Wow, today was such a crazy day! it was definitely so much fun ~ First off, i just wanna say congratulations to Vicky, Michelle Q, Joyce, Daniel & Kevin for getting baptized. <3 All their testimonies were really good. But, i think the ones that touched the most were Vicky's and Daniel's. I thought that everyone in church all grew up in Christian families, but i guess i was wrong. It just touches me by how much they went through in their life, but yet with God's help, they found the courage to stand up on their feet again. It's really amazing how much God does for us in our life.

So today was our Holyween event ! (: Some of us stayed over at cemoe's house right after church finished so that we could set up for the event at around 6. (: hehe. it was so much fun, just chilling with everyone. some of us camwhored, and some of us sang while playing piano and guitar. (: IT was just so nice to to chill with everyone, joking around and talking about nothing ! ^^ Love that. it's sort of like a mini fellowship where we get to bond with each other even more!

Around 6, we went over to the sanctuary to start preparing for Holyween before the kids arrived. We finished setting up everything at exactly 7. Alot more kids than expected showed up, and we were all super happy~ And alot of BIG fellowship kids showed up too to help out. :D we were so grateful for that! We played 4 games, an animal game, scavenger hunt, baby picture matching game, and an untangling game. HEHE. all the games were super fun ! (: i think the highlight of the game night, was during the scavenger hunt, when esther & jessica said that each group needed to bring up 6 pairs of shoes, and rogers carried 5 pairs and had vicky ran behind him with the last pair of shoes. HAHA. it was so cute. he worship was good too! (: we sang 3 songs, awesome God, Blessed be the Name & This little light of mine . :D Overall, i think the event was very successful. Not only us BIG kids, but im sure the little kids had fun too. :D Thankyou God for being there with us today and guiding us through everything once again. <3

Hello blogspot. (: i just wanted to update this today. On saturday, was a funeral for Richard Tan, a 16 year old boy, who was diagnosed with brain cancer. He fought it for quite some time now, and unfortunately.. he passed away on Tuesday morning at 2AM while he was at home resting. On saturday, TGAC arrived at the funeral at around 9:10am. Right when i entered .. i wanted to cry. There were pictures from when Richard was born to when he graduated in grade 8 posted at the entrance. It broke my heart, the whole funeral. i just couldnt stop crying. Even typing this right now, and thinking back to Saturday, i'm tearing up all over again. It's horrible to see someone so young pass away. Richard had a huge future ahead of him, he had so much to still experience. I just can't imagine how hard it is for the Tan family. Losing the youngest son like that. No parent wants to see their child go before them. All the cries that i saw and heard that morning .. i just can't seem to erase it from my mind. Seeing how many tissues they used in just an hour .. completely broke my heart. Sitting there, i honestly just wished that Richard would just pop up and say he was only sleeping or something. just, something. i just wanted him to just wake up at that moment. Even till now, i still don't want to believe that he's gone from this world. I know how much he suffered here on earth, and he's finally able to be in heaven and can finally be in peace.. but a part of me just wants him back here on earth, attending TGAC, becoming closer to us, all healthy and smiling. I know Richard probably wouldn't want that though.

He fought a battle for such a long time. 3 months, having to endure such pain. He won though. He won the battle against his body because he was strong and brave, and he believed in God. And even till the very end, he asked his mother to attend church again. He strengthened his relationship with God, wanting to follow him forever, and got baptized. Everything he did, he put God first no matter what. It's sad for us to know that he's not here in this world anymore, but we should be happy. Happy because Richard is finally free from the pain, happy because he is finally resting beside God in heaven. Happy because we know that God is taking care of him up there. I just pray that the Tan family can try and also look at the positive things in this. I know it's hard for them, especially right now, but i know God is still with them, watching over them every step of the way.

Through this experience, we were able to open our eyes to see that life is only temporarily, and God can take it away from us whenever he wants. It shows just how fragile life is, and once it's gone, we can never get it back. Many people aren't grateful for what they have in this life, to just be able to walk, breathe, see, feel, hear, smell, taste and lots more. We should treat each day as our last because we never know what will happen tomorrow. One day we can be perfectly healthy, and the next, our bodies could fail us.

Rest in peace Richard, you will never be forgotten.♥

So last week was thanksgiving. There are so many things i'm grateful for in my life that God has blessed me with. But the one thing i'm really really super duper grateful for, was God blessing me to be able to have Esther in my life. I'm not just saying that cause i know she's gonna read my blog and whatnot. But honestly, if it wasn't for her, i wouldn't be where i am today with my relationship with God, i wouldn't have experienced so many things, and without her, i think i wouldn't be as happy as i am in life right now. Meeting her last November, it's amazing how much we been through together. She let me experience TC where i was able to experience God, and i was able to find my passion for God again, that i've been searching for my entire life. She allowed me to experience a church family. TGAC is like my second home, i know there would always be someone there that would listen to my problems if i ever went to them. If Esther never brought me to TGAC, i would have never met such amazing people there, nor would i have even known what TC was, and church just makes me so happy every week. What i've been missing in my life was God, and God used Esther to make a difference in the world, to bring more people closer to God. Because of Esther, not only myself, but my sister Jessica and even Kevin are alot closer to God now and i know we're alot happier with our lives. I'm also grateful towards Esther cause she's always there for me when i need a shoulder to lean on, and there's no one better than to talk to her about my problems because she knows what i go through, and she's so honest with me with what i should do with my problems. It's just a bonus cause it is easier to talk to a fellow Christian about things. :) & not to mention, she always has a way to make my day. Her cute little self never fails to make me laugh. I love it whenever i talk to her, even when she jokingly be mean to me. Well, all i can say is, Thankyou God for blessing me with Esther MAMA. I wouldn't be where i am today with my relationship with You if i never met her. <3

Hello Blogspot! :D it's been awhile ! i only decided to blog today cause Esther made me -___-"
First off, i just want to pray for Audrey to get better, as well as Pastor An. :)

So today, it was my first time leading Bible Study. I led with Joyce. :) I think i did horrible . D: i was so nervous this whole week, and today Esther tells me 'Pastor Brian is here, he might stay for Bible Study' LOL, i think i got even more scared. D: Today's Bible Study was about Forgiveness. It's such an ironic topic for me. There are so many people out there that has hurt me in the past, and yet i've never truly forgave them all. They all tried to make it up to me, but in the end, i just pushed them all away cause i was scared to let them back in, in case they hurt me again. Seemed like this Bible Study was directed to me in a way. That it should be now, that i should forgive those who has hurt me. I'm going to confront them, tell them how i feel, and get rid of any anger that i had for them. Not only does it make it hard on me when i see them at school or whatever, but i'm sure it's just as hard for them. hopefully, doing this, i can make a small change in this world not for others, but also for myself, so that i don't have to keep so much anger inside of me that will just kill me in the end.

I was really happy to see Andrew & Steven staying for lunch & fellowship today. :) They never usually stay, so i was surprised and happy. :D hehehe. Steven was super cute trying to catch fruit flies today. LOOOOL. I helped him find Ephesians today in the Bible, and he laughs at the page number. HAHAHAHA, so cute. :3 Andrew and i danced a bit to sorry sorry today when we were trying to think up of a scenario. $: i think that made my day. LOL. Anyways, i hope they continue to stay for fellowship every week, and bond with us more. :) Andrew seems to be getting there a bit more than Steven, so hope Steven can talk to us more, and open up to us. :) HAHA, i think that's it for now. $: BYE BYE BLOGSPOT, until next time. ;D