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I'm officially back. Haven't really had the energy/time to blog :S

Anyway, just came back from choir mission trip to Bangkok. It was a really short trip, like only 4 days. But they were really fulfilling and rewarding days. It was a truly humbling experience, to see the appreciation in the audience's faces, and to truly see God working in them.

Basically we were there to perform "The Promise" musical, which is about Jesus' birth and death on the Cross. We had been practising for a few months, twice weekly. And I admit it wasn't easy to memorize all the songs and dance steps. But it was all worth it, and I would do it all over again. This was an eye-opening experience. Thailand is predominantly Buddhist and Christians are really a minority there. For example, at the Christian University of Thailand that we went to there were only 50 believers out of 6000 students. It was really quite hard for Christianity to thrive there. And it was truly a humbling experience to see the joy in the audience's faces when we performed. The students at the university even crowded around to take pictures with us after our performance!

I was very touched when an old lady told me she couldn't watch our performance at night cuz it was too dark for her to take the bus. It made me realize how blessed I was to be able to worship freely and so easily. I was also very very touched by the hospitality shown to us. The Thais are so warm and friendly! Everyone greets each other with palms together, saying "Sawadee-ka". So polite right. They also prepared really wonderful meals for us. I don't think you can find this level of genuine hospitality anywhere else. So hopefully, through our performance many lives have been blessed and many seeds sown, and God will continue to work in these people's lives :)

So although it was quite tiring (our schedule was really packed), it was all worth it in the end. The food was seriously awesome also. I think I can live on tom yum soup forever haha. Our hotels were quite nice, and I managed to squeeze in 2 hours of shopping at Suan Lum Night Market in Bangkok haha. Oh and I sat on a tuk-tuk for the first time! Exhilirating experience man. Our tuk-tuk got stopped by a policeman who wanted to see the driver's license. Being obviously illegal, the guy tried to bribe the police officer and they even negotiated for a while on the price. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this. I mean, it's amusing for us tourists but it's quite sad that there's so much corruption here.

As for work, all I can say that this has been a lesson on making decisions. I have learnt much about thinking through all the consequences thoroughly before jumping into anything, and also learnt more about myself. I just hope this decision is correct.

Lord, I need You so much now.

I took his love like it was mine
I squeezed the truth until it lied