final lap

Yesterday, I finished my last paper in NUS. The feeling? I don't know, actually I didn't really feel anything, it was just like finishing any other exams before. One of my friend had a similar feeling as this, maybe because we already so used to exams in NUS? Ha3, I don't know, but these 4 years have been bitter sweet, many things have happened, through experience with God, through fellowship, through friends, and lessons to be learnt? Just too many to be mentioned one by one.

I felt glad and thankful for everything. Yes indeed his lovingkindness is everlasting! "Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting" -- Psalm 106:1

After this, I need to finish the final lap of my service in NUS ISCF. A Prayer Meeting is coming this Friday, and then the Annual General Meeting this Saturday, and finally the long-awaited ISCF Camp which starts on Monday next week! So I pray that everything will go according to his plan, for the AGM, for the camp, and for ISCF.

"Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, 'What is the price?' It is something less than proud human nature would like to give. It is without money and without price. Would you like to pay a respectable rent? Would you love to do something to win Christ? Then you cannot have the house, for it is 'without price'. Will you take my Master's house on a lease for all eternity, with nothing to pay for it, nothing but the rent of loving and serving Him forever? Will you take Jesus and 'dwell in Him'? See, this house is furnished with all you need. It is filled with riches more than you will spend as long as you live. Here you can have intimate communion with Christ and feast on His love." -- We dwell in Him (1 John 4:13)

Yes, I would like to dwell in Him, dwell in His everlasting love and abundant grace forever... Thank you Lord

things i will miss...

In just a few hours from now, I'm going to have my first exam paper this semester. The feeling? Maybe since it's already my fourth year, I didn't feel anything about exams, they are just the regular things which come and go every end of semester, and I'm trying my best as always. Thank God for the wonderful 4 years which I spent on campus. They will be unforgettable years for me.. Many tears, many blessings, many unexpected events, many things which have changed me. I'm reflecting on myself 4 years back and compare it with my current self, some things stay the same, many more are transformed (I use the word "transformed" here since the "4-years-ago-me" would not ever imagine "that-me" becomes like the "current-me"). Yeah, and I'm going to miss many things:

1. the fellowship which has brought me to come into faith with Jesus, which has introduced me to how beautiful His grace is... all of the encouragement, prayers and sharing that we have altogether
2. the thump-thump-feeling of knowing the result of assignments and mid-term test, and the jaw-dropping moment when knowing that your result was below the class' average! that was A DISASTER hahahaha. I remember my first mid-term test in NUS, I got only 5 out of 15 and the average was 9 or something.. All my prides were torn apart and throughout these years, I'm learning to lean more and more on Him and giving my best..
   
3. all the excitements and joy of having finish exams and going back home, meeting family and old friends!
   
4. a-rush-of-blood-to-the-head when you know that the deadline is just several hours away and you kept staring at the monitor not knowing what to type or what to do and no one was even available to help you!
   
5. all the chit-chats with friends over lunch or dinner in the campus' canteen, this was our escape from the hectic lectures and tutorials, spending one hour or so over the table hahahaha.
   
6. reading weeks! it was one of a few time in the semester where all of us went on becoming hermits inside the library! lolz

anyway moving on to the next topic hehe

Final Year Project Presentation
And last but not least, last week I went for a "tour" to some of my friends' FYP presentations. I was there to offer them my support and prayer. So here they are:

Ardi's


Stephanie's


Hartanto's


Yunika's


Me

I believe that all of us have done our best, and let God do the rest now..
All the best for the exams everyone!

a lil' update

Yeah thank God finally I've done my FYP presentation yesterday, with my last three exams in NUS. Graduation is a happy-and-sad moment for me... But thank God for all of these four years. I just received a call from my mom today when I was mugging in the library. My dad, mom, and my younger brother and sister will be coming to Singapore for my Commencement Ceremony! Sadly my younger brother who's studying in Japan couldn't come since his holiday will only start in August. But that's okay since he's also planning to fly home in August, so I can still catch him up back in Jakarta. That's not the happiest thing which I would like to share.

For the past 3 years since the first time I became a born-again Christian, I've been praying for my dad. My relationship with him was very bad since I was still in junior high until one time I stopped talking to him, at all.... I found he was really selfish and unreasonable as a father. However, as time went by and as I came to my faith in Jesus, I was reminded that he is after all a father who has brought me into this current state. And yes, I prayed for God to help me to restore my relation with my dad.. And yes, miraculously, maybe after 3 years, I started to talk to him and forgive him, and also asked for his forgiveness... And one more thing, I also prayed that he will come into faith in Jesus, I prayed for a chance for me to share Gospel with him, I prayed so that I can be a living witness to him and to my own family. It is tough, it is not easy, but in the last 3 years I have seen that God is really working!

Several years back, my aunt brought my dad to come to her church service. From that point onwards, my dad started to show his interest in hearing preachings in radio and TV. Although he rarely, very rarely go to church again after that. My mom has a habit of listening to a Christian radio station in Jakarta every night before going to bed. She likes to listen to various sermons and praise and worship songs. Inevitably, my dad also listened to those sermons which my mom listened to. And the seeds that God has planted grew over time...

In that phone call, my mom said, "your dad has actually believed in Jesus, but he is just too lazy to go for catechism.." I was surprised to hear that he has actually believed in... I felt on my knee, thank God for the wonderful works that He has done, it is always amazing to see how God works.. although I haven't had a chance to share the Gospel personally to my dad, but God has already started working through the sermons in the radio, in TV, and through the faithfulness of my mom... and the first thing which I will do when I reach Jakarta is to hug him! to talk to him and share how happy I was to hear the news, and to share God's everlasting and wonderful grace...