Smile at Future!

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

I got this message by randomly pick up the newyear card given by church.
Yeah, for i know this is a message for me to keep producing those fruits. I know that i am not a perfect individual. Last year and last month, I was thinking of new resolution for this year. Eventhough my wishes for long years hasn't been a real yet, I still believe that God has already answered and given to me. Step by step, I believe I am moving according to God's perfect plan.

Last year:
I met a lot of friends in church. And I settled in a church.
I went to BROMO mt. and ride a horse.
I joined a cellgroup.
I took singer audition but failed. but it's okay. And I joined Christmas Choir and performed on 24 Dec. I was happy.
I went traveling with church friends :).
I joined a retreat.
I got chronic back pain. God taught me to have a careful heart, and have warmer heart. Now, I can wear my highheels again :).
I learnt a lot of things.

For sure, I am smiling at my future because i have Jesus who always guide me.

Be Happy, Healthy and Fruitful! Happy Newyear !!!

Hope

No doubt, no worries
Because I know You
Just trust You, In You I have a hope
You had healed me, You had fulfilled my dream
I saw miracle happened to other believers and to me too.
You had taught me a faith.
I know there is a plan from You of all these circumstances.
All these is in Your control.
You are teaching me, strengthening me, and shaping me…
Give thank always to You oh Lord
I am going to get well soon!ID

Jeremiah 29:11-12 (New International Version)
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

My Story with Frog

It's been almost 2 months I got lower back pain after came back from long hours journey in car from Penang to Singapore.
It's frustrated, depressed, and make me sad. for at moment, I can't run and play badminton.
Everyday I have to do stretching. I have seen doctors.

Today, I went swimming. they said swimming can cure back pain. so, what style is good for curing. My landlord who ever experience back pain said the frog style.
Hahaha..I don't know to do this style. maybe I have to learn the frog style.

Frog, remind me to my biology class in high school. That time, teacher asked all group to bring a green frog to the laboratory.
I was the leader of one of group. and all the members are girls. So with my group, we went to farm to look for a green frog. luckily, heavy rain just happened last night.
Finally, I saw a frog. I didn't think too much. I just caught the frog with my right hand and scream!! I was scared actually. especially this type of frog. this is not real green frog. this frog is the most ugly one with some pimples on its body. I run and run and scream but still held the frog tightly. All people who lived there could hear me. All my friends run to me too and bring plastic bag to me. We were happy to have a frog. I was happy but with pale face.

Till we brought the frog to school and we cut it. My teacher cut the frog leg, then i follow cut the other side of the frog leg. I felt well after the experiment. id

One of Wishes Completed

How happy I am!
Yeah who is not happy if they can reach their wish. or dream come true.
It's been long time, I knew my parents wanted to visit their relative in china especially my father. Yeah our grand (grand grand) father came from China especially in Meizhou county where all the people in the province speaks hakka.

I did researched about how to go to Meizhou. Thanks to Hakka United group in Facebook, from this group i collected information to visit Meizhou. Of course, we wanted to know Hakka Culture deeply by visiting this area.

I knew My parents had a hope to visit this place someday.

In 2010, when i was a jobless. I ever told my parents, that we will visit Meizhou someday. they just smiled.
Then, I got Job in Seoul again. I was thinking that it's gonna be difficult to bring them to meizhou.
After i got my current Job, here in Singapore. I told to my parents again that we will go to Meizhou, but they were not ready yet.

Anyway, after few months, when i was free and still had remaining leaves. I pushed my parents especially my father that we will go to Meizhou. They said that they had no money. I told them that I paid the flight tickets. Then, finally I told them, I will pay everything. I will bear everything (Hotel, Transportation, meals, etc).

Then, who know I got bonus semester. Although the amount was not so big, but it might help me to support our trip.

Then 9 Oct in the morning, we flied to Guangzhou by budget airlines. we didn't use any travel agent or tour guide. we just traveled free & easy since my father can read and speak chinese well. From guangzhou, we took bus to Meizhou. Our trip had no detail plan for everyday activities. Even my father had no phone number and detail address to visit his brother (cousin).

For three nights we stayed in Meizhou in hotel, We chartered taxi to bring us sightseeing in Meizhou and to see hakka tulou in dapu and yongding, because we couldn't find local tour. So we knew the traditional house of our ancestor.

During three days, my father oftenly asked people he met about
"zhong buk ban", the place where my grand father from, and where many zhong families lives there. Nobody know. Even I tried to check internet but useless.

Then we moved to my mom's relatives place. we had their phone number and address, but we never met them. We stayed 2 nights overthere. eventhough we couldn't sleep well but we were happy to meet them. They are too many, cannot remember all.

One of sister, siau ching ( i called her sister), brought us to see around the city. In the bus, again my father asked somebody. But they didn't know the place. Then we had lunch together again with my mom's brothers. Finally my father could remember another information of the place, "sam gak gi" which now is called sam gak zen. The sister asked somebody (driver) who know the place to bring us. And we had to say goodbye to them. Gonna miss them. My mom's brother informed to their uncle in Guangzhou. Then they asked us to visit him in Guangzhou.

In our journey to sam gak zen, the driver oftenly asked somebody who know the place we looked for. He asked to some people. Finally, we saw small town and we stopped beside a man who were standing at the street. This guy know the place. we showed him photo of the people that we were looking for. He suddenly said that the man is his grandfather. wow! We were happy especially my father, tears came out from his eyes.

Finally all big family from my father side met, they are from xinning and shenzhen too. wow, it was very big family. We stayed for 1 night. then we had to move to Guangzhou.

At Guangzhou, my sukkung and his family treated us very well too. Wow, blessing came down on us. We never expected that we received many blessing from all families in china.
And you know, i counted the amount of money we spent, include transportation in sinagpore & Indonesia and visa and all in china include airline ticket. All just nice, about same amount to my bonus. wow, thanks God for everything.

note: there were a lot of lessons and funny things during our trip.
- We had to speak Bahasa Indonesia (not hakka anymore) when we talked something secret. But we oftenly forgot. hope they couldn't understand due to our hakka dialect.
- We enjoyed all the food. And accidentally, i ate dog meat again. waaaa....
- My parents spoke hakka mixed with bahasa, not because they didn't know the word but because it's habit in Indonesia...hahahaha...sometime I reminded them...
- I learnt hakka chinese culture especially tea.
- My parents got a lot of angpao. blesssing...before we thought that we would spend a lot of money to give our relatives angpao.

I am gonna miss this trip moment.

"What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived". The things God has prepared for those who love him." I Cor 2:9

ID.

A review after a year

Dear Reader,

I have been completed living in Singapore for a year. I like this city or country. I have learned many things within a year. I think it's because of the language. This city is also save. and of courese, I am more close to my family who was living in Indonesia. Through any kind relationship, I've learned a lot. Thanks to God who has allowed me to live in Singapore. I'd like to settle in Singapore, and until i get marry, maybe i have to follow my future husband.

Eventhough it's quite boring to spend weekend in this small country, but i still like Singapore because knowledge and information is easy to get.
But still I don't like to stay in apartment. I meant i don't expect to retire in small apartment because I like garden.

The company where i work currently sent me to Europe last October. It was my first time to cross from Asia. It's Italy. I've never thought that i will be sent to Europe. Eventhough It's short trip but i was happy. I could visit Bergamo, Milan and Venice!.
And now I am going to Meizhou where my anccestor came from. I will go with my parents. Thanks to God who give me chance to bring my parents to visit our ancestor place. ID

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Eph 3:20

I am His branches

“You are the branches that are being cleaned”.


This message was very strong and kept repeating in my ears. I got this message from God after I prayed and I was asking God to tell me what I should do. That time, I was very confused, frustrated, and desperate.
I was at the end of my third year in Korea, August 2010. I wanted to leave Korea and planned not to continue my contract. But I was confused, because I didn’t have yet new job if I leave Korea. I was thinking of my parents. I had to feed them took care of them. My father was not working anymore.

After I heard this message, I told God that I would not take any actions I would not end my contract. I would just surrender to God, give up everything to God. And I still wished maybe I could find new job till the end of year and I would resign at the end of year. I told to my Egyptian friend (Mahmoud) that I would continue my contract.

Few days later, about a month before 16 Sept 2010, I was told by my boss that I couldn’t continue my contract and I had to leave Korea on 16 Sept 2010. I was very broken that time. But I could accept the decision, and I would do my plan that is to find Job in Singapore. The working place that I’ve dreamed so much because it’s nearby to my hometown. I was very sad because I had to leave my friends in Korea. I was very busy looking for new job, I tried to get job in Singapore but I also sent my CV to Indonesia. Some friends help me.

After the news, at weekend (Saturday), I was going to have a picnic that was arranged by DMF. DMF is English worship service church of Yoido Full Gospel Church. It was my first time to join them. I joined them because I need a change, I hoped I could change my life. But who knows I should leave Korea. During the picnic, I was surprised by some sisters. They were very warm. They hug me and very welcome me. It was my first time to meet them. Unfortunately I had to leave Korea. We went to Cheonju. I started to like DMF people.

16th Sept 2010, I left Korea. I left my beloved friends, my colleagues, my bosses, my church friends. I was crying in my bus driver car during the journey from Anyang city to Airport. I contacted some closed friends. I cried a lot. And I cried in plane during the journey from Korea to Jakarta. After I arrived Jakarta, Tintin (ex-housemate in Jakarta) picked me up. I had two interviews about 7-10 days in Jakarta. Then I went to Pekanbaru and finally Dumai. Everyday I sent my cv to Singapore. I planned to go to Singapore after a month in Dumai. I also took driving lesson. Everyday I prayed and asked God to give me sign to move on and not stuck in Dumai. Basically I was accepted by one company in Jakarta but still in negotiation state. I was not feeling peaceful working in Jakarta. I told God I wanted to try Singapore. “Please give me a sign so that I can leave Indonesia and try to get job in Singapore”.

Few days later, one company in Singapore invited me for interview at the end of October. I was very happy. I attended the interview, I was accepted but the offering was disappointing. Many head hunters contacted me but no progress. Then I decided to take the job from the local company. I had to come to the office on Monday to apply employment pass. I felt no peaceful. I was confused. I asked God please give me sign so that I know whether it’s His will or not.
On Sunday, I attended to City Harvest Church for the first time. I knew this Church from Christa (my church friend in Korea). That time Ps. Kong Hee preached about seasons in Christian people life. He explained the season one by one and finally to Winter Season. He explained during the winter, people cleaned the dry branches so that it could produce more life. I was reminded to God message when I was in Korea, “You are the branches that are being cleaned”. I was crying and believed new life will come after winter season on my life.

On Monday, I found that the contract condition of the local company was disappointing. Because I asked God to give me a sign through the contract, I didn’t take the Job. I negotiated before I decided, but no result. Still didn’t have job, I was worry of my future. I decided to have Job in Indonesia. I called one of Indonesian company that already gave me offering, but seem the company already forgot me. It was at the end of year, difficult to find jobs. Few days later, a Korean company asked me to go to Jakarta for interview. Basically, I didn’t want to go back and work in Korea anymore. Yes, I missed Korea too much and missed my friends too much. I will give chance to Korea again. I was reminded to obey. Just obey and go back to Korea even though I didn’t like.

Early of December, I signed the contract with the Korean company. I though I had time to look for Job beside Korean Company. During waiting for my visa to Korea, I had two another interviews in good companies in Indonesia. I was accepted but I felt no satisfy again with the offerings. Basically, it’s because I had no heart to work in Jakarta anymore.
I flied back to Korea, and just obeyed. I hope I could like the Company and would be feel happy. I was thinking to change my driving license to Korean license too. Who knows I couldn’t happy by working for the company. I was very busy and worked under pressure everyday. It’s really Korean Culture. My boss was a stubborn man, workaholic, forced me left home late, and always complaint. My team mates was two faces kind of people. They told bad things about me to my boss and treated me very bad and unprofessional.
Again I asked God. What happened????!!!.....I complained and cried. I was very sad, I was thinking to leave my job and run away from Korea. My ex-colleagues from previous company also left me. They never had time to meet me. I missed them very much. I was very broken. I lost everything.

When I came back to Korea, I attended DMF again. I met again the sisters that ever had picnic to Cheonju together. They were very friendly and warm. Sunny, Jojo, Steffanie, Grace, Jinjoo, and Young-ah. Because I had no close friends anymore, I met them. They welcomed me to join their cellgroup. From the pastor Kwon speech, and the cellgroup fellowship. Slowly I learnt to keep in faith on God. I practiced the 4th Dimension that was preached by Ps. Kwon every Sunday. Slowly I could accept my condition and forget my ex-colleagues. Sometime God guided me so that I could have a breakthrough in life. I asked for breakthrough in life. Everyday I prayed and claimed, tried to think positively and changed my life-style (sleep late) and to sleep earlier, to pray earlier, to send my CV again, to have regular fasting, and to do exercise.
I was contacted by some head hunters from any countries. And finally I attended an interview in Singapore during my vacation after 6 months working for the 2nd company in Korea. I was accepted and got much better offering and even almost double than the first local company in Singapore that ever offered me. I was very very happy. I couldn’t imagine. God answered my pray. God blessed me very much. Even I could get free ticket that I never thought to leave Korea. I was so blessed. I am happy with everything and new life in Singapore.

Before I left Korea, God reminded me again. That time was earlier of Autumn. I went picnic for the 2nd time with DMF people. At the mountain, I found and picked some fruits. Autumn is my favorite season. I remembered again the Speech of Ps. Kong hee last year and about God message that telling me I was in winter condition. During the picnic, as if God said "you are in Harvest time”.

" ...I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful....." John 15:1-2

Thank you Jesus. ID

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