joel
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
salutations to u, and u, and u
bit late but MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
bit early but HAPPY NEW YR!!!
bit on time so CONGRATS TO BEN N EVELYN!!!
hope to c u all soon after im melted in singapore
joel
bit early but HAPPY NEW YR!!!
bit on time so CONGRATS TO BEN N EVELYN!!!
hope to c u all soon after im melted in singapore
joel
Saturday, December 06, 2008
time, distance n growth
it's been almost 3 yrs since youth started. we started in 2006 n it's almost 2009. oh how far we've come indeed. for some, we might be agonising " oh no! i've grown older". for others it might be a case of " oh yay! i gotten more mature". wadeva the point of view, no matter how u look at it, we've all grown in these 3 yrs.
4 myself, i've changed. my bro n sis had to drag me to church when i first came. i would even purposely take my time so they would be late in the hopes tt they gave up n left me home to sleep. now it's totally different. i'm glad to be in church. it's where i juz feel so comfortable. i feel i've become friendlier as the me 3 yrs ago wouldnt really dare to talk to anyone new.
wiki defines growth as "an increase in size, number, value, or strength; the act of growing, getting bigger or higher". i believe we fit these criteria totally.
as a grp, we've grown so much. frm having cell in someone's house, we now have a larger space. i believe though someday we'll have a place of our own. a space where we can stick our own stuff up on the walls. instead of juz normal cell all the time, we've progressed to have things like outings n discipleship. though the number changes, our number has changed many times n we still grew. we have done a few performances in church. spiritually, we've grown as well due to the help of the youth leaders. appreciations shall be done in a different post. together as a youth, we've grown bolder as well. being in youth, we've done things we nvr tot we would ever do. i certainly din expect to have performed in front of so many people or even sit down to learn how to fold a paper star. all these memories i'm sure we'll all treasure. we've grown in strength of our own n also thru adversity, learnt to rely on god's strength. last but not least value. these past years, i believe this is wad the leaders have constantly done us youth. they've constantly added value to us, so tt we may go out as shining beacons of light to then add value to the people surrounding us and our lives. juz as the leaders have added value to us, i believe that in our own little way, we've added value to them as well. i think we can agree we've at least taught them patience n how to hold their temper better. haha. inside they might be boiling but outside, they still seem so calm n i admire that.
we might not be as big as the fcc youth group but tt's the way i like it. being small n close knit, being able to know everyone well is nice. but i believe we can grow in numbers. i believe we still have a long way to grow. we've grown bigger and higher the past few years. let's continue to support each other n forever growing by the grace of god.
personally, how far have you come? as a youth, how far have we come? i'd say pretty far.
joel the thinker
4 myself, i've changed. my bro n sis had to drag me to church when i first came. i would even purposely take my time so they would be late in the hopes tt they gave up n left me home to sleep. now it's totally different. i'm glad to be in church. it's where i juz feel so comfortable. i feel i've become friendlier as the me 3 yrs ago wouldnt really dare to talk to anyone new.
wiki defines growth as "an increase in size, number, value, or strength; the act of growing, getting bigger or higher". i believe we fit these criteria totally.
as a grp, we've grown so much. frm having cell in someone's house, we now have a larger space. i believe though someday we'll have a place of our own. a space where we can stick our own stuff up on the walls. instead of juz normal cell all the time, we've progressed to have things like outings n discipleship. though the number changes, our number has changed many times n we still grew. we have done a few performances in church. spiritually, we've grown as well due to the help of the youth leaders. appreciations shall be done in a different post. together as a youth, we've grown bolder as well. being in youth, we've done things we nvr tot we would ever do. i certainly din expect to have performed in front of so many people or even sit down to learn how to fold a paper star. all these memories i'm sure we'll all treasure. we've grown in strength of our own n also thru adversity, learnt to rely on god's strength. last but not least value. these past years, i believe this is wad the leaders have constantly done us youth. they've constantly added value to us, so tt we may go out as shining beacons of light to then add value to the people surrounding us and our lives. juz as the leaders have added value to us, i believe that in our own little way, we've added value to them as well. i think we can agree we've at least taught them patience n how to hold their temper better. haha. inside they might be boiling but outside, they still seem so calm n i admire that.
we might not be as big as the fcc youth group but tt's the way i like it. being small n close knit, being able to know everyone well is nice. but i believe we can grow in numbers. i believe we still have a long way to grow. we've grown bigger and higher the past few years. let's continue to support each other n forever growing by the grace of god.
personally, how far have you come? as a youth, how far have we come? i'd say pretty far.
joel the thinker
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