Beautiful Singapore

How can I thank the Lord enough for Singapore! It's such a wonderful country, and He's chosen me to be a Singaporean!!! I'm so thrilled and thankful.

I love the hot and humid weather to the max!! (That's also because I had really, really bad experience of the piercingly cold winter in London) And I love my family so much. I missed them when I was in London, and I want to cherish them now that we are together.

I am extremely happy and blessed to be back here. I believe the Lord has called me back for a reason, and I can't wait to discover what! :)

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My heart's also been turning towards the nation of China, since my Silk Road tour. Was led to this website (http://backtojerusalem.com), and was encouraged by the articles featured there. Got to know about this website from the book The Heavenly Man.

Do read it, to be encouraged personally, and to discover the amazing things Jesus is doing in the nations today!

Beautiful China

Went to China from 11-20th June, and it was a beautiful trip. China is beautiful, and I'm not just talking about the scenery... May the Lord bring me back there again.

We visited certain stops along the ancient Silk Road, and we went to Urumchi, Turpan, Jiayuguan, Jiuquan and Lanzhou.



Enjoy the photos!

The kids there love to pose, and are extremely friendly! This was taken by the Huo Yan Shan.

Ah Shuang, our tourguide in Chengdu

My dad, at the busy shopping district of Chun Xi Lu, Chengdu

We feasted like kings in every meal

Sheep were in our way!

The glorious Heavenly Lake, Urumqi

Sheep being shepherded

We had donkey rides in the desert of Urumqi.

Me and Nu Er Bi Ya, an Uighur, at Turpan.

My parents along the busy streets of Dun Huang

me and trainee tourguide, Hu Zhen Zhen (we're of the same age!)

2 kids we met at Lin Xia, near Lan Zhou.

Watch the videos I took in China on mu multiply site:
http://sonicsand.multiply.com/video/item/1

How shall I pray?

Are tears prayers, Lord?

Are screams prayers,
or groans,
or sighs,
or curses?

Can trembling hands be lifted to You,
or clenched fists,
or the cold sweat that trickles down my back,
or the cramps that knot my stomach?

Will You accept my prayers, Lord,
my real prayers,
rooted in the muck and mud and rock of my life,
and not just my pretty, cut-flower, gracefully arranged
bouquet of words?

Will You accept me, Lord,
as I really am,
messed up mixture of glory and grime?



Ted Loder
Guerrillas of Grace

A few moments my departure...

Dear God,

Someone once said that writing a novel is like driving at night with your headlights on - you can only see a few feet ahead, but you can make the entire trip that way.

Living a life is like that, too, I think. Certainly a life of faith.

Give me the grace, O God, to live such a life... and to realize that though the light given me is never as much as I would like, it is enough. It is enough.

(beautiful prayer by Ken Gire)



In an hour's time, I shut down my laptop, am disconnected from all online connections, rush to shop for gifts in Oxford Street for friends back home, board a plane, respire mid-air for 13 hours, touch down in a tropical island-country... and start a new chapter of my life.

Thank You, Lord. Your light for me shall be enough. Shall be enough.