AmiSh PaRADiSe...

StARtEd bY Jacob Amman,

TheSe peOpLe sTiL eXiSt aNd all imitate his lifestyle

Jacob Amman died in the 60s and from then on.. they all lived as he lived.. check it out..

No electricity

No phones

No cars

bLogGiNg thE wROnG eNtrAnCe

haha.. by request of Mark,

yesterday was ruth's surprise birthday bash at guan's place..

Mark drove Joanne, Ben and i there

Instead of driving into Jln Tani, he drove into Lim Ah Ping rd.. but we didn't know until....

Ben and i walked into a house with the numbers 26 on it.. we approached a maid and this is what happened..

Deniece: is melissa around?

Maid: no

Deniece: but the rest are inside?

Maid: yes

den we walked right into the living room and saw an altar.. that was when we decided that we walked into the wrong house.. the owner came and saw us stunned!

we rushed back into the car and told mark that he better check the road again.. true enough.. we made a wrong turn.. lol...

Well... that's all the joke for yesterday!

My DisCipLe...

havent been writing for a while but i was just very challenged by what Lindy told me to chart my disciple's spiritual growth...

went to visit her (i won't use her name for confidentiality purposes)..

She's really very different from who she is in church.. because she comes just on the dot for service and leaves straight after service.. so i didn't really get to spend personal time with her to get to know her..

one thing i realise... for so long (about a year now)... i don't know her AT ALL...

come youth leaders!! we ineed to get to know our youths!!!

i took a stroll with her around her neighbourhood coz her house was too crowded with people..

she began telling me about her school being a gangster school.. eveyone doesn't doo their homework... pontans school... smokes just outside school.. goes against school rules.. girls roll up their skirts to look less nerdy.. have multiple piercings on their bodies.. peirce their tongue with thumbtacks ... (ok i must share about this... friends... u may hear this.. and get appalled.. but.. you will never know if someone around you and is going through the exact situation right NOW.. what are you going to do about it??? sit down and kiss your ASS!!!!!?????? come on... i dun mean to be mean and vulgar but... don't you think we ought to do something about it???!! i knew a colleague who had multiple body piercings too and i never knew that i would have a youth who is exposed to these too...)

anyway.. not only that... much more horrid stuff than i can ever imagine..

From young she would get beaten everytime something went wrong. Not only would her mum use a cane... her mum would grab every single thing that can be grabbed to hit her... such as a wire, a charger or even a belt.. now sometimes when she gets beaten.. she doesn't even feel the physical pain anymore.. she's immuned...

Her school work isn't looking gd... she's not participating in her extra curricular activities bcoz she doesn't feel like it... she's not doing her homework bcoz she's too tired and lazy...

Dear Lord, i'm not a trained counsellor or any person who is qualified to have help her.. but here am i Lord, send me. If you can Lord, make me a vessel for your use if you can Lord.. i really wanto help.. if i don't help.. i dunoe anyone else who will... Lord... please teach me.. equip me... walk beside me.. i give my life to you for your use Lord...