Raymond is out of ICU!

Raymond has been discharged from ICU into the normal ward now!

Praise God!!! He can now breathe on his own and talk! He can remember things and is talking like his old self again! Praise God!

I'm so happy for him. Very happy for him...

Looking through facebook photos, just seeing that smile on his face again. Yes, all of us are just wanting to see his bubbly self with us once again!

Thank God for the miracle.... Thank God for everything. God is good. There is no coincidence that there were policemen nearby, three ambulances, no phyiscal injuries, the hospital calling Dexter, and the whole life group and church praying for him.... that is no coincidence. His presence in Judah 6 and Hope Church Brisbane is no coincidence too. God has poured forth His protection upon Him and did a miracle in Raymond's life. What the devil intended for evil, God has turned things around and made it good!

GOD IS GOOD!

Keep recovering Raymond! Keep praying, friends!

Faith, hope and love - faith, hope and live!

GOD IS GOOD.

The Beginning and the End

I visited Raymond at the hospital today. Took half a day off work... it was worth it. My heart broke at the sight, but rejoiced at his condition.

He was moving and could open his eyes!

I tapped him on his hand, and he opened his eyes. Cintia and I waved at him, and he waved back! He responded a little and waved a 'byebye', closed his eyes and went back to sleep in his 'drowsiness'.

We took turns to enter the ICU. Then we talked to his family... his Dad, brother and uncle were so happy that he had started to respond to them. His dad was joking that Raymond looked shocked and couldn't recognised him and pretended to sleep because he didn't want to get a scolding... lol... his dad is very funny too... Raymond just couldn't stay awake too much as the sedation was slowly easing off and he was still in the 'drunk and drowsy' mode.

We spoke to his family and the nurses.

Oh.... how divinely God had intervened in this WHOLE SITUATION.

THANK GOD because...

Policemen were nearby and rushed to his rescue...

They reached him and his was almost stopping breathing, they were able to assist him in respiring... his hand was cold and limp.

They called for EMERGENCY and 3 ambulances nearby were contacted and rushed to his rescue.

He suffered no physical injuries...

Of so many contacts on his phone, paramedics randomly called Dexter (who had not been in phone contact with Raymond for weeks).

Dexter informed us, and everyone began praying from that moment onwards.

Thank God for all that, and his life was saved.

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The whole church prayed for him at prayer last night. His many friends were praying... and even his long lost uncle was praying.

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Thank God also, that Raymond volunteered in Church office and knew Ben Seah, who happened to have a free room in his house, so they could provide free accommodation for Raymond's family who came!

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I manage to speak to Raymond's uncle today. His uncle was Raymond's Dad's distant cousin who had been relocated to Brisbane 20 years ago. And Raymond, being 21, had not even met this uncle before.

But this uncle, upon receiving the phone call from Raymond's Dad, visited Raymond at the hospital, to hear from the nurse that a group of friends had been with him from the time he was in the hospital until now. He sensed in his heart, they were God's people... and he was so blessed to realised we were Chrisitians when he met us.

Raymond's uncle managed to share God's love with Raymond's Dad and brother... and even to my dear friend Wen Huey! Praise God...

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

- Romans 8:28 (NIV)

God is GOOD!

Let us continue to uphold our dear brother-to-be in prayer, for speedy recovery and no complications. Pray that his pain would be removed and he will be back with us really soon! And most importantly, that our dear brother-to-be will know the love and grace of Jesus and come to experience and accept Him into his life!

On a lighter note, I told Raymond to picture me dancing and I was singing to him a couple of songs in the room. The nurse told me not to make him laugh, or he would start coughing... oops. But so happy for Raymond!!

Keep praying friends... God hears our prayers as we send and claim them in FAITH!

Yes - our kite of Faith!!! (oops.... Raymond carrying my bag for me..! hehehe... bullied him.)

 We're praying for you Raymond!!

Judah 6 - a people of FAITH, HOPE and LOVE!

 
And of course... all you other wonderful prayer warriors out there!! Let us PRAY!

Let's pray that God will continue to bring to full completion of the work He is doing in the life of Raymond and his family, and see them come to know God in such a tangible way! Our God sees the beginning and the end! And He will be with us through ALL OUR SITUATIONS!! GOD IS GOOD!

"He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life."

- Revelations 21:6 (NIV)

Our God is Sovereign. 
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He is, He is!

The Fragility of Life

The December corner has hit me.

To end the tough year of 2009 for many ones, it wasn't over.

Our beloved friend, Raymond Thian, is now in the hospital fighting for his life in intensive care unit. Please pray for him to wake up, for the bleeding to stop, for full complete recovery and God's love to touch him.

This made me wonder.... so much about life.
A night ago, we were just having dinner together... the next morning, he was admitted to hospital after trying to swerve away from a bus, he hit a kerb and flew into a bus shelter.

Fight this fight Raymond....
There's a fight going on now, and God will help you... keep praying, brothers and sisters.

I thank yesterday, sat down with Him, and just thanked God for so many things in my life. So so many things...

And eventually, I thanked God, for being able to be thanking Him.

Let us leave aside the things of this world, and continue to strive pursue what really needs to pursue... life is so fragile... so always be thankful.

I love my family back home, and my family here. God is Good.

 Let's keep praying... :) keep praying.

The humility and heart of people who has been changed and touched by God... I'm touched and will continue to pray for the things that God so placed in my heart...

GO4GOD Van Ness.

Our first recording + some photos

I've been really tired lately... December every year is like that. Yet when I look at what I've done and what the others have done, feel like I could do more... yet, I'm forever restricted by my lack of energy... wonder where all the energy goes to.... maybe just cuz I've got acquired ADHD makes my energy run dry daily...

Wished I could be more focused, as the Lord told me. In the process of re-moulding and sanctification. Really not by works man....

Anyway, here's a video of Kuzi and I doing our first recording ever in our lives. We've never rehearsed before... we were just randomly playing and singing it the night before and were drawn into doing this small little gig for everyone. Thank God so many of them went home after Bible discussion!

So... here's the clip! Enjoy~



Yes... everyone says my entries are long and naggy... but that's how I write ma... anyway... I don't have no energy to nag today... so, that's all for now friends..!

Maybe just to top it off, some photos of my life of late?

Mince pork veggie meat ball noodles I cooked one night.

The Conference at Canberra I went to 2 weekends ago

The comfortable chairs of the conference hall made it so hard and 'easy' for me....

Tending the booth

The Shine Dome - the conference venue from outside.

It's actually at ANU.

A cafe near to our hotel and conference venue.

Couldn't help but be reminded of Kwayti Yek Yek Venurs

And a BIBLE LANE!

Giraffe the Leslie with his new found friends from ABI and Invitrogen.

A short break we had during the conference was well spent at the Parliment House.

Minoru, Fenny, Mel, Me and Set Yen and the old Parliment House behind.

Behind us stands the new Parliment House.

The Senate... or was it House of Representatives? Haha.. forgot.

And I won in a lucky draw - Ipod Touch! Wahaha.. posing for that company... think I'm gonna be on their website... but I wore Singapore Polytechnic instead of ASCC... oops.

2 little girls in my Church.... so cute la... mei xiang dao she will qiang wen her....  Elise is gonna miss Janice when she's gone back to SG..

Alright.. that's all for now folks!~

Goodnight~~~

Journey of Rap to the Touch of Tears...

You know... I picked up my guitar, thinking of picking up one of my good old Christian rap songs.. maybe work out a couple of strums and plucks and nice hammering..... and pop by a youtube video from my bro. All he said was, "Jin".

Deep down in my heart, Jin means only one thing. No, not alcohol. So, it's not a thing. It's one person. That's Jin.

I clicked the video... and it was JIN. And the title was "From battle rapper to Christian Rapper?!"

I put my guitar aside... and decided, it's TIME TO BLOG!

You know... In the world, I'm just a little nobody. Yes, to different ones, I can be a precious daughter, a precious friend, a precious sister.. and the list goes on... But put my name up on the head lines, who cares?

But I just wanna share, God cares! And He listens...!

Many people asked, "When did you start rapping?"

Can I tell you....? I started rapping when Ifirst heard some Chinese song called "Geylang" in Singapore, by Chew Chor Meng. This man got me rapping... and it was so fun to have words bounce off the tip of my tongue. Then I moved on.... and somewhere down the road, rapped more and more...

Then I came across this dude in F4, whom I 'proclaimed' as my 'god-brother', yes... for y'all who know me, my Vanness Kor Kor. I got further into rap, bouncing off Chinese rap to traces and bits of English rap verses he'd pull of in his songs.

After being opened up to a new realm of English rap, my brother (not Vanness but my REAL brother) introduced me to an American BET program and I stumbled upon this young dude called 'Jin'. Guess what friends, that was the start of my English rap career.. lol, iight, not career.

This man, Jin, fascinated me with his rap flow and the way he freestyled just blew everyone off. He made it big and became known as the 'FIRST CHINESE RAPPER'. And I followed him all the way. No.. I didn't, but I think I had most of his songs.

With him as my inspiration, I started freestyling... I started writing. Along the way I met 'Vietboi - Dau Bu', my American-born Vietnamese web friend, who introduced me to another series and style of rap and freestyle! There was also "Twista" and his Christian rap song, "Hope".

All these people impacted me in a certain way.... and I started writing my FIRST song... which was sang on the 8th September 2007, on Eliza's early birthday celebration. And on the 9th September 2007, I gave my life to our Awesome Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ.

That day, God took my rap to another level, and deep down in my heart, I prayed. God, I can't rap as well as Jin. But only if I could....

"Can I still rap Jin's songs?"
"Can I still sing Vanness' songs?"
"Can I rap Vanness' raps..?"
"Jin's songs are so not godly... I shouldn't be rapping it.."
"But I miss the feel of rapping.. it's ok, I'll just rap Twista's Hope."
 "I really want to freestyle! Can I just start rapping Jin's song..?"

All that struggles within me... Somewhere deep in my heart... a silent prayer was made, "God, please touch these people. It will be so cool if they step out there, and sing and rap the LIGHT to the world!"
(of course that wasn't how I exactly placed the prayer... i forgot how I prayed already.)

I kept the prayer on the shelf.... and once in awhile, prayed for these artistes whenever I thought about them...

Then one day....

I saw Jin on a KTV board at Cybercity one day. I still remember I was with Robin, Cintia and some other HK friends.... and I was pointing at Jin, "Why is he rapping in Cantonese??? I'm sure that's Jin, I'm sure that's him! Isn't he in America???"

And everyone just looked at me as though I was some weirdo... cuz who would care for this 'newbie' who's not really famous in HK? But I kept it somewhere.... on the shelf again...

Some where down the road, a year later after I received Jesus, I got water baptised. And if you remember my Baptism entry (click here to see), I attached more pictures, of my Vanness kor kor's water baptism too. That day I was elated and words just wouldn't express how happy I was to see Vanness re-dedicating his life to God... and making that decision to be a BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN!

 

That day onwards, Vanness just proclaimed his faith to everyone boldly and so many ones were touched and stirred in their faith because of this! He even attended revival meetings with Ps Jaeson Ma, who was the very same pastor that shared the gospel with Edision Chen, who then accepted Christ too!

I was trailing along Vanness' blog every once in awhile, and I noted he had met up with Jin too! I was then praying harder deep within, "God, please use Jin to share your Love and Good News too!"

Once again, after praying, I kept that in the sack.... and ocassionally prayed for Jin.

This video that my brother showed me just brought me so much joy and happiness. I pray y'all see it for yourselves... those who don't know Jin, this is he. Those who know Jin, hope you'll be so touched by his testimony...

I used to think, out of the many ones who inspired me to rap... who did the greatest impact? Yes, Chew Chor Meng did the first step, but Jin was the one who took it to the next level!



Jin's Testimony


God is good!!! I just praised God seeing this. And when he said, "I just want to glorify God and His Greatness.." Oh, my heart just felt it... and I praised God immediately, "Hallelujah!"

It many not be a BIG thing to many of you... but personally, it is a big thing to me... especially when Vanness and Jin are people I've been praying for... seeing them come to know God and to re-encounter with God... and even dedicating their lives to God saying, "God I'm here, use me.", just totally warms my heart...

Go Jin!! Go Van Ness! GO4GOD!!! Yes! Go go go!!

And guess what... even Chew Chor Meng.... he also became a Christian and shared boldy about God's love! To see the video, click here. It's spoken in Singlish... so... mixture of Chinese and English... but... if you understand our accent, maybe you will be able to catch it!! :)


God is good... God is working... and working to this day!!!!

Let us continue to keep these artistes in prayer and pray that we will win the MEDIA back for God!

Yes.. may the artistes glorify God in their work. GO4GOD. And yes, I should stop using Van Ness's cliche now... lol.