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Hi Friends,

It's always the weekend that there's so much for me to share and to start my week with. There is really so much thought and i guess it's really because of my free time for reflection especially on Saturday.

Well, this morning I had a very bad tiff with my Uncle, Kenny's father and of course, my dearest mother was involved. I was so affected by it the whole day .. thank Jesus for giving me the grace to persevere in Church and not allowing it to affect the ministry that God has called me into. With regards to ministry, I will give more details later. For now, I will concentrate on my thoughts with regards to my relationship with my uncle. Well, it all started with some comments he made about me. He mentioned that i was so inefficient in getting things done when he asked me to help him. I felt insulted and accused because I have been moving here and there serving people and i felt not being appreciated. Moreover, with so much expectation from the family, I felt very pressured. Subconsciously, because of my great desire to please our Lord, I have been giving a lot of pressure to myself by doing the best as I could serve and to please him. Perhaps, our Lord did not even expect much from me, it just that i am expecting alot from myserlf. I was so affected by this event that I wrote a letter to God during Catechism (i'll explain more later). And this is what the Lord was trying to tell me in all this, and that He knows that I have been trying my best to serve Him and His people and He told me that I will just do my best and God will do the rest. And indeed, it was really liberating when I decided to make the decision to forgive my uncle and reconciled with him. That also include my discussion with my mother. I felt that it has made me realised that in through all this arguments, that God bring us closer together. It enable me to understand another person better. Praise be to God!!!

With regards to Catechism, I must really thank God for this wonderful bunch of Catechism students. Today, we tried something new ... relating to journaling. I actually encouraged them to write a letter to Jesus, sharing about an event that happened over the week. After which, they have been encouraged to write a letter back to themselves, with grace of the Holy Spirit, expecting a reply from Jesus. A number of them were touched by what happened... Moreover, a number of them shared openly and honestly what really touched them and to share what God is trying to tell them.

Next I would like to affirm the message that God brought to us in the begining of the year as to how he is goinng to move things in our Commmunity. I was once again being affirmed with the fact that God is a creative God, a God who made new things. As we celebrate a new beginnging and chapter of our Community, something that is really very new in our Community, especially after 7 - 8 years of living Community life that we finally have a Core Team to lead the Community more and more towards Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 43:18 - 19

"Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not;
See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?"

Thanks.

With Love,
YOur brother in Christ,
Colin Sng


If not for His grace, I guess I would have this mentality that says ... "I don't feel like doing it" mentality. In any case, God is really Good is helping me through. First with my catechism class .. i am really so proud of them .. they really have grown so much in their faith journey. They are beginning to take ownwership of their faith.

Thanks.

With Love,
Your brother in Christ,
Colin Sng