What do you possess if you possess not God?

What do you possess if you possess not God? St. Augustine

I was reading the daily mass readings from this website this morning: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration.htm#27 and came accross this saying from St Augustine.

Well, how true and wise it is to ask the question, if God is not in your life, then who is?? Definitely it is not no one or nothing. Someone or something else will be taking that place.

Sometimes, not making a decision because it is too difficult or being undecisive automatically leads us to make a choice, even if we did not choose it. How important it is to make decisions and choose what I want for my own life instead of waiting for the decision to be made for me, and eventually agonise over it because I did not choose that for myself; it was simply chosen by default.

So therefore, if I did not choose God, who did I choose to give my life to?

Cousin Agnes' Wedding at SHC & STAR - 21st September

Lifefire Leaders' Weekend 19th - 20th September

We spent the weekend at Montfort Kinarut and are feeling totally privileged to be asked to guide the new team in their weekend together as they committed themselves to the service of the ministry in UMS, our local university.

The 10 of them were so open to the movement of God and to our suggestions and feedback on their dynamics. Both Derek & I were impressed to see their openness in working with one another and in listening to each other.

We guided them in some group dynamic exercises as they discovered one another's potentials, strengths and giftings. Amazing to see the honour and respect in each of them for the other.

We are both happy to have witnessed this gathering of young and zealous people, all ready to serve God in their campus. In our time of prayer with them, we were so touched to see their openness in responding to God in their prayer of surrender and commitment.

Our weekend ended on Sunday afternoon with an eventful day's schedule. After attending the lunch party of our neighbours' son's full moon, we rushed to Sacred Heart for the baptism of Kayle, Derek's godson. Later, we went to St Simon's for mass and adjourned to the gathering of my cousin's pre-wedding reception at her home... As if that was not eventful enough, Derek attended the Men's meeting that evening, helping them out with a workshop on leadership.

Nothing else we can say but totally grateful to God for giving us people to celebrate life with, in all ways possible...

Fr Rayner's Ordination - 16th September

Touring Doulos - 13th September

Just returned from the ship... Had a great time with Leine who brought us on a tour on the Doulos ship. We met Leine, Magda's mum, on the appreciation dinner as Magda introduced us to her parents. She is full of love and care, as she showed us around the ship, bringing us to every corner...

We saw the flatlets where the families live (sorry, forgot the camera... again!). They have a very small cabin which has a few rooms in them and families are able to make a flatlet out of them.

As usual, the singles get to share cabins with either 1 other person or 7 others... The cabins are very small and each person only gets to have a bed each and that's their space for their time on the ship.

We also had the adventure of entering the engine room, which was boiling hot!! Leine also briefed us on the fire procedures, in case of fire on the ship. Wow, they are well trained and know every detail as they have a fire drill every week to practice on...

We ended the tour with a nice meal at the dining room. We were impressed to see tables set aside for families and singles. The families get to sit on the same table all the time. Guess it's for the children's stability... Today, on the menu, we had chicken breast served with rice and salad. For dessert, we had walnut brownie and starfruit plus longan. mmmmm...

Today was a special day at the Doulos since they are welcoming 65 new intakes. Anyone can join the ship for 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years... It definitely kept us thinking of our possibility of cruising on a mission ship, someday...

After the tour, we finally went to the book fair. So much to see and the prices were incredibly cheap. It's said that their books are sold the cheapest here in KK compared to all the other ports.

And as soon as we arrived home, Derek is back to his new toy... He got a laptop last night and is completely glued to it, for now.

A night on the Doulos - 8th September

So, we were invited to the appreciation dinner of the ship, Doulos, on Wednesday evening. We had the opportunity to meet the team again, those who were here for the past 2 months or so, preparing for the ship's arrival, doing promotions and admin work...

We met Magda, a South African, whose parents are also working on the ship. We spent the evening with them, dining on the same table, chatting about mission life and life away from home... with some tears in between, especially Magda's mum, as she hears a performance by another South African, singing in her mother tongue.

The evening was great, filled with a room of people who have supported the Doulos mission in its visit here in KK.

Of course our memories of the mission came back fast with the way food was served... We had roast beef and roast chicken. It was yummy! They kept telling us that they don't eat like that everyday... We laughed along saying that we do the same in the mission. Agapes are grand and elaborate in ICPE, but we don't do that everyday...

It was a nice evening, exchanging experiences of fun, excitement and challenges working as a volunteer among many other nationalities. We were invited to come for a personal tour 'round the ship. Looking forward to that...

BGR Seminar with Lifeline 28th - 31st August

Ok, so we took the challenge to speak to the Lifeliners, a group of young adults, who were interested to have a weekend on "Boy-Girl-Relationship"...


Experts in relationship, we are not, but our passion is to reach out to these young people and share with them principles which they will be able to apply in all areas of their lives.

The Puppeteer God

The weekend at Colonnades Hotel was intensive yet exciting as we witnessed what God was doing among us.

Demonstrating how to draw a Life Map for reflection

We were privileged to have witnessed their openness and desire to know God and themselves more.

The response: some bored, some asleep, some thinking deep, some entertained...

The weekend ended with an Honouring Men & Women evening, which was made very special at the SGCC for the 20 of us who were involved int he weekend. Certainly God has blessed us all in accepting his truth that we are his sons and daughters, heroes and princesses...