Away from distractions...

The day before we were to have this older girls' meeting, I realised that only one girl, Joanna, had replied to say she was coming. I panicked. We can't have a meeting with just one girl! Then I remembered that numbers don't matter to God. If He wanted only one girl to come, that was fine with me:) I sent out smses to remind everyone about the meeting and I found out that eight girls were planning on coming. Praise the Lord! 

Together, we spent a nice quiet afternoon at the Botanic Gardens.

While the sun shone and the crickets chirpped, we fellowshipped, shared thoughts, and most importantly, spent an hour alone in God's word and prayer:) 

The topic of our meeting was David - a man after God's own heart. 

We studied passages in the Bible and excerpts from books that explained to us how... 

1.     David worshipped God 

"One thing have I desired of the Lord. That will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beuaty of the Lord, and to inquire at his temple." Psalms 27:4  

2.     David searched his heart 

"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting," Psalms 139:23-24  

3.     David delighted in God's word 

"I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart." Psalms 40:8 

I was encouraged to hear the girls' sharing about what they had learned and wanted to apply:) 

Pray that we will all persevere to change in the ways the Lord has shown us!  

In your hectic day to day life, do you find it hard to find time where you can unhurriedly study the Bible and pray? For me, the solution is to specifically put aside the time and to do it in a park because there are less distractions. I pray that you will do so today!

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Outings with Bright Lights girls

I just thought I would add some things to what Jolynn posted before this.
It was a blessing having the Bright Lights team from America come to Singapore and Malaysia! They were very encouraging to all of us, and a huge blessing in many ways! Without them, all the conferences would be impossible. :) Here are some of the places we went with them in Singapore while they were with us in September...
Hort Park! (Dani's hilarious...)
East Coast Park! It was so hot. Haha:) It was their first day here and we went on a long, long bike ride from ECP to Changi and back. Even though they were jet-lagged, they still managed the ride really well!
From left to right: Liz, Priscilla, Petra, Naomi and Chrissy

Little India: Chelsea takes a big bite of Sev Puri or something of the sort
Singapore Zoo, on a tram ride!
On the ferry to Pulau Ubin where we went cycling on a tough terrain trail. It was pretty challenging, but fun, and we were rewarded by a lot of food at Auntie Suzi's house after that. :)
Sentosa: Jolynn, Sarah, Chrissy, Abigail and Nickie, who is talking about a concept in Bright Lights
Chrissy and Dani chased this gecko they found at the beach, and they actually caught it (in Chrissy's shirt) and played with it, to the terror (?) of some of the girls. :)
Dani and Chrissy proudly holding their new friend Balancing on a coconut tree! It was not easy to stand up there! haha.

We miss the Bright Lights girls very, very much! It was great having them, and we sure enjoyed it too! <3

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Escape Theme Park... continued

Here are more pictures of our Escape Theme Park outing! :)



Another group picture at the entrance of the park











On the viking ship! (a lot of us got dizzy)















Serving one another... Phoebe and the bags.
(Petra, Phoebe and I did not want to go on the Inverter like the rest of them so we helped them carry their bags)















Sarah, Joy and Petra chugging along on the choo-choo train







And here we are on the ferris wheel...








Say cheese, Joy and Phoebe!


















Liz and Jolynn:

"Don't forget about us!"
















You're so high in the air... But I'm higher than you!
Smile, Pris and Evan!:)










Okay, that's mostly it. We had lots of fun and I certainly hope we can do it again sometime! :)

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Escape Theme Park outing!

We went to Escape Theme Park last Saturday! We had lots of fun!
Here are some group pictures...


And a nearer view...

We had lots of fun!

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