what are you up to

How have you been? The trip to niah was good. It was my third time there and i have a feeling i'll be there again. We went to plan for activities that we'll be involved in in the next semester.

It was tiring at points but overall was a good time away from Senadin and school and work. I brought my books there but never really made time to study.

We went to the cave again, this time maybe because it was just the 4 of us, it was more creepy than the last time. And you know how you make loud sounds and listen to the echo? Well we did those and someone replied. I kid you not. After that we were pretty much quiet.

I don't know what God wants to do in my life but increasingly i'm being put in positions i feel inadequate, and unqualified to be in and i'm not sure how i will perform. Its easy to say have faith but when you think that there are a lot of people depending on you not to screw up it becomes serious and scary.

I've got a test tomorrow, and after that by God's grace i'll catch up on my sleep. There were only a few pictures this time since i took quite a number of pictures the last time we went to niah with the photography club.


Donkey Catepillar


Bug for lunch


Greeny Lizzy

More

Have a blessed week :)

~shalom~

off to niah..again

Just a quick note here. I'll be off for the weekend. Calvary has a small retreat where we're going to plan for some upcoming events. It will be at niah and according to the program we'll be going to the cave.

Didn't you go to niah earlier this year?
Yeah i did but it was with the photography club. And yes we did go to the cave. There's nothing else to do at niah besides visiting the cave and getting bat poop all over you. Honestly i think once is enough but why deprive others of the experience?

How are you ah?
Fine, nothing major just that exams are almost here and another semester is wrapping up. I have mixed feelings la, i'm happy the sem is rounding up and at the same time i'm not sure what the next sem would hold. But so far what i see is an increase in work and responsibility.

So how are you?
Life goes on. I consider myself immensely blessed for the experiences i've had in my rather short lifetime and I will not question God or challenge his love for me. Why do 'bad things' happen? There are a lot of generic answers but the more i think about it the best answer i can come up with is i don't know, they just do. See you on Sunday.

~shalom~

photography club trip to niah cave

Last weekend we went on a trip organised by the photography club in curtin to Niah cave. Its the second time i've been there, the last time was with vcf. It was really good. I thank God for the opportunity and I was able to test my new camera.

This time unlike the last time we got to go to the cave and it was quite nice. Some shots i took.


The guys chalet


Our room with no aircon.


My roommate in the red pants


four in a room, we were all from different groups. I was in Ali Baba. Dont ask.


We played games from day


To night. Ali baba came second overall we lost 7-6 to Cobra.

Next day we went into the forest and found all kinds of stuff like


this millipede, the one on the wood not the girl hehe.


And this one, not sure if they're related.


this spider


this... thing.


and this snail that esther showed to me. Esther was the leader for Alibaba

And my favourite shot, this spider.


lovely

And then


we continued to the cave


more ahead


see all the tiny people


the wood looks like dropping flem


Anyone home?


I love the sky man. Sorry more caves




looks so alien.


rarrrh





All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things bright and wonderful
the Lord God made them all

~shalom~

thank you Father

Got back from the VCF camp last night {sunday night}. The camp was great, lots of fun but the main reason why we went was not lost in all the fun. I must say, atleast for me the highlight of the camp was the talentshow.

We were all divided into groups according to certain bible characters. I was in Noah and we were asked to present some kind of drama or song well naturally we decided a drama was the way to go. I have videos but i'm having trouble uploading them but besides our group i think the drama by Moses was very good. Every team was very creative in the way they presented these bible stories and it made for a really fun time.

thank you Father
For some reason yesterday{monday morning} when i got up to pray i could not help but just say thank You Father for everything. Sometimes i feel this way. I was singing one of my favourite songs by i think its Paul Baloche - offering. There's a line that goes...

I bring an offering of worship to my king
no one on earth deserves the praises that i bring
Jesus may you receive the honor that you're due
Oh Lord I bring an offering to you.

And for some reason those words just hit me real strong, i was thinking here i am in the midst of people who love the Lord, and i was thinking of those people who shared the word of God to me, and how it must have been a struggle sometimes for them because i also go through struggles when it comes to sharing my faith. And how it must have been a sacrifice for them but God used them anyway. And those people who must have been praying for me to be saved, called out God's mercy on this naughty little boy. And here i am... Alvin Slaughter in his song run to you says ...surprised to be loved. The emotions just overwhelmed me, and with tears i just thank God for everything, everything i get to enjoy, every trip, camp, every experience. I like to say God is pure good. :)

Recent event have got me worried, yesterday i got some bad news but i know in all things God works it out for the good of them who love him and as i was just going through some word to help me through this one thing that kept appearing is the love of God especially in Romans 8:35 nothing can s-e-p-a-r-a-t-e us from the love of God, nothing. And that became some kind of help to me. Only a few people understand what i'm talking about and i'll like to keep it that way but all i can say is pray for your friends. God can do anything.

pictures time

first thing i saw in the toilet was this little bugger.


signpost


Noah


Jeremy, Kelly, and someone


Remember i said we had games? This was one of them. We came first in these games


LOok at all the food we had to eat


Li ai and there he is again!


We had to cross this river to get to the other side where the cave is.


my first time on a boat. Look how scared ooja was.


the other end of the boat.


we took the wrong turn at some point in the journey but this sign was reassuring


even though it was raining, they kept singing all the way


that explains alot


after walking for hours we came here and the path was under construction


they were selling drinks and some crafts.

The camp committee decided it was not safe to go through the path under construction so we did a fun thing; walk back.


this is an alternative path but its longer and they say mud can get up to your knees. We passed.


we got back and guess what we did.


eating


my room


they spelt my name wrong, where got L?


my roomies


look at all the cool people with cool t-shirts. At this point we were getting ready to leave.


no we didn't have the camp in the bush, we just had to stop.

I can't possibly post all the pictures i took here. Well actually i could but it would get very long but you can look at some more over at my flickr page. Or to get another perspective of the camp try this one.

I really thank God for my phone, it made the camp more fun, and i could share with y'all.

~shalom~

batu niah camp

I'm going away on a camp tomorrow for the weekend. We'll be going to niah cave, my first cave experience in miri and in malaysia.

I dont really like caves, they're cold and they have bats and insects and other creepy things. But i hope we won't be spending alot of time in the cave. I really look forward to having fun and fellowship with people.

So thats about it, will update with pictures when i get back.

~shalom~