HAHAHA YAY i have the best title so far! NO ONE can win me! hehe

alright so here goes my conversion story...

once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl named Denise! and... that's me! HAHA k unlike the rest , i'm born in a taoist family... what's the difference ? because my family worship "guanyin niang niang" and not "guanyin pu sa" , haha for whatever reason... there's a difference! my parents used to bring me to this temple to worship "di ah pek", however i know deep down in my heart, there's Someone more worthy to worship =D

since young , i've always thought that being a Christian was cool until when i started entering teenage , this mindset of mine gradually changed . when i was in secondary one, shuhfen and i was evangelised by Grace who is currently serving in another church (heard that she's coming back to Hope soon). she shared the bridge diagram to me and back then i chose "don't know" as an answer ( so irritating, i hate people who choose don't know... haha hate myself) while shuhfen said "yes" to Jesus... so cool right , shuhfen haha.. so they started working on me , Jolene ( Jacq's sister) started to message and call me to join them for their events . she persevered on me for almost eight months and finally i decided to visit one of their christmas event =D coincidentally , yuyu was there too... she converted a few days ago before the event with yiqin and winstar...

during my time there , the people were really VERY welcoming and everyone is so friendly that somehow it got quite scary but afterall it was fine , a girl called Yuqian ( now in NE ) shared her life testimony to me... i somewhat believed in the words she said so i decided to receive Jesus but then i know i won't be committed . HAHA and true enough , ever since my sinner's prayer , i didn't attend service and caregroup BUT jolene was really persevering! i appluad her, without her persistence, i might be still roaming aimlessly in the world.. this time round , she tried to connect me for another six months! in these six months , my life of course didn't get better , in school i was called to the General Office regularly and once i threw a chair at my teacher because she attempted to confiscate my phone . i'm one of the most rebellious kid in class and teacher had to pay special attention on me... my parents often received phone calls from teachers and i made around two teachers cry ? HAHA and after school my clique and i will go around TM bullying other school girls! thinking back , my past was really very funny and stupid...

i re-commit to God after six months because i was indirectly challenged by yuyu , she kept saying i won't go for church camp , so i had to prove her wrong! yuyu and i went for one day and only for games but that day God really opened my spiritual eye... i saw that the church lack growth , support and leaders and i really wanna do something to extend His kingdom . during games , Dolphin and Menghong really showered me with attention and making me felt like i'm VIP and i was really touched by their sincerity . so that day as i'm making my way back home from camp , i made a decision to re-dedicate my life back to God =D because if the people can get so on fire for Jesus , there must be something about this Jesus and it doesn't harm to try =D i tasted and see that God is GOOD =D ever since that day till now , i'm still serving fervently =D
mie n God wil live happily eva after worx!


GOD IS REALLY FAITHFUL AND AWESOME ! NOTHING BEATS KNOWING GOD AND MAKING HIM KNOWN ! =D

YAY I AM THE FOURTH ONE! FOURTH ISTHE BEST~
HAHA, well, mine is very wordy. =P

also, I was born in a strong buddhist family. We always never fail to go those buddhist ceremony, rituals blahblahz. But i never never felt that those buddha was with me and love me.
Being influenced by my family, I believed in those retribution, 'tou tai' and what to do to go up to heaven.

Then, as you know right, it is very easy to being influenced by friends at this teen age. my life was meaningless, purposeless too! Slacking, playing, sleeping that was my daily routines. i started speaking vulgarities, for no reason. :P hmm, then i also started stealing. initially it was because my friends did that. but it slowly become a hobby, erm,bad hobby. HAHA.
according to my memory, i think right, i never fail to steal once a day. ooops
Then, 'finally', caught by officers in the ntuc. I remembered, the officer told me that if i never call my mom, i'll be send to a courtcase blahblah.
so i called. Both of my friends were crying, but i dont know why i didnt cry at all. haha! :P
hmm, i know that from the moment the officer told my mom that her child went stealing, i bet, confirmed that my mom is very very sad.
imagine your child went to steal, how would you feel? (:

then when i reached home, my father did not say anything, in his heart he is more sad, rather than angry. =(
then he asked me to nian jing -.-!i seriously hate to nian jing lor! need to talk those 'indian'language which i dont even know a single word, erm, maybe have, some.:D

then i was grounded in the june holidays.. is really very sian!! need to call my dad whenever i going out,and not everytime success. got curfew, arnd 5/6, so early lor?
then, after few months later, i started can go out liao. yeah! then, i never contact with that one of the girl. then everyday after school, lunch, go home. -.-

ok, i cut short. :D
then yay! Valentine's day is coming. :D then right, my sist told me one day that she is a christian, then i dono why, i got quite angry, haha.i think is bec i think is she betray to buddhist? LOL!!
Then, she invited me to 'hello love part2', with my conditions(dont tell!).:Dheh heh.
my heart was determined that isurely wont convert one, for sure!
but, still, as you know, i very 'soft heart' one. :D I was touched by the song 'how could i live without you'. then,i convert le lor.. haha!
though right, i didnt transformed overnight, but i finally know that,wow,there's a God who still loves me, after how many wrongdoings i had done in the past!
Now that i found my life purpose, and why am i doing in this earth planet! I also found out many many things that, how i wish, i could have convert earlier. I had miss out so much, but Im not going to cont to miss! yeah.
i want to be included in everything that to serve God wholeheartedly!
I want to live life with Jesus, bec He had died for me, though i did not witness it, but i know that it happened before, it is a fact! because the bible said so!
I really want to thank God infinite times, for He chose me in my class to spread the gospel, for this wonderful family & friends that cares for me!

God hates sin, but He loves the sinner, which is us! :D

Now, I am still trying to kick my bad habits like being selfish and hot-tempered.
But i know that, with God helping me,I can be a good and obedient servant of God! :D

I pray that, God will just protect me and I will be willing to do whatever God wants me to do & to be what He created me for! :D And Im looking forward to His wonderful plan for me ahead.
May God bless our group!

Alright. Sit back, relax and here my exciting life story! - claps claps -

I'm basically from a buddhist family.However, we weren't so strong as to pray everyday to the God or what. But yeah, occasionally, we will pray. In my life, i do believe that there's a God out there. I always do pray to some "GOD", but in fact, i myself am not clear of who i am praying too. No one has invited me to church, nor have i go ask around about church.

Before

My life was basically just slacking around. Doing the same oh routine things like, going to school, having fun with friends, playing computer games, sleeping, watching tv. ETC. All the boring stuff that a normal person would do. I'm someone that is rather shy (seriously). I'm more of a introvert. I only speak when people start to speak to me. I'm someone that is more comfortable with a certain group of friends. I'm very insecure of myself as well. I will always be thinking of how people looks at me or whatsoever. In primary school, i had not much friends. Had only a few close friends, but there's always bound to be backstabbing here and there. I didnt really bother that much but i do have fun with them. We'll always have activites after school, and like always hang out at the bubble tea shop near our primary school. In secondary school,I choose the same school as some primary school friends. However we didnt get into the same class. I had no friends in my class, and that everyone was so stranger to me.However, as time goes by, i made some new friend. I join the same cca as a few friend. Which is BAND! It's like my 4th choice. EW! okay, but after much attending and all. I find band quite fun. I attended actively to band, as i had nowhere to go after school and all. I attended all the practice and all. I made another friend in another class. So during the June holidays, we went out to escape for some fun as it's the holiday season. At escape theme park, we met a senior of my friend, and her name is called JADE HO. So cause my friend wanted to go into the haunted house, so jade ask this girl called pooi yee along. Then we all went into the haunted house. SO after all the rides, and activites. I went into Burger king with my friends for a rest. And jade's unit or caregroup member came over to talk to me. Somewhat getting to know me and my friends more. So we did a ex-changed of number and all. Weeks later, kaysee, jolene and some other more people SOW on me. They shared the bridge diagram and all, and my response was "I don't know". So yeah, they invited me for the very first time to CAREGROUP. I went there feeling awkward, but had a little fun over there as the people were warm and welcome. So after a few weeks or so. I rmb-ed jade, and i saw her in school. So i wave-ed to her. And so, she started SOW-ing on me. She invited me to caregroup and service, but i didnt want to go as nobody wants to go with me. So eventually, someone agreed to accompany there. It's cool for the first time, but i didnt accept christ. Okay, fast forward- I went for about few weeks, 1 month or so? Then i decided to convert. It's because of the love of the people, care, concern, and how fun they were.

After

So after i convert. I wasnt that stable as yet. I had doubts and all. And i'm still afraid of how people would look at me. I stayed because the people there were extremely fun. Esp joyce she's the joker. hahaha! I was attending eastF caregroup, people there were very fun too. Crazy and hilarious. I always thought, speaking in tongues, is some language that we've got to learn. And i'm always very eager on learning. But i don't dare to ask around. All along i thought it was learnt by reading some book or something. Like some language book you know. Aye, come to think it's rather FUNNY.
I slowly got connected. And i'm interested in out-reaching. Slowly slowly, i stay-ed on in church because i want to serve God, and to win souls for him. Not just fun, but God is so awesome in my life. Oh there's a testimony i want to share. The very first time something happened to my mum, some sickness the doctor found out. So i was very afraid, and i decided to pray to God. Telling God to heal my mum. I was just a month old believe that time. I prayed a single prayer everynight, asking god to heal my mum. So a week later, the doctor told my mum that it wasnt serious. So i really thank god for it. God is just so awesome. AMEN?

Now

And slowly, God changed me. People train-ed me up in leading roles for caregroup. And now, i'm not that shy anymore. I have the courage to lead things more courageously. I used to be so afraid of leading, and i will kinda little stutter and so. But now, im courageous enough to evax, to talk to people, and to even take care of God's people. And i'm more secure in christ as now, cause i'm his child. Just want to say, Thank you to people who perserver-ed in asking me for service, people who train me up. And lastly GOD FOR LOVING ME SO MUCH.
Likewise people out there, i believe that God can do so much in your life as well. He can not just do in my life, but YOURS. If you choose to believe and walk with him. He will be always there for you.And and, you can make more friends in church as well! They're awesome people! Right? And now i'm serving God with a heart that I want to do so much more greater things for him. YAY! GOD LOVES ME AND YOU! :D:

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i'm from a buddhist family. my family was quite a strong one at first. except did not became veggi people. haha. will burn money paper every year, my house also got the god statue and will burn insense one.
then like one by one my sisters became christian. then they told me to say the sinner's prayer. being still a cute child(LOL), i agreed. i was pri.2 at that time. :)
they bought me to hope kids. but slowly slowly they din bought me there cause they lazy bring me. cause it's on sunday. saturday go somerset, sunday also go, can be quite boring. hahahah.
then like slowly slowly drift away from God lor.
when i was p6, starting of the year that time, my sister once again wanted to bring me to church, youth this time. but i rejected cause every saturday morning at 10.30, kid central was showing yu-gi-oh! :D she tried a couple of times more but i still rejected.
then finally, christmas was here! once again, my sister tried asking me. then okay lor, i went.
at altar call during christmas service, chenglee asked me whether wanna re-dedicate my life to God, then i was like 'huh, duwan lah, i'll miss yu-gi-oh from today onwards' but at the same time i was also thinking 'all my jie jie also christian, i not christian very extra leh.' i hesistated, then cheng keep say say say, i forgot she say what le. then i ok lor. :D hehe.
i stayed on at church is because joyce and yushan very fun. hahah.
but God also showed me he was very real in my life lah. hehe. i remember at mid jan, i was travelling home very late, around 10 plus, i reached my house down stair around 11.30. i was VERY VERY VERY hesistant to go up my house, because SURELY my mother would cane me. it was the first time i was home so late without my sisters. then i prayed to God very very hard. at last, i decided to go up. as i expected, my mum was sitting at the sofa. she saw me and ask, "why you home so late?" i was shocked by her tone of voice, cause i thought she would flare up and shout at me. i explained to her. and she said "okay, next time go church cannot come home so late arh"
WOW. i was really really bewilded. really very untypical of her talking to me so nicely when i was home late. i then knew it was God that done it. since then on, i started to serve God and yeah. :) hehe!

i was borned into a christian family, my dad's a christian, my mum is, even my relatives are.
but i never invited Jesus into my life before. its like just a name but has no meaning.
i used to hate going to church because my first church is a chinese church and its like more suitable for senior citizens. it has a very solemn atmosphere.
reading a chinese bible made it worse, i couldnt read the words let alone memorise them.
i would often fall asleep which leads to me being scolded by my aunt.
then i changed church, one that is closer to my house.
there was cellgroup, and its youth and in english.
better, but i still dreaded going there because i don't feel belonged to the group and see no point in it.
other then me constantly hopping churches, my life had no meaning.
in school, because i'm from a i was from a Em1 class, my classmates dislike me due to my enthusiastic, childish and weird personality. they see me as immature.
my good friends weren't really good friends, i just called them that because i talk to them more.
i seriously find my life boring. wake up, go school, go home, watch tv, sleep.
because of all this, i was very insecure, worried about how people looked at me.

secondary school was better, more friends and close friends.
but when i had problems and needed someone to talk to, even my closest friend didnt care much about me.

until sec 2 i met this girl named Joyce.
we ended up in the same History project group due to our register numbers. her is 6, mine is 5. haha! one day during the project discussion, she just asked me down for her church service like "hey, you wanna come my church? got event". i agreed cause its on saturday and i'm free.
after agreeing, at first i regretted the decision because i'm afraid that her church will be like mine.
like everyone sit in a circle, then the leader will ask questions and you have to answer. i was afraid that the leader will ask me alot of difficult questions concerning the bible which i don't know how to answer. so kinda hesistant.
but i didnt regret going.
hope church is indeed very different from the many churches i've been to. one word to describe it at that moment was "rock concert"
and during worship, everyone spoke in tongues. i was amazed and shocked! cause in my other churches, tongues were like holy language which only the leaders get.
so after that service i decided to change church. yay!
i met alot of persecutions from my relatives and family.
my relatives were afraid that the church teach wrong thing, my parents didn't like me constantly going out.
but praise God i'm still here!
i think its really God's plan. junyuan is my 4th choice, and i got in and met joyce and met Hope.
after accepting Jesus, i had more friends who love me just the way i am, and some are even like me. haha! and i found my purpose in life. definitely, my life is alot more abundant and filled with happiness! and i grew in my security, i know that no matter how people see me, i know that God still loves me.

- jade

heyo!
seriously wanna thank God for healing me!
its really miraculous!!
you guys know i've been having jaw joint problems for quite some time le, and it hurts badly everytime i yawn or open my mouth to big.
yeah its been a few months le. medication and going to the hospital didn't work.
then last saturday during altar call, those who were physically unwell, emotionally hurt and stuff were called to the front to be prayed for by the ULs.
i decided to give it a shot. i went up to yanyu rabbit to be prayed for.
and the cool thing is, when service ended, i remember a yawned and open my mouth really big.
instead of hearing that familiar cracking sound, or feeling the pain, i felt nothing!
its really God man!
i started sharing to everyone! yay! i'm healed! GOD ROCKS!!

and i learnt alot during east shepherds' meet yesterday at church office.
one thing dennis said that hit me was "if you put one thing you learned into practice every week, your life will be transformed" so i decided to buy a small notebook for my weekly application!
i'm excited to see myself grow!
yeah!! WHOO!
private victories will lead to public victories!
let's all aim to have private victories and easta2 will grow man!
YEAH

- jade

yesterday went for yhope shepherd's meet, God seriously spoke to me big time.
during worship, pastor shirls prophecised.
she said some of us are living on stale bread-word from God that you've received yesterday, a month ago, a week ago. its not fresh. just like the people in the bible needed fresh manna and bread everyday, we all need a fresh word from God daily. manna and bread that is kept will spoil, so the people receive fresh manna and bread from God daily. this struck me.
i used to think that when God speaks to me, i can take time to apply and stuff, then can last for some time before the impact of the Word fades. but i learn that we need a new word, a fresh word from God daily to grow healthily.
how can my sheep receive something fresh, when i myself is living on stale bread.
i wanna change. i want a new word from God everyday!!
yeah!

and also God spoke to me about my growth in Him, think i haven't been growing recently.argh! i really hate O's, but i think it still lies with me. my walk with God shouldn't be situation-based, but God-based.Holiday's are here, time to set objectives and make sure my time isn't wasted

- jade

EA2 WILL GROW
EA2 CAN GROW
EA2 MUST GROW

in quality and quantity!

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i was watching a tv program and it reminded me how fortunate i am to have God. there's a scene in the show where a basketball coach is like consoling a boy to go for therapy because he became crippled, then the coach was saying something like[its in chinese, so i'll translate]
"you cannot give up, nobody can be with you supporting you forever. you can have people cheering for you, but ultimately it still lies with you. you make your own path, you have to depend on yourself"
this is what the world says.

but this is what God says:
"you cannot give up, I can be with you supporting and helping you forever. my people and I will be cheering for you, rely on ME. I make your path, I've planned it, depend on ME"

yeah, we've got God! instead of just me, myself and i, we have God to run this race with us. LET'S NOT GIVE UP!
WHOO!!

- jade

today is just so great!
let's welcome felicia into the easta2 family!! yay!
*cheers*
haha!
today's sermon is just so great! its got my favourite topic, astronomy!
haha! lol! its just so cool, the way pastor brendan uses this topic to prove the point that God is real and He's so great!
when we see the complexity of the universe, of life, of a single cell, we know God is real! who else can make such amazing things?

anyway! i got a testimony to share!
my mum sent me a riddle, it goes:
qn: what happened to the plants in math class?





Ans: they grew square roots!

then the next message she sent was that if i guessed it, i get $50, when she didnt know the answer can be found when you scroll down.
so i just told her the answer. she's like "how you know?"
then i got $50, but after that when i got home, i told her can scroll down.
then she was like "you didnt solve the question, so you don't get $50, but since you were smart enough to scroll down, you get half"
so i got $25 for scrolling down a message!!!!

- jade

hello! :D
my sister dreamt about me dying yesterday night. in the dream she thought of a way to help me instead of soughting God for help. :D i think God wants to tell and remind us that whenever we face problems or whatsoever, we should seek Him first and not we ownself find a way out. cause our decision is not always right. :D :D

- ida[:

Alright, i'm here to blog again. I really really want to give thanks to GOD. He's just so awesome and real in my life. We had SOW caregroup on wednesday. However the night before, our attendance was very low, i was rather disappointed and discouraged. However god never fail to encourage me. Attendace was around 8 the night before, however the next day we got two more friends joining us. So it's 10 in total. I can say those two girls are super duper friendly? crazy? haha. Thou 10 isnt alot, but we all had fun together. Every soul counts. :D

Alright,this was what was happening on wednesday. Dark clouds came, weather wasnt promising, it look as if it's going to rain anytime. I was praying and praying and trusting god at home. I told god, no matter what we're going to trust in you, and we'll just make our way down to pasir ris park, despite people saying it's going to rain etc. So when i headed down to small mac to meet the rest. It kinda drizzle, so i decided to pray with the group. Not long later, the rain stopped, and as we made our way to pasir ris, there wasnt any rain there, and it's SUNNY. I believe this isnt just fate or whatsoever, but it's really GOD. God is just so real, he is just a prayer away. We should always perserver on, have faith that God will move! likewise, in our spiritual life, we should have the attitude of perserverance as well. I believe God will use us so much more greatly in expanding his kingdom! Let's all give our 100% to god! cheers :D

I just want to thank everyone, for making the caregroup a sucessful one. Thanks yenping, for making sandwhich, thanks kam for cooking hotdogs(you should cook more next time), thanks shushan for bringing drinks. thanks jade for thinking of games despite you're having O level. Thanks melody, stephanie,ida for making the whole caregroup fun. Everyone of you, brings a blessing to the caregroup! :D YAY. Love you girls <3 You all are greatly appreciated!

-yushan-

today is so great!
i totally have confidence in my chinese paper, 1st time!
paper 1 is really God blessed!
cause i didnt bring my electronic dictionary, its totally God's plan that i didnt bring cause it was right on my table, how could i have missed it.
so in school, i started panicking and praying, asking around.
until God sent my classmate how cher.
i asked him, and thankfully, he has an extra dictionary.
and what's more, the dictionary is way better than the one i intended to bring.
cause i need to search like how to read the words and i cant do that with an electronic dictionary.
God gave me the best dictionary!
God gave me the best!!

THANK YOU GOD!
- jade

God has been really cool today.
firstly, today was raining super heavily. before i left house to go to school for olevels, i prayed that once i stepped out of my block, it would stop, cause i don't want to do my exams all wet. faithfully, God answered my prayer just as i've asked it.

and also, i really didnt regret going WAM night today. its really awesome!
was prephecised by joan.
this is what she said:
she said she see a dry cactus, and God wants to tell me that more problems will be coming my way and wants me to stand strong!
though people may not be there for me, but God will always be there for me.
i melted at the assurance.
its so cool, how God uses joan to speak into my life. its not the first time.
God, i wanna stand strong! no matter what kind of problems i'm gonna face, i will cling on to you.

i will have hope. more problems = more miracles amen? haha

- jade