French course

Some of my coursemates.
Many didn't turn up since it was the last day of class and it was just checking our exam papers.

I've finished my French course in Shida [Taiwan National Normal University] last Friday.
I am happy in the sense that I'll have more 'free time' to rest or even travel around Taipei, since I am now counting down my days being in Taiwan.. a month left.

The exam's result was not bad. I didn't expect a lot this time due to my peak schedule that I didn't study as much as how I should.. -_-".

About the course, la professeur est Française. My classmates are all Taiwanese! I am the only Indonesian [foreign student]. I hardly communicate with them though, due to language barrier! French is so poor, neither my Chinese. O well. But they're still nice people to be with! ^^, And it was also an experience for me..

Variety Show

Tomorrow is D-Day!
My friends and I will be performing our skit ("My Everything"). There are 7 of us, plus another friend who helps us with the Power Point. Thanks Ester! =)

Practice went well today. In fact, it's been a wonderful time spent with them throughout all the practices. I am amazed how some of them who in the beginning were not showing so much interest in this, but now, they're so excited about it! Praise God!

ANd not only this skit that some of us are having tomorrow, but we're also joining the Choir team! We're going to sing Praise and Worship songs: Through it all, Above all, and My Redeemer lives. If you wonder how is it like, just click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDU8NyJaaPA&feature=channel

Please keep us in your prayer yah! All this we do to glorify Him, and as for the skit, we really hope to reach out others. We hope the message will easily be understood.

For me, I've learned so much throughout this all.. the planning, gathering people, practices, preparations, and so much more..

God bless,

Oh la la! [Say it in French accent! - U la la!]

Half of my day today was really gray [aka. Kelabu]..
.. I was not done with the teaching plan. There was one book I forgot to take home and thus, I couldn't prepare the materials for one of the classes.. Was stressed out and decided to go to Olive [place where I work in] to take the book and to prepare. BUT, it was not open at that time, so I had to come back to Fu da with nothing. At first, I thought of going home first (it was 11AM by the way) to take a very short-nap. Better than nothing, since my both physical and mind were not in a good mood. A short nap because at 12PM there was a Rehearsal for next week's performance.

But when the bus stopped at Fu da, I don't know why I stood up and got out of the bus. I think I felt fresher at that very moment after a few minutes of sleeping in the bus. Cool huh?! =P So, I decided to get myself a coffee (something which I prefer not to take - only during Emergency cases). I went to Easy Way with the thought of ordering the drink from an English menu. Yet, in fact there wasn't any, so instead, I ordered Green Tea as usual. "Buy safe". It works! It made me feel much better. And I went to the Computer Lab to do another lesson plan.

At 12 noon, I left the Lab for the Rehearsal. This time, I was still nervous and so much stressed within.. I prayed and prayed, asked God to give me the peace that I need. [There were 2 performances for me to rehearse]. But this wasn't so much of the reasons for my worries. It was more about the Lesson Plan that I had not finished..

But Praise God, Rehearsal went pretty well, although it wasn't something I expected, but it was alright.

At about 3++ PM we finished and left. I went to have my 'quick-late lunch'. I had 2 dumplings, a bao, and a Soya Milk (was it a lot, you think? =P).
Then went to print the teaching materials and après ça, I met a friend of mine who indeed contributed in making my day less stressful today. Thanks for that! Though you may not realise about it =)

At 3.45PM I reached the Teaching Centre and did the part that I had not done.

To make it short (I am really sleepy right now and kinda exhausted for the past few weeks, well, after the weekend, it should now be "For the Past Few Days"), I thank God for making everything went well. Day by day I learn to trust in Him more and more, for He is know what is best for me.

"Thank You Lord for bringing those beautiful faces to make my day brighter. ^^,"

Bonne nuit!
God bless!

Joyeux Anniversaire, Papa!

Special for daddy

Not to forget, another Happy Birthday wishes go to my friend who's also celebrating his bday today. Happy Blessed Birthday Aaron! ^^,

Go and tell the world

"It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.."
(Acts 4:20)

Now Peter and John couldn’t even contain themselves. They just had to speak, as if they would burst if they didn’t. They had to share the message that had so transformed their lives. Not only had they walked with Jesus, the Holy Spirit had come to live in their hearts. And not only that, they knew this gift was meant not just for them but for everyone.

“Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature”
(Mark 16:15)

God is ready to fill us with his Spirit and give us the zeal to share his life with others. He wants to give us the boldness to tell people about our hope in Jesus. He wants to help us share the gift of his salvation with our families, co-workers, neighbors, and even complete strangers. Let’s remember that Jesus, alive in our hearts, is overflowing with love for each person we meet..

Source: www.wau.org

Romans 10:14

"...And how could they know if they have not heard.
And how could they hear unless someone told them."
(Romans 10:14)

Easter Celebration

Overall, the event went well.
Though it was light raining and thus, we all - the forty of us - had to stay in the room (which made it quite crowded), everything was going alright. Praise God! Although some came without registration before, which at first made us quite surprised, because we didn't prepare so much. But in the end, still, everything was enough! PTL!

Started with singing songs and followed by a short talk by Fr. Luigi [from Italy]. Thanks to Huang Lao shi too for translating it into Chinese, for the Chinese speaking students.
Also, to Fr. Pras who led us in prayer before the lunch.

The lunch box that we ordered was just enough. Exactly enough! Praise God! We ordered 42 lunch boxes by the way. hehe.
Thanks also goes to Fr. Paskal and Damas(c)us. Fr. Paskal for coming and bringing the tart cake made by Damas(c)us. We saved money, yeay!

Next was the game session. It didn't turn up as how it was expected to be (one is because of the rain) but it still was going well. Thanks to Alix and BK for the ideas and leading the session. =) [I am really happy to see them excited when preparing the game:P]

After the game, it was singing songs again. This time we sang "With Christ in the Vessel". It was so enjoyable and funny! One was because there was action for the song and another was because there were parts of the song that were not to be sung, but the guys and the girls had to replace it with another words, like.. Guys: "huu.." ; Girls: "hey.." It was really funny! Thanks to Adalene for leading the song. =) The people were also supportive ^^,. They weren't so shy as how Asian usually are =P

The money collected today is not bad, too. By God's grace, although we still need to cover some costs, but it is not as much as what we may have imagined before. [He will make away, when there seems to be no way..].

Besides, we were also 'celebrating' those whose birthdays are in March and April. There is quite a number of them. =)

Not to forget, a BIG thank goes to Sr. Valentine for willingly lent us the Sister's place and helping us from planning, preparing til the event itself.

I hope the message of this Easter could reach everyone of them and they will open their hearts to Christ.

God bless,

A video taken during the game session.. [BK got the Prize! xoxo]

The call to evangelization

Waw! Today's readings meditation just so exactly strikes me.
It talks about the three characters in the readings, that are Hot [Jesus' disciples,, trying to convince everyone, esp. the Israelites that Jesus had risen!], Cold [the Chief Priests who were 'working hard' to wipe out any hint that Jesus may have risen], and the Lukewarm [the guards at the tomb-everyday men with families who were just trying to survive and who didn’t seem to care one way or the other what happened to Jesus].

And it says that these days many tend to have the Lukewarm character, who may think highly of Jesus, but whose convictions about him are not strong enough to make them want to dedicate their lives to serving him and his church. Besides, it also talks about the healings, the miracles, and the conversions that would happen if everyone were to answer the call to evangelization. And not to forget that so many people are trying hard but just haven’t come to know Jesus for who he truly is. So many are waiting to hear the good news.

It really strikes me. Especially now, when few of us are trying to spread the Good news to our friends here..

This coming Thursday we're gonna have an Easter celebration, so-called, in order to get together with them and to share this moment of Joy to one another. I could say that this event is the Biggest we've ever planned so far. Invitation was sent out through email yesterday and today. And tomorrow we're gonna give out the invitation by hand, meaning paper invitation. Til now, we're expecting about 20 people. More would be great.
There are a few concerns about this event though, like about the cost (cos we're gonna provide the Lunchboxes), the programmes-how we're gonna do this, who's gonna do this and that. But Praise God, everything is going well til now. We're blessed with the people around us who are willingly offering themselves to help us [You know who you are ^^,]. Thank you!

Yesterday, I spent almost the whole day at Nia's place. Both of us were putting words for the email, choosing songs as well as practising them. Thanks Nia for playing da keyboard! =P Tomorrow we're gonna have another last practise with Brother John (Indonesian brother who's gonna do the guitar part. =P).

Ok, that's about this Thursday. I am afraid if I continue typing, one night wouldn't be enough! lol.=p

Another thing is that we're having another 'Project' that is a Drama/Skit. (fyi, the idea is taken from My Everything skit. Song by Lifehouse). Today we had another practise. A problem did rise up, but again, Praise Praise God, for He made everything alright. We found the solution and the practise went well. Oh Okay, it went very well. =) I am excited for this, too!
This is to be performed on this 28th. And the prize [money] that we'll get (loose/win still gets a prize) is going for Charity. ^^,

On another note, I am also joining the Choir with my "Tong xue men" and this is also a form of evangelization [as said by the Father (Dean Officer) himself =).

And so, I am requesting a prayer request from you all.
I hope what we're all doing here is according to what He wants us to do. For it is Your will be done, not us(ours).

Thank you. God bless!