Mother's Day
Well it's all too joyful to be contained! Today was certainly a day of many firsts:
The first time I shouted my mum (& sibs) to a meal; the first time i did it for Mother's Day; the first time I penned her a card for it with a couple of my favourite verses from the Bible hand-written in English
and Chinese; and the first time I've been able to give her a pat on the back for no reason other than to show her my support.
I love God so much!! Thank you!!
As an aside, it's also the first time I've hemmed up 10 nappies for CMIAid (yesterday) and many more to come with the help of lovely Barbara who provided the flannelette for it. I can't wait to make the bags and bunny rugs for them too. See, we're going to send it all off as a "package" and i can definitely see future work in this (in terms of hobbies). Something sad did happen today though- my knitting needle broke near the middle of my third project! *Sigh* I feel slightly aggrieved. But the joy i feel in being able to spend quality time with my mum & sibs makes it pale into a quirky little trifle. The Lord also gave me opportunity to tell her more about Him and let me know what i need to pray for; I was able to share the simple but powerful fact that every ancient prophecy concerning the promised saviour was fulfilled in Jesus and as a result, we can trust what He says in his Word. It was marvellous being able to just sit down and have a chat with her about it; never expected it to happen so soon.
I certainly wouldn't have been able to unless we had lunch first, paving the way for the relaxed session afterward. And the idea for lunch popped into my head only just earlier today! Even my cat helped in his own way, by charming and distracting the kids while mum and I had the important 'chat' - if this could lead to her been saved, every little bit leading up to that moment is significant. God knows how often i pray for her. Oh how mysteriously and wondrously the Lord works in all things, bringing things together and tying up each loose end one by one! :D
A month deeply cherished
I've had a very profitable and satisfying month. Reading has been at the top of the agenda and my second beret (red this time) is knitted and looking beautiful. Visiting various people has been good & reaffirming plus I've started a once-a-week project with Barbara where we distribute tracts in letterboxes or make bookmarks and things that could be given out regarding the gospel message. Another thing we have in mind to do also is making bags/nappies/bears etc for an organisation called Christian Mission International Aid (CMIAid) who distributes them by the shipload to needy countries around Europe where they visit. But that idea is still in conception phase and we'll need to get materials/patterns (not to mention sewing skills in my case!) before we begin.
At any rate things are happening a day at a time and ideas that began as 'we should do that..' has finally become 'next time, let's..' so i'm truly happy. One standout milestone (to me) is getting around to using that laminator for making bookmarks. They really are very charming and laminating things make all the difference to a finished product. The icing on the cake.
I've also started swimming lessons which has been good. And the mini reunion with Ellen, Mary, Manda, Sil, Jeff, Shuai and Johann has been lovely. Reminded me how much i love night driving (as the passenger that is) and also; must look into buying some Richard Clayderman music. Ellen introduced me to it and it's definitely worth looking into.
Also, must mention that in the last week of April, we had visitors from Ireland which meant an inevitable visit to my beloved Blue Mountains during their stay!!! Ooh i love it more and more every time i go there. Blackheath is looking absolutely gorgeous this time of the year with their Liquid Ambers all aflame and dancing around along the lanes. Their company was felt and missed, especially upon their leave. They're going to a week-long Malaysian church conference in June and were it not for the timing i woulda loved to have gone with them, and maybe even pop into Singapore to see dear Bernice and her sis. But for now, there are solid things to ground me here. Tutoring Stan once a month; the project with Barb, the various people to reconnect and meet up with; reading my Bible (i firmly intend to finish it this year) and also, jobs to get me through. Speaking of which - i have a job interview tomorrow. If anything comes out of it, i'll dedicate the next post to it. Because the circumstances surrounding me even getting to the phone stage has been quite significant.
