Here are some of the people we have met so far on our journey and the stories behind them:
We have to start with the people that we spent most of our time with in Melbourne. Selina has already written some about them so here are their pics again. Carrying Chrisa in the back row is Hui Li from Klang. Hau Wei from PJ is next to her. In the front row on the left is E-Lyn, Hau Wei’s younger sister, and next to her is Rachel from Sabah. Then there is the “mother” of the group, Peggen! They are a group of young people who are very warm and possess a very generous spirit.
Chrisalynn’s encounter with a student from Singapore at the PlanetKids Children Ministry when we attended Planetshakers City Church. She was a great help we were able to leave her to enjoy herself while we were at the service. Not something that we get to do very often as Chrisa has been rather “sticky”, esp to mom.
This is Michael and Vivien’s home cell (though there were 2 others who were not there on that day). Well, there is Albert and his wife (both originally from Sri Langka and in red). Then there is Angel from Hong Kong and her husband Brandon from KL (in the front right of the pic), and right in the middle is Heather, from Australia. Of course you can see Mike and Viv there as well. This cell is unique in the sense that they are from different churches. They started from doing the “40 days of Purpose” together and have continued to meet since then. It was encouraging to see people from different churches learning from one another and sharing their lives together.
And while the adults were having home cell, the kids were having their own thing. Seen here next to Nathalynn is Elisa who is now 12 yrs old and Esther on the right of the pic who is now 9 yrs of age. It has been almost 2 years that they last played together.
Pr Kelvin Sim from Johor Baru who is now pastoring Australia for Christ Fellowship. This is the church that Michael and Vivien have been attending in Melbourne. He has been doing that for the last one and a half years. When we arrived at Michael’s home, the whole family were saying that he looks like me, - thus the photo together. Well, we don’t think so, but you can judge for yourself.
Mr John who was one of the workers at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. He played a significant role for Ashlynn as she had left her bag in his “hut” and forgotten about it. When she realized that it was gone and began searching for it, tracing back her steps and hitting blanks, she realized that only God could bring it back. Just as she finished praying this man walks up to her with her bag. He had picked it up, and knowing who it belonged to, went round searching for her. I guess you can say that both their quests ended when they met each other again. It sort of reminds me of how God works similar things in different people’s lives at the same time, and when they meet and share, then only do we see a bigger picture of what God is doing even in individual lives.
This is a friendly boy by the name of David from China whom we met in the public library. He came and read together with us. The kids say that the people here and very friendly and that causes them to be conscious of what they do and to smile at people - Something that we all can learn.
The Crimson Rosella - the ones that were reported to have fed from my hand 7 times. Although Nathalynn claims that it is because of the colour of my t-shirt, I have my reservations about that theory as not many people were in red that day, but the birds were resting on some of them quite frequently as well.
As I realized, many people were “too eager” to have birds feed from their hands and this prompted them to keep looking up in anticipation. As the birds drew closer, they would stare even harder to the realization that these creatures opted for some other hand to feed from. The key then is to be patient, don’t move, and look away until the bird has rested on your hand. As I reflected on this, it reminded me of how sometimes we are so desperate for something to happen that it eats into our system and we get more frustrated within when we can't excercise patience. The joy and experience that was supposed to be is then no where to be found.
I have to add this in - "The Excel Loo”, a fully automatic toilet from the opening of the doors to the flushing system, soap and water to was your hands. All that except the part where you have to wipe yourself. ;) It caused a lot a “Ooo’s” and “Aahh’s” among the girls when we are at the park. I hear that they have also installed two of these in KL. The difference is that we went in this one for free but I if you were in KL, it will set you back RM2.00 if you want to ease yourself in a techno loo such as this one!
We have to start with the people that we spent most of our time with in Melbourne. Selina has already written some about them so here are their pics again. Carrying Chrisa in the back row is Hui Li from Klang. Hau Wei from PJ is next to her. In the front row on the left is E-Lyn, Hau Wei’s younger sister, and next to her is Rachel from Sabah. Then there is the “mother” of the group, Peggen! They are a group of young people who are very warm and possess a very generous spirit. 
Chrisalynn’s encounter with a student from Singapore at the PlanetKids Children Ministry when we attended Planetshakers City Church. She was a great help we were able to leave her to enjoy herself while we were at the service. Not something that we get to do very often as Chrisa has been rather “sticky”, esp to mom.
This is Michael and Vivien’s home cell (though there were 2 others who were not there on that day). Well, there is Albert and his wife (both originally from Sri Langka and in red). Then there is Angel from Hong Kong and her husband Brandon from KL (in the front right of the pic), and right in the middle is Heather, from Australia. Of course you can see Mike and Viv there as well. This cell is unique in the sense that they are from different churches. They started from doing the “40 days of Purpose” together and have continued to meet since then. It was encouraging to see people from different churches learning from one another and sharing their lives together.
And while the adults were having home cell, the kids were having their own thing. Seen here next to Nathalynn is Elisa who is now 12 yrs old and Esther on the right of the pic who is now 9 yrs of age. It has been almost 2 years that they last played together.
Pr Kelvin Sim from Johor Baru who is now pastoring Australia for Christ Fellowship. This is the church that Michael and Vivien have been attending in Melbourne. He has been doing that for the last one and a half years. When we arrived at Michael’s home, the whole family were saying that he looks like me, - thus the photo together. Well, we don’t think so, but you can judge for yourself.
Mr John who was one of the workers at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. He played a significant role for Ashlynn as she had left her bag in his “hut” and forgotten about it. When she realized that it was gone and began searching for it, tracing back her steps and hitting blanks, she realized that only God could bring it back. Just as she finished praying this man walks up to her with her bag. He had picked it up, and knowing who it belonged to, went round searching for her. I guess you can say that both their quests ended when they met each other again. It sort of reminds me of how God works similar things in different people’s lives at the same time, and when they meet and share, then only do we see a bigger picture of what God is doing even in individual lives.
This is a friendly boy by the name of David from China whom we met in the public library. He came and read together with us. The kids say that the people here and very friendly and that causes them to be conscious of what they do and to smile at people - Something that we all can learn.
The Crimson Rosella - the ones that were reported to have fed from my hand 7 times. Although Nathalynn claims that it is because of the colour of my t-shirt, I have my reservations about that theory as not many people were in red that day, but the birds were resting on some of them quite frequently as well.As I realized, many people were “too eager” to have birds feed from their hands and this prompted them to keep looking up in anticipation. As the birds drew closer, they would stare even harder to the realization that these creatures opted for some other hand to feed from. The key then is to be patient, don’t move, and look away until the bird has rested on your hand. As I reflected on this, it reminded me of how sometimes we are so desperate for something to happen that it eats into our system and we get more frustrated within when we can't excercise patience. The joy and experience that was supposed to be is then no where to be found.
I have to add this in - "The Excel Loo”, a fully automatic toilet from the opening of the doors to the flushing system, soap and water to was your hands. All that except the part where you have to wipe yourself. ;) It caused a lot a “Ooo’s” and “Aahh’s” among the girls when we are at the park. I hear that they have also installed two of these in KL. The difference is that we went in this one for free but I if you were in KL, it will set you back RM2.00 if you want to ease yourself in a techno loo such as this one!
