Happy Mother's Day

Despite having been a mother of a pair of lovely twins for over 7 years, I never really could see myself fitting into the role of a mother naturally. But for the first time this year, I really feel that God has blessed me exceptionally much this Mother's Day, with so many good news to share.

First and foremost, most of you must already know that my father-in-law started studying the Bible formally today, Mother's Day. From what I gathered from the brothers he studied with as well as Alvin Fan who spent a little time with them, my father-in-law was very open and in fact seems to have already decided before the study that he will accept Christ as his Saviour.He went as far as to learn how to pray in today's session, which lasted over an hour and a half. What a breakthrough!

I also managed to invite my ex-babysitter to the service, although she did not mingle around and left immediately after the service. But it's still a good start, considering how she used to forbid my kids to say grace when having meals at her place.

Just before service started this morning, I received a surprised call from an ex-visitor brought to church last July by Veron whom she got to know during the racial harmony day. She said she was on the way to our church and wanted me to meet her at level 2. Turned out that she has been attending another church as she could carpool with a colleague living nearby, but right now she is on 6 monthsunpaid leave. Besides she was late today so she decided to come to our church which was just 5 minutes' drive away from home. I'm telling her how worshipping God is the same at any church. hoping that she would take the convenient way out and come to our church regularly from now on. Besides, her son is on good terms with Tiffany, Maria's daughter, so it really is a win-win situation. Will be spending time with her on Tuesday morning, pray for me that we have a fruitful session together.

I have established even closer ties with a neighbouring family with a Taiwanese mother. Now that she is feeling unwell from her first trimester of pregnancy, I have offered to provide lunch and dinner for her 4yo FOC. I also took this opportunity to invite her to our Chinese service, since she goes to Marine Parade with other Taiwanese mothers in the neighbourhood and the journey is too long for her to take it at the moment. Besides the service there is from 11.30am to 2pm, which is really awkward timing for lunch. She is seriously considering it for short term. Please pray that she comes and we can move her to stay on beyond this period of discomfort.

Last but not least, on Wednesday Natalie came back telling me there's a special pen she really loved selling at the school bookshop. She asked for extra money to buy it, but I refused, saying that a P1 child doesn't do her work with pens. Besides I always bulk purchase at value$, which costs 10 cents a pen approximately. Nevertheless on Thursday she came back with the pen. Really fanciful, blue in colour, with a heart-shape on top and a teddy bear sitting in the middle of the heart-shape. Adrian gave her a good scolding when he realised that the pen cost $1.50, 50 cents more than her daily allowance, which means she went hungry during recess and borrowed 50 cents from Nathanial besides. I suspected something was amiss, so I didn't reprimand her but told her to work out a plan to repay her brother the 50 cents she borrowed. (She has no access to her savings, they each have a piggy bank which is locked by a number lock which only I have access to, as well as a cardboard box to drop 10 cents in a day for the weekly poor contribution.) True enough, my mother's instinct was proven right on Saturday when Natalie presented me the pen as a Mothert's Day present. I was really touched. She looked into every detail, including buying the pen in my favourite blue colour rather than her favourite pink or red. More importantly, she forbade everyone including Adrian and Nathanial and my father-in-law and even herself from using that pen, because that is "Mommy's Special Pen". Near tears.

I feel really blessed, especially this hyear. My expectations in life seems to have reduced a lot in the past 2 years since I have become a Christian, and I am definitely a much happier person. I no longer worry about where I am to get the next meal or where I am to find money to buy the next set of assessment, for I am certain that if it is God's will, He will provide. I no longer worry about how much money is left in my bank account, but focus fully on how much treasure I can store up in heaven in the form of saving the lost and helping the needy. When I focus on other people and not on myself, I feel so much more at peace with myself. God, thank You for the miracles you've put in my life, I can never do without You ever again. Amen.