2010

Time is soon to reach a new chapter called 2011. Indeed as the current chapter of 2010 comes to an end, I must say many good things had happened, a fair share of joy and laughter. Yet there were parts of bitterness, disappointments and perhaps despair.

It calls for a time for celebration when victories are tasted but in view of failures, courage was needed to put both feets up so one may walk again.

For me, it had been an exciting journey as I think back right now. Roller coaster ride indeed.
Let's see really as I think back what I had gone through...

Jan was a start when I started chasing Shuyun, also the time when I quitted from my first full-time job.
Feb was a pretty okay month with struggles of whether I should enter SOT but praise God, by then I was confirmed and accepted into it!
Blessings came then both financially and in terms of my relationship with the leaders like 80 and 95.
It was a brand new start by the time SOT started in March as there were many things that I'd took on like SOT ushering and making new friends around the world.
Assignments came, lessons were packed, blessings were still on the way with part time jobs that supplemented the income...
April and May were like the cruising period when everything was still on momentum, not to forget the peak being for the Asia Conference '10.
June was perhaps more exciting as I had found my new partner and everything then start taking for a turn though blessings were still on their way, in a different form. Not to forget the first taste of preaching in front of live audiences.

By July I started to see myself 'degenerating' from what I used to be. Could be an act of complacency, or simply my character could not support where God wanted me to go that I need to be corrected on the inside.
Ministry was a setback for me, with many things being challenged not on authority, but on my character to sustain what I had being entrusted.
God was still good as I embarked on my first mission trip to Surabaya, GpDI Elohim with 14 other amazing ppl and indeed it was an exciting time then doing many works and in hope of blessing the church and the city.
August was a breaking month with preparation of exams, handing up of assignments and of couse getting ready for our graduation. My second mission trip with Pst Darren to GpDI LC in Jakarta where we had Emerge Conference there! It was a blast and with the other good pals fm the zone, we certainly had fun and we could sense God creating history there! Many youths on fire, certainly a greater destiny yet to come!
Then came September and October when winter started for me. Family went through turmoil after turmoil, being unemployed myself. Financially it was not sustainable but God saw us through, every single day of it.
November was a revelation month of me, when things started unfolding on the future of myself and my family. Of course the truth was hurting but it was a phase we need to go through. The search for a job went on still. Ministry wise, it took on a lower turn but with new additions to the team that made a whole world of difference.
December. A month of decisive moments that determines the future, actions that will shape the course of my life. It was a visionary month as well as many more unfolded which will affect the future.
2 forms of separation I will need to go through, decisions I need to make that requires a hard reset of my priorities. More importantly, I was able to set pace to tell myself I can afford to slack no more, after many hardships I had to go through, unnecessarily.

Overall, it was more of a downtime when most of it had to be spent on re-building the trust that was lost by me, many whackings that could be avoided if I had been more attentive.
Power of leadership, discipleship, delegation and empowerment are the main things I need to learn.

Time waits for no one, everyone has the same amt of time each day as long as you are alive. What you do will and shall shape and break for the future.

I guess that is about all for me in 2010. 9 more days to go. Only these 9 days to make the 2010 most worthwhile yet, and making 2011 a great start for myself.
And most importantly, a new start of greater things to come!. God certainly won't let me miss out the fun I believe! :)
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