Wednesday, August 09, 2006

finally. something worth blogging about. though its like 3 days gone, but its still a vivid memory.

yay

FOP. if you were blessed by it, say(tag) amen! oh yeah.. i will give it amen^n.

in the beginning, ming was once again, losing steam. ming needed more water and more fire for the steam to be produce. recalling that round about the same time last year, he was banging his head and singing his heart out to God with hillsongs and delirious, ming was hoping for the same experience this year. he hoped and prayed that God would speak and touch him again.

he went, with great anticipation. 4pm, he was already at kallang mrt together with the central gang and some other megalifers. the meeting was only scheduled to start at 730. so he queued, met some nice indian/(or maybe something else) man who blessed him with some malay chicken. well, he did not really feel blessed by eating it, but he was blessed by the strong sense of family amongst the church of God. they night went by, he learnt the songs and jumped around. dozed off a little during the sermon (thanks vanessa). however, the high soon dropped when he found that his dad had kinda forgotten about him, hence leaving him to go back on his own. well, not entirely, he had a nice walk and talk with rachel and then met up with some of the rest at the station, den shared a cab back with rachel. no doubt, he saved rachel's life twice, but he wished that God would save him from the longing in his heart. that God would refresh him. the first day.

then, the next day, with more hope for a new day, he went at 3! along with megalifers and central 3 ppl. the second day was better. though, it started slowly. ming was more inspired about the message preached than anything else. the market place. vjc. yes. it is time to do things. ming was contented with what God had done that day. appreciative is the word. but the void he felt in his heart on friday was still there. crying out he was. more than he knew it.

that saturday night, ming was still dying to go for the finale. but, it seemed like, no one was going. megalife guys went soccer, the girls, dunno.. some said "school", some said "homework", ming's heart said "go" so.. ok.. had a hard time finding people to go. in the end, it was dale, wen long, bryan quek, (maybe)andy, sarah(after some persuasion). it was enough. ming just wanted some company, this was more than he could ask for. one person from all his cirles of friends (church, acsi, vj). happy, he went to bed. the second day.

the morning came sooner than he hoped. pw meeting in the morning, pw group dota(lol). then, he met the ppl at 430 (everyone was late). so after eating some "lunchner" and a powdery 50 cent cone (it was terrible), we set off for the stadium, reaching there only at 530. the gates had open by then, so we went straight in by the east gate and sat in the last row of the front of the third column. seats were satisfactory. met the vj cell people. did not know they were going. the guys went to the toilet together, then, ming pulled out his integration worksheet after realising that there was too much time being wasted. sarah did too.. only that she was ahead of ming. the ac guys of course just complained about how stressed we were making them feel and blah.. but oh well, we continued. alexi too was doing integration. after a few questions, ming got quite pro at it and he was said it was good. of course, due credit to be given to sarah who helped.

soon, the service began as ming watched his father give the welcome speech thing. ming was proud of his dad. ming for some reason, was already feeling high from the start of the service. (perhaps because he was happy to be talking to "old" ac friends). ming's spirit lifted up a shout of praise to God. it was good. ming also connected in prayer. it was good(except for the sweaty palms problem that he had all 3 nights). the message contained some wise sayings that ming felt were very meaningful. however, the message was not particularly impacting his life. he noticed the guys getting abit restless, so he pulled out the colourful jelly beans and played some games with them. at the same time, listening to the message.

then, everything came to a close as moen came up. ming, liked the electric guitarist. he liked the back up acoustic guitarist's hair more! and then we sang arise x 4. that song is really annointed. then, ccc came up.. and we danced! we jumped. sarah jumped too!(though she was concerned about getting sweaty.) it was great fun leaping high in the air. more than anything else, ming's heart and desire to worship came back. and that sealed the deal. 3 days was more than worth it.

then at the end of it all, ming decided he wanted to spend the rest of the day with his buddys. so he decided not to follow the family back but to go with sarah, quek and wenlong for some supper. we bummed our way to bugis only to find it was closed so ended up in a 7-11 -_-. so ming decided to do what he saw lynnette do the other day. 2 cans of nescafe drink. ming chose mocha and original. 2 straws, both drinks went in at the same time. ming was really full when we finally finished his drink. also, super awake. lol. thank you sarah, quek and wenlong for a great night. i hoped God did the same for you (: . the third day.

through out the whole thing, day 3 was the best. good company, good service, good coffee and of course, good God.

you know, its funny how you dont really know what you are lacking until you find it in plenty. i did not know that i was getting cold until i felt the fire was hot. i did not know how much i treasured ac dudes till i met them again. yeah..

moral of the FOP story. treasure everything you have. thats important. but always make sure you are in plenty. or else, you wont even know you are empty.

let your power get inside me
show me all i can be
take a hold of me.

[ming]aRise

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