Taiwan

The Taiwan trip was just fantastic...

Many lessons learnt... a few opportunities to think through of some stuff...

Okay... I just love the jungle... we went for quite a few adventurous hikes... one was at yang ming shan... the other 2 at hua lien... it was fun to go back to the wildlife... where I used to have so much training at.... Managed to apply some of the skills learnt from training last time... so least the SAF training didn't go down the drain....

There were many opportunities to serve each other... We helped each other... helped look out for one another... and helped encourage...

There were so many fun times that I cannot mention each and everyone of them... It was just really great to have such fellowship...

I particularly like the hostel too... cos it like made me remember of my army .. haha... it was like a 6 man bunk... double decker beds... we had to set the rules... and worked for the hygiene of one another... having the room to ourselves for the first 2 nights allowed us to have late night talks... haha.. it was super fun... all the brothers together... talking, sharing, praying... it was great...

The scenery at Hua Lien was breath-taking... The majestic gorges... the beautifully sculpted pebbles and rocks... the gushing waterfalls ... can't be accurately penned down... it's sad that i don't have a camera... but I'll definitely get some pictures from my brothers and sisters..

Well... there were some nights... I guess I was really tired... some may think i was at an emotional state... but I was just thinking through some stuff.. yeah... there were some incidents that sparked off my thinking... and realised that I hadn't fully entrusted some parts of my life to God... some things that I thought I did... but realised I didn't...

Then there was one night when I was again reminded that I depended on myself too much... when problems surfaced... the first thing I did was to try to settle myself... Olivia really believes in the power of prayer... and then she reminded me to pray... instead of being flustered and worrying and trying to solve myself... because then we faced some communication breakdown... and I had no contact with a group of people who were in a different cab....

Alas, everything turned out fine... and we met up with each other at the desired location...

There was another incident... when we were trying to bring Uncle James in for his sharing on some verses... but somehow or another... things were working against us... It started raining when we were singing songs of praises... and to make matters worse Uncle James had a bad migraine... I was thinking like there was some force working against us... and was a bit upset... but later on reminded that it was probably God's way of saying that that wasn't the best method to share to the seekers...

Thank God that through other methods... the gospel was succesfully shared to Winnie and Alene... though both yet to accept Him yet... but hopefully having the seed implanted in them... they'll one day learn that no gift is as great as the gift of salvation from God.... The reunion with your creator... with the being who loves you most...

Now... being back in Singapore... i'm not really used to everything yet... hahs... i think i'm 1/3 taiwanese... it feels so natural to be in taiwan... it's really a nice place.. and i get the feeling that this isn't the last trip to taiwan yet... ; )

Well... went for a swim today... back to my healthy diet after consuming all the oily foods in Taiwan... hahx... likely to go gym tomorrow... yay... okay shan't waste any more time today... will go and read some books... wanna finish my narnia books... bought them and didnt follow thru... a bit wasted... okay.. take care folks ; )