It’s getting near!!! We have another 2 weeks before Convention and we still have some who has not registered….

If you can go for 4 days, the registration fee is RM260, and accomodation is RM165 for hotel stay. Closing date is by 13 November 2006!!!

Do let your Care Leaders know when is the date and time of departure latest by this Sunday!

Working adults are having a 8-course dinner in Klang on 24 December 2006. It’s evangelistic and we need to buy tickets.

Ticket price is RM50 per person.

By Jessie Tang

God made us all differently. Some are talkative; others are just good in listening. It took me a while to accept the fact that God created every single being to be different and unique and He has a reason for doing so.

My parents have very different characters. My dad is a Choleric Sanguine. He can talk non-stop but he has a controlling nature. When he speaks, no one else should unless he asks questions. My mom is a Melancholic Phlegmatic. She only speaks when my dad is not around and she can be very emotional over petty issues. They both drive me crazy until I learn to see them as the way God created them to be.

Since young, my dad has never expressed his love to us verbally but he would buy us items that we wanted, without seeking for our opinion. I still remember my first mountain bike, personal computer, and table tennis table. All these were delivered to our house without our knowledge. Maybe dad loves surprises but we don’t. I used to complain that the color of the bike is not right, the games in the computer are not popular and the table is not supposed to be blue. I have never thanked my dad for giving me all these gifts.

My mom is always complaining about everything. She believes that incessant nagging will get things done but I don’t. Okay, maybe it worked sometimes but it really gets on my nerves when she keeps repeating her sentences. I remember how I used to answer her sarcastically and hurt her feelings by doing so.

Please don’t get me wrong, I love my parents very much but sometimes I just can’t take their behavior. I used to wish that I don’t have to stay at home so that I can escape from all these but little do I know that I would miss them so much when I am away from them.

I guess you won’t know how much you have got until you are about to lose it. My parents are not getting younger each day. I have come a realization that I might lose them one day and I don’t have that much time to share with them. When all these thoughts came, my eyes are finally opened. I began to see the love that my dad tried so hard to show to me but I ignored. I began to miss my mom’s voice nagging me about not helping her with the laundry and leaving my belongings everywhere in the house. Nothing has changed, except the way I see things.

I certainly hope it is not too late for me to show love towards my parents and I pray that my testimony may encourage you to do likewise.
Ephesians 6:2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—