The date of the mission trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah has been confirmed. It will be a 4 days trip and we are so happy that we managed to get one of our ex-church members to help with our business. If we can have him for long term then hubby can plan to go for more mission trips which is his passion, his calling.

Yet again, I am stuck here with my own mission to raise Godly children. I thought marrying a soon-to-be missionary, I will be able to go for mission trip more often but I am so wrong. My last mission trip was to Sarawak a few months before we got engaged. After that, I’m stuck at home.

Anyhow, I am trying to help in anyway that I can besides praying for the team. I am hoping to be able to sell more Mr Plattie (Soft Toy) so that I can contribute to the mission fund. Unfortunately, I only managed to sell 2 Platties.

I did post my intention in FB but most of them “Like” my status and commented that I have a good heart. Don’t just “Like” and compliment me, support my good intention by buying some Platties for your kids lar.

This year, if God willing we will leave our hometown 3 times to go a weekend vacation. This will be a record breaker. Since I am married to my husband, we never get to leave our hometown more that twice a year due to his busyness with church and work.

Our family weekend vacation to Genting Highland is confirmed. We will be up there end of this month. This weekend vacation is sponsored by my dear advertisers. I have been saving up my USD for this trip for quite a while.

I was just telling hubby that after his mission trip to Sabah this September, we should make a weekend trip to Cameron Highland to visit a missionary family there. We have been telling them that we will visit since they left Kupang and started serving in Cameron Highland. This year is the best time coz come next year, we will be homebound.

So I suggested we go in October so that I can have time to accumulate my online income for this trip. At first I thought this weekend vacation will be cheaper than Genting coz we do not have to pay for accommodation coz we will be staying in their house but hubby said otherwise. We need to spend double that our Genting trip. Oh! The other half is to give them as love offering. A VERY expensive accommodation! I don’t think I will have enough for the other half and that I have to leave to hubby.

Last night, hubby suggested that we sign up for church camp which will be held this August. We will have the church camp at Port Dickson. Yippie! Another family weekend vacation for us.

Sunday is the only day that we get to be together as a family the whole day. Sunday is the only day that we can have lunch and dinner with hubby. Sunday is the only day that our children can have their daddy.

Sunday is also church day and the only day that hubby can fellowship with other church members. On other days, hubby will be at work from morning till night. He will have his tapau-ed food from home for lunch and dinner.

I don’t mind if the church takes away my hubby once or twice a month on Sunday but not 2 weeks in a row and for lunch and dinner on the same day. You want him but we NEED him.

I guess the choice is hubby’s. He got to be wise in choosing between his family and church.

I was surprised when hubby told me that he will be preaching again on Sunday. He told me that only only managed to preach 2 points and there is another 2 points to go but time did not allow him to do so. Tu lar…speak slow-mo.

This is the first time I came across a preacher that needs to continue his sermon the next Sunday. Those who preaches in series got lar.

Dear, dear, next time speak faster ok? Don’t be so long-winded.

That was hubby’s sermon last Sunday. For the first time, he preaches in Malay in church. He preached in Malay before but that was during mission trips to the Orang Asli and the Sarawakians.

How I wish I can share what his sermon was all about. As always, I am stuck in the Mother’s room trying very hard to listen to the sermon while other mothers chit-chat, their children busy playing and preventing my own baby from escaping the Mother’s room.

Hubby was supposed to preach just now but his preaching was postponed because one of pastor’s missionary friends from China came for a visit and she shared a long testimony; the length of a sermon.

Hubby is fine with it because some how, we knew that something will happen in church today and hubby won’t be preaching. Furthermore, hubby is not well prepared for this preaching and he will be preaching in BM.

So now, he has a week to fine tune his sermon and preach to the walls in BM. ;P

Sunday is the only day when we can have him the whole day. Almost. 10am-1pm we will be in church. After that it is family day.

Unfortunately, since hubby can’t join the church activities on weekdays, they shifted the meetings and men’s fellowship on Sunday night. So far, every other Sunday, hubby will be away from 7pm-10pm. By the time he comes home, all of us will be asleep coz the next day is school day. So we only have him to ourselves for 6 hours or so.

*sigh*

Hubby preached in church last Sunday. Honestly, I have no idea what was his sermon’s title! All I know that he preached about shining to the world, good Christian role model, be a good Christian role model and about the book Emotional Purity. He even brought a lollipop and licked it in front of the congregation! Go read the book and you will know what I am talking about.

A few hours before the preaching started, that was around 6am, I woke up from my nightmare and went to look for hubby to tell him about the nightmare and to be comforted by him.

It so happened that the dream coincide which his preaching topic and he shared it with the congregation! How embarrassing!!! Not only that, he went further and shared some personal stuff. The moment he said “Lastly…” I let go a long sigh of relief!

How I wish I was an Ostrich and I can stuff my head in a hole.

Hubby came home from church telling me that one of the pastors mother out of a sudden went into coma. The pastor requested the senior pastor to come pray for her mother and she got out from the coma. The mother instead scolded her for asking the senior pastor to come pray for her because the senior pastor is a very busy person!

Didn’t she realised that if the senior pastor has not come to pray for her, she might still be in coma??? She so funny lar.

The daughter said, “If she can scold people already, means she is very alive.”

I was quite upset when I was told by one of the mothers that mothers are no longer allowed to accompany their children in Sunday School.

This means that those 2-3 years old won’t be attending Sunday School because they are still mommy’s boy or girl. I wonder what is their purpose of having a Sunday School.

We want to start them young, letting them getting used to Sunday School but when we are not allowed to be there, our son and daughter won’t stay too.

Even though my girls are 6yo & 5yo, they have not get used to Sunday School in the current church I am attending because we always skip church. So they still wants me to be around until they have settle down for their lesson then I leave. This is not allowed too. They said that we are interrupting with their Sunday School programme. Me, standing at one corner and watching them is called interrupting???

I know who is the one who suggested this. He has only a son and his whole clan is attending the church; from the worship leader to the Sunday School teacher. Of course his son won’t have any problem getting around in church.

Since hubby is comfortable in that church, I will just let him serve there and I am thinking of going to another church with my children that has a more parent-child Sunday School kinda set-up. I was a Sunday School teacher too and I never shoo away the parents. They are much welcome to assist me and encourage their children to participate in any activities that has been laid for them.

I can rant on and on about this but I shall stop here and go find out what is an industrial clamps for!

Hubby may be able to get use the BM/English service but not me. I am ok with the sermons in BM/English but not the worship. I just can’t worship with BM songs. Malay is my first language but now, it is no longer my mother tongue. I think in English most of the time. Whatever I hear in Malay, my brain will automatically translates them to English!

For example, yesterday when I was at the government clinic doing my first check-up with them, I was asked, “Suami kamu bekerja dekat mana?” My mind translate the “dekat” to “near” whereby the actual meaning of word that the nurse meant was “at” (i only realised it when i see my clinic book!). So instead of giving hubby’s shop address, I told her that he works near Giant!

I dunno lar. Maybe I did not try hard enough.

After a month of skipping church due to sickness finally we were back to church today. We went to church but hubby did not enter the main service hall. He sat outside the main door, next to the toilet. Like “Jaga” for the toilet only!

Well, he can’t enter the hall because he was punished for skipping church for a month!

No lar…am just kidding. He can’t stand the air-cond due to his coughing. He even wore 3 layers of clothing!

We hope and pray that he will be completely healed by coming weekend.

My hubby preached in the church last week. He had preached there twice before this. He told me that he has mixed feelings when asked to preach. There is the feeling of anxious of not knowing how the preaching will turn out to be. Yet he also feel excited of being given the chance to preach again and he looks forward to be able to preach regularly.

In the previous church, hubby had preached on more occasions and all his preaching is recorded and taped. I am not sure whether the church has tape drives but they keep all the recorded VCDs and tapes in the church library. I was surprised to be given my hubby’s preaching tape after the church service. Unfortunately, I do not have any tape player when I can play and listen to my hubby’s message.

Bought it by the beach at RM28. It is supposed to be RM30 but 2 buttons came out so we asked for another RM2 discount.

In the book of Malachi, the Lord accused the people of being unfaithful. The men were divorcing their wives. God says that He hates divorce because divorce would not fulfill God’s purpose for marriage. God’s purpose for marriage is so that we can build up godly offspring. Furthermore, when a man and woman are married, they are one in spirit and flesh. Divorce breaks the spiritual union of the married couple. God warns not to break faith with the wife of your youth. Marriage is an important role in every human being.

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Not during altar call in church just now. With 2 kids hanging on my legs, I don’t think I can be slained. hehehe

Last night I dreamt that I was slain in the spirit. Wow! The feeling was awesome and so wonderful. I really miss that touch of God. I can’t remember when was the last time I was slain in the spirit. Maybe during campus days where I am really opened and desire for God’s touch in my life.

What happened now? I dunno. As time passes by, there are so many things happened in my life. My heart are hardened to the spiritual things. I have this kinda thoughts that those that are slain have some kind of problem in their life that is why they need the touch from God.

God has blessed me in so many ways. In a way, I think that I am okay, I have all the basic things in life. No complaints. Ok lar a little bit here and there but I can do without it.

I guess God is reminding me that I do need His touch or He wants to touch me or maybe there’s this inner desire to be in God’s presence, to be touched by God.

I learned something new this week.

A Pastor of a church is like a Shepherd. His church members are his sheep.

Sheep likes to wonder around and the Shepherd will go after that sheep.

So a Pastor’s job is to show care and concern towards his church member. Chasing after sheep is his job.

So, can a Shepherd blame the sheep or punish the sheep if the sheep does not go to him?

If in the first place, the Shepherd never show concern, never build that close relationship with the sheep, do you expect the sheep to get close to you?

We had lunch after the service with Pastor and her staff. We have 3 ladies running the church.

Since hubby’s calling and passion is in the mission work, he has been given the responsibility to organize a mission trip to Sarawak soon. It will be after June. I am so excited about it. Looks like I will going to my first mission trip after a long 7 years of “holiday”. After I got married and have children, I am stuck here under my “coconut shell”.

Now I really have to start keeping myself fit. Not only to slim down but for the coming mission trip.

All of us always ask this question, “How Can I Receive God’s Blessings?”

I go to church every week, I pay tithe, I give to the needy, I behaved well etc but I have not receive God’s blessings. Where did I go wrong?

I have the answer to that question. Yes! I know How We Can Receive God’s Blessings.

Easy only…

No 1. Read Psalm 1
No 2. Memorize Psalm 1
No 3. Meditate Psalm 1
No 4. Apply Psalm 1

And whatever you do will prosper. Not I say one know. God said that.

Here is Psalm 1: 1-3

1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

That was what hubby preached just now in church. =) Maybe one day I should get hubby to preach about addiction treatment through the Word of God.

I better go memorize my Psalm 1 now. =P