Yesterday, me and some of my cell-mates went to help out with the Katong Hostel Christmas Celebration. Our church team up with CornerStone again. I like CornerStone people. They are humble and passionate. So I was paired up with Ethan to take on block E of the hostel.
The block got 2 level and I suggested to start with second level for no particular reason. As it turned out, NOBODY wanted to join the event. Ethan was quite anxious by that point. He kept saying 'oh no.. we have finished this level and no one joining'.
Maybe those NUS days got me used to rejection but somehow even during the prayer time, I can feell that overflowing joy. I was so sure we will get someone. But I said nothing. So we walked down to the 1st level.
And ain't God sweet? Suddenly we got a Cambodian who signed up. He in turn informed us that his friends also want to join. Five of them in total. And there is another one joining later on. All from the first level, the last level we went to.
Out of curiosity I asked my other friends and it seems we got the most people. And those first five, they weren't even convinced by us. They saw the booth CornerStone set up a week ago and they made up their mind yesterday. And I guess it's not even about the booth, God just did it.
A road that seemed dead and barren in the beginning, may turn out beautiful at the end if we keep walking. Wounds and failures could sometimes be overwhelming but a good soldier will walk on.
I am not a Christmas fan though could get carried away by the atmosphere at times. But I just felt that something good will happen this Saturday at Katong Hostel.
The block got 2 level and I suggested to start with second level for no particular reason. As it turned out, NOBODY wanted to join the event. Ethan was quite anxious by that point. He kept saying 'oh no.. we have finished this level and no one joining'.
Maybe those NUS days got me used to rejection but somehow even during the prayer time, I can feell that overflowing joy. I was so sure we will get someone. But I said nothing. So we walked down to the 1st level.
And ain't God sweet? Suddenly we got a Cambodian who signed up. He in turn informed us that his friends also want to join. Five of them in total. And there is another one joining later on. All from the first level, the last level we went to.
Out of curiosity I asked my other friends and it seems we got the most people. And those first five, they weren't even convinced by us. They saw the booth CornerStone set up a week ago and they made up their mind yesterday. And I guess it's not even about the booth, God just did it.
A road that seemed dead and barren in the beginning, may turn out beautiful at the end if we keep walking. Wounds and failures could sometimes be overwhelming but a good soldier will walk on.
I am not a Christmas fan though could get carried away by the atmosphere at times. But I just felt that something good will happen this Saturday at Katong Hostel.
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