Missions in Japan.

Settling back in Singapore. 

Back to work in PWMS.

Travelling for holidays again. 

Meeting ZA. 

Thankful for the experiences and the goodness of God.

And so... because today is 22/02/2022, it deserve a post!

turns out it is also a national cat day in Japan. (whatttt)

にゃん にゃん にゃん　にに/に

Can't really remember what i wanted to type, but 1st thing today that came to my mind.

38 weeks down, 14 more weeks to go. approx 3.25 months!

i'm counting down till end of CPTP (end May), also counting down till we head to Japan (in mid March if possible), also counting down the number of devotion/IP duty that i have, and counting down to the time that i should seek for a new job.

This is very bad. when you start counting down again.

Happy New Year. 2022.

I am not coming up with any new year resolutions, cos i know i cannot fulfill them. instead of being disappointed at the end of the year, might as well don't have them. :p 

I was excited for this week because, on Tuesday morning, we all get to gather in Tampines for the All-Staff Prayer meeting and Friday morning, our teams gathered for a combined Prayer meeting too. I do not mind praying, really, just not too many pointers!!! HAHA. Since CPTP2 started, i don't think I attended a physical Sunday service in Tampines. Partly is due to the restriction cos of Covid, and then in July, we started out our VFC Japan online service. So on Tuesday morning, to be gathered in the main hall with real groups of people (hahaha), it felt good. There is really a different dynamic when we gather in groups! When we worship God, when we pray, when we learn of the Word. That's why it is so important for everyone to be in a Connect Group and also be in a physical service for worship!

Yesterday (Friday morning),  our 6 Japan teams + 1 Philippines team gathered in Tampines for prayer. It was led by a few pastors and SCs. Bro John Tan started off with sharing from the bible a few verses that were relevant to the Year 2022. 

Receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Recognising that prayer is a prophecy of the future.

Signs, wonders and miracles will follow.

John 20:22

Acts 20:22

Acts 2:22

Isaiah 8:18

Meditate on the word of God; speak to one another in psalms and hymns

Phil 4:18

The doors shall be open and not be shut.

Isaiah 22:22

Micah 2:13

God, you need to continue to overflow me with your Holy Spirit!!

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The last time the 5 teams gathered was in July during our CPTP2 training. Ideally we should meet again in Japan Tokyo or in our CPTP4 transition, but we met again 5 months later in VFC Tampines.

It felt like a reunion, so much catching up with one another from various team. The encouragement, the tips, the fulfilment that some of us shared. There will never be another time like this when missionary teams are still waiting in Sg for their deployment to Japan / Philippines, doing missions work online. This combined prayer was timely because it serves me as a reminder again, and i just needed some more ministering hahaha. 

Talked to a few people, about their CGs, contacts, intention for extension, how they run their programs, what we do on our free days etc.. maybe just for me, but I really felt happy and encouraged because I know that I am not alone! I always dwell and wallow in self-pity HAHA, but when i saw them, i was reminded that 'hey, we are ALL in this together!'. and somebody else can relate to me! Is really a different kind of missions for VFC.

I was looking at the Salt & Light article last Thursday, that was published because of LoveSingapore Summit 2022. 

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The results are really phenomenal, and God is definitely doing a great work in Japan, even by doing it ONLINE! Who will ever expect?! But you know, it is the waiting that is tiring. 

waiting - to get into Japan. and then i have to sing this song to remind myself - "Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord", God's timing is good and perfect. 

So actually, maybe all these can be God's way of protection for us too. 

Just last night, there was an earthquake that happened in Kyushu Island (Oita, Beppu, Miyazaki, Kumamoto). We could have been there and experience it too, so in a way, we can thank God that we are not there physically.

Yet again, we still desire to go into Japan! serious, 1 month, i also dun mind!!

有时我想知道，为什么工作分配不均等。

 I try to sleep early (if i'm not on IP duty the next day; cos I always got no inspiration till the end), every night. but sometimes sleeping early doesn't equate to having a good sleep. I tend to wake up in the middle of the night and always worry about the time / if i overslept. 

I really can't.

What more, if it's gonna be a new family. 

It's so hard to get along.

The struggles are really damn real!

I am so thankful for yesterday! The contact responded and joined us for an online meeting and she's willing to meet again next week!! 

I managed to meet the other contact yesterday night too. i think i haven't met him for 3-4 weeks. Cos always last minute got something etc. quite surprised with his updates LOL. his job especially. haha.

Anyway I sprain my neck or something on Sunday when i took a nap. It still hurts, feels so much in pain, and Salonpas doesn't seem to be working.... 

It's Saturday today. Really a super long day. I'm on devotion/IP duty (LOL sorry i use the word duty...), and we are on cooking duty today too (is the cleanup/wash up that is a bit demanding). Later i'm going to meet a contact at 7pm, we have online meetup events at 8pm and 9pm, and ends around 10pm. 

I really struggling to keep up. I want to do my best, but sometimes i think i should just release and let God do it. Sometimes ironically, doing my best in my opinion, turned out to be not good in peoples' eyes. and when I tried to be flexible / not be too hard up, it turned out to be my best in peoples' eyes. oh, i cannot understand. Sorry, rant.