Category: Personal

Yesterday was designated Pastor’s Sunday by my church denomination the Lutheran Church in Malaysia. And Bangsar Lutheran Church was so kind to actually celebrate it! (I was inspired to have a special Council members’ Sunday in response… hmmm ….) Messy Christian captured our worship gathering pretty well in her post Nice day at church and…

I must say I have a “soft spot” for baby’s toes … they are just adorable! These toes belong to Gracelynn our new God-daughter! for us it’s a great honour to be asked to be someone’s God-parenst. And for May Chin and me yesterday was our initiation to be Gracelynn’s godparents as she’s welcomed to…

When I saw the heart beating away strongly, my heartbeat increased and yet there was a sense of relief that all is well. “Lord, we are thankful for this new chance to serve you”. May Chin and I still haven’t fully got it all together in raising Gareth, and I wonder whether parents ever get…

Gareth’s welcome has been very warm indeed. He’s grown quite a bit after one month. There are some areas that will require more fatherly discipline from my side (but that’s for another day). It’s just been great for father and son to reconnect after such a long separation from each other.

It’s been quite a roller coaster ride at least emotionally. Here’s how I’d look back at it … I was elated when I could get an upgrade from economy class to business class for the flight to Doha (as you can see in my previous post) . It was like God saying to me, “You’ve…

This is my final picture here in Neuendettelsau with a Cola Beer in hand … It’s been quite a month … Finally I´ve finished packing my luggage now I’m just getting my heart and mind in shape to return to Malaysian soil. Because it´s more than luggage that needs unpacking when I return … I…

The summer school may be completed but for me as this trip is coming to an end in actual fact there are also new beginnings waiting to blossom as some important seeds have been sown in my time here. The certificate (which maybe just a piece of paper with important signatures and information) represents more…

when I heard my mainland China friends’ son speak to his father as he was using his webcam, it really made me miss home … and miss the voices of those whom I love and treasure. I’ll probably be more “disconnected” from Wednesday onward as we’ll be off to the Luther sites and I’m not…

In the evening it was a different kind of joy! first, it was a special service organized by FFB Lutheran Church just because we were around. I was quite impressed and suprised to listen to a “German Gospel Choir” – “Sing and Pray”. And I don’t think that is common at least from my limited…

I call him “Chairman Ma” – the one wearing the white kung fu attire (because he´s from mainland China so you can imagine the historical figure I´m tickling him with) and “Master Ma” because he does Tai-chi every morning with another mainland Chinese representative. So why not get some lessons since we’ll be together a…