JOY Band and JOY

Have not been updating my blog so i thought of spending a couple of minutes before I doze off to do this.... ;P

Today I woke up feeling really tired and headache, I guess its because have been having meetings and doing visitations almost every night of the week and have been out till 11 something to get a lot of things done. Youth Leaders Meeting, Visitations, Eugene's Wedding Montage Wedding etc etc..... till the point i was knock out dead this morning, slept for 10 hours straight and still feeling tired and headache but I prayed and trusted in GOD ;)

True enough... after the YFLT meeting. The headache subsided, I was really praying and hoping that I would be able to teach the Care group cause I miss my bunch of youth. They are a great bunch of people... I love them so much that I feel like squueezing them until they bloat up and burst hahahah :)

But anyway I taught them caregroup today and we did a temperament test and the result were:
"Rocky" Choleric - Andrew Chan, Zhen Bon and Hong Ping
"Artie" Melancholic - Kelvin (new visitor today, he was kinda cute and looks innocent, was so glad to see a new visitor today and its good to see that the CG is learning to reach out to visitors, my heart's desire is that they would be able to reach out to more visitors to the point that I don't have to worry about visitors not taken care off ;P)
"Cool Phlegmatic" - Brian, Francis
"Sparky Sanguine" - Nick and JOnathan

It was so funny that everyone wanted Brian to speak.. well he did a good job... I'm so proud of him. Today the CG really drew closer... Thank GOD for it :)

Then after CG we shared to Hong Ping and he accepted Christ and was assured of his salvation... it was another "Woo Hoo... praise God" item :) I was late for my band practice and I felt so bad and thinking what would they be doing.

When I came down... I was so encouraged to see them praying for one another and went thru the worship notes I gave them. I am so happy and glad to have all of them as my band members... Thanks guys... You guys have been a great support and encouragement.

The other lesson I learned today from Edward and Delicia was that saving a soul is more important than being busy in the ministry. Sometimes its kinda sad when we tend to get busy doing 'God's thing' that we forget to save souls.... Therefore remember bringing someone to Jesus is really important.

Thats all I have for tonite.. Sleeping early tonight cause got morning prayer tomorrow....

Good nite everyone ;)

ps: Prayer makes a difference. Without God we can do nothing.

Another Exciting Lunch

Today went back to the same food court where I found the worm, this time I told myself I am not eating the same BBQ chicken rice at least after a certain period. So I decided to eat the Nasi Kandar. Guess what.... When I look at my friend's plate, there was a MAGGOT.

I was like "OH NO....!!!! It is alive" My eyes pop open as I saw it crawling.

This is a picture of how it looks like...

Sigh.... oh well no matter I would not let that tiny thing ruin my day though it had affected my sotmach already.

Such exciting lunch huh? :)

Oh well i enjoyed yesterday's lunch with Lay Yan. Went to Mid Valley Little Penang Cafe, had a Kari Hantu set which was really nice and a nice hot bowl of pulut hitam. Slurp...< mouth watering > I was not afraid of any worm in there. We had quality time of fellowship. Was hoping her fiancee, Joseph to join us but he was on MC that day.

In any stressful or dull boring day, lunch experiences can make a difference.
Not hoping for....
ANOTHER EXCITING LUNCH ..... ;)

My Purpose for Living

Sharing my Testimony: My Purpose for Living
Written By: Andrew Chan Weng Leik
Date: 4th April 2006

I’m glad I know I have eternal life because I found my life’s purpose. The reason I live, the reason for my existence and best thing of all is the end goal of this purpose leads me to an eternal life with God.

What do I mean by that?

When I was a youth, I always hang out with my friends almost every night. All the “entertainment”, all the loud noises surrounding me but at the end of every night after all the noises have been gone, when there are no one else around, sitting at the side of my bed in my bedroom I always asked my self, “Why am I living in this world? What on earth am I here for?” I feel so lost and empty. I do not know what I am really on this earth for.

Every night when I am lying on my bed I would turn myself to one side of the bed feeling frustrated not knowing the main reason why I am on this earth. I would get up from my bed, sitting at my bed and asked myself, “Is life just about living and dying? Get a good career, marry a good wife, start a family and live through the remaining of my life when every stage is filled with frustration, dissatisfaction and pressure? What do I get at the end of the day? What is the real purpose am I on this earth?

However after receiving eternal life, life became very different for me. I found my purpose for living. I wake up every morning feeling excited for another new day. I feel happy and contented about life.

On a usual Monday morning sitting in my office before I start my work, I would plan my week. As I open up my organizer and looking at my weekly appointments and schedules, I realize I no longer live life aimlessly or hopelessly. I feel happy and peaceful knowing my purpose for living and the best thing after receiving eternal is now I no longer worry about what happens to me after I die for I know for sure that I am going to heaven.

I am glad to share it with you....
All you need to do is ask...

Camp Site Decision.....???

What to Choose????

Currently I am looking for a Camp site for my youth group. The targetted number is 60. Looking for somewhere nice, cheap and have good facilities. Currently I am looking into 2 places:
1. MBS - Nice facilities, have indoor basketball court some more but in Rawang, so maybe not much surroundings. But i REALLY do like the facilities.
2. Frasers Hill Pines Resort - Nice place for holiday, really cooling but the facilities is definitely not as good as MBS.

I'll be checking out hopefully these 2 places during this coming April 11, hope that I'll be able to check out the 2 places.

Hmmm...
STILL THINKING....!

Who My Friends Think I Am?

Description Breakdown (34 people)

Yian thinks: extroverted, confident, independent, self-assertive, spontaneous, energetic.
joshua thinks: trustworthy, friendly, energetic, religious, extroverted.
your 2nd bro thinks: spontaneous, cheerful, dependable, silly, loving.
Son of Micheal thinks: reflective, religious, sentimental, introverted, happy.
Alex Eng thinks: happy, energetic, friendly, religious, cheerful, accepting.
esther thinks: cheerful, giving, sentimental, helpful, energetic, caring.
eng kok thinks: dependable, energetic, friendly, helpful, sentimental, witty.
alex thinks: caring, energetic, religious, able, helpful, friendly.
geraldine thinks: friendly, helpful, kind, caring, brave.
just thinks: confident, caring, extroverted, organised, helpful.
cf thinks: friendly, proud, cheerful, happy, extroverted, religious.
yanzy thinks: confident, friendly, caring, silly, energetic, extroverted.
Jared Chan thinks: friendly, warm, cheerful, extroverted, helpful, kind.
chiawei thinks: extroverted, organised, sensible, caring, helpful, able.
Delicia thinks: able, accepting, confident, dependable, friendly, helpful.
Meng thinks: confident, caring, reflective, helpful, sympathetic.
cheryl thinks: religious, energetic, able, friendly, calm, kind.
Lorraine thinks: warm, friendly, extroverted, cheerful, caring, silly.
Edward thinks: energetic, confident, friendly, cheerful, independent.
alice ting thinks: energetic, helpful, cheerful, caring, responsive, loving.
Cavin thinks: independent, trustworthy, cheerful, dependable, friendly, mature.
kevin ng thinks: clever, friendly, knowledgeable, giving, happy.
eve thinks: sentimental, silly, friendly, cheerful, self-conscious, caring.
hwee sien thinks: caring, able, clever, organised, powerful, religious.
LJX thinks: energetic, clever, helpful, religious, intelligent, loving.
Isaac Wong thinks: warm, knowledgeable, intelligent, helpful, trustworthy, religious.
shwe ying =) thinks: friendly, caring, religious, patient, helpful, warm.
Andrea Wong thinks: adaptable, giving, spontaneous, energetic, knowledgeable, searching.
matthew c thinks: friendly, religious, knowledgeable, wise, cheerful, caring.
Christine Tham thinks: friendly, adaptable, silly, responsive, trustworthy, observant.
Christina Kang thinks: caring, dependable, mature, confident, trustworthy.
Kay Nny thinks: adaptable, independent, knowledgeable, confident, cheerful, idealistic.
Grace thinks: cheerful, friendly, religious, reflective, caring, giving.
Nelson Wong thinks: cheerful, dependable, happy, helpful, friendly, giving.

A Better Day....

Today I went out lunch with my collegues and friends from eGenting at UOA. I was eating BBQ Chicken Rice. I was just taking some meat and only to realize one of the meat strands starting crawling. It was a brown colour silky slimy worm :S

My eyes was popped really wide and my stomach straight away turned upside down. I really wanted to puke that time. SO sorry no photos was taken because i didn't wanted to be gross. ;)

I asked for a refund and they gave me only half of the what I paid. I was demanding for a full refund. I pushed for a while then i decided to give them a break cause i see that they were just workers so I didn't want life to be tough for them because i know how it is like to lose a job when something happened that was not your fault happened to you. Besides i didn't think that they would want to do it on purpose.

So i took the money and bought claypot rice thinking i could eat it so that i won't feel so hungry however each time i see the claypot rice.... I am so worried that there would be another one in there... so I gave up eating the rice. I just finished up my tou foo fah and thats it.

Next thing you know... walking out of UOA, it started raining. I was so tempted to take one of the FREE SUN newspapers to take cover but i thought that it would be unethical since people give us FREE newspaper and we used it to take cover, so i decided to just run back to the office building.

It seem like a bad day but I am still trusting in God that thru Him I can make everyday....

A BETTER DAY!!!

Looking on the brighter side... when i was running back to the office, I realise i could run so much faster now, never did really tried sprinting since i joined gym. Looking at that brigher perspective, I feel so happy and prooud of myself in a positive way ;)

Good Fellowship of the Friends

Yesterday I had a good time fellowshipping with Edward and Delicia. We were sharing our struggles in life and encouraging one another. THAT is what I call TRUE FELLOWSHIP.

As I learned more about fellowship, I have learned that topics that are not relevent and not interesting for even certain parties around the table even though it may seem interesting and relevent for some including myself, HOWEVER iT should not be talked about for a long period of time, as it is rude. Even I at times is guilty of it. ;P We should share and chat on topics where everyone could contribute to make conversations open and accepted by all. Even deep conversations can be contributed by all. Two brains are better than one. All of us look at problems differently, and solutions from more than one source has a higher possibility of finding the right solution amoung them.

And sometimes when we go out with friends, we sometimes gossip or talk about surface topics like what movie you watched, computer games etc etc that we forget that the times we spent together are important and meaningful therefore these times should also be times where we share with one another our lives and at the end of each time we meet we should feel encouraged or better.

That is what I call TRUE FELLOWSHIP ;)

I'll be teaching Fellowship in SCG 2 weeks time... I am excited and looking to learn more about it. How to be a friend and a companion instead of just an acquiantance.
To have conversations that are unmeaningful and helpful.

My aim at times is to help someone feel better each time we fellowship. :)

God help me,
Andrew Chan

Thank God for a passionate disciple...

The other thing I would like to thank God for....

Is Aaron (Mr LJX)...
He has the passion and the interest to grow in God...
Seeing him grow in God really inspires and encourages me...

I pray that as he continues to grow in God... He would do even more greater things than what God is doing in my life. :)

Life is more than just living and dying, When we learn to live in God's plan, Life begins to be EXCITING and INTERESTING and MAKES SENSE ;)

Life is Beautiful

Would someone appreciate the beeauty and the pleasentness of light when they have not seen the dark?
Would someone learn to appreciate life when they have not seen difficulty?
Would a person learn to appreciate their famaily when they don't even have time with them?

Everything in life can be seen in different perspective.
When hardship comes, some takes it as a challenge,
some take it as a problem,
to some it is what makes life exciting,
to some it is just another bad part of life....

To me....
Life is beautiful always because God made everything beautiful....
Here is a photo of my beloved Nephew is now 5 months old and who just have a hair cut...
Boy I do love him a lot.... He is really cute....

I thank God for making babies cute because sometimes they can be a pain...
When you are trying to get somethings done..
All of a sudden Gideon will cry for your attention...
And with those cute innocent eyes...
You can't just tie him up and seal him up...
You wrestle with your own....
To cuddle or not to cuddle
Then in the end....
You just end up cuddling and huggin him ;P

Well thT is my nephew Gideon.
Like I said... You can look at life as a pain or you can look at it as a joy.
When we know God.... LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ;)

p/s: Tell me how Gideon looks? Look like me? hehe ;P