held at Level 4 Overflow room + rock auditorium from 9 am - 7 plus...

ALOT OF HARD WORK BY THE ARROW TEAM IDEA MAKERS!

Cindy Tan says, "this table does not belong here, definitely, it does not"
(moves table away)
*few girls fiddling with the cool stuff on the table*

wahahahaha~ my himechan tiara!!!






thanks to some of the jc girls who were helping me take the photo as well as PAMS!!! (:


NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE!!!! NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE!!!! (shakes shakes, Amen!)

Coach Joanne leading the pre-service games. "NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE!!!"

everything started off on a nice note...made a new friend, Bernice from SMU (:
Pauline, Pastor Benjamin's wife was sharing about LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.

Loving others through own effort is conditional love, it will fail.

Loving through the love of God...
ability to face rejections & expect reward from the Lord.

Patience

• accepts the imperfection of those around you and allow someone to be imperfect.

• James 1:2-4 (New King James Version)

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

• Learn to manage your expectations in human relationships. Not everyone behaves like you.

• Patience is being willing to listen emphatically with a desire to understand.

• People like it when they feel understood.

• How can I be patient especially when I am not a patient person by nature?

People who are impatient with people are also impatient with themselves.

Kindness

• is putting others needs before yourself simply for the sake of love.

• Ephesians 4 : 32

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

• Be conscious of the little acts of kindness.

• Stop to ask people questions.

take time to ask people things that matter to them.

• Speak kind words that build others up, not tear them down.

• Proverbs 18 : 21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

• Proverbs 15 : 1

A soft answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Generosity

• is giving of yourself - time, energy, attention, ability & money - to others.

• be generous with compliments

• talk to them with genuine love

• recognize people

• Familliarity -> Slowly kills the relationship

• Life is not about you and you alone. Make time for people.

• When you value possession, it will possess you.

• Hold possessions loosely.

• Value people over possessions.

Appreciation

• appreciating someone does not always have to be BIG.

Forgiveness

• means letting go of the past and moving on.

• clean slate in a relationship.

• unforgiveness focuses on the past

• removes all barriers

• provides platform for all restoration

• opens the possibility for a better relationship

Allow love (God) to direct & lead your everyday relationship with others.

When you sow love into others, you will reap loving relationships which will cause you to love relationships.

Love is not a feeling, it is a choice!

Today, I CHOOSE LOVE!
I was touched by this meeting today, NEVER FELT LIKE THIS IN SUCH A LONG TIME I SERIOUSLY MISS THE FEELING SO MUCH, DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE ON THIS TOPIC TOO - I didn't take notice of it, I just felt like signing up ... Pauline started asking to people to come up for prayer while she was concluding for Forgiveness... I was surprised as it spoke directly to my situation...it shot right into my heart...tears falling down... she was saying about having a hurt inside, unforgiveness within your heart, maybe it's a family member, maybe it's a friend...who have hurt you deeply... and started sharing about a relationship between 2 friends who thought their relationship would never restore again...but it got restored with a hug...

tears couldn't stop flowing... She also said something about feeling a sting each time the memory is provoked...You know you don't really hate this person, you love... and it hurts...I felt a hard nudge to go up for prayer... Vulnerable, I went up... not bothering about anything... in the end so many of them went up for prayer as well... I could feel it strongly, (for the first time in my life I felt such a HARD NUDGE to go up for prayer... my ear was blocked for awhile and it felt hot...) By the time, I went up... my face, was drenched... I couldn't stop the tears...

She also said that after the leaders pray for you, say "I release (so & so), I let go of (whatever happened)"....

Jo Gabrielle handed me some tissues from the back (AND THEY PREPARED REALLY ALOT OF TISSUES, BOUGHT FROM CARREFORE, What thoughtful servers!)

Although I tried to stop talking about this person, deep inside... I still feel a lot of things...

I know I haven't let go...

So Pauline prayed for me, started off by saying, could feel the presence of God very strongly in me (I felt it, very tangibly this time... FOR REAL) Said something about I may not share this dark dark part of me, but God knows what I am going through... and indeed, prayed about me letting go of unforgiveness with this person... to summarize it off all... I felt so much better after the prayer...


Next up was a short lunch

a REALLY DELICIOUS ONE!!! I loved the fried rice & chicken wing (:

followed by a Q&A time...

After which, Coach Joanne shared an interesting presentation about COMMUNICATIONS.

ha, so related to my course. and wow, it's like studying what I am studying with bible verses (:

1. Good communicators see good in other people
2. 1 Samuel 25 (the story used)
3. don't always think you're an excellent communicator
4. make requests, not demands
5. Be a woman that :

• people respect
• points others to Jesus
• that us influential
• favor with man & God

(sounds like a WOMAN OF GOD, someone that I know!!!)

after that is a short break & a combined (men & women) message by Pastor Benjamin.

ONE LINE THAT I CAUGHT STRONGLY,

God wants to tune me back...

he also said something about feeling like you have wasted your 2008... away from God...
being full of anger, unforgiveness & bitterness

yes, in the end I went up for prayer again...
Coach Tammie prayed for me and said something about eliminating the bad opinions of myself I have within me... GOD WANTS TO TUNE ME BACK.

and DINNER FELLOWSHIP today was super awesome.
we went to SINGAPORE FLYER!!!! POPEYE'S!
was with the rp care group people.
but I don't know I just felt really happy...
and was talking to Eileen Xu & Petrina...
love these girls to bits...
my ex care group, tp-b was there as well..so happy to see them there!!!
then went to the train station with Eileen Xu, Petrina & Shem...

SHEM WAS ATTEMPTING TO POLE DANCE AT ESPLANADE.
We LAUGHED NON STOP.

I could really feel that this JOY, is given from the Lord. =)

Everything today, AMEN! ^^

JESUS LOVES ME!!!

Thank YOU DADDY FOR SUCH AN AWESOME DAY...

Learnt something from Pauline, be thankful for the little things and add it all together =)
You will realize how blessed you are! ^^

I HAVE AN AWESOME YEAR AHEAD.