i got water baptised today, on the 19 Feb 2006. yeah its a whole fresh and obviously new experience for me. i learnt alot today, aint gonna like tell ya all what i did, but rather how i felt. today was indeed a day that pratically all of us Christian would never forget.

i was the first one to get water baptised in my lane. By my shepherd Gideon, Pastor Shirley and i duno what's her name. some other leader. well anyway, basically 3 questions would be placed to you. do u believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and that He died on Good Friday and rose again 3 days later to give us life to the fullest? do you accept and have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as a personal Lord and Saviour? are you willing to follow God and have a lasting relationship till the end of my life or till when Jesus returns? its either a yes or a no answer, nothing else. these 3 questions, though simple and straightforward it may seem. hold much much significance and value in them.

well my baptism name is Shawn, okay which means im keeping my own name. very largely due to parental reasons. i am real glad my dad and sis came down to Big Splash to witness my water baptism. mom couldnt come down coz she had to spend time with my bro. well anyway, was really hoping my dad would have stayed alittle longer to like be able to have a chat with my shepherd/District leader, and find out more about the church and all. oh well.

my sheep kaiwen was also getting water baptised today, being now called Elijah. yanyu and zixin were the two others from north-east getting water baptised today too.

during my water baptism, shirley told me a verse which God had impressed upon her heart as she was praying for me.

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12

its a verse i highlighted in the bible but didnt take much note of it. well it seems to make so much more sense now! and gideon later shared that while praying for me in the hall God impressed the word for me, courage. not just courage on face value, but courage to stand up for what is biblical and right, even when the whole world turns away.

yeah thats us four water baptisees on the first row, sitting down.

was like walking back home from junction 8, and reflecting upon the day. i was like so lost in awe at His majesty that i just looked up into the sky and glanced at the stars. i spotted the belt of stars my tuition teacher once told me about. okay fine it was a perfect cloudless night for viewing stars. then i saw something moving in the sky, i so thought it was a shooting star. yeah but well it turned out to be an airplane. haha, but then!! out from the corner of my eye, i REALLY saw a REAL shooting star!! its like in that split second lah, on how just made me look to the heavens and see shooting star. haha okay i was erm, blown away. lost in awe and wonder. it seemed as though God was so close to me, and just played a friendly joke on me. i could almost see myself laughing with Him.

alright. im offically dead to my own self. today marks the burial of the old me. the funeral of myself in a grave of water. and i start my life afresh and a new today, infront of all those present to see. today marks the decision to officially be a participant in God's game plan. today i got of the grandstand, and take it to the pitch.