I'm going to Myanmar for mission trip..need your support~

Dear All,

Peace be with you! I hope that God is doing as many wonderful things in your life as He is in mine. With a grateful heart, I would like to share with you an exciting news: I will be joining a mission trip to Myanmar this coming May with a few brothers and sisters from other local universities, 8 of us in a team. It is organized by Malaysia Campus Crusade for Christ (MCCC) and we will be starting our ministry there from 16th May 2009 to 31st May 2009.

Frankly, making this decision wasn’t easy. Especially during my final year, where most of my time is occupied with all the intense lab work, thesis and presentations. At first I thought, this is really not a good time to go on a mission trip. But I'm not sure if there is ever a "good time" to go on a mission trip. And I could probably come up with a list of reasons why I shouldn't go, but I keep coming back to the one reason I should – God loves people.

I would really want to thank God that He has won me through the gift of salvation of my dad 2 years ago. Ever since then, my life is changed by Him as I have found the purpose in my life. He has shown me the greatest love by sending His Son, Jesus Christ to die for us on the cross. He has also given me hope and promised to walk with me, even in our hardest time, as in Psalms 23:4: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Now, God is giving me this opportunity to share His love with the people in other nations. I’m looking forward to reach out people, share gospel to them and witness how God works in them by changing their lives.

While God has opened up a door for me to develop a greater heart of compassion for His people around the world, the exciting part is that you will be able to share in this compassion in several ways. I need your prayer support. Please pray that God will prepare us for our visit and bless our efforts as we minister to the people in Myanmar. Pray that people will see the love of Jesus through us and will be touched in some way. My prayer is that this trip proves to be life changing for the people of Myanmar even more than for myself. I cannot accomplish this task alone, knowing that you are praying would mean a lot to me.

Besides, I would be glad if you would like to be part of this mission through financial support. A little, a lot, any would be great. During the next several months, I will be working very hard to raise the finances to go on this mission trip. I will need to raise a total of RM 2970.00 by 19th April 2009. This will include all expenses: airfare, ministry, accommodations, food, and transportation. Whether you feel led to contribute financially, through prayer, or both, all of your support is appreciated.

Thank you for letting me share with you what will be one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. I look forward to doing God's work in Myanmar and letting you know all about how God has worked through this team when I return in June. Thank you so much for your consideration. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated!

In His service,
Li Yin

*p/s: If you would like to be part of my ministry (either prayer or financial support) , you can get a hold of me at:
Mobile: 012-9372703
Email: liyin2703@gmail.com
Or simply leave a comment here, i will get back to u then~Thanks!~~

An Awesome Christmas~~

This is yet another unforgettable Christmas. Christmas, a season of gifts...but the best gift i've ever received...is from God..He gave us His only son, Jesus Christ... He gave us the gift of salvation, by shedding blood on the cross to pay the price of our sins...There's no greater love than this, there's no higher sacrifice...that a man would gave his life for a friend...

That's why i thought this year, i wanted to do something different, something special during this season of gift...I wanted to share this gift to people around me, people that i love...So, besides sending e-cards, i also bought some conventional Christmas cards, and i share my thoughts and feelings on how Christmas meant to me...before and after i became a Christian...For some of my non-believer old friends, i slipped in the Good News Booklet before posting them...(Sorry guys, couldn't manage to send all, will get it replaced next year..hehe..=P)

This year, I manage to spend my Christmas at my home sweet home in Kuantan...Christmas is definitely the best time to spend with our beloved family and friends...The night before Christmas, I couldn't really fall asleep...i guess it's because of the excitement before baptism...Thinking about the Christmas service tomorrow, can't get to invite friends to come over...but then..suddenly a name pop out in my mind...Voon Yin...Yea, i forgot...she's back to Kuantan...so with a little hope (she sleeps very early and that time was already 1.30am)...i sent out an invitation sms...waited and waited...15 mins passed..just when i was about to give up, she replied! And her answer was Yes...Praise God~~

The next morning, i waited for Voon Yin and her husband Jack to come over and pick me up so that i can show them the way to my church. But due to some unavoidable reason, they came late and we missed some part of the programmes. But it doesn't matter, I'm grateful enough to have them here with me during this Christmas service. The message given by Pastor Richard is a bit lengthy but meaningful...the true meaning of Christmas and the greatest gift of all...hope Jack and Voon Yin get the message...This is the first time my church was so crowded, never expect that so many of them came...the church is so over-crowded that many of them have no place to sit...I'm hoping that someday our sunday service will have this same phenomena...

This Christmas is special...because my family and i will be baptised~~After delaying for a few times...We are finally getting baptised! Around 5pm, we gathered at the 1st bay of Teluk Cempedak...It was raining and the wind was strong...Our hearts are filled with joy and excitement...9 of us getting baptised that day including my family (my mom, sis, bro and me)...We started off by singing hymms, sharing testimony...and off we go...one by one we got into the sea...The wave was strong, and the wind was freezing cold...But miraculously, when i got into the water, I don't feel cold at all!! Thank God~~I remembered Pastor Richard said: "I baptise you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit..." And the tidal came, submerging me in the water...and...I'm born again!!~~~

That night, we had a family gathering. I helped mom and sis prepared the food...Christmas~western food of course~~hehe..spaghetti, salad, mashed potatoes, mushroom soup, roasted chicken (the so-called turkey~haha)-my all-time favourite~~~Had a wonderful dinner...the kidz exchanged presents, we watched Kung-fu Panda together...Really enjoyed the time with my big family....

This is how i spent my Christmas in 2008, full of love, joy and excitement...It's a special one...an unforgetable one...an awesome one...In my heart...i'm glad...I'm grateful...that i found the true meaning of Christmas...The greatest gift of all...And i'm thankful...that i get to share this love to the others... Thank you Father...Thank you Jesus...

久违的老朋友...

自从爸爸去世后，已经很少跟家乡的老朋友出去聚聚了，大多把时间都留给家人...难得这次回来，碰巧有好几位朋友都在关丹，就相约出去聚一聚...地点由原本较吵杂的Relax Cafe临时改到较为安静，较适合我们“老人家”的Just Relax Cafe...

原本约好的有嘉雯、怀蔚、小Kek和我，其实一直想跟朋友们传福音，但是想想今天这个阵容，哇...我一个人，怕我招架不来，因为从来没跟这些久违的老朋友传过福音，还要一对三，心里开始在打退堂鼓...没想到，嘉雯又约了洁莹，我心想，难道是天父为我安排的机会？洁莹是个虔诚的基督徒，她应该会帮我一把...

开始时，大家就聊聊近况，我们当中有的大概一年多没见过面了，所以聊了很久...我一直找不到机会把他们带到福音话题...我趁机邀请他们这圣诞节来见证我重要的一刻--我终于要洗礼了~~洁莹这时才惊讶，问我什么时候，是什么情况下信主的(我们真的太久没见面，连我信主都忘了告诉她）...就这样，我有机会分享见证，之后就直接link到福音去了...跟洁莹一人一句，互相配合，很快地把福音分享完，感谢主，再一次奇妙的安排了这一切...

虽然他们都还没预备好要接受耶稣，但是他们都问了一些问题，很享受整个彼此“交流”的时光，我们都尽量解答他们的问题...很感恩，我们的分享并没有引起他们任何反弹，反而让他们想知道更多...就这样，我们一直谈到大概凌晨十二点，才曲终人散...

之后收到小kek的短讯说：“Hey fren, I actually enjoy the sharing just now, didn't feel any offence..." 哇，那一刻，真的超感动...怀蔚和他也说这圣诞如果有空就过来观礼...真的希望他们能来...

感谢天父的预备，感谢天父的带领...愿主你继续在他们心里动工，让这福音的种子在他们心里慢慢发芽...

哎呀，刚刚忘了跟他们拍张照，相机都预备了，尽然忘记了...下一次，不知什么时候再能跟这班老朋友相聚了...

心态不一样了...

原本设立这部落格，
是想要给自己一些私人空间，
记录一些生活的点滴，
一个抒发心情的管道...
所以没想过要公开...
但不知何故，
最近心态改变了，
现在写部落格，
是想要分享生活，
只是单纯地想分享...
因为，朋友们，
你们占据了我生活中的一大部分...
只想跟你分享，这属于你和我的回忆...

短宣心路历程

还记得当晚突然被告知自己将会是短宣队的其中一位学生队长时，那一刻我差点反应不过来，心想：“上帝啊，你是在跟我开玩笑吧？学生队长？我怎么行啊？”我向来都不是领袖型的人，不善言辞的我，最怕的就是与人沟通，建立关系也得花上好长一段时间，更别提做决定了，认识我的人都知道，这向来是我最弱的一环，要我给意见，我都是这样回应的，“随便咯...都可以...你们决定咯...” 这下惨了，这样的我，怎么可能领队啊？心里一直很挣扎，甚至想过要逃避，为了这件事情我不断祷告，结果...为了那些失丧的灵魂...为了主...还是选择顺服...去就去吧...

~我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能作。（腓 4：13）

知道我将会和Daniel、玉慧一起带领班台短宣队后，我们就开始策划的工作，一起开会，一起祷告，一起分享，感谢天父的带领，整个的策划过程都蛮顺利，也感谢神让我有机会跟两位很棒的同工一起服事。虽然当时忙于考试，但其实还是很享受整个过程，每一次的开会、策划都有不同的学习。一直到短宣前一两个星期，问题和障碍开始来了，毕业论文的实验工作刚好跟短宣撞期，短宣前几天，又收到舅舅突然离世的噩耗，其实这些考验当时的确让我的信心动摇了...还好，感谢弟兄姐妹的代祷，感谢主，实验被容许延迟开始，自己也花了两天时间静下心来，亲近神，心情才得以平复过来...靠着主，我才能重新得力...预备心来到短宣全心全意服事...

~神是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们在患难中随时都可得到的帮助。（诗 46：1）

这次的短宣，上帝把我安排在一个很特别的团队里，当中有一半的队员我是不曾见过的，要如何在短时间内跟大家建立关系，如何带领整个团队，想到我就觉得压力...回想起短宣开始的第三天，也许是大家都开始疲惫了，开始出现一些情绪问题，当时的我真的不知所措，自己也乱了阵脚，感谢天父透过Daniel的鼓励和安慰，提醒了我，天父把我们放在同一个团队里，这是祂的旨意，祂明白我们每一个人，我知道天父要我们从这个团队中学习互相接纳，彼此相爱，彼此包容。我开始学习顺服，我要尽我所能的去认识、帮助每个弟兄姐妹。感谢神奇妙的安排了那一晚的见证分享，让我们能更加认识彼此，也感谢弟兄姐妹们愿意敞开心分享，原来我们每一个背后都有一个故事，原来我们的信主过程是那么的不容易，感谢上帝，透过这些经历，这些苦难，我们的生命从此不一样了，天父的旨意永远是美好的，这些苦难的背后都带着祝福...经过那一晚的分享，我看见我们的团队开始改变了，天父在我们每个人的内心动工了...我们开始学会如何去爱我们每一位的弟兄姐妹...这一切乃是因着上帝的爱...

~又愿主叫你们彼此相爱的心，都充充足足，多而又多，好像我们爱你们一样。（帖前 3：12）

感谢上帝，让我在这次短宣中能够经历祂的信实，也有许多突破的尝试。跟伟盛去探访桦政家人时，Van不小心卡在烂泥中，我们俩被困在一片黑暗的油棕园里，还好天父差派了桦政的爸爸救我们，好不容易才平安到达他家，这时，我们又陷入另一个窘境，他全家人（爸爸、妈妈、哥哥姐姐、桦政）都在客厅，我们开始时真的不知道怎么跟全家人传福音，怎么切入福音课题，但是很感恩天父亲自带领我们，桦政哥哥问了我们一句，“你们是基督徒吗？”就这样开始谈到福音了，我跟安娣和姐姐聊，伟盛跟Uncle和哥哥聊...花了蛮长一段时间，终于把整个福音都分享完了。感谢主，让我们能够有这样的突破，一次过跟全家人传福音，虽然过程中很紧张，但是那一晚我们的心情绝对是兴奋的！

还有另一次的逐家布道，伟盛、晓薇和我一队，我们走了接近一个小时都没人愿意开门，我就跟上帝祷告，求祂让我们至少能够遇见一户人家，因为我们真的不想白白的离开...感谢神听我们的祷告，真的让我们遇见一家人，而且还是老中青齐聚一堂的家庭，开始时我们也不知所措，还好晓薇想到要变魔术，果然是个不错的开场白，加上伟盛的逗趣魔术，他们都看得开心，我趁机会向安娣谈到四律，而晓薇跟伟盛就负责跟小朋友传福音，就这样靠着上帝的恩典，我们当天就带领了那户人家的三个小朋友（佳仪、秀雯、凯俊）信主，一切荣耀都归给全能父！

~主的灵在我身上，因为他膏我去传福音给贫穷的人，差遣我去宣告被掳的得释放，瞎眼的得看见，受压制的得自由，（路 4：18）

此外，我还把很多的第一次献给了这次的短宣，除了第一次当队长，其他的还包括第一次跟不认识的小孩建立关系，第一次领人信主并替他们上造就，第一次报佳音，第一次参加属灵生日会，第一次上主日学（喂~别笑啦...真的是第一次~），第一次爬着下Van...还有很多很多第一次...但是不得不提的是第一次替彼此洗脚...感谢Daniel为我们的团队安排了这一段别具意义的时光，我们真的是一个很特别的团队，Team building对我们来说真的不太管用，我们需要更多的分享时间，但是每一次的分享都会换来很多的泪水，我常说，我们的团队是用泪水换来的，泪水从开始到结束从不间断，如果收集起来应该有一公升的眼泪吧？哈~当然，这么感动的彼此洗脚，怎么可能少了泪水...我们在为彼此洗脚的时候，也一一的把我们内心的话向对方坦诚说出，原本强忍泪水的我，最终还是抵挡不住，再次破功了...谢谢你们，你们你每一字每一句，我都不会忘记...虽然我们相处的时间只有短短十二天，但是你们让我学习到何谓彼此相爱，彼此包容，彼此扶持...好想再一次紧紧的拥抱你们...

想借此机会特别向一些特别的人说声谢谢，因为你们，才有这一次那么特别的经历~~

Daniel~谢谢你这一路来的关心和鼓励，在你身上我学习到如何当一位谦卑和愿意服事的领袖，你的爱心和气度，还有你那颗爱神爱人的心，一直都是我敬佩的...谢谢你的包容和不断提醒，天父常透过你给我很多的鼓励，在我差点跌倒时，谢谢你扶我一把~你是个很好的聆听者，谢谢你听我分享，让我倾诉...你常说你不是领袖型的人，但是想让你知道，你真的是一个很棒很棒的领队！！很庆幸有你带领着我们...为着能跟你一同服事感恩~

玉慧~谢谢你不断给我很多的肯定，你真的是一位很棒的造就者，谢谢你对我的坦白...很抱歉，之前会很常忽略你的感受，不自觉地为你添了不少压力...谢谢你对我们的包容，很感恩我们的团队有你，在你身上看见了对神的认真和敬畏，感谢你让我们不断透过神的话语重新得力~

伟盛~谢谢你一直以来的默默付出，我明白当司机的确很累人，感谢你这么愿意来服事我们，你对小朋友的那颗爱心一直是我想学习的，我知道以后你一定会成为一个很棒的老师！其实很喜欢跟你一起去传福音，可能认识久了吧，会有一定的默契，期待接下来会有更多的机会一起搭配~

雯忆~之前都没太多交流的机会，一直到这次短宣才有机会彼此分享，彼此认识，虽然你年龄比我小，但不知道为什么，感觉你较像我姐姐，谢谢你常常适时给我的鼓励和提醒...谢谢你那天拥抱时对我说的话，给我很大的安慰...我也会为你家人祷告~

Jasmine~原来我们都是一样眼浅的人，很感恩有你一起欢笑，一同哭泣...很欣赏你的勇气，还有你那颗饶恕的心，其实我真的是一个不太会说话的人，但是谢谢你愿意敞开心与我分享，虽然短宣结束了，希望在接下来的日子，依然可以常出来相聚，彼此分享，也期待还有机会一起来服事，好好照顾身体哦~

倾芳~老实说，我真的以为你比我大一年叻...哈哈！因为你就像我姐姐一样，虽然认识不久，但是你有种莫名的亲切感，谢谢你常常陪我熬夜，感谢神让我们有很多彼此分享的机会，谢谢你一直以来的关心，也许我们会很少机会见面，但是我一定不会忘记你的，很想念你叻~

Ah Yo~第一眼看你，就觉得你很静...还在担心，惨了，静的人遇上静的人，不是静上加静？怎知道，原来我们都被你的外表骗了，原来你玩起来也挺疯的~谢谢你愿意来到这次的短宣，看见你对宣教的负担，谢谢你一直带领我们祷告，你的行军祷告真的带得很棒！也发现你的主持功力也不错哦~继续加油！谢谢你，我们的代祷勇士！！

慧洺~你一直都是整队里最文静的，但是面对挑战也决不退缩，欣赏你那份勇气，还有你做起事来的那股干劲...你一直都在默默的付出，谢谢你的关心，你的体贴和细心是我学习的对象，希望我们还有机会一同服事~

晓薇~我们两次短宣都同队，但是看到你有很大很大的改变，我的小妹长大了！谢谢你常常给我很多的鼓励，也谢谢你的关心...跟你一起传福音学习很多，一直很欣赏你传福音的那份热忱，我看见上帝在你身上的作为，天父要用你！祂正在慢慢地塑造你，相信我，有一天你必定成为一个很棒的领袖！

宝莉~我的小妹~感谢神把你带到我们的团队中，谢谢你带给我们这么多的欢乐，上帝给你很多很多的恩赐，祂会大大的使用你！谢谢你愿意跟我坦诚分享，欣赏你对神的那一份坚持，你的生命让我感动，无论多困难，记得紧握天父的手~加油哦...为你祷告~

振峰~我们可爱的天使长~谢谢你为我们精心设计的小天使角落，还有定时煲凉水给我们喝...谢谢你愿意参与这次的短宣，欣赏你年纪轻轻就有一颗愿意服事的心，愿你内心的这团火继续为主燃烧，记得要好好照顾身体啊...

Henry~你是一位很特别的弟兄，之前会一直忽略你，真得很抱歉...谢谢你在最后一晚愿意坦诚与我分享，也谢谢你愿意来到这次的短宣，我相信上帝把你放在这团队中必定有他的目的，我看见祂慢慢在你内心开始动工，上帝爱你，我们也爱你...我会继续为你祷告~加油哦~

亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，上帝造我们每个人都那么特别，也因此缔造了这么特别的一个团队，想告诉你们：我真的很爱你们！！！！

当然也不忘了谢谢这一路一直照顾我们的华牧师，还有不断给与我们帮助的教会弟兄姐妹，子超，Ken，联华弟兄，裕松弟兄和雅诗姐，铁强弟兄，满堂弟兄，心仪，凌峰，Susan等等....谢谢你们的热情款待！！~~~

嗯，总结一下学习吧，在班台，看见很多破碎家庭，这些孩子们从小就在不健全的家庭环境下长大，他们渴望被爱，他们需要上帝，他们内心的缺口，唯有靠着上帝的爱才能被填满...但是，他们很多都未曾认识祂，对他们的负担，成了我的推动力，我要把这份爱向他们分享，让他们也有机会接受这一份礼物...上帝要我学习最大的功课就是爱~无论是弟兄姐妹之间，还是我不认识的人...爱~成了我继续前进的推动力...这一次的短宣也让我重新思考我未来要走的路，原本想继续读Master, 但是经过短宣后，上帝让我再次看清自己对人的负担，虽然现在还无头绪，但是我会继续寻求上帝的心意...此外，长巴事件也让我看见传福音的紧迫性，因为我们真得没办法预测下一秒会发生什么事，再等，我们也许再也见不到我们爱的朋友，亲人...再拖，我们的生命也许就会留下遗憾...求神帮助我们，别让我们心中的这团火冷却下来，时时提醒我们，拯救灵魂的迫切...让我们继续为班台、双礼佛和木威祷告，为着那里的孩子们...为着那里的Uncle, Aunty...为着那里失丧的灵魂...

~我又听见主的声音说：“我可以差遣谁呢？谁肯为我们去呢？”我说：“我在这里，请差遣我。”（赛 6：8）

For more story regarding our Mission trip in Pantai Remis, pls visit http://prmt08.blogspot.com/, Thanks~God bless....

Time to change~

Wow...It's been 4 months ago since my last post...
This was really a hectic semester...
Only 1 word to describe how i spent my life in this sem...
Busy..busy..busy...
Tonnes of assignment...presentation...thesis...
I remembered during the beginning of this sem...
I told myself...I wanna make a difference in our campus...
I told myself...I need to stay focus...
I told myself...I need to start my personal evangelism...
But looking back to the past few months...
My life was totally screwed up!
What a mess...
I knew something is lacking in my life-
TIME MANAGEMENT!

I really gotta change...
That's y i came back to my long abandoned blog..
I gotta write this down to keep reminding myself...
All the chains of bad habits...procrastination...
Which have been entangling my life...
Have to be broken...
Help me Lord...
Change my heart...purify my mind...
Renew my life...

Happy Birthday...Pa...

It’s your birthday today, pa…
Sorry that I couldn’t come back…
At least to buy you a bunch of flowers…
And place it at your graveyard…
But I know there’s no reason for me to be sad…
As you are now dwelling the arms of our loving Father...
In a place called Heaven...

I knew I wasn’t that tough…
Couldn’t remember how many sleepless nights and wet pillows…
Ever since you left us…
Until one day God knocked the door of my heart…
And He took my grief and sorrow away…
Comforts me…and heal my wounded heart with His healing grace…

Pa, It’s been quite sometime since death do us part…
Somehow I do think of you every single day…
Especially in the middle of the night…
Hoping that you would appear in my dreams…
So I would let you know how much we miss you…

I know it’s really hard to say goodbye…
But trust in our heavenly Father…
Someday we shall meet again…and share eternity…
In a place the Lord has prepared for us…

Happy Birthday, Pa…I miss you…

There is a better place by far…
And I know that’s where you are…
I’ve wept and cried…
Because you had to go…
But only because I miss you so…