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First Week in Indonesia

-August 16 2006-

Dear people,

Praise God for His leading and abounding grace. I have been here for 1 week already, and throughout this 1 week i can see that God is indeed taking much care of me. I've settled down well here. My accomodation here is amazing, similar to a hotel. I have my own bedroom, my own toilet, and best of all, it's an air conditioned room. the single bed is huge, d study table is also huge.. and i can only say Thank God!! It's far far off from my expectations. Even when I was in Singapore it wasnt this comfortable. But the rent for this place here is quite high, RM 700++. There is no news yet from JPA abt whether they will continue to pay for our lodgings. so pls do keep this thing in prayers k? i may have to move somewhere else if they do not pay for my accomodation. either way, i'll thank God.

Last sunday i managed to find a church that preaches in english. The way i found out abt d church was so smooth.. it was amazing for me. I talked to a lady in a bookstore, and she introduced me to a church called CWS (Charismatic Worship Service). When i went there, they told me abt their sister church called International CWS, somewhere in the Golden Triangle of Jakarta. So I went there for d service last sunday. I'd only been in Indonesia for 5 days, and i managed to find an english medium church. For me, i could really see that God was indeed leading me, step by step. However, i'm still looking around for a suitable church, so continue to pray for me pls!! =) thanks

other than that, everyday here is a battle. a battle to stay strong and fervent for God. here i do not have brothers and sisters to encourage me, so it is hard to not slip out of Christ and into my own life. Mixing with non-christian friends, doing my own things, talking rubbish, etc etc.. there are days when i can feel that God is just occupying a little corner of my heart. again, i want to request for prayers. =)

My first semester is going to start on September 4th. till then, im free, except for days when the international office over here organizes activities for us. i was delighted to find out 2 days ago, during orientation, that there is a christian fellowship here in my faculty. (by the way, my faculty is situated away from the main campus). although i can barely understand them when they talked in the Indonesian language, but i can still sense the unity, and to a certain extent, the life of Christ flowing out from among them. Praise God for that =)

hmm i guess that's all from me for now. do email me, and share with me what's happening in your lifes as well. God's presence and mighty strength be with you all always! God bless!!

posted by Christ @ 10:12 PM