World Youth Day Madrid 2011

Visitors

Grace is staying with us at the moment. She is passing by, while crossing over from ICPE Rome to ICPE NZ. A week after her arrival, our friends from Germany, Andrea & Fr Gerhard, came for a visit. We had a great time together, catching up and enjoying each other's company.

They stayed at the Pacific Sutera where we had a chance to have breakfast with them and sit in the sun together with them while having a chat...

Derek's parents invited us all for a seafood dinner at their place. Mmmmm... we enjoyed the crabs and prawns...

Derek & I visited Kinabalu Park with Gerhard & Andrea and spent good time together before Derek left for the World Youth Day in Madrid.

So thankful to God for reminding us of these people whom we have come to know while in Germany. Grateful for the friendship and prayer times we had together...

Fullmoon Celebration of Roselle Alayna

Baby Roselle Alayna. I have been calling her "Ally"... She responds everytime I call her. Well, she responds to any sound for now...

O sweet baby...



Our family photo with the latest addition...



With my siblings... showing off our surname... We had great fun together. So thankful to God for the gift of life in Roselle Alayna.

My niece has arrived! - Roselle Alayna

Proud aunts and uncle surrounding baby Ally... born 18th March 2011

Surprise!

Just as he thought he reached the end of the day, after fetching the Singaporeans from the airport, he walked into our home finding 30 other people in his house shouting "surprise!".



Derek gave his speech..."thank you for celebrating my birthday though I'm the oldest among you..."



Oreo cheesecake, a gift from the lifeline & lifefire ministries.


Juliana writing on the card...


The birthday card



The snacks and dips for the party



The SOWers

Singapore's School of Witness 2011 Rally

The 6 week School of Witness with participants from Singapore, Malaysia and Australia ended yesterday with a beautiful commissioning mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Singapore.

The 23 participants received a cross each as their sending off gift. Derek was working with 7 other staff from the Archdiocesan Youth Centre of Singapore and ICPE India.

The school ran a Youth Rally on Friday evening, 18th Feb and the hall was packed with young people from around Singapore. Many came to be prayed with during the ministry time. Derek led the worship that evening and had also the privilege to lead the band consisting of present and past participants of the SOW. This is the 3rd SOW in Singapore and for the first time, there were not enough seats - as how Edwyn prayed it would be.

I had the chance to join them for the rally after my conference in KL. Thanking God for such a beautiful experience...

The crowd



The worship





The mime

Moving Moments with Mike & Celine

Mike & Celine's Wedding at SFX Singapore





The Evening Dinner...





The decor...





I was fascinated at the guest book, how it was designed with pictures of Mike & Celine and the story of their journey, not in pre wedding pix...



Derek and the arch - he put the roses for our wedding arch and we wondered if Mike did all these... hmmmm