Chapter 24 - the year 2008
It’s been a long while since I last posted my blog. I think my last blogging was sometime in August last year. Yes, I miss Adelaide, Hope church, my bros and sisters in Christ whom I have form special bonds with, the caring and loving aunties and uncles of Hope church, Pastor ki and Auntie myung who has showed so much love and good example to all of us, the senior citizens, the yummy food and fellowship, the cozy and warm stone mansion building…I love my hopefuls. They’re irreplacable.
But, I suppose life has to go on. A good sister in Christ told me that if we keep looking back, we cannot find the courage to move on. So, here I am, in a whole new place, opening another new chapter of my life, with a whole new steps to take - Perth is now my new home.
It’s been 2 months settling down in Perth. From going to uni, to being unemployed, to starting a new job. From establishing a close relationship with the people at Hope church to having to start all over again to know the people in BPCWA. From serving God as a single to being attached to Barry..all I would say is that it has been both a blessing and a challenge.
My first impression of BPCWA when I came for National Camp was "mmm…they’re really nice and friendly people. I can see that they’re really frevent in their service and are really on fire for God. I really like them". Then, my other impression of BPCWA when I came in dec was "This church is really blessed". My conversation with David Pang regarding Sunday school really shocked me. He said sometimes the teachers only get scheduled to teach twice a year. Man, this wouldn’t be the case in Hope. Our teachers get scheduled 3 times a month!! So, yeah, thank God for blessing BPCWA with talents and willing hearts. OOh, not to forget, their Gloria Patri is sung so differently from ours.
I had my first proper interview last 2 weeks. I wasn’t very scare, just wasn’t sure what to expect. If it wasn’t for Barry’s mom’s help, I’ll still be jobless. The whole time I just felt that the interview was circled around the issue of MONEY!! They want to train me to help them to earn big money, they want to give me a secure future of having lots of money (mind me, my future is only secure in God’s hands)…and all the time the word I hear is money. After the interview, only one verse came to my mind, which King Solomon said "Vanity of vanities…all is vanity". Someday, money will burn up. So, MONEY is not everything!!! I still end up having the job, but determine to honor God and stand firm with my Christian principals. The reason was because I can’t afford to be jobless, I have to think about my parents and my sister’s education. I have to pay rent and buy food. But, thank God that my first week went alright. I manage to tract the girl that was teaching me all the accounting stuff. Then, the second week was my last day working in Balcatta, this week my office will officially be in Adelaide Tce (which some ppl tried to crack jokes on that I’m still in Adelaide, kindda funny). So, before I left the firm in Balcatta, I was "scouting" around for a good place to put a tract so that people can read, eventually I left a tract on the table where there’s magazines for people to read when they come to the firm. So, I really pray that I can continue doing this for God. I know I’m so unworthy to do this, but when I think about the statement that George Whitfield made (thanks to Clara for the book) "Had I a hundred hands, I’d employed them all. The harvest is great. I’m afraid I can do no more for Him who has done so much for me". So, really, it’s never about me. I was wretched since I was born. It’s about the Saviour who deserves what He did on the cross two thousand years ago.
This new chapter of my life does seem preety daunting and uncertain at times, but, "I don’t know about tomorrow. I just live from day to day… Many things about tomorrow. I don’t seem to understand. But I know who holds tomorrow and I know who holds my hand". Amen to that.
February 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Dear Juanita,
I was just reading your blog entry and I have to agree with you. Our home and treasure is really in Heaven, not here on earth. We are only here for a short season, like how the Bible says that our lives are a vapour which appears for a little while and then passes away. Though you may be here in Perth, away from all the people in Hope BP, we will one day meet them again. In the meantime, let us diligently serve God wherever He puts us. Let us ask God to lead us to where He wants us to be.
God bless, and may you continue to walk with Him daily.
Brother Barry