Well, I'm new here so let me introduce myself. My name's Jia ming or Jake (with or without "the great one", it doesn't matter nowadays; people don't appreciate me exuding that intense and immense aura of mine too much)
Well, I've been brought here to breathe new life (*cough* satire *cough*) into this otherwise rundown and ancient website or blog, whichever you prefer to call. My past is passed so yeah, there won't be any point in me ranting about my glorious history. In essence, I am quite a critical child of God. And I'm learning not to throw my criticism like punchlines; that I assure you, won't be the least favorable.
If you ask my caregroup members, they would well, struggle to name a weakness about me (Yes Wei Hong, don't give me that look). But since this IS my first ever post for the blog, I will reveal a little secret about myself.
I get charmed easily, and I am not as witty as I seem to be.
Ah well, enough of the self introduction and proclaimation, on to the important stuff.
Today was a pretty good day by my standards and probably by the caregroup's standards. Two groups of different genders met up (finally) at a decent place owned by a fellow child of God.
We started off with a few worships songs, which didn't turn out as good as it was widely expected to be, not the critically acclaimed grammy awards sweeper I assure you but still good for the group. We learnt how to unite our falsettos and offkey voices into one..um..heartwarming melody. I think you get the picture. Jokes aside, there was a quintessential purpose when we sang the praises. I, for one, was a little drowsy at the start (I always am)but it got better when the atmosphere lifted and most of us could feel His presence when we started twisting our tongues in the strangest of methods and uttering incomprehensible noises (that's speaking in tongues, for those in the private sector).
After the songs, we gathered around and started to share verses of the Bible which we thought encouraged ourselves to survive the past seven days of tumultuous turmoil. Well, although I didn't particularly express my verse in the way I would have wanted, the session was still quite meaningful. I mean, you get 14 replies instead of the usual 7 or 6, that has to count for something doesn't it?
Mass sheperding was split into two speakers. The first was the efferverscent Wei Hong who spoke with enough ebullience and vivacity to rouse a sleeping crowd from dreamland. The second speaker was Hui Mei, she practically blew the competition off. I liked the topic she probed on, and the lot of us were seemingly enjoying it as well. Needless to say, Hui Mei basked in her landslide victory over the normally impregnable Wei Hong. On the serious note, the topics were quite important and were surprisingly different from the leadership rants Pastor Jeff and Jasmine conducted during the past 2 services. I'll be back for more soon and talking more about the topics they elaborated on. Well, I'm gonna go now, hope you've enjoyed what I've offered.
Later!