Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Parent supports in New Life

The children had an amazing 2 years in New Life and so do we.  Ser En & Rong En has 3 other good friends in New Life, namely Benedict, Zane & Isaac.  We had 3 other good friends too, the mother of the 3 children name Li Lian, Charm & Vanessa.

In New Life, we first got to know Li Lian.  One thing we love about New Life is that every morning there's an assembly where children will be singing praises to God before they start school.  Parent's will be watching from afar.  That's how we get to know Li Lian as it's our morning ritual to stand at behind the assembly area to watch our kids.  Slowly we exchanged glances and started talking to each other.  Then we'll have breakfast together once a while.

Li Lian is a Catholic and she has great passion serving God.  I enjoyed talking to her regarding biblical stuff, her husband is Michael who came to know God through her.  We have also observed Charm as she is exceptionally tall and quiet.  As she stays near the school, we may meet her occasionally when we go to provisional shop near by.  As we exchanged conversation, we realised that she is a filipino married to Singapore.  She is a Christian while her hubby Andy is not.  Andy worked for Air Force.  He had many experiences in his life that he felt sorrowful over and is indulged to drinking and smoking so as to numb himself from past memories.  We believed that God has been doing things in his life to lead him towards God.  There was a period when he was sick and due to the sickness, he felt that the taste of liquor was bitter and stopped drinking for a moment.  Then recently, he was posted to Brunei, a place where there was not much activities to do except to find ways to drink and smoke, but God gave him a roommate who is a Christian and leading him to study bible daily.  I'm waiting for the day he becomes a Christian.  And finally, we came to know Vanessa when we were having breakfast at the hawker center.  Vanessa is an active Christian serving in her church as committee member.  We shared a lot during various breakfast on serving in the church.  Her husband Jimmy is a businessman who is also passionate evangelising for God whenever there's opportunity.  He is also passionate is helping Andy to know God better.

With these people around me during this 2 years, it was an amazing journey as we shared many of our experiences on God's story.  We encourage each other and lifted up each other.  Our usual routine in the morning is sending children to school and then have breakfast together.  Other days, we may be celebrating children's birthday together, going out in Singapore for various events and event having holiday together in Bintan resort.  Awesome time together.

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