Cosmic Above is Thundering Love

Hi,

Friday. It was a shocker for me. i woke up to the sound alarm of my phone ringing away. i know i didn't put an alarm on because i told myself that i was going to sleep in. The phone ringing. Peeping at my phone. It was a phone call from my friend that i was staying with.

Early in the morning, he told me that he was going out with me still three-quarter sleep. About 1 hour later the call i receive on my phone. It was my friend. He was stuck in the snow just outside the house. He call me to help him out with snow. Shover snow.

The scenario is that he was going to drop of his son to school. The drive away down to the main street was cover with snow and the snow cover the path down. He drove down and got stuck in a big layer of snow. Tried to dig him out of it but is hard. It's just not easy working or clearing snow in cold weather.

He called reenforcement to clear the snow and another person to drop his school to school.

We manage to get the car free. Clear a good path from the garage to the main street.

My day was just feeling a little sleepy. I mostly sleep again. Today was exceptionally cold. People and reporters say that this winter season is the worse. It was suppose to get worse during February which i guess it's going to be even worse at that month.

Anyway, pray for the weather to subside. So i can fly back to Lynchburg with no delay. Hopefully school would be open for me to buy books and get ready for school.

More personal level:

I'm doing fine except for the cold weather. I enjoy this snow Christmas. I experience the American Christmas with an American family. It was worth seeing the traditions and culture here. Well Christmas here is totally different in Malaysia.

Besides that, i guess i'm doing fine. I just cannot wait to go home to Malaysia. On my mind now is just to finish this semester studies strong, reach my fitness level, and have greater relationship with God. Do continue to pray for me.

Pray,

1. Pray for me to continue to have good health

2. Pray that i will stay focus on my studies

3. Pray that my relationship with Jesus is intense. More love

4. Pray for me to get more scholarships. It is truly very hard for internationals.

5. Pray for God to guide me in what second-degree He wants me to have. Struggling whether i should do youth ministry or ministry or Bible history or

I guess i cover the most important things to pray for me.

Other things...

I heard about the Church burning thing back home in Malaysia. I find it not shocking at all. Why is it so important to use "Allah" in the Bible or other usage. This matter is so small. It shouldn't trouble us, Christian. The most important issue that should bother us, Christians, is in how to tell them the truth. They are lost in their religion. We, Christians, should be the one to guide people to know the love-relationship with Jesus Christ. We, Christians, are the ones that suppose to disciple people the truth. People don't understand that Christianity is not a religion but is a love-relationship with Jesus-Christ.

So Christians don't make it any bigger of a issue of this. We should be praying for them and loving them. The first commandment that Jesus Christ gave us should be so dear to our heart and should be apply to all people. Matthew 22:36-40.

i hope i'm straight to my point. This problem is the like the saying the Bible "reap what you sow" Galatians 6:7-9. From this there will be more problems.

i'm not tell you this to push you off but to tell you the truth.

Okay, i guess if you have any questions. Please be good questions and worth while arguing. Anyway, off to bed for me. Nighty night.

Lighting,

Form A Loop

Hey,

Thursday was just uneventful. Didn't do much. I mostly been reading. I'm beginning to appreciate reading books besides from studying. But i still prefer instant stuff. Like just tell me this equal this and i would be fine with the answer.

That's why went i read the Bible i always tell myself to find solutions to this and that. Well i guess is my OCD-ness yet i like doing it.

I receive a call later in the day to help out clear snow on the drive way. Clearing snow is easy but getting rid of the ice is not easy. Snow is just very soft and ice is melted snow and it refreeze to become ice.

It's not fun clearing snow and ice. It really hurts. I think been doing this past few days have given me a backache. I so want a back-rub from good soft tender hands massage.

i have been thinking. Actually not many people have given me massage yet i give many people massage. I want a massage.

Anyway, i'm really tired from clearing the snow. Doing it the whole day. And the forecast say that the snow weather will get worse. It means more clearing to do. Pray for my back and the weather to go bad. Pray for sun to come and melt away the snow.

Alright, nighty night.

Hula,

In the Mist of Calmness

Hello,

School is going to start soon. 18 January. I feel ready for school. I hope my classes that i'm going to take this semester would be good and easy and fun.

Today i stayed at home at my friend's place. Made lunch and dinner by myself. Read some books that i brought in the onething conference. Is just the beginning but will let you know if the book is good.

Okay. i think i want to read some more before i go to bed. So till then nighty night.

Peace,

Seven Hundred Seventy Seven

Hi Ho World,

Tuesday. It was uneventful day for me. I mostly stay at home while my friend goes to work. I was left alone in the house. I could follow him to work and stay in the prayer room. But i wanted time by myself to think and plan and discover more of me and God.

I wake up late. No one was home. I had to cook something to eat. Well just cook instant noodles that's what i did.

This is my 777 post for this blog. I'm well please that i have been faithful to this blog. I think this blog has change over the past years as it become more of a daily post about my day.

Looking back at my older post. i cried. i laughed. i raged. to the things i wrote about events i went through. i guess i have grown more mature in myself. But i feel i'm not strong in my spiritual yet.

Anyway, thank you people for reading my blog or following this blog. I'll try to continue to write till i pass away. If is possible i want to continue writing went i'm in heaven too. =) Alright i better get some rest. Nighty night.

Next,

Monday Morning Rain is Falling...

Hey,

First Monday of the year. I'm just filling in awe. Things are going well. School is going to start next next week. This semester i'm planing to have fun. Workout more and try my best to make friends with the Americans. Tough people to make friends with...

Anyway, i took some pictures of my friend's place. i took downstairs only. He didn't want me to take pictures of all over the house as it might a track bad company.

I mostly took pictures of the kitchen...

This is the kitchen. Quite big.

next to the kitchen is the dining room.

Study room

basement. To be secure when there is a tornado coming.

the whole i was out with my friend. I went out with him to church to hear him preach. There was a leaders summit in their church. I wanted to hear him speak. He speak on the time that Christians are slowly disappearing because new culture and new believes. It was quite a profound message. Powerful one that hit the hearts of the leaders in the meeting. It was shocking.

After the meeting. I went to eat McDonalds by myself. My friend was fasting. The McDonalds here is totally different. Is cheap. And fast. And taste different.

I order a double cheese and McChicken for 6 dollars. Which i guess is about 20 RM by now. That's expensive. Well double cheese was 1 dollar and McChicken meal was 4 with tax is about 75 cents. So it comes down to 6 dollars. Well if i'm a American it would be cheap. But a foreigner is expensive.

I have been praying very hard that the exchange rate would drop more. Evil prayer.

Later, i went with my friend for a hospital visit. The hospitals here is so strict. Before you can visit a patient you have to check-in with security. You have to bring an ID and so on. Why they do this here? Because of divorce. Parents that are divorce and have kids will have custody over who get the kids. So if they don't have security checks, the parent with no custody over the kid might one to kidnap. Of course there is other issues too for the security but the divorce is mostly the main reason.

America is one complicated country, with complicated systems, yet they are the most influence nation to the world.

After the visit, we went shopping for food to buy back to cook. We went to a korean store. In the store i found milo. OMG. It was worth buying it. It was quite expensive. For one tin of 500 grams is 5 dollars. And 1.5 kg is 14.99. And we found a 24 packet milo for 20 dollars. It expensive but he wanted to spent on me. So he got me one tin and the packet of milo. Oh is worth drinking it again. The taste was just right.

Here is a picture for prove...

It cost total for 24 tins is 20 dollars

close up

Vitamin B.

i'm really tired and just workout by today. Winter can really take a toll on your body. Making you feel tired and eat a lot. Anyway, i want to sleep now till then nighty night.

Snow,

Misty From Pokemon...

Hi hello,

First Sunday of 2010. It is great. The service was really filled with energy of the Holy Spirit. This church, IHOP (visit ihop.org), is very unique to me. The way they runs the church is different and some similarities from how CBC runs. Most of the leaders here are missionaries/pastors/intercessor-prayers.

Not going into detail about how they run church.

Anyway i took some pictures of their service...

Sorry many of the pictures are blurry. i'm not really a good photographer. >.<

Any regular church service. People walking here and there. Finding sits. Late comers.

They have quite a small stage but a big auditorium. Their band always have at least 3 guitarist and one bass. Two keyboard but one play piano. Usual 4 back-up and drums.

The worship leader is the guitarist.

Closer look at the electric guitarist and back-ups.

Closer look at the keyboardist and basses and i think another electric guitarist. I like the keyboardist using a macbook for programing other sounds and mixing into the keyboard to give effect.

The drummer is the most coolest. They close the drums up with screens in front and the rest around the drums is wood. There is a door on the right to get in. And set up two mics inside and also set up another mini-PA system for the drummer for the person to set his/her settings.

Worship.

Young and Old worshiping.

Around the whole auditorium is filled with this panels to bounce or absorb sound to give good quality sound.

Media crew filming to stream it live on the internet and on tv.

During worship time. The ushers bring out the holy communion. And the people do their own time doing holy communion. There was no pastor going up to the stage and tellings the elements and what's. Just do it at your own time with God.

I like how they serve the holy communion to people. They deliver it in buckets. Inside the buckets are packets. Inside the packets are the bread and wine(ribena). Look...

The top sip is where they put the bread/biscuit.

the second sip is the wine(ribena). cool right?

The top of the packet says "this is my body which is broken for you. Take eat do this in remembrance of me"

Closer look.

Below the words is where the bread/biscuit is.

below the bread/biscuit is the wine (ribena)

The whole packet is seal up, so you have to open it up yourself.

After that, they did they announcement then a solo from one they worship team then Word.

The speaker today was a women speaker.

hardly see any women speaker on the pulpit

She was preaching about fasting. Is worth listening to it.

Actually women speakers preach more personal than men. Men tend to preach more boldly and passionately.

She looks pretty but she is married.

Anyway, before coming to church, there was a snow storm. My friend told me that this never really happen often to Kansas city. And this is one of the worse snow storms compare to other years. Before we could go to church. We had to dig a path for the car to come out of the garage to the main street. Snow is easy to shove but is the ice underneath that is a problem. The ice is hard and thick. The thickness of the ice is about 3-5 cm.

So me and my friend had to shove and pour ice melt(salt) to make a path. Hard work. Took us about 30 minutes.

Here are some pictures of of how bad it is...well i didn't take the picture of the path because my camera batteries die out.

His drive way on the right side where you cannot see a path.

The main street isn't bad compare to the drive way.

can you spot the yellow fire hydrant?

That is totally sunk it into the snow. There snow was below knee level.

That is all i did on Sunday. I came back and just took a nice hot drink and when to bed. The first Monday is tomorrow. I think i'm sleeping in. Till then nighty night.

Ash,

Sleeper Paradise.

Hello Hello,

I totally didn't do anything today as i was mostly spent in bed sleeping. I slept till like 4pm. I was exhausted from the conference. I still remember what the speakers thought me and i'm going to keep it close to my heart.

Many stuff that the conference taught me. Things that i might use. I wrote it down in my personal book. Book of ideas.

The things that i did today was just checking my school schedule, some assignments, and results. Well my results were good this year as i did amazing. I got a 3.4GPA. Great. Love. Hope to repeat it with this other class next semester.

There is one thing in my mind now which is HOME. I have been away for 4 months. By the time i get back would be 9 months. Is like giving birth.

i for sure miss home. i pretty much guess that by the time i get back people have change a lot. I think i won't be able to be related to anyone. As i have change and friends change and people change. Hope it would be easy getting to know people again. Hope people are more deeper in love with Jesus.

i just hope for good news when i get back.

Next semester for me in school would be slightly tougher as i have to do something new into my schooling schedule. It is Christian Service. Christians Service is basically the person just helping out another ministry in whatever way. Which i would turn-in a report with a supervisor recommendations. I thank God that it does affect my school results by i can't graduate without doing 20 hours of Christian Service for 4 semesters.

I thank God again because i ask the head people of Christian service in whether i can do this when i get back to Malaysia and do many hours of Christian service. They say yes. So i'll be speeding up this Christian service and hopefully do enough to finish it in 2 semesters.

I really don't mind doing this Christian service but i'm worried that i focus more time on it then on my studies. That is my only fear.

I'll leave this unto God's hands to guide and schedule my life. As i just want to fall in love with God. I miss Him. I want to see His face. I want to meet Him. I want more of Him.

Alright, i'm just sleepy today. Winter weather is dangerous enemy to your stomach. It causes people to eat more and make people sleep more. In a result, making people fatter faster. But for me, i think i need the pounds. So i can look a little more stronger, faster, better. Okay i shall sleep now till then nighty night.

Tu Du Lu,

Ho Ho Ho Happy New Year..2010

Hey Hello Hi world,

New Year. 2010. 1/1/01.

My New Year started out waking up late. I was helping out with the conference people pack up the place. I wanted to help because i want to see how they bring down and take down things a part and do it so organize. The PA system and the lights. It was not easy. There was flopping many cables running here and there. But the helping out was worth it. Get to meet new people and just make friends to PA relationship. I might be able to get some special offer on some PA equipment.

Anyway, i came back to the hotel around 3am. And it was not a sight to look at. There was drunk people here and there. There were girls and guys trying to hook up (naughty). And there were just crazy people doing stupid things.

It's a new year. I couldn't sleep not because of the conference but the next door neighbor was a quite noisy. Really noisy, if you know what i mean. Anyway, cover my head with a pillow and cry to Jesus for peace and take me away to His place of peace. And telling myself Psalm 23.

Later in the day. As in the late morning. i wake up, get ready, come back to my friend's place, then sleep some more. i couldn't sleep because i have thought to myself that i have forgotten something. Like i left something in the room. I check all my stuff. I found out that i really forgotten something. It was my phone charger. I really hate forgetting things. Just hate it. I solely believe is the work of the evil to make people forget stuff.

I call the hotel about it. They say that they will handle it and would bring it to the front desk ready for me to take it when i come.

I told my friend and he agree to take me down but i got to be fast because he had a meeting later the day.

We drove down. And behold, they didn't do what i wanted they to do. This really get into my veins. This make me think whether Americans are better than Malaysians or worse or just equally same. Man. I hate when people promise you something and they don't do it. Just grr...

Anyway, i just forget about it. I told the hotel off that it is not the way to operate. I had to follow my friend to his meeting. He left me in the prayer room and he went to his meeting.

The church here has a 24/7 prayer session. Each prayer session is 3 hours. They have a full worship band playing for each session. But there is no list of stuff to pray. Is just you and God. But they is a mic in front and whoever felt lead by the Holy Spirit to lead the crowd into praying for something.

In that time, i thought to myself. I just abuse myself in how forgetful i was and make sure that i remember stuff again. The worship band sang some song that they written by themselves that spoke to me. Not to sure with the words. But it just made me just pray for forgiveness and to refocus myself.

i felt physical burnout because i was really tired. And i mean it, tired.

After the meeting, my friend took me to store to find a generic charger for my phone. I couldn't find one, so i just brought a new phone. It was about 14 dollars which i think should be about 50 RM.

I came back. Shower. And now going to sleep. So New year is a bit in a rough start but i know things will get better. I know want to be stronger, better, faster, smarter. And in tune with God. Till then nighty night. I will try to restart up my devotion blog again (been a bad boy and didn't post up devotion notes up).

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