Last Monday, Lil and I consolidated our thots on homeschooling and made a decision together that we’d like to homeschool Josh. This process has gone on for the past few months…

For me, this is a one of the most significant decision for my family. It is also one key decision tied in with our parenting philosophy. How we arrived at this decision is a surprise even to us… =)

Few years back, this whole idea of homeschooling was nothing more than a foreign idea. I may of heard of it, but may have thot it’s only for people who don’t fit in to normal school.

But over the course of the past few years, with several different exposures to families who homeschool, and seeing the benefits of doing something like that ourselves, Lil and I found ourselves (individually) slowly opening up to the idea of doing it ourselves.

We’ll share more with you our journey… but for now.. suffice to say that we need your prayers. For God to lead and guide us in this process. For his strength and wisdom

Yesterday, our team had an extended time to pray together… We 1st met at Labrador park.. sat at a high point, overlooking the see, it was a beautiful setting! Then we went back to office, had juices (it was a juice fast that day for all!) and continued in pray for our core values, for the lost etc. It was really a good time!

In the morning, Pat shared fr Joel, about the 5 C’s of Revival… Also shared about 2 things that prevent revival from taking place… our ‘unrepentant heart‘, and our need for a ‘sense of respectability‘- the need to look like we’re ok in front of others, even when we’re really not.

We had some time to make some personal reflections.. and I thought about another obstacle to true revival.. and that’s ‘Counterfeits‘, another C. The world seems to offer all kinds of things that may seem to give a semblance of ‘revival’. Yet we know all of these are merely ‘fakes’ and substitute for the real thing. The irony is that our appetites tend to be for such things… We readily yearn for these instant gratifications in life, even though we know they don’t fully satisfy.

Father, help me to learn and grow to identify the fakes, and know quickly that they don’t satisfy…
Most of all, help me find my treasure in You. Cos’ where my treasure is, there my heart will be too! Thanks that this is upon you heart, and you’ll answer this prayer! =)

Since her triple-heart bypass on 31st July, she’s been recovering rather well.
we’re thankful for God’s protection over her life…

She was discharged last Friday.. and have been staying at Lil’s youngest brothers place in Pasir Ris.

Thanks for many who rally around us in prayer and encouragement… it meant a lot to us during this rather stressful time. =)

pls continue to pray for mom and dad to be open to the gospel…
we pray for her whenever we visit her.. and she welcomes it. but we are praying for a significant breakthrough in their understanding of who Christ is to them, and invite Him into their lives!

Dear Simon
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that you labor in the Lord is not in vain- May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon you and may He establish the work of your hand.
(a small gift for you) Love, Selena

This little note scribbled on a post-it note, and stuck to a check came to me in an envelope last week on Thursday… and it couldn’t have come at a better time!

With several people issues, work challenges, fear of unknown, and many self-doubts in my mind.. I was beginning to wonder if what I’m doing really mattered. I could feel myself emotionally, mentally and spiritually tired… and meanwhile… God knew the exact words I needed to hear from his word.

And so with precision timing, he led my cousin Selena to pen those words (probably unbeknownst to her what I was going thru) and got it delivered just at the right time for me to read it, and hear Him say to me: “I love you, my precious child”