Hey ppl! I belive all of you had heard how H1N1 disease is spreading like siao all over the world even in s'pore! So let's really keep ourself healthy k! Drink more water and rest more! :) Of cos! Let's really keep each other in prayer, esp potato lim who is sick! Trust that God is gna tkr of us and protect us all the way! :D Jiayou guys! Sch is starting in 1 day time, be a salt and light in sch uh! And...

WIN YOUR SCH FOR JESUS :D

Love, Huaiqian :)

To all west dee peeps:

This is an announcement to all west dee peeps. Please note that the main login site for WD's blog (blogger) had been locked (password changed). Due to the huge messiness of the site's setting, the blog will only be allowed to log in for posting on WD's blog. If you would like to update on http://yhope-westd.blogspot.com, please get the password from panda. However, please do not create a new blog or change any settings. All blogs that are created within the same login site will be locked up as well. Let's give our best to stabilise our main blog before a new site is being created. Gambatte, everyone!

Thank you for your attention.

UNIT OUTING!

woohoo! tmr is finally unit outing alr, i'm super excited for it man! how `bout you? must prepare yourself over thr ohkay. i heard tht rainbow & inverter are currently under maintenance (YES! cheeeeerrs!), some are cryin, as for me, God rocks man!! LOL jkjk!

i`m scare of this type of game, man ._. i was just wondering if you guys are gonna go to th haunted house again? honestly, i'd been inside thrice but no idea wht's inside. LOL! th 1st time i went in, i clinged onto my friend's clothe as i move, and as i move, i began to squat & move! LOL. when i gt out of th house, i was alr almost on th floor. super hilarious! k la, im scaredy cat can? :x

but pls ah, those who'll scare ur pee out, don try t do tht. we don wanna go onto newspaper headline alright! jkjk! whtevr~

anw, sch holiday nv extend right? LOL th votes are like for fun only ._. haha but nvm la, holiday u oso v sian at home. & i think sch more easy t do ministry haha! (i mean, sec) rmb t do ur homework ok! if not all ur CL will come crucify you!!!!!!!! wahaha! must be salt & light ok? :D

alrighto, till thn! (:

WEST TRAINING DAY

arlos, im here again. wahaha! panda is always crazy yeah! dey! i felt pity to miss out this west training day but i've gt lesson, cant skip!! i'd thought it must be fun! i rmbed th last time i walked a trail from harbourfront to alexandra, nice one man!!! okayto anyway! everyone had lunch tgt aft th trail and west dee went to th rooftop of vivo to 'slack' for a while [:

heehee, i miss westdee! cant wait for th unit outing to escape theme park this thursday! lol! anyway i bet you guys are excited for th result of th school holiday extention right?! haha! ohkay la, today de post is CRAP. just wanna make sure th blog is alive :D

till then! miss me alrighto!

ja ne!

Heya peeps! photos are all uploaded into the facebook & videos are uploaded into the youtube, do go take a look (:

anw, ytd svc was a great one, wasn't it? tho it was kinda focusing on men but i, as a girl did learned a lot as well. howevr, i just cant imagine our guys dressing rly cool and then act like some 白马王子 (ohno, pls dont destroy our impression on the type of 白马王子 tht's in our mind). LOL, i'ma kiddin yeah? Our unit guys can be cool and they WILL be cool. How about praying for them to be real cool soon? (i know they are still doing things like pluckin moustache hair) Not just real cool but also leadin ppl in a real cool way yeahto? C'mon guys, you've gt to show th girls tht you're better and can be cool! Right, huaiqian? oops :x

ohkay, i think im talkin like some weirdo, i just cant imagine im typin` like this. yoohoo~ ohyea, talkin about hitting a sub district size. we're gonna SO do it, man?! AMEN? c'mon, we've gt to show th world, we aint nerdies, we aint freaks but rather lovey dovey (aww, jus like me, jkjk! :D) who says west DEE gonna sit on an aeroplane that will rise and then alight at a destination? no way, man! west dee gonna sit on an aeroplane (or rocket) that goes all th way up into th kingdom tht God had prepared for us, man! c'mon! can't ya see a banner tht says 'welcome t westdee kingdom of God'? aww, tht's jus so amazing!

& thn move on to my purpose of posting this entry & tht's to share one of my learnings in camp. (AHHH, WE'RE SO UNSTOPPABLE) i think in the kingdom of God, thr will not be any traffic light right? since it's so unstoppable, we would not have to stop and wait for the light to turn green. (OH THT'S FUNNY, HAHA, c`mon, laugh, thanks :D)

WALLS. (nt th ice cream dey) God showed me a room of walls tht impacted me th most. HOW DO WE MOVE WHEN THR'S WALL BLOCKIN INFRONT OF US (& u still call yourself unstoppable?) ? Man, it made sense so much dey! If we're unstoppable, thn wht's tht wall doing over thr? Duhh~ dontcha know tht th walls physically seem so thick and unbreakable (or even unpassable[?????]) ? but with God, how thick, how unbreakable can tht wall be? wht's th wall tht's surrounding you? persecution? problems like finance, parental objections? the world temptation?

MAN, I TELL YOU. tht wall is just a piece of paper whn you allow God to take lead! God will help you break thru th wall whn you allow Him to soften th wall!

yah know in Hebrews 12 talked about God disciplining His sons. Why arent it disciplining th fathers, the mothers instead etc? Right now, at th age you're at (especially youth), all th more God discipline you to endure hardships etc so tht whn yah move on higher in life, ya know how to endure more.

v11 it says 'No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.'

it's like buildin ya power to break thru th wall as ya're young so tht by th time you move higher in your life, walls wouldnt be sth 'hard' for you to break thru anymore.

anw, i wanna share sth tht i learned before camp. who says whn you're doing things tht are not related to spiritual thing, means you can't experience wht God wan to says to you? for eg, like cycling, playing sports, playin computer games, watchin drama, animes etc. th fact is, we can learn to do worldly stuff in a spiritual manner whereby God can also speak thru it to you.

Last month, i started watchin BLEACH (an anime). i'd nv tot i would watch tht bcos th 1st few episodes were rly boring (last time watched preview mahs). however, i saw my brother watchin (th middle part of th anime) and found it pretty interesting, so i decided to watch also (HAHA).

I briefly described wht it's about cos i think some of you nv watch befor. It's about shinigami (death god) who's job is to protect souls from being eaten by hollow (a dono wht monster). they've this weapon called soul slayer in english which they used to attack thn thr's this guy who's actually a human but became a substitute shinigami bcos of sth tht happened in th 1st few episodes. in order to rly use the 'real power' of th soul slayer, shinigami have to really like 'understand' and 'get to know' about the soul slayer which is like th soul slayer is a person tht lend th shinigami their power like tht.

As i was watchin th part whr this guy was fighting th 11th captain till he was about to die thn th soul slayer talked to this guy about how he should use the 'soul slayer' power by understanding th 'soul slayer' etc. thn i realised, isn't it th same as us? in order to really win th world's temptation, the world's persecution and attacks, we've to rely on God's power th most. God is lik tht soul slayer in th anime. His words are like th soul slayer. Are we rly understanding and meditating on His word? Are we rly prioritisin and dwellin in His word whn we face problem?

and as th guy rly start to understand and rely his power on th soul slayer, his soul slayer rly increased its power and win th 11th captain. like th same for us, whn we realised God's power in our life, God will start helping us to overcome many problems in our life as well.. (:

jy alright, till thn! sayonara :D

Helloooooo beloved west d :) Huaiqian here posting abt her camp learnings :) Before tht, thanks for all the prayers, my voice is backkk, so you guys can start hearing me annoying y'all on sat agn! My sweeeeet sweeeet voice! laugh, jking! :P

4 days 3 nights of camp, im sure all of you're strengthen, refreshed and woken up by God's voice agn :) Me too :) A new vision for this world, a new vision for my cg, a new vision for my family! I really want want to thank God for showering me with sooo sooo many new things! I believe tht many of you are strengthened by God once agn yup! ;) Anw, thr's alot of thing pastor shirley said tht keeps me thinking. One of them are 'we dont need just ppl to serve God, we need ppl who have the HEART to serve' :) Yeap, all of us are chosen by God, all the more we shld feel privillaged and honored to be a child of God! Look at your schl, so many thousands of them sitted at the hall, but why did God specifically chose you? But still, thr're still so many ppl who come church, go uncommitted or just come for the sake of coming.. Do you know if ppl were to stay faithful in the things they do and have the real heart to serve, how fast are we speeding the coming of Jesus! Yes. So if you think coming to church is just coming for service, cg and shepherding. NO! IT'S MORE THAN THT! Cos church is nt made up of building or activities, it's PPL!

The very early p&w had let me learn smth new too. Actually, how many of us woke up and have the thought of 'Jesus is beside me alr'? Majority no right? But actually Jesus is!!! Knowing Jesus is beside you nt only during night when you're doing qt, but He's right beside you from the morning the moment you wake up! :) If you want to start the day right, start it with God!!! Jesus do all the healings, miracles etc and still wake up early just to seek God! So if Jesus can, why can't we? So... WAKE UP EARLY TO SEEK GOD! :D

Nt forgetting fellowshipping with unit ;) I've took some photos of some girls who're slping :P Hahaha... Yeah. I really love west d!! Why? Cos you guys rocks! I love the night esp the heart to heart talk session. Yup. It's almost like a war, but you know, this is one thing we're special from the outside world! Outside world, when they detest each other abt some areas in other ppl's life, they go gossipping! But for us, we as a family, we said it out and hope that everyone will improve :) This is how diff! So..feel secure.. Hahaha, cos west d's brothers and sisters still love one another =D

Okay! So tht's all im gna share? Wht abt yours? :)

*make camp ur lowest point, so u'll always go up and up and up! The kingdom of God is always up! Jiayou for today's confirmation ;)

a thousand words!!

A THOUSAND N MILLION ZILLION GAZILLION heartfelt THANK YOU to WEST D!!!!!!! i think camp is realli one that struck all of us here!!! Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, Mentally and SPIRITUALLY!!!!

and i think your CLs..huaiqian, sihui, quansheng n eugene reali reali work their guts out before n during camp yea!! so lets affirm ur CLS when u see them ok??!! =D and westd1!!! pls do pray for ur CL k...ur CL is very sick!!

i realie wana let u guys noe that responding during camp is one thing and responding after camp is another thing!!! we often say during camp "let's not waste our $140" but do u noe that this oso apply after camp?? The God u see n hear n experience during camp is the God that u r serving after camp as well!! let's not only meet God during camp, but after camp as well!!! our daily walk with God MUST be consistent!!!

Remember?? ENTHUSIASTIC, BREAKTHROUGHS and imagine each of us do a part to sow on our friends!!! WESTD would DOUBLE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havw full faith that we will if we want to, we can, if we BELIEVE!!!!!! let's do it TOGETHER!!!!!!!!! =D

today i as was doing my Qt, God spoke to me that a Christian live is not about preparing ourselves for Jesus 2nd coming!! But as a community. WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER to obey God's word before He returns!!!

We are called to live together with Him.Consider prayerfully how much Jesus Christ and the Holy spirit are living realities in your life??

WITH lotsa LOVE!!!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH WENQI AND HILDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For holding on to the promises of God..clinging on thus far...
thru so many persecutions...
weeks after weeks of procastination of wanting to pull out from NDP...
standing firm...
covered with westD's prayer...
then tears after tears....
finally choosing to place the kingdom of God first in ur live!!

and then......
being a shepherd on 6june2009!!!!!

as i was just looking back at the past weeks of how much you gurls have gone thru..i must say...having this 2 sheeps is an assurance from God..that no matter wad may topple and crumble...when u place the kingdom of God FIRST in your live..GOD WILL ADD ONTO YOU!!!!!

to the rest of you that have yet to take up the role as a shepherd...continue to wait on God!! n definitely i believe He will speak to u during camp!!! =D WAY TO GO!!!!! but first...PREPARE YOURSELF!!!!!!!! =D

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How're you doing?

Don't just get excited for camp physically. Get excited for camp spiritually as well. We paid $140 for this camp, if you went for it, end it with nothing from God? That's really a waste. A trip of camp, something from God is worth more than $140. Get yourself pump up to receive something from God (:

The world looks beautiful when God is at the highest (:

panda

The last saturday before UNSTOPPABLE

Do you guys know that if we do not 'revise' or 'reflect' about what we learned during the day (especially a lesson etc), we would forget it within 24 hours? It might not be 100%, but more than half- yes. That's what i heard from a teacher who taught me math last year. He often asked my class to revise what we learned in the day when we get back home. We asked why, and he told us this logic. I don't know if it would work since i do not have any scientific evidence, but, i can be a living testimony about forgetting more than half of what i'd learned in the day. LOL! (maybe i've a lousy memory) In addition to yesterday's entry:

Reflecting of sermon/teaching that you'd learned from today's service/meeting can leads to MEDITATION.

Repentance that leads to revival
Joel 2:12-17

1) I need to personally repent (v12-14)
a: I need to repent now (v12)
b: I need to repent bcos of God's grace (v13)
2) I need to repent together (v15-17)

Just to share what i'd learned today. In my own conclusion, i'd said that there're 2 types of repentance. 1 is called 'simple' repentance and the 2 is called 'genuine' repentance. Simple repentance is just repenting, trying to stop yourself from repeating the same mistake again and again. I'd thought that 'genuine' repentance should be a type of repentance that really gives it all and put it to a force of stopping from the mistake to happen again. Sound contradicting.. Hmm.. What i'd mean is that, genuine repentance is a heart that really want to cease all kind of connection with the mistake that it made, a heart that would give all out to see it from happening even if caused discomfort.

Another that i'd learned is about the big difference between individual and group repentance. It reminds me of a cheer leading team. It doesn't sound exactly the same as what i'd learned. A little twisted. Lemme share about what i'd learned first. Group repentance is explosive. I'd thought it might sound more like a rocket. The fire that push it upwards is like what group repentance means, i guess? (:

Talking about the cheer leading team. Imagine with me, that there're a few stacks of human, stacking on one another. The 1st stack on the floor contain the largest amount of people followed by the 2nd stack on top of the 1st stack, containing a few amount lesser than the 1st stack. And the pattern goes on. This type of team work lead to one conclusion. The last stack is always ONE person standing on top, giving a victory or 'yay' signal. Isn't that what you often see in TV? Maybe not, but i did. As i twisted the perspective more towards the spiritual realm, i feel as if that all of us who are working hard are that few stacks of human. WHY?

The 1st stack on the floor containing the largest amount of people are like our leaders. The many leaders that built our foundation strong and hold us on. Followed by us, all of us who are being led by the leaders, being hold by the leader, to stand firm on their shoulders, hands or whatsoever that lead us to move on higher. And guess who is the last single one standing on top? That's God. As we stack on, we lift Him higher and higher. Higher and higher to show the world who is the Victory, to show satan who's the King.

However, there's always a disadvantage in this. If one fell, maybe the rest could hold on. If many fell, that's it. But the thing is, should we even fall? Unity is shown in this type of cheer leading team and we're part of the 'cheer leading' team. This show that we're not going to fall, we're going to stay on, we're going to lift God higher and higher. We're gonna share all up and down together despite spiritual warfare, persecution or many more.

We'd UDMM that talked about spiritual warfare (i think i'd shared what i wanted to share above already). Followed by some of us who left for shepherd's meet before heading home.

Spiritual warfare
1) The girdle of truth - John 4:24
2) The breastplate of righteousness- Proverbs 4:23
3) The shoes of preparation of the gospel- 2 Timothy 4:2
a: Intellectual preparation
b: Spiritual preparation
4) Shield of faith
5) Helmet of salvation- Proverbs 23:7

How are you guys feeling? Whole body pumped up for camp? Hah! Me too, and guess what? It's just few more days time from now! Do prepare yourself well for the camp :D

As today worship's song was being sung, it goes..

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
[high yeah high yeah..]

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
[be lifted be lifted high..]

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high

It rly awes me when i felt Father sitting at the highest in His throne.
When i sung it, i realised my heart had a strong urge of lifting God higher and
higher. I felt my hand trying to reach up higher and higher to the King who is
sitting at the throne. My heart was filled with awe and gratitude that cannot be
explained. A type of joy and happiness overwhelmed me.. God is so much higher
than anything..

jiayou peeps! :D
-panda

How've your devotion been going?

Instead of answer like, 'yeap, i'm doing good with it', 'oh, it's fabulous!' etc, why not further discuss about it with the people around about what you learned? It doesn't have to be discussed only when there is a right 'timing' for it. God's word can be discussed anywhere! I mean, aren't we told to share God's word every where we go? :D

Ever heard of 'meditating on His word?'

I bet you do. What's the purpose of a devotion? An answer that wouldn't appear here but it may create some time for thought in your brain. Unless you had just joined us for a few weeks, you should at least know one of the answer for 'the purpose of a devotion'. (Please ask your shepherd or leader if you do not know.) Often a time we're reminded to meditate on His word but what's actually meditating? How do i go about it?

As i was being reminded as well since yesterday, i'd decided to go look for it around the net and found a site talking about it. I would like to share it with you guys :D

credits: x

Principle Scriptures on the Discipline of Meditation: Joshua 1:6; Psalm 1:2;
19:14; 63:6; 77:10-12; 119:11, 17-18, 97-102, 148; Romans 12:1-2; Philippians
4:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Hebrews 2:1

Here is how you can find out.
Take a careful look at this Discipline of Meditation from God’s most precious
Word by examining your life and the passages above. Now ask yourself:

1. How do I exhibit a life of meditation in my daily life now?
2. How can I develop th willingness to b a mor disciplined person who'll meditate on God?
3. What blocks meditation from working and being exhibited in me?
4. How can I initiate meditation, and discipline myself to carry it out?
5. What can I do to make meditation function better, stronger, and faster, even in times of uncertainty and stress?

`Here are positive examples from Scripture:
Gen. 24:63; Psalm 19:14; 39:3; 49:3; 63:5-6; 104:34; 139:15-18; 23, 48, 55, 59,
78, 97-99; 148

`Here are negative examples from Scripture: Isa.
59:14-15; Hos. 4:1; John 8:44; Rom. 1:21-22; 2 Pet. 2:10; Rev. 3:20

The Discipline of Meditation basically means we are to focus, ponder, and reflect upon Christ. The discipline aspect of “biblical” Christian meditation means we commit to pay attention to Him, giving Him our total concentration as LORD over us. We are to “contemplate” and “deliberate,” which is to put Christ at the center of our attention and will by deliberating on His instructions and comparing them to what comes across our paths in life. This way, we can conform our mindset to replicate His Way, precepts, and call. This will enable us to “rehearse,” and make His ways our rehearse and reason, engaging in spiritual growth so He can communicate with us in order to shape and form us. Meditation helps us in our quest to grow in Him. Thus, we can “weigh" and study what God requires of us; then, by our attentiveness and determination, implement the application of what Christ has for us. Meditation subsequently allows us to become more humble-minded, relational, and active in God so we can be better able to lift our heart, will, thinking, and reasoning over to Him and then be better at reflecting and focusing on Him.

What meditation is not is
focusing on our feelings, intuition, exercise, detachment, manipulation, or some breathing techniques to get what we want from God or a deeper sense of ourselves. Nor is it “emptying” ourselves, seeking some kind of mantra or a path to attain enlightenment, because we want to “fill” ourselves with the Spirit and His precepts rather than “empty” ourselves! Nor is meditation some esoteric Nirvana to get a hidden meaning or go to a deeper level. God calls us to a deep level as we seek Him, placing Him first by what He has revealed, not seeking something He has not revealed. Emptying ourselves leaves room for the devil's ways and our will to take over. Rather, biblical meditation “fills” our mind and “attaches” us to Christ as in aligning us, focusing us upon our Lord as Lord over all we are and desire to be. Meditation is not difficult or complicated, nor is it for just pious “monasticism;” rather, it is for any Christian desiring more of Him and less of self (John 3:5).

What happens when we do
not practice this discipline? We are choosing not to grow closer to our
Lord. Or, perhaps we are using an excuse that because others have misused this
practice and turned it into what it is not, we are to totally abandon it. In
biblical meditation, the foundation is the Lord, who equips us to meet the
emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of one another. This discipline is not
emptying our mind or evoking some eastern religious or cultist view; rather, it
is drawing our attention to Christ—to whom He is and what He has done for us.

Just to share my learning point with you guys. I'd learned that if any decision i'd involved even 0.01% of my feeling and emotion in it, it could be a wrong decision. God do allow feeling and emotion, but not at the wrong situation. (:

Gambatte yoh.

ps, im back.