Haha…. Just saw the date of my last post and realized it has almost been a year! It’s August 20th, 51 weeks since my last post…think that was about Sabah.
Well here’s a quick update by months
Dec 2007
I officially resigned as Project Manager at Ayesha Harben and Associates after almost 4 years of working there. Came in as an executive and somehow I found myself as PM…not prime minister but project manager la... This job has taught me so much! What I didn’t realize was that this job actually was preparing me for my next phase in life…which was to start on Jan 1, 2008.
Jan 2008
Started officially working in Revival Centre, my beloved church as a Ministerial Staff. Taking on the leadership of the Music and Worship, Multimedia, Young Adults, Special Events, PA, Webmaster, assisting the youth and basically any other work that needed to be done.
This is a huge step for me. Something that I knew I would be doing eventually. But to actually get into it...so much fear and trepidation.
One of the first things that happen in church is Ps Benedict Rajan did a weekend with us. And in the Sunday Service, he calls me out (actually he calls me Muthusamy in jest!!) and says this is a year of decision for me and God is giving me 1 Tess 5:24 as a promise…that the God who called me is a FAITHFUL God.
Woah…it hit me big time…and yes. A truly humbling experience…and comforting to…and over the next few months…I was going to be holding on to this verse with all that was in me!!
Feb 2008
I’m still staying in PJ…traveling everyday to church in Ampang is killing me…getting up so early…have to leave by 7am in order to reach church in time…begin looking for a place somewhere nearer to church.
Working in church is a stark reality. I begin to see how things are done…a huge huge difference from the corporate world. But it is so much better a working atmosphere here…
March 2008
One day I’m driving back to my parents place and I pass by this apartments called Tudor Court. I just think to myself that it would be a nice place to stay as it is no near church and quite convenient… but it was just a tought.
Towards the 15th of March, I’m moving in to an apartment here. God opened the way miraculously. When I went to see the place, I immediately knew that God had kept this apartment for me. Then when my landlady found out I worked in the church…she even gave me a really good discount on the rent! Praise the Lord.
I didn’t have the cash to pay the deposit, but the night before I had to, someone took me to the ATM and withdrew the amount and said God asked him/her to give it to me. Amazing isn’t it? His timing is ALWAYS perferct!
April 2008
Moved into my place…and gradually started getting stuff in. Was a good feeling to finally get my own place…at age 32. My aunty gave me a bed for my birthday…it was a nice bed…but it had no mattress. My mum gave me a 2” mattress that left me have aches all over my body in the morning. Looked at quite a few shops around ampang couldn’t find anything I could afford.
A church member takes me to a place where she knows the owner…and lo and behold I found one I could afford and she even buys me a mattress protector!! Amazing stuff our God can do!
In church, I start work on my first big project, the church camp! It’s a major challenge as things go really smooth at first but later…well see June.
May 2008
Started my first class in the Bible School of Malaysia…Counseling Methodology. Amazing, in depth analysis of technique etc. Learn so much! Its tough getting back to doing assignments etc… but it had to be done…
June 2008
Church camp is fast approaching…after Stephanie and Marissa’s amazing promotion in church…there is an overwhelming registration! 170 ppl register for camp…the all time biggest record for our church!
But, the hotel has run out of rooms. To cut a long story short, after a lot of prayer and so much of sweat and tears…God shows up and saves the day. The camp went reasonably well, people were very satisfied…except for those who stayed in the apartments…but I guess some sort of compromise had to be done…God gave us a really good camp.
It taught me so many things. How it is different when you are working directly for the Lord. How to rely on God and not on your own strength. How you can plan but only God can make it happen!!
July 2008
Get my second huge project…the church 30th Anniversary Celebrations. Working hard with my committee and trying to get things going…too much details to put down…but I see so many interesting things.
The YADS committee continue to inspire me. We’re planning a heritage walkabout hunt in Melaka…and the girls and guy do it so well! God again turns up…gives us great weather and even let us go by bus and helped us break even and make a RM 12 profit!! I stand in awe of how much these girls pour out of themselves for the Young Adults…so many things are happening! And it can only get better!
Influence conference at GTPJ taught me so many more things. Working with such an amazing team of people…so dedicated, so strong, so focused in prayer and in what God wants us to do. He has great things in store for us!!
Took my second class in BCM. Worship Leading. Ps Lee Meng Chiam is an amazing teacher. He is the worship Pastor of Grace Assembly in Singapore and does things on the acoustic guitar that I have never seen done before…think Jon Koo and Alwin were also stunned! It was just amazing!
I learnt so much from Him…refined my worship leading arts and science much more. Instituted what I learnt in the class straight into the ministry…good things are in store!
August 2008
Which brings us to now. We just finished our first true blue worship concert in RCKL. The Paradise Community Church Band and Ps Matt Heinz came over and did an amazing job! God is so great… will put in pix soon. Good worship, great teaching, lives changed, people touched. The beautiful Hand of God at work again.
Other than the overall execution of the anniversary dinner…I’m currently focusing on the video for it… and I think I’ve got the base idea right. Pastor gave some really good suggestions too…its gonna be good…but its gonna take time and lotsa effort.
Went for the Youth Pastors School. This year it was amazing. Not so out there like the last years…but a really good bunch of people and we’ve kept in touch after that (thanks to facebook!) and the next step is the Youth Culture Class on Mondays
I would have to not to go prayer mtg / bible study every Mondays to attend class, but only till end November. A bit bummed about that…but I think it’s vital I start racking my credits up and doing classes that are relevant to my ministry…
So things are going great…there have been so many miracles that God has done in the last 8 months. No time to write here but it will come up in my sermons soon I guess J
I have grown and matured in the Lord so much in the last 8 years. I have fallen. I have gotten up. I have cried so much. I have been comforted so much. He is with us and will never leave us nor forsake us!
This is truly a new life altogether…
More to come… stay tuned.
