Approching result

Hi there, first of all thanks a lot a lot to all people's prayer support, we have finish the 1st step of approaching. The result was ok as we did approach around 80+ juniors. Thanks to all the people who work together in IVCC and especially those who pray hard for us. May God bless you always and hope that you can always cont to pray for IVCC ya. Thanks to sister niang yen also as she help us a lot especially d list of juniors from Sarawak. Through d list we did approach other juniors especially all their friends and coursemate around.

So this is just the very beginning. We are now doing preparation for the welcoming night. We did face a lot of difficulties during this preparation but thank God for always be with us hand His guideness and teaching which always helps us to solve all the prob. Also thank God that the budget is almost reach. Also for the van, really happy to see that finally IVCC has avanza...haha...

Seriously i'm a bit worry for the welcoming, actually not a bit la, i really worry about the welcoming activity especially for the night and camp. I really do hope that bro and sis who does not come back yet plz prepare yourself at home and please come back here faster. We want to work together as a team and fullfil the work where the God given to us. Let us prepare our heart, mind and soul to be use by God. Also please ready and follow up your work with me so that we can work and sort things out.

Hope to see you guys soon in IVCC. We are all here waiting you back and serve the Lord together. So please cont to pray for yourself and pray for IVCC ya.

GOD loves you more than you know. So let us use all the gifts that we have and turn it into blessings for many people. May the God's love always fills our heart!!

COUNTDOWN!!

peace to all brother and sister,

we all gonna meet in a few days left but oni to those who are comin back at 27th which falls on friday. so i'm askin who wanted to go back UTM at 27th pls contact me. u can post it in this blog shoutout as well. juz let me know if u are goin back. i nit to jot down how many ppl will. pls pass this news to bro and sis who haven't read de blog.
and i reli reli hope tat most of us can make it back as well. because we might need more helping hands in the welcomin activities concerning having a close relationship with the new students. the results of the Uni are out and we already knew who's coming to UTM. so i hope u all can keep up the close up with anyone who u knew is coming to UTM! i already let a few students know my contact number and i know they will need some help when they are lost in UTM, and tat's when they will seek for our help and how we gonna show Christianity to them. we are not juz hoping more people come to the welcomin activities but we want them to come into the presence of God! tat's our major priority as well!
so let us strengthen our heart and become more like Christ, all of us have an important roles, there's no "kalefei" or supporting actor or actress. so let us pray more and do more action as well. with just praying, God won't answer our prayer if we don't stand up and do the work. a few more days left! ganbatte-kudasai minna san!!

Sharing

Hello,everybody:) How is your holiday? I wish that all of you would have a meaningful holiday. Maybe we seldom contact with each other during this holiday, but I believe that our hearts are always connected. So, don’t try to disconnect your heart oh!

These are the questions that I ask myself recently. Am I spending my time with God every day? Am I often praying for each others? Am I often remembering the welcoming activities in my prayer? Am I seeing the needs of others? And then, I found out that I am lost. I don’t know what I should do… The following is my prayer to Lord:

Dear LORD, please open my eyes, let me see what You want me to do and let me see the needs of people, and then provide me the help and strength to do what I should do. Dear LORD, please open my ear, let me hear Your voice and then guide me to obey Your Words. Dear LORD, please open my heart to receive Your gifts, and then using them to serve you willingly. Thank Lord that You loves me but I am sorry that I don’t know to respond Your love. Dear LORD, please teach me how to respond Your love. You know that I am weak. Now, I surrender myself to Your merciful hand. I pray that I will always walk in Your righteousness, focus on You and shine for You, Amen.

Sometimes, I don’t know how to pray… But I believe that Holy Spirit is praying inside me when I don’t how to pray…God use His love to hold me especially when I draw myself away from Him…

God has said,“ Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”-Hebrews 13:5

Dear brothers and sisters, we are weak so we need to support and encourage each others. Don’t think that I can do nothing…Everyone is precious…Everyone is important…Jia you:PSee you all soon…Jesus loves you and I love you too:)

Script for IVCC WELCOMING NIGHT sketch

Below is the script. Hope that you guys can give more ideas and suggestions to help improve it. Hopefully, by combining all of our ideas we can create a meaningful and interesting script.

Scene 1:
At home:
The main actress was reading a book when she received a sms suddenly. She read the sms: Tahniah, anda telah berjaya mendapat jurusan xxxx di UTM. She jumped up and down in joy because it was her first choice.

Main actress( after hearing the sms tone, sms tone should be funny): Eh, who sms me this early in the morning?
(After seeing sms): I can’t believe it. I got my first choice, xxxx course in UTM. Screaming WU-hu (start jumping up and down). Screaming “MUM, MUM. I got my first choice. Im going to UTM, the university very well known in engineering field. MUM, did you listen to me…….

Scene 2:
On bed at home:
The main actress couldn’t sleep because of the excitement.
Talking to herself, dreaming: Wow, I still can’t believe it that I can enter UTM. As it has the reputation of a technology university, I guess there will be wi-fi zones all around the campus, then I can still download my songs and my supernatural series. And… and there will be nice facilities, good quality teaching equipments and beautiful lecture halls. I really can’t wait to go there. All this excitement is killing me. The best part is that i can go to Singapore easily. Shopping and excitement, here I come. (giggle)

Scene 3:
After registration, carrying bags to room.
The main actress looks disappointed and down.
Sulking and talking to herself in a disappointed manner: Ahhhhhh… why is my room so dirty? So many spider webs. Looks like I need to clean up fast before the orientation. Haizzz the registration told me just now that I don’t have a roommate then i’ll be very lonely by myself.
That night, sleeping alone in room, hearing spooky sounds, the main actress can’t sleep: I’m so tired b’cos of the MHS, yet I can’t sleep. Why am I hearing weird noises? This is so horrible… My bulu roma is standing straight. Now im starting to regret that I watched too much Supernatural series….. Mum, dad, sis, ah gong, ah ma, xiao bai the cutest dog alive in the world I miss you guys……

Scene 4:
Somewhere in campus, the main actress sitting alone: It has been a week now and I can’t seem to adapt to the life here. I don’t like the food cos it’s spicy and I hate my lecturers that are so “syok sendiri”. Only they know what they’re teaching. I can’t even online properly b’cos of the unstable wireless… The worst thing is I don’t seem have any friends…sure I have those course mates but somehow we do not mix together that well. (Saying this, a group of friends pass by her and talk)
Friend 1: Hei, brother, wanna go have dinner together? I belanja….
Friend 2: Sure, why not? Got people belanja woh. Besides free, I like to listen to the word “belanja or chia”.
Listening to this, the main actress became more sad and decided to go back to her room.



Scene 5:
Outside of the room, the main actress heard some noise coming out from the room.
Main actress: Why is there sound from my room? And I swear I can hear somebody talking. I’m not so “suey” gua. Now only about 7 boh, the ghosts wouldn’t come out so early gua.
Main actress open the door slowly and saw two girls with long hair with backs facing her( one white shirt and one black): Wah, “gui” ah….
Then the two turn around and one of them say: What “gui”? I’m sorry that I scared you. Hi, I’m your new roommate, yyy. Nice to meet you and this is my senior. She’s helping me to unpack and tidy up my room.
And that’s how she got her roommate. As days pass, they become good friends.

Scene 6:
Lying on bed, the main actress coughes.
Roommate: Are you ok? You have been coughing since yesterday.
Main actress: Ya, I’m fine. I’m just sick.
Roommate: Oh, there’s definitely something wrong with you. You say that you’re ok and you’re just sick. This is the first time I heard someone say so.
Touching the main actress’s head, the roommate say: No wonderlah, your head is burning hot. Better get you to the clinic before you become worse. I’ll call my IVCC seniors to bring you there.

A few days later, the main actress is recovering. She’s alone in her room. Suddenly there is a door knock, she opened the door and saw two IVCC seniors:
Senior 1: Still remember me? I’m the “gui” that helped yyy to clean up the room that day and this is my friend.
Senior 2: Hi, nice to meet you.
Senior 1: By the way, we know that you’re sick and still recovering. This is some fruits to give you vitamin c and here’s some “tong sui” for you too. Hope that you’ll be fine soon. Have more rest, ok? If there’s anything we can help, you can tell yyy. Bye
Main actress: Thank you.
The main actress wonders why these seniors are so good to her. They do not know each other that well and so this bothers her.

Scene 7:
In room, the main actress is talking to roommate.
Main actress: Do you know that your seniors send me sms to ask if I’m healthy already? I’m really touched that they care so much about me and since the day I’m sick I have received a lot of “tong sui”. Why are they so good to me?
Roommate: Oh, only they’re good to youlah. Your roommate not goodlah. Help you dabao and take care of you…
Main actress: Oklah, you’re good to me too. Don’t be jealous…
Roommate: Just kidding.
Main actress: So seriously, why are you all so good to me?
Roommate: Ok. My seniors and me are from IVCC and we’re Christians. As a Christian, we have the duty to love those around us and help those who are in need. It’s just that simple. By the way, we’re having a Welcoming Night soon. Would you like to join us? It will be very exciting.
Main actress: I’ve never been to something like that but well, ok I guess…

Then screen shows IVCC WELCOMING NIGHT and some photos of past welcoming night and the programme starts.

Focusing on God this holidays....

Dear bro n sis,are you praying for the welcoming activity? Do you seek God everyday? Whatever your answers are, I really pray that all of us can focus on God n still pray for the welcoming activity continuously. It's not easy to stay focus on God during the holidays... maybe we are DISTRACTED by working, watching tv, online playing games,goin out wif frens and so many other things..I know coz I'm distracted myself...

Sometimes we say we love God,we sing tat we love Him, but look at what we use our time for most of the day....Do we even think abt God most of the time? I feel guilty already.

Maybe we can try this. When we wake up in the morning, say: "Good morning God. Thank you for today." Yes, this may sound crazy...but this is wat a Reverend told us in his preaching. A simple act of saying Good morning to God n thanking Him is an act of showing tat u CARE n think abt Him..It helps us to FOCUS on God as the day STARTS. Focusing on God does not necessarily need to be durin our devotion time only. In fact u can praise God n say thank you to God anytime of the day. Say Good nite too. JUST SAY ANYTHIN U WANT TO HIM!!Communicate!!

And if we feel LAZY to read the bible, try this..reading the bible after ur lunch or dinner. Most of us got nothin to do after lunch or dinner, right? Instead of switching on the tv straight away after lunch or dinner, try READING THE BIBLE. You can just read the bible for min 15 minutes...

At least OPEN the bible n flip through..haha..I know how hard it is to open the bible at first. The bible can be on my table and I can STARE at the bible n it STARE back at me but still feel lazy to open it n read. So try this method....This is a suggestion from Jia Yaik,hehe...It works for me, maybe u guys can try. All these may seem difficult at first, but who knows once u start,it will be easier. And maybe u can use this time for devotion and prayers too.

Ok,I hope I am not boring u guys with my sharing, but let us try together. Pray to God to pull us back when we drift away from Him k? Coz if we hav the desire to draw near to God,He will draw near to us also.

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Remember that we are goin to be a testimony to the juniors next sem..How are we goin to tell our juniors abt God,how are we goin to shine for Him if we dun even hav a good relationship wif God ourselves??

Anyway,here are the prayer items for this week. Plz pray once u read the prayer items to avoid forgetting abt it later or feeling lazzy to pray... ^_^

1. Pray for our IVCC vehicle.
Well, we are not buying the Avanza 1.5 auto after pastor discussed with the other zhang lao in a church meeting last week. Now we are still lookin for an Avanza 1.3 manual. So keep praying to God that He will provide a vehicle for us according to His will.

2. Pray for Pastor Lee.
She is goin to be very busy next semester because she needs to prepare a lot of things. So pray that God will grant Pastor Lee the strength and good time management in preparing things for our church. Pray that God will grant her rest when she feels tired and grant her wisdom so that she can continue to preach God's message.

3. Pray for welcoming activity preparation work, for all the leaders and cooperation of the team members.

Welcoming night--pray can find suitable actors/actress for the sketch, pray for a good script that will bring out God's message.

Welcoming camp--pray that the game master will hav ideas to put messages into the games. Pray that all team members still keep in contact with one another durin the holidays to discuss wat need to be done.

Pray that God will give us the strength n wisdom to finish the preparation work in time.

4. Pray that God will provide juniors who are non-believers and believers with all kinds of talents n skills,(what kind of juniors do u want our church to hav? Just pray to God abt it) and are willing to stay back in IVCC to serve the church, not just joining the welcoming activity only.

5. Pray for Teck Meng's father and his family.
Pray that God will open up Teck Meng's father's heart to receive Jesus into His life. Pray that God grant strength n courage to Teck Meng's father to fight the disease. Help Teck Meng n his parents to trust in God durin this difficult situation.

6. Pray for the Myanmar's cyclone victims and Sichuan's earthquake victims.
Pray that enough food, water n medicine supply can reach to the victims and more people can be saved. Pray that they will get to know Jesus and trust in Him durin this difficult time. May God's love n peace surround them.

1 John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He HEARS us. And if we know that he HEARS us--whatever we ask-we know that we HAVE what we asked of Him.

So lets persist in praying together. DONT stop praying n believe in the power of prayers!!! Your prayers are important!! Ganbatte everyone!!!

Prayer Requests...

Hello everyone, how's your holidays?? Staying at home or working? Watever that u do in these holidays, plz remember to focus on God n build up your relationship with Him.....spend time with Him by doing your devotion, reading the bible n of course keep on praying. God delights in you drawing near to Him.

James 4:7-8
Submit yourselves then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.Come near to God and He will come near to you.
Anyway, here are a few prayer items for us to pray together.

1. Pray for our new IVCC vehicle.

The auto sales man informed pastor yesterday that there is an Avanza 1.5 auto, year 06, but with a low 10 thousand mileage up for sale. The car cost RM 5Xk. So pray that God will grant Pastor Lee wisdom on whether we should buy the vehicle or is there other better choices. We really need a church vehicle to transport the juniors who are goin to join us next sem. So please pray for the vehicle.

2. Pray that we will be able to approach the juniors.

Please pray for the approach and publicity team and also ourselves so that all of us will be able to reach out to the juniors and invite them to the welcoming activity. Pray that the messages announced online, through sms or any other medium will be able to reach the juniors and attract them to join the welcoming activity. Ask God to bless these messages and announcements. Pray also that God will soften n open up the juniors' hearts so that they will not back away when we approach them.

3. Pray for the welcoming activity preparation work.

Pray that God will help us in the preparation work so that all of us can persevere and work hard to prepare for a successful welcoming activity to glorify His name. Pray for all the leaders, especially leaders for the welcoming night and welcoming camp. Pray also for the cooperation of the team members. Even though a lot of things are still in progress, we entrust them into God's hands that we will be able to finish the preparation work in time.

4. Pray for the Myanmar cyclone victims and the Sichuan earthquake victims.

Yes, we are so lucky n thankful to God that we are safe from these natural disasters here in Malaysia. However, we should pray for the poor victims. Pray that enough food, clean water and medicine supply will reach quickly to the victims. Pray that there will be more rescue workers and relief workers to help those trapped in the rubble of collapsed building and also those who are injured. Pray that God will grant good weather so that the rescue work can be carried out smoothly. Finally, pray that God's love and peace will surround and comfort those who had lost their loved ones in the disasters.

Hope all of us can pray continuously.

Philipians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Here is a song that I really like, indulge yourselves in the rythm n lyrics....Christ alone is our source of strength and hope, whom we put our trust in....Amen!!!

Give it our best!

First of all, i think that we should thank God because of the blessings that God gave our motherland. We all should be very thankful to Him that the recent disasters that hit our neighbouring countries Myanmar and China which caused a lot of casualties did not happen here in Malaysia. But we all must not indulge ourselves excessively at midst of these peaceful days. We must remember our mission for God that is to have a successful welcoming activities in order to spread the gospel to more people. As stated in the bible, "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). We must be responsible and give our best in the work entrusted to us. As God promises us in the bible, "And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." ( 1 Corinthians 10:13). So we must not worry whether we can handle a certain post or not, instead we must be faithful to the Lord as He is the one who blesses us with great power and He is also the one who determines the results of things. So we must do our best and leave the rest to our God. Brothers and sisters, let us pray continuosly for our welcoming activities. And for those who are in need of our prayers, please state it in this blog so we can help to pray for you. (Work hard and enjoy your holidays too!)