Chiang Mai, missions

Being on a missions trip has always been an enthralling task for me and I believe to most of us who long to see the very core and feel heartbeat of God to His creation. While Sarawak has been a regular visit for us youthalivers, Chaing Mai was a whole new dimension to look at.

Apart from being different in the terminals that we should go(international than domestic), we've got ourselves into a place where Thai is not our language, we couldn't easily communicate with them in Bahasa like we did in Sarawak and the diverse culture. But though we may not origin from a similar background, but we do bear the love and joy of being rescued and treasured by Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.

To have the opportunity to be there was just mind blowing. As Ps. Gideon and I got down the plane, my mind was just overwhelmed by thoughts of not doing or coping well with the leadership seminar and loads of worries just bogged in unnoticed. In my heart, I told God that I'm going to totally rely on Him and move on even though things seem to be blinding to me at that moment. So, off we went to Mae Wang church, where we were greeted by Ps Somsak's family. I got the chance to speak to some of the youths there and they were simply down-to-earth, magnificent people who're willing to spend the next few days being trained by Ps. Gideon.

Ps. Gideon kick-started the meeting with his power pack leadership materials =). I must say that him in action is just an inspiration-a heart that's devoted to see God's people equipped and armed with His word. Soon, we came up with a structure, a strategy, a goal for them to achieve for their own youths. " youth camps, english camps, music classes...." suggests the enthusiastic youths while they were brain storming. I had nothing else but to offer them the utmost respect for their passion for Christ in reaching out to their community.

Well, there came the last day of the seminar when I was responsible to share with them about prayer. The butterflies in my tummy were ever so ready to flutter! the night before I just sat in our room and prayed. As I opened my mouth, I just felt God's peace and assurance as I gave them this one little knowledge that I held dear-prayer. We had a fun time just talking and discussing with one another with our trusty translator Ladee.

The day before we left, we had a worship session with the church in Thai. As we were just worshipping, I drew back and literally saw a praying and worshipping church. His presence was just all over the place , as the water cover the seas(Habakkuk) and for the final day, we prayed, dedicated the whole youth and church to God and many responded to the altar call Ps. gave. It never cease to amaze me where 6 people gave their lives to Jesus-beautiful!

So..... join us next year? see Ps. Gideon in action plus his parang and widlife fettish,.......... There's so many things to say. But next year, if you are ready, do grab hold of this opportunity to bless other in chaing mai. Remember that we're blessed to be a blessing! God is and will always be faithful in all He does and all we need to do is trust in the hope that never fails.

Samson

About Amzing R(race)....

hey guys...about amazing race...i've been there twice plus this one..so it was really really fun although i'm the only guy in that team with su ann :)
Anyway,i had fun playing this game with road blocks , detour and some other thingss hehe and and and before this amazing race ... one of my team members din get to go for this thing and we just hav four fellow...and and although we got a lil bit problem solving the puzzle..hehe but we manage to win other team and we got up to number four..isn't it amazing..cheh wah :D

But if you guys just missed it ..it's ok just be patient and wait for the next one yeaa!!!...love is patient rmbr :)
and coming back to the amazing race ...i really respect the driver for driving that fast .. hehe and and and i got something to tell ya "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
and while eating pau and bittergourd..i almost vomited...:D and i do hav prob eating that bittergourd it was yucckksss..hehe..although some of u like it a lot...btw in su ann's(driver) team got me(try guessing urself :D),esther and kelly yap...so,here i'm trying to say that teamwork bring success..so i just wanna thank God for everything that he has done for us in this game..Amen??

sorry guys for the picture...eventhough i din upload it...the picture is with someone else. :) anyway , The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. isn't it true guys..although i'm the only guy...but end up i know that eating pau in this game is kinda fun....adui...HAHA anyway i had lots and lots of funnn....do come for the next one yeaaaa...hehe :)

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

a race to remember.:)

there you see it.:)

my name tag for the race.
this is my first year joining this amazing G(race)..

came having no idea what to expect..but i went with a thrilled and excited heart..eager to have truck loads of fun..

and boy did i!!=D


btw, pictures are all jumbled up and not in order.;)

one of the many tasks-to eat 5 char siew paos!
our papa-homer simson did us proud! :)

marge and homer!!

lisa as lisa! :)

grace as BARTMAN.=D

a 5*5 puzzle.solving it brings us to our next clue..

all drenched.blast! =D

we got yielded!!!
*screamsandjumpsupanddownfeelingbengangandhelpless*
courtesy of you-know-who-you-are.;)
haha.but no worries.we hold no grudges! it's just a game.
plus.we must forgive by sunset.it's written in the Word.

the umbrella was given to us by a kind soul that saw us running under the heavy rain.
thank God for good samaritans!
makes us believe that there are still niceee people out there! :)

the optimistic mambo jumbos waiting for our time penalty.;)

if we could fly........

the family of weird, funny, cute, smart, burst, RANDOM, etc.

and that's the other maggie simpson.:)
great minds!

in the ktm on the way to SUBANG!

we missed the ktm by 5 secs.==

bartman is not that macho after all.haha.grace fell during the hike up to the 2-storey pondok.

God heard our prayers! the ktm was actually punctual!! right on the dot.

father and children.

fooling around in the ktm.:))

childrens will always be childrens.<3

tiredness seeping in..disappointment..xD

but all in all.in our hearts.....
we felt that...

we are CHAMPIONS! :)
everyone is.=D

but congrats to the REAL champions-the mc flurry team!!:)
you guys deserve the title.
and to the second and third place too!

my awesome possum mambo-ish teammates.;)

i had truck loads of FUN.

• running from carefour to taylors..

• trying to solve the 'code' under a sudden heavy downpour..with a time 'bomb'.

• eating what felt like 100* spicier than chilli padi!!!!! seriously.

• eating bitter gourd (we chose the raw one.genius.=p) and drinking zapper mixed with uhd strawberry milk? haha.

• driving on the road trying to beat the traffic (not recklessly of course.xD)

• hiking to what seems to be an unending journey all the way up! to a 2-storey pondok to collect a clue..(without any warm up!)
  

• eating 5 char siew paos.eewww.

• solving a crossword puzzle (this was easy for us as we had a pretty good knowledge on cartoons.hehe)

• taking photos with strangers (padang people staring at us like some kinda weirdos and bimbos..)

• trying to figure out ALL THE STATES IN THE WORLD listening to animaniacs singing (really challenging!! but really catchy tune.=p)

credits to the commitee member that have put in so much effort in making this race an enjoyable and successful one.:)
the toil and sweat.
Terima Kasih.

to our Father in Heaven that was watching over us the whole time, ensuring that we're safe, giving us good weather, and allowing us to have a great time.:)
to God be the glory.

looking forward to greather things ahead!
God bless and take care.:)

Homer testifies! amazing! hahah!

I am in this race is all because of the God’s help. Actually I have something going on that day, but then, I really wish that I could go on this race. So I decided to pray and ask God to give me the time to go for this race & my prayer worked!! My teammates are Chelsy, Andrea, Daniel Ng, Ben Yee (F1 driver) hehe.. We planned many things just before the race and we were all prepared one week before the race. We were all excited to go for the race because we knew that it will be a total fun day.

Our team came dressed as the Simpsons. I am homer, Daniel is Maggie, Ben Yee is Bart, Andrea is Marge and Chelsy is Lisa.

The most difficult task of the race for me was to climb up all the way to Taman Rakyat to retrieve the next clue. We were the 4th team to arrive up there and the 2nd team to come down. We went through many difficulties together. When we came down they ask us to choose a task – you can either choose to See or Hear (while Ps. Gideon was eating mee goreng ) hehe.. 2 teams actually arrived at this checkpoint first – team Mc Flurry and the other was our team but we managed to finish the task 1st.

We had lots of fun together with team Mc Flurry. We really enjoyed their teamwork. We went to the train station to take the train and just as we were about to buy our ticket & go inside I dropped my camera while climbing up the stairs. And because of that we missed the train and we had to wait another 45 min for the next train to arrive. As a result of that many more other team arrived while we waited.

I wish much more participant will join this race next year because it is very fun really…really…This race is not just fun but it also teaches us in that our life is just like being in a race. When we study, we “race” to score A’s and when we work we “race” to get money. This race also teaches us to take God as our Teammate and Team Leader to guide us in our race in life.

That’s all I want say and I hope more participant will join next year’s Amazing G(race)! Amen?

Calvin the HOMER.

Amazing (G)race - Denyse Chan.

This is really an experience for me...i have been thru many other games and stuff but this one is the best among all...I was not supposed to come but by God's help, my parents let me enjoy this awesome game.

my group was called the Bannitos. the group members were: Julian,me,XinJie,Heidi,ErnestChoong.

We had many tasks to complete even though we had problems but still we didn't complain and worked as a team to finish our tasks.There was this one task that we have to climb up the very high hill and find a 2 storey pondok. we managed to go up and retreive out next clue and down we go as a whole team. we din really know each other vry well but we get to know more about each other in this game when we had to work together and stuff.

I had alot of fun in this game it was an experience....its really awesome...if u missed out this year there is always a next year...you must join this amazing,exciting,brain twisting,and most of all fun race. I also met many new friends and get to know my friends better you can see their true colours coming out.

Eventhough my team din get top3 we got 11 we still got the gift of friendship and excitement.This amazing grace game i felt like it was the real thing but only in 1 state..its okay atleast i had loads of fun and laughter. I hope i can go next year . and next year my goal is to invite my frens to come and join us for this event. but trust me there is 1 advise dun wear slippers.Heidi got so many blisters on her feet but still had the strength to continue on the race.Its awesome and don't miss it next year yeaaaa...if u miss it u're sure gonna miss out all the fun and excitement people!