I think Anne is getting married!

Ryan

Okay OAKers here are the P6ers list and who you're supposed to take.

Ryan is taking Geoff
Milikyjo is taking Hannah
Gab Loo is taking Jocelyn
Elza is taking Natalie
Kenneth is taking Amanda
Joel Chua is taking Samuel
Deborah is taking Hannah Quah (DVD's sister)
Jia Min is taking Tammy
Junting is taking Emmanuel and Keith
Joycelyn is taking Danielle
Alex is taking Biron (he's a guy)
David Quah is taking Amanda Ong
I'm taking Song Heng.

Instructions:

1) Pray and write the prayer or some encouragement on any piece of paper, along with a verse you wish to share with or pray over them.

2) Try to come down either Thursday 7pm or Saturday 12pm at the Pink House to write your message on a nicer piece of paper and help paint the gifts.

3) If you cannot come down on either days, send me your message and verse by email so I can write it down for you.

That is all, thank you. Haha.

Hello guys! Sorry this is a bit late.

This Sat we'll meet at 5pm at the Pink House, then after that we can go for dinner together!
What we'll be doing is to think of gift ideas that the p6s might like and might help them feel more welcome in JYM.

The Cebu people made us gifts and prayed for us while we were still in singapore and they didn't know any of us yet. But as Christians, they knew were welcoming fellow brothers and sisters. This sense of "family" I feel (my humble opinion) is kinda low in Singapore, Christians tend to live in our comfort groups and the wider body doesn't really cross our minds. So I thought this is what we can bring to JYM, that we can take hospitality in JYM to a higher level. Not so much in giving better gifts (last year's painted mirrors were very good already), but in getting together so we can give more heart.

And of course just come to relive oak times la! Ok?! Set boh? Haha. If you can't make it just sms me. If you didn't go Cebu it's not a problem!! We are oak!!

Ryan

Joel Pang says:

Got resemblance or not? Hahaha. I LOL-ed in office when I saw that.

Goodbye Oak!



More photos on facebook.Check it out. (:

Joel Pang says:

Herro guys! How're the new cell groups? Hope you're having as much fun as you had in Oak haha. Anyway, this message is from Anne, for Ryan, Joycelyn, and Junting.

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Hi Ryan, Joycelyn and Junting,
I am very much thankful to God for the willingness of your heart to be a blessing and serving me through your giving. It is a great blessing. Thank you for remembering me here in YWAM cebu and what God has called me to do.

Thank you so much for investing with me and for becoming a channel of God's blessing through your giving. I am very much grateful and thankful to God.

Thank you once again :)

ever thankful and grateful,
Anne

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#355 Hello guys, i know we always wanted to make a music video, but we never had the chance. But it is okay, i've made one, and hopefully it'll make do for now. Until the next cell outing, that is(:




So, that's my farewell gift to all of you, and i really love you guys man. Hopefully next year, we still can continue to grow with each other even in different cell groups.

With much love <3
L

Hey Oak-ers

2 years had passed. i can see everyone grown up more mature and opening up. Soon we gonna spilt into new cells. boohoo! sad right. We bonded together as we walked on the journey on how God had called us to be part of His works - camp,christmas@BV,Mission,etc. It is really interesting. How wonderful our Lord plan and direct. (:

Colossians 2:6: So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him.

Check out our Acs(I) boy, A3lex.

2009 Reflection? Hi. Kenneth here.

SEE. THIS IS PROOF ALEX.




Hahah. ok. i really have nothing better to do apart from homework so im just amusing myself.

Sorry I haven't got down to writing my reflections, but oh man, I'm beginning to feel sad that Oak's gonna go! It's been my habit to come to this blog every few days. And all those times spewing ice at alex haha. And much more of course. How precious to me are the memories of Oak, were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.

Ryan

Joel Pang says:

Herro guys! As a new year begins and our Oak cell ends, I'll take the chance to say my last words.

First and foremost, Oak has been a real blast for me haha. I really didn't want to change cells and I wanted to be with you guys for another year or so, but I'm beginning to see the good out of changing la, which is to build new bridges.

For me, the cell is a great way to build these bridges. These bridges can be used in times of trouble, when one wants to escape their own island, and I have had the privilege of hearing some of you guys out. As you guys move on to your new cells, I do hope that I can still be a support in some way.

I hope that this blog can still be updated so that we know what's going on with each other's minds. All the sharings here have been a blessing and encouragement to me, and all the random stuff have brought me loads of laughter. I will never forget Alex's Zebra fishes HAHAHA. Oh and Joycelyn's grain in her brain. HAHA.

I do hope that we can have little cell outings here and there, but I guess some of you guys will find your new cell more fun or something haha.

I can truly say that each one of you is unique here in Oak, and after these 2 years, I can say that none of you are replaceable or unimportant. It doesn't matter if you don't talk much during cell, or if you've been with us during mission trip, or even if you come irregularly - cause each one of you contribute in different ways, and, like a jigsaw puzzle, complete the picture of Oak. The corner is not any less important as the centrepiece, for a lack of any would render the picture incomplete.

It has been a real blessing knowing you guys, and well it's not farewell cause we'll still be seeing each other around, and Alex is planning the next cell outing. HAHAHA.

"You can't be a social activist without being a contemplative." These words of the author Jim Wallis (God's Politics) really struck me recently. It re-affirms this idea that worship and justice cannot be separated - they are two sides of the same coin. In loving the poor, the weak and abused we are in fact loving Jesus. In spending time contemplating the beauty, wonder, faithfulness and might of God we are inspired to love as He loves, to be full of compassion in the way He is.

When we look at the world, marred by pain and brokenness, a world in which people murder, rape and destroy, we can lose any sense of hope. The Nazi camp survivor, Corrie Ten Boom, who was exposed to the most horrific injustices once said, "If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest." In worship our perspective changes. Our minds are renewed, our souls are refreshed and our hearts begin to believe again. It's in the presence of God that we are empowered to be a people that make a difference.

Hey Oakers
Check out the birthday boy here:





haha. Happy Birthday Ryan! I hope you can learn a trick or two from here. And try to show us how you did that dance. hehe.

Camp Set Apart Reflections Before the Japan Trip, i was already straying away from God. Not quickly, but surely i was. I was getting less intimate, being less ready for him. I was unable to feel connected to him anymore, so to speak, i felt he was moving away from me. Quiet time had no effect, in fact it was a chore, or so to speak, boring. I felt like a typical non-christian, forced upon a task to do quiet time daily, even though it was not my kinda thing. But i couldn't find a cure to it, i didn't know what was happening, i was searching deep inside me a reason, or a sin which i've not let God known about. But i failed, i couldn't find any.

When i was in Japan, to say the truth, i didn't enjoy it. Because something wasn't right inside me, Life didn't seem like Life, and Without God, it was purely living hell on Earth. There was no intimacy nothing at all, and it was worrying. At night i would cry silently for God to return, but nothing happens, i was dejected, i was losing faith, i was demoralize!

When i came back from Japan, i knew in 2 days time i'm gonna go to a camp, but this was the first time i wasn't excited for the camp, i had no enthusiasm, i had no aim, i had no objective, no goal! I just wanted to get it done and over with, i didn't expect to meet God there, i didn't expect anything!

When the last night of the camp approached, before i went into the ballroom, i told God this " If you're God, then let this night count." However, I didn't have the faith anything would happen.

However, something weird happened during worship though, the worship was excellent, but more importantly the spirit was moving strongly. The first time i experienced an alter call during worship, and everything was delayed because Mike wanted God to finish doing what He was doing.

It was a great alter call, as you can see what God was doing in each individual lives.. But i was more uncertain about myself, because i felt nothing, and as the alter call was coming to a close, i knew, that was it, i wouldn't have a revival for this camp. But when Mike said " Can we have the worship team to play 1 last song " Kaimin came to pray for me, i was quite shocked at first, but i thought, yeah alright, i'd just pray and i'd see what God would do.

He mainly prayed for 1 thing, to surrender fully to God things, that i've hidden back, i've not surrendered fully. And when he said that, i knew yeah, this was it, this was what God wanted me to do. It all just somehow clicked together, the missing puzzles became living puzzles. I knew what i had to do, i went to the right of the ballroom and i just knelt down. The moment i touched the floor, i couldn't stop my tears anymore, it was overwhelming, God's love, God's peace, God's mercies, God's grace. It all came back to me, the assistance he has given me, the strength, the power, the anointing. This was How Great my God is.

Submission to God is obedience, Sub-Submission is dis-obedience. I can't give anything half heartedly to God, that is purely disobedience, and i was a fool all along, thinking i can hide some stuff, or i can only give half and keep the rest to myself. But God is omni-present, he knows everything, what foolishness i was in. The subtle state of mind. God was transforming me, from pillars of weakness that surrounded me, to pillars of strength and power. The Empowering from God keeps man Alive and the Love of God keeps man Moving.

God, give us strength, empower us, so that we can do your Work on Earth. We can do what you do, because we can see what our Father in Heaven is doing. Keep us safe in your arms, never let us Go, show us what you want us to do, and give us the required empowerment to do it. With you, definitely, nothing is impossible.

Let us be Authentic in our prayer lives, yet Bold in our spiritual walk, but more importantly courageous in doing God's work on Earth.

-Junting

Herro guys, update from our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ working in Cebu:

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