Back to BKK

We're on the train back to Bangkok now. Had a pretty good dinner on board. This is much more comfortable than the bus for sure though it takes a couple of hours more. My first proper train ride! Its such an eye-opener!

The team has really bonded and we pray that this bond continues to grow stronger even after our return.

We shared about meeting our individual expectations today during our last meeting with Uncle J. All our expectations have been met! Praise the Lord! For myself, I had listed four different ones and the Lord has met them all above and beyond. He's stretched me and we definitely have grown closer as friends. He was there for me every step of the way. Shown me His magnitude and unfailing love... how big is He! He's taken me out of my comfort zone and not only shown me how little I need to survive, but how much easier it is to draw closer to Him, to be still with Him when there are less material things, less distractions around me. There's a love for children that's been placed in my heart and for once I actually think that I can have my own children and not kill them.

How blessed we are to be in Singapore and how blessed Singapore is. Auntie M (Uncle J's wife) shared how she feels that Singapore has been blessed so that her and her people will bless others.

SY had a personal breakthrough today. While sharing just before we left the house, he cried for the first time in years. It really moved us all to tears too. God's amazing love is moving in his life in a very obvious way.

At the school today, everything was so powerful. We got to perform for and interact with 1,000 children. The girls were impeccably behaved and absolutely adorable. Some of the boys however... insanely mischievous! It was pretty hilarious. When we gave out the gifts we had brought for the kids, they were so appreciative of such small items like a pen, a pencil, a wafer biscuit and a couple of Mentos sweets. Many kids in Singapore would have complained about how it wasn't a PSP and thrown the little gift bags aside. How blessed we are to be able to take such things for granted growing up. There was a little girl I really connected with at the school. While they were organising mass games, some of us went amongst with the kids to encourage participation and I stood beside that little girl in her purple jacket. She was probably around six or seven years old. After receiving her Christmas gift, she came up to me with her chubby friend, opened up the plastic bag, took out her pen and wanted to give it to me as a present. She had so little and yet still wanted to share her gift with me! I had to stop myself from tearing. Both of them gave Jas, Z and I such warm hugs. They have so little yet they still try to share the best that they have with us. With hearts like that as non-Christians, imagine how much more brilliant they would be with God's fire in their hearts.

"I could sing of His love forever."