Greetings From Penang
Hei guys… finally I post something…. It’s not that there was nothing for me to write about… in fact there was too much to write about to the point that I didn’t have the time or stamina to keep up to the activities themselves, let alone post about em. So, without furtherer due, here goes nothing…
First of all… November and December holidays rocked… it was NCO Retreat, where we spent good time wisely deciding on what to do for 2008… man it’s a full year… I’m freakishly excited… you’ll see when it comes, it’s gonna be a bang.
Guys, my expectations are high, but possible… keep the flame, keep the stamina to pray… for with God, all things are possible.
Moving on was FBC Youth Camp: TRANSFORM US! It was a really cool camp… teaching us not to conform to worldly thinking, but be transformed with renewed minds in-line with God (Romans 12:2)
(for those who doesn’t know until now, First Baptist Church is my actual church… sure I visit FGA very frequently… but my home church and ministry is in FBC… now don’t take it the wrong way… I love FGA… it got me back to Christ, it was my love affair… but it also showed me what FBC is missing out on…which is why I hope to go back there and help)
Oh… in between I was working for BBHQ… publications and stuff like that… so my months were rather busy… until my Monash results came out.
I admit I didn’t do well.. and I admit again that I didn’t do my best… but I must also admit.. as interesting as the subjects maybe… two things:
1. the lecturers suck
2. I had no passion for it
So with that I approached my dad… and finally, I spoke the truth… I said “Dad, if this keeps up, I rather work full time in BB and take part-time courses with FGA’s bible college or something… I’ll be a lot closer to doing what I really want, compared to what I’m going through.”
Dad went berserk and walked off… but when he come back… he looked rather contented with his idea… so he shared. He believes in studying full-time, then working full-time. That way, concentration wont be divided. So, with that he told me that he’ll only enroll me in a Seminary in Penang, where I’ll stay and study for three years… but I have three conditions:
1. No more BB weekly activities
2. No more Church dedications
3. 100% for seminary studies.
Amazingly enough, I agreed. I felt so at peace. I thought sure, it’ll be far, I’ll miss my friends, I’ll miss my heart’s desire, but it’ll be closer to what I want to do, what God wants me to do. Yup, I’m convicted that I’m called to serve God full time, without a moment to spare. With that, I went for the interview on the 19th… signed the dotted line, and now I’m a student of Malaysian Baptist Theological Seminary, Batu Feringghi, Penang.
I know most of you only knew my leaving like earliest like, a week plus ago… that’s because the interview was most important… if I didn’t make the interview, no point me putting all your hopes up until confirm right?
So hence my greetings from Penang… I came up a few days ago (Thursday), orientation starts tomorrow (Monday), and so does my adventure.
To be continued… gotta sleep now.. in the meantime.. God Bless you all.
