Another year, another retreat

Posted on April 21, 2012 by liyenn

another year, another retreat

same God, same Spirit

Same presence, different manifestation

same participants, different gifts

God moved in more ways then one..I’ve long since given up on pretending to know how God moves..because He does it differently all the time..

Ever since PJK came and mum was around = better sleep sort ofish on time…I haven’t really stayed up late during retreat..but this year I did..knowing full well that (well..I’m not that old…but older…) I have to hit the ground running on Mon with work etc…not that I stayed up that late mind you…i still managed to get 6 hours of sleep..but it was still amazing, that extra hours of interacting with people and spending time in God’s presence

I’m continually amazed at how He uses me, continually amazed at the different ways in which He uses me..

But the one thing I’m actually most thankful for this year was that I took the time to invest into the lifes of 2 people…2 very special juniors..why them? for no apparent reason…I was sloted to worship lead in 1 session…and me being me, was very tempted to just do it with my flatmate..me+flatmate=less practice needed…but I just felt really guilty, I knew there were things I needed to ‘teach’…so after thinking over it for a while, I called 1 other 5th year to co-lead with me..and then randomly picked 2 juniors who weren’t in any of the other teams yet…

The thing about worship leading for me was that, if you just come for practice, that’s technically half the work done..cos the other half was the praying before that..so after some discussion, we decided that our first practice would be a ‘hearing from God’ session…and we came together, prayed for a theme, heard from God together and decided the songs..wonderful time spent in God’s presence..God moved, He spoke..we all agreed on the same theme..as one of them said: just as i wanted to sing one song, Li Yenn sang it..I knew it wasn’t coinicidence, it had to be God…

then I threw down challenges for them…

1 of them had never really played piano before..his challenge was to play the first song..and to lead 1 of the slow songs

the other was challenged to play all the fast songs (actually her song list just kept on increasing..)

I threw down another challenge, that we were leading as a team, and hence, everyone was invited to lead…and I heard one of them challenging the participants to ‘just lift up your hands and worship God’..during post-retreat testimonial sharing, he later shared that he felt so free..when he wanted to jump, he did..when he wanted to lift his hands he did..

and God did not disappoint..He moved amazingly…His presence was so strong…lead by the speaker, we moved into a time of praying for each other (to the consternation of the PA team who didn’t have a database of lyrics and needed to google the songs..I think they were pretty stressed =p)

God is good…He is always good…can’t wait to see wait else He does

meanwhile..finals is looming..gahhhh..major study time

Spring?

Posted on March 4, 2012 by liyenn

until it hailed this afternoon..and the temperature dropped by 15%..spring almost came early

hmm

Posted on February 28, 2012 by liyenn

I was called a religious fanatic by a friend today – a Christian

definition of a fanatic: someone that goes to church every Sunday and goes for CF most Fri

I’m not sure whether to laugh or be insulted

when we go looking for snow

Posted on February 13, 2012 by liyenn

cold. tiring. but fun Satuday..last Saturday to be precise..we were in search of a frozen waterfall..we found a partially frozen one..haha..this was a 2.5 hour drive down to lake district..

now I’m feeling the effects of not really studying hard enough…gah…i’m glad my mum doesn’t read this blog =p I can just about imagine the earful I’ll get

on a seperate note..woke up at 8.51am this morning..I needed to be at the hospital by 9.00am.. -.- very annoying start to a monday morning and the week..I eventually got there by 9.20ish am..after a 13pound cab ride..sigh..I better hear my alarm tomorro morn..God wake me up please!!

=)

Posted on November 11, 2011 by liyenn

Hullo everyone!!

so..it’s been almost 2 weeks since i left edinburgh, 1 week since i arrived in melbourne..

melbourne is HOT! a bit too hot to be honest..i would say it’s worse than home, because home got car to go around..here have to take public transport..but it’s just me being picky really..melbourne’s actually a pretty fantastic city..there’s that sort of laidback attitude..or maybe it’s cos I actually don’t really need to ‘study’

but anyway…i think because of the sheer numbers of patients it receives, RCH has quite an amazing array of rare operations…in the 1 week i’m here, i’ve seen fundoplications, a repair of a diaphragmatic hernia, and then the usual run of the mill hernia operations..days here start at 7.30 for surgery..and for the docs, 12 hour days are common..it’s really like singapore working hours without the stress of someone scolding you i think..the docs are great! really friendly, and welcoming for me to tag along..really thank God for His favour

I’ve been going along to 2 churches..basically following my 2 friends really…one’s the planetshakers church, the other’s called bridge…it’s been great! service is 1.5 hours…sermon’s are short, but packs a punch..it’s funny to see the amount of asians..i went for the planetshakers uni ministry combined cell groups last night, and looking around, all the heads had black hair, minus a few..malaysia=peninsular malaysia+Sabah Sarawak+Melbourne

so yeah..all’s well..except for the fact that i’ve got this amazing rash..for all the medics..i present to you: a drug rash