Sowing seeds

Feeling so fired up after almost half a year of dry spell. It's just so easy to give up when everyone you attempt to talk to slam in your face that they are not interested in your church or some other earthly reasons. Not even when you share with them the good news of marriage and parenting workshop, for so few are willing to admit that they have a problem with either issue. And the most common excuse is Friday is the most popular evening for tuition and whatever enrichment classes.

Last Sunday brought my father-in-law to the Hokkien service. Brother Kok Yew actually managed to set up a 'friendship-building' cum bible study session with him coming Friday. Glory be to God and thanks to all of you who have been praying with me for so long! Then I managed to invite my children's ex-babysitter to come for the Chinese service this Sunday to celebrate Mother's Day. I'm so thankful to God for this successful invitation for she spends every single Saturday and Sunday going dating with her husband, and this is going to be one special occasion when she leaves him at home (she said he won't be interested in oldies). And when my kids were3 at her place, she would tell them to take their meals and need not say grace, for her family is Taoist and God will not hear the grace they said. What a surprise that she accepted my invitation immediately! Please pray with me that some golden girls will help reach out to her and make her feel at home.

I also tried to invite the grandmother of one of my students but she declined, saying thaat every Sunday she would visit another son. And being Mother's day, she would be busy with her children celebrating for her. Just as I thought it was a case closed, last night my student asked me about Christianity, with many interesting questions like, "Is Satan a devil god?", "Is God alive?", "Is Jesus alive?", "Have you seen Jesus?", "Why are you a Christian even though you are a Chinese?", etc etc etc... I ended up spending part of our lesson telling him a super concised story of both OT and NT and he got really excited about knowing more. I have invited him to Friday's ranger class, fingers crossed he gets permission from his mother to attend class. He is even talking about taking his 12yo sister along, though I explained to him that she would be in another class for Pre-Teens. Nevertheless, he is still very excited at the prospects of attending ranger class, and I'm so fired up! Not KK yet, I don't want to push my luck too far. Ranger class is good enough for a start, I'm sure, for it is a great opportunity for friendship building.

From this experience, I see that God has been really kind to me. Despite the fact that I waivered in my faith of my ability to sow seeds when the going gets tough, God is there creating ever more opportunities for me, just waiting for me to take hold of them and fully exploit them. I feel so fired up now that I want to invite all the aunties in the neighbourhood I know, as well as my own aunts and Adrian's. I'm feeling all fired up again, just like I did when Natalie got baptised and when I brought Auntie Mary to church. Oh Lord, may this fire never waiver and die again, but continue to burn strong for You and to do your course. Amen.