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Hello everyone. =)
Firstly, i want to remind everyone that Kean Chai is doing a stellar job. Not because he does not make mistakes, but because he has put his heart into being a good steward. As his family, we should all support him and encourage him.It really is not easy to do this week in and week out. One way to do this is to really contribute to the group discussions. That is why i want to also suggest that we all take turns to write something once in a while, just so that we will also understand how sometimes it can be discouraging to share somethign and get no response. =)

BUT. . . . . . . .

I want to point out a few things:

the first thing on my heart was this: Not all people are inclined to speak out in public. But that does not mean they are not listening and are not attentive. We must learn to respect the differences in each other. I would rather we all feel motivated to share because we want to bless our brothers and sisters, rather than share because we don't want some cell group leader to kutuk me online. . . . . I am always very confident that every word that is shared in love will bear fruit. An immediate and vivid example i can remember so clearly is my dear sister vivian. I remember how when james wrote an email to us about no one remembering his prayer, she immediately replied! James - surely u were blessed by that? Good job Viv! Woot!

But that does not mean we should just sit there waiting for profound words to leap from our mouths. This is another way we grow. Now i don't expect all of you to be cakap banyaks like me - but instead, being mature means being balanced. Sometimes, if you know u are not the type, you should make it a point to try participating. Alvin - since u are my mentee - i will pick on you!Speak up more! hahahahaha (kidding).

With this, thats why i am really really encouraging everyone to go to the blog! Its an awesome tool - and James will be one of the first few to contribute to it. Thank you allyson for writing something too! It was an awesome encouragement to me, and i am sure to lots of us and Alyssia. Poor girl - put up the blog liao then like boh seng lee like that (for the benefit of surain - boh seng lee = no business / business ee'leh!).

Finally, it is good training for us to learn to share our lives. Right now - most of us are not good at it at all! I remember when we first started the CG (with jsut a few of us guys), we would talk about politics lah, work lah. . .everything. . . . .even holy holy stuff. . . .but we would never reveal our own selves. It takes lotsa practice! But it is God's guide for us to live. And it is going to take lotsa time and lotsa conscious effort. Some of us will have to fight against years of rejection, of feeling that our thoughts and our words are constantly judged and scoffed at. In the process, you will discover God, as He reveals more to you.

I really do miss you all. I hang the t-shirt u all gave me in my room, and every night i see it before i go to sleep, and i am reminded that we are God's gift to each other. Yeah sure we annoy the living heck out of one another, but that too is part of the growing process.

Do write me, and i will continue to write all of you. =)