Day 26: Ministry Day

This is our first ministry meeting since our return although we've already met the gang up before today. It was a good time of sharing and prayers.

We have new members who have been to India for mission work. I was distracted by AN on and off so did not get to hear the whole sharing but there were pictures along with the sharing so I had a visual idea how their work was like. Like Jonah (and some missionaries we know), he went somewhere else when God told him to go to India. He is Indian but wasn't keen to do work there when God told him to. God then spoke to his wife, which was further confirmation that the calling was not just an imagination. So they went with 3 young kid aged 3, 5 and 7 then. They revisited the places they were at that many years ago (his eldest is already near 20) and spent a few weeks there. Their main purpose was to train the Indians in areas of leadership and life skills.

They had been prepared with all the necessary certifications even before God called them to India. They only saw it when they realised they had the necessary credential to meet requirement to be accepted there. According to them, entering India as missionaries wasn't permitted. They welcome your skills and contributions but if you enter with religious intents.

Would I step out of my comfort zone, especially with kids now? Supra said it was actually easier when the kids were young. It used to be on my heart but as years went by, somehow I think my calling is to start with people near me..

It was dinner together after that. Felt like before except that there are addition of even more children now. It's fun watching them. AN had a good time with the girls and is still learning to do away with her "all boys are rough" mentality. I think she cried because Elijah simply touched her stroller (she was tired and cranky by dinner time) while I was away getting dinner for us but with minimum coaxing, she forgot about it and started tickling E. Soon, both started playing again.

AN had been asking for sweets a whole lot more since we returned. She had 3 pieces at least, each time we were at CJ's mum's wake, and my bro got her chocolate coatd sunflower seeds, Mr Liow's nieces have sweets at home to share with her. And that Sat night alone, she almost had a tiny tube of Menthos (a little girl just passed a tube to her...so sweet!)

Was glad she was willing to share with the girls and Elijah so each had one. And then she shared chocolate frap with her at Starbucks, and a chocolate muffin Pam got her for breakfast the next day that she wanted to have immediately. Oh my goodness...all the sugar. Was so thankful she did not crank up further with sugar rush.

And for increasing consumption of more sweet stuff, I noticed stains that do not appear removable by simple brushing now *oops* We brush her teeth twice a day by the way, but still, those stains... It wasn't just sweets that cause them. She's been either asking for milk or peanut butter bread AFTER we brush her teeth every night and I would be too lazy to brush her teeth again after that. It's no wonder... I'm trying not to be lazy anymore, so she has to drink and eat whatever she wants BEFORE brushing her teeth, or I will have to make her brush her teeth after that.

So that was our Sat. Long day out but fun :)