just got back from brother simon's house at sengkang. yes its 11.35pm already. u know why!? coz i went down to the airport to pick up pastor ThongChai from Hope Bangkok!! like how awesome is that man. meeting pastors from our mother church is like once in a lifetime experience thing lah.

was like at serangoon mac's with my ex sch mates and gideon called, saying "shawn, do u love God?" i said yes lah. then he went, "do u want to grow in God more?" haha like DUH! so he sent me on a mission as the only guy to go pick up pastor ThongChai from the airport.

so met him and i was the first person he shook hands with! haha i came to realised that he speaks primarily.. mandarin. haha so i kinda picked up my 7 months abandonded chinese language. okay lah it was really insightful meeting a pastor from hope bangkok and we had a good and long chat, about how things are like there. definitely an opportunity to learn much. brought him around, then to drop off his laugage at brother simon's house. then went over to have dinner. coz he didnt have singapore dollars, i kinda had the priviledge to treat this hope bangkok pastor. haha must emphasise.

we were talking and he asked me something like wad im studying and stuff. then i said after JC we have to go NS for guys then university. so he asked in mandarin what do we study there in university. i so thought he meant in army, so i went "how to fire a gun" in mandarin. haha its super maluating lah. like it took me that split second to realise that he meant university. oh well nvm.

brought him back up to the apartment and we sat and talked a bit more. he kinda emphasised how impt it is to get our chinese language on track. and how it puts us at a definite advantage not only in terms of finding a job in the competitive society, but also at an advantage to share the Gospel to other people who can like communicate in mandarin only. he also like got us to note how speaking in their mother tongue brings forth that closeness and openness, which is very essential in outreaching.

then Gideon came over with.. Pastor Foil. like this is another pastor from hope bangkok too! wah he grew his group from 1000+ in jan 2005 to about 3800 as of date! and those are just from a particular youth university only!! like imagine the potential and how greatly God uses him. he has like 18 sheeps too lah, whom of which he faithfully shepherds all of them every single week. okay that requires alot of spiritual marity and stamina. u know shepherding two sheeps a week is already so spiritually draining. coz its like giving apart of your spiritual self away each time. like wow lah, how he does it man. he sleeps 4 hrs a day just to give himself enough time to serve God. come on, thats the benchmark! let's surpass him!

okay its real late already. i mean my parents arent that happy i went to pick up two pastors and came back at 11.30pm. haha like which parents would. well anyway, see ya all in sch tml.