clearer now.. still a bit lagging! :)
I broke fast for dinner, join my family for dinner. It's cold, so fasting is not easy, get hungry faster and feels sleepier. But i'm ok. Will continue to spent time with Him.

I thank God for speaking to me today, "Worship is a key to break open new grounds and release of His presence and sovereignty." Then suddenly the heart of worship just flowed into my blood stream and the passion to sing for Him, started to rise within me. After feeling so dry at times and missing the prophetic warfare worship.. u know.. I felt so excited in my spirit, that worship is in me wherever i go. It has to be build up everyday, like a battery that needs to be charged up. Worship charges the spirit inside of us. And when we start to sing, there's a release in the spiritual realm and the heavens open! then the presences of God flows in power and in might, nothing can stop that flow because He is Sovereign. He Reigns! When God Reigns NOTHING can stop Him. One of the song that has been bugging me is "Every time i pray, i move the hand of God....etc.." and today, the song "More of You" especially the chorus, 'i want to hold You, love You , not let You go, rebuild this fire that's within my soul, i want more, More of You Lord.' Another devotional song but so timely for me. It rekindles the fire in my soul and i hope this will bless you too. What song did you have today? Maybe you can share it too in the comments.
U know, i told the Lord today, I said, Lord, i want to worship You and release Your presence in this place, this home, this nation for you. I am going to believe that i will have breakthrough and i will experience answers to prayers and justice brought out (the car accident case) and i'm going to see the works of Your hand in these coming days! I'm going to experience More of You in my daily life. And i'm going to see progress! Because You are Sovereign and You Reign and therefore Nothing can challenge you, nor stop you, Nothing can come in Your way because You over rule them all. And I praise You because You will set things in place for me. I thank You because there's going to be a manifestation of your power in the days ahead! Doors that are shut will now be open. The vision will become clearer, our destiny and purpose will be revealed and we will walk in Your will. Amen and Amen.

Pictures

2008-06-17T21:36:00.009+10:00

Smart Dylan, he said after looking at the "how to fix manual", 'Mommy, i think we fixed the wrong side.' And he was right, good thing i stopped immediately when he said that and gave a look. We had to unscrew and do again. Good thing Dylan told me that earlier. Till now i'm surprise he could understand the manual. Picture diagrams.

Dayson loves to help out with the hammering and screwing in.

It's done! Daddy was at class, Caylie was at the school trip so Mommy and the boys did it! Today they fixed their first toy box! So happy!

Dylan and Dayson loves to play the hop scotch while sending Caylie to her class today. It's a joy to send Caylie to school, because our kids can play before the music starts. Today's music sounded like rap, some were dancing to their class! cool huh. Music like that gives kids the energy.

Today, an interesting day

2008-06-17T21:35:00.000+10:00

Reading all the comments really puts a smile on my face!
Today is another busy day as usually, but I managed to do some interesting things with my kids.
Caylie had a great time, she went to the school trip to the science center. She had lots of stories to tell us when she came back , it was a non stop session till dinner! They had a hands on experience, so they were allowed to try some of the experiments. (It's her favorite subject especially doing experiments!) So, for Caylie it was a great day.
I'll attached some photos of what i did with the boyz at home.
Before we knew it, it's another day gone.

Tomorrow will be another great day! I'll start my fast tomorrow. Because it's winter, i'll do a liquid fast but no solids. There's some things i felt i need to pray and fast over. Hey, you can post your prayer for me, or if you like, your prayer request and i'll pray for you. Either way, i'm blessed!

I thank God for friends like you guys who have brighten my days ever since i arrived here in Australia.

more pics

2008-06-16T21:21:00.001+10:00

All that we go through as a family, bring us closer.

Thank God for all of you.

2008-06-16T20:42:00.003+10:00

It's great to have dear friends from Singapore, to Zürich and Malaysia. This blog keeps my spirit lifted everyday. Just to share with you a little that we are going through as a family (Caleb, me and our 3 little ones). Most of the nights are trying nights. Every night we put our kids to bed, Caleb will lead us all in a bed time prayer after a bed time story. Then Dayson will cry and long to be home (in Grandpa's house), he will say, 'Mommy, i miss grandpa's house'. When can we go home? It can be trying to answer his questions every night. Trying to explain to him that we'll try to go back for a holiday. I miss home too, but i just have to try to be strong. Today, he said he misses grandpa. That one, we can bring over, but not the house. Dylan told Dayson that we are not superheros and we can't bring the house over. (Smart boy)

Dylan is not affected by the move. Praise God. Instead he is a visionary. He will make statements like, 'mommy, when i grow up, i want to be a robotic engineer.' or 'mommy, when daddy has enough money, he can buy me lots of toys? Can i choose my own robot? stuff like that. I told him, he needs to be good in maths and science, since then he showed lots of interest in maths and science.

Caylie misses her Grandparents most, then friends mainly Ashley. (she keeps mentioning her).

So as a family, we face homesickness almost every night. Mainly because the kids misses home. So pray for us, that we'll be strong and that we as parents are able to have wisdom in ministering to our kids. It's not easy and i believe every new visitor might face this part of life.
We really hope to make it for convention this year as we have never missed one before. Especially knowing that Josh and Lynda will be joining (our twin siblings from Singapore). Ai yoh, so tempting.. we talk about the possibilities almost everyday. But pray that we are able to make it. It will take a miracle. But miracles do happen!

new pics.

2008-06-15T21:10:00.008+10:00

Caleb's the new chef.. so he does the cooking. (most of the time for dinner) Today's dinner is fried rice.. yummy.. can u smell it?

Today, sunday. Caylie showing her play dough, waiting to dry then she'll paint them.

Caylie enjoys skinning the celery..but not eating it..

My boyz loves to eat raw celery. Amazing huh. Yeah, i'm proud of them.

Hi!!

2008-06-15T20:45:00.002+10:00

Sorry for the late update. We had a packed weekend and so.. the story goes..
Sat, we woke up at 6am, had to leave at 7am, miss 2 turning but thanks to GPS, we found our way and make it for before 8am. Everything ended at 4:10pm. Yeah, long huh? The theory was from 9am to 12pm, then we had lunch break and Caleb's oral exam was at 2:25pm, mine was at 3:45pm. So that took some time. I think i did ok, i should be able to get a 7..hopefully : ). But Caleb thinks it was tough because he had to fight the cold. He was placed in the hall with 200 students, i was in a classroom that fit 40 students. So i was warmer. There were all together about 300 plus student. By the time we got home was almost 5pm. I was totally exhausted and starving. U know me la, my hands freezing all the time, how to eat.. couldn't digest the food in this type of position. When i reach home, Thank God for mom and Anna, they took care of the kids and cooked dinner! Just in time. Ate Hokkien Mee! AHA! Home cooked by Anna, it was nice. The other day we had beef rendang man! ok ok.. all these is making me hungry. So we had dinner then we had a skype appointment with Caleb's family. (Thank Di William for helping us out to set up Skype for them, You are an amazing person, always there when we need you. Thanks!)
When i reached home, i was having a bad headache.. so that made the night terrible and i slept early. Couldn't blog..sorry guys.
Thanks for all your love and concerns. I'm touched... received an sms from Van from Zürich. (thanks Van, so surprised!) I knew i had to update my blog.

Today, after church, i promised my kids we'll make play dough and when it's dry they can paint them. So that was exactly what we did. Tomorrow, will be another week starts.. so fast. Caleb has to wake up early to get on to 2 trains to class. Yup, the week goes by again.
Oh, Tuesday, Caylie's school.. yeah.. she'll go to school by 9am, as usual, then they'll be going on an excursion, i think a trip to the science center by bus. It's organized by the school like a field trip, but it's in the school hours, so no extra day needed. She's so excited talking about it..and she wrote that on the calender.

Oh, Is it father's day?? In Australia, they celebrate Father's Day in September. So it's on a different date. Please try to wish my dad for me, i usually get my kids to wish him Happy Grandpa's Day! I know it's too late now, that's ok, but if you see him during the week, or something. thanks! Of cause i'll wish him too..definitely. What happened in VVC for father's day? did anyone pray for dad?

We will blog the Ielst results when we get it in 2 weeks time.

Ielst this Sat!

2008-06-12T22:12:00.002+10:00

The tension is building in me as Caleb and i have been studying for this exam. Please pray along with us. Caleb needs to get a miracle 7! i'm ok, i just need a 5. But we are both aiming for a 8! : )
Even tough it's just English, but we are rusty la.. especially with internet English, and the help of Ms Word auto correct.. Caleb trying to write, because he is so used to his PDA writing. Now, he writes funny.. But we still pray and believe that God will help us out.
I thank God for Jo Bo and Rob who have been keeping in touch with us and encouraging us.
Just finish doing exam prep paper, essay writing... now sleepy and tired. Good night. How are you doing? u have a prayer request? Feel free to share, then we can all pray together! and Experience miracles and share the power of prayer over internet! :)

Ielst is coming...

2008-06-11T21:25:00.004+10:00

I haven't been blogging regularly due to a flu that we are fighting. The kids are recovering from a flu and Caleb was sick today. U know how fluish one can feel at times.. so..
I thank God for a good day today, when out and had an enjoyable time teaching the boyz. I took some pics of them homeschooling.

Today is a holiday

2008-06-09T21:47:00.005+10:00

Watching our boyz have fun at the playground make my day.

Dylan helping Dayson to climb up the slide.

It's a holiday today, so we took the kids out to the 'Duck park'. They love it there!
Caylie loves the swing.

I thank the Lord for such beautiful children, and they are strong and healthy. Seeing them, i wish in my heart that i could feel as free and happy as them.

A long and tired day

2008-06-09T00:13:00.002+10:00

Today is a long and tired day but an enjoyable day too. After church we had lunch with Mom's former cell girl and sheep. Then rush home to settle some errands then had a fun dinner with Joey and Ebbie and kids. Caleb cooked dinner, "Hailamnese Chicken Rice (Pardon the spelling) Yummy! Will show you pic tomorrow. It's pass 12 mid night now, i'm really sleepy, we just reached home 20 minutes ago.
I thank God for bringing people, friends, into our lives. We meet some interesting people from all walks of life and really get to know them and learn from them. God has been connecting us with people. Praise God! Feeling sleepy.
Good night. Tell me, how was church today? Miss ya all.. Take care.

Thank you Lord for a wonderful day.

2008-06-08T00:24:00.004+10:00

The scenery by the farm.

I thank God for such a wonderful day at the farm with Mom, Ebbie, Joey , Ryan and Noel and with Caleb and our kids. (Caylie, Dylan, Dayson). It was enjoyable.
Followed by a visit from a distant relative friend.
Then Dinner with Ebbie and family and fun filled ViiFit games! So fun...
Today has been exciting. Thank You Lord for making all these possible.

A day on the Farm

2008-06-07T23:50:00.014+10:00

Funny, Caleb trying to feed the little bird.

Dylan totally enjoyed himself.

A lunch picnic at the Farm.
Spending time with love ones made it all perfect.

The special ones who made the day so enjoyable!

Sheep (We can bottle feed the baby lambs during the spring!)
There were sheep, cows, goats, peacock, horses, genie pigs, ducks, chickens, geese, pigs.
Feeding the goats.
Goats in the fields.

Peacock in the barn.

Mom just came back from ministering in Gold Coast with dad. They had a heavy schedule there but fulfilling. Mom is still very much involved in minister here, the Gold Coast, M'sia (VVC) even tough not seen there, thanks to emailing, skype, she's still involved in the church. Rumors has said she's on sabbatical. (not true) Ministry has kept mom busy even here. She communicates daily to key people in the church and in ministry.

Caylie and Ryan having a great time with the animals.

Caleb busy taking pictures of us. I'm sure he will have some nicer pics in his blog. Enjoy.

Another miracle

2008-06-05T23:55:00.002+10:00

Believe it or not!
Something to Thank God for today: I Thank God for an unexpected blessing for a special couple. They came to my home and brought me a big surprise! Really unexpected! I want to thank God for showing me love and provision. Taking time to Thank the Lord everyday and Praising Him bring joy to Him and releases blessings.
I am still in the Word on God Reigns and I am experiencing it more and more each day. In every part and in every situation of our Day, I need to allow God to Reign over every time and situation of my day. That He may be glorified.
I am glad that Caleb helped me to upgrade my blog site too! : )
Tomorrow will be another day of thanksgiving to God. Today is simply amazing!

Before you sleep tonight, take a moment and thank the Lord for at least one thing you enjoyed for today. Even tough your day is dull and simple, still thank God for keeping you safe, providing for you and blessing you with health and strength and protection.

Praise is the power of heaven, Praise is the power that Opens the Doors to the King. When i feel i'm in this situation, I will purposely take a moment, and Praise God! Then watch things take a turn for the better.

Busy Day

2008-06-04T20:24:00.002+10:00

It's one of those busy days, didn't manage to take pictures because my camera is with Caleb. So, lack on photos.
Something to thank God for today:
I thank God for the weather, not that cold today. It's warmer then yesterday. Also thank God for the time spent with Joey, Noel and Ryan. It was fun with the boyz (Dylan, Dayson, Ryan , Noel). I enjoyed myself with them.
Will try to load some photos tomorrow.

Winter is here

2008-06-03T19:57:00.002+10:00

It's below 10 degrees. Today it's 8 degrees at about 5pm. Winter is here, most of the people are now bundled up.. hats/caps, gloves, scarf, .. the mornings, it's misty. Cold. Still, my hero cycled to class today. I wonder how people can still cycle in all the cold. When we talk, you can see the mist , u know like in the shows. My hands were so cold, i couldn't write. Numb. Days are short, time flies.
Something to Thank God for today: I thank God for SMS. We're so happy and blessed, when we received a news at 10pm last night, that someone special is planning to come to Melbourne for a visit in December. So touched... because we understand the distance, the financial constrains and having to save up for a flight ticket.. all in all.. it's love. I pray that God will provide and bless this special one. It's the thoughts that count as well. I thank God for knowing such lovely people and I am blessed by these ones. Being here and missing dear ones teaches me to cherish them while I still can and love them while they can receive love.

Another miracle

2008-06-02T20:30:00.003+10:00

God Reigns!! Yes, an unexpected blessing. Just share with you a simple blessing. Caleb's first day to class, he has to take the train near our place. Train and trams are the convenient way to move about (Of cause besides cars). I need the car to fetch Caylie to school and back. I can walk too, but if Dayson is tired and wants me to carry him ... 'oh boy'. So, sometimes i use the car when i know the kids are tired. Ok, so back to Caleb's train. He went to the ticket machine to buy a ticket for the day, then he saw a AUD10 sticking out of the machine! What a blessing! God provided him the ticket for the day. That was God's provision. Every day we thank God for His provision to us. He never failed! Amazing huh. So that was the miracle of the day. Thank You Lord. U can experience it too, Declare God Reigns, and spent some time to pray and talk with Him, He hears us. I think i pray more here then ever. It's a road of faith for us, it's an experience with Him in our lives.

Ok, more news on Caylie's school . (For mothers, but if you're not you can still feel free to read.) Some of my dear friends are mothers and are interested in the schools here.. so...
Parents are encouraged to join the Monday assembly. So, today, the interesting even coming up is Christmas in July. (Interesting). It's a special event organized by the school, all parents are encouraged to attend. I wouldn't want to miss it. July is very cold, it's mid winter. So that's why it's like Christmas. They have amazing ideas and every week they would announce interesting programs for that week. This week involves only the grade 3 and 4 for the museum outing. Also there was a violin performed by a 8th year old. Every week they give out certificates of recognition, every class has at least one student who would receive a cert. It's to encourage children to be good and to progress. It's a good system. Then after assembly, there's the parents coffee time, where parents get to meet other parents and mix around. I didn't stay for that, coz of my 2 boyz. I am very happy for Caylie as she is enjoying it.

This is a photo of the first week of school when we were here.
Caylie's class performing with the music instruments during the Monday assembly. (sorry, picture not so clear). they are playing xylophones.

Hey, It's Sunday!

2008-06-01T21:14:00.003+10:00

This is how the tram looks...

This blog gives me life! Everyday, i look forward for the time, my kids sleep, and blog. I enjoy reading the comments. So, thank you.
I've been on my spiritual journal on "the Power of 'God Reigns'" in my life. Ever since i've been declaring that, i find things turning around for good. Yesterday, during Caleb's personal worship, i heard him sing and played the guitar, "And every time i pray, i move the hand of God..." u know that song? Powerful huh. It spoke right into my spirit and i knew God loves me and He's watching over me. Such peace came upon me and i felt blessed. It was so life giving.. too bad we don't know how to sing the verse, hey maybe you can teach me. : )

The Cycling fun

2008-05-31T22:02:00.003+10:00

It's sometimes easier to cycle then to drive. Safe petrol and gas, and a form of exercise. The weather is cool too. Caleb likes to cycle, just found out today that he use to ride a BMX bicycle and try out stuns with friends when he was younger.. So he got his gears and is ready for some rides.
It's good to see him excited over cycling. Here there are bicycle lanes as well.

Daddy taking each one on their rides!

Hold on tied don't let go..

Dylan, all ready for his bicycle ride with daddy.