It's been quite a while....FOUR years to be exact from my last blog!! Wow...time sure flies. A lot of things have change since my last post. Life happened but I am grateful to report that the changes have been good - they might be difficult and challenging but it was still good. We definitely have can testify to the tremendous grace and mercy of God - we sing of His goodness and mercies everyday! I will sharing some pictures as a mini-update.
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| I arrived to the burnt down JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in my trip to Kenya last year. It was a challenging experience and reminded me how volatile our world is. I was delayed in Dubai due to this fire. The airlines provided me with a 5* hotel in Dubai and I had an unplanned two day vacation in Dubai - it was a great personal retreat that I had so needed at that time. All things worked for good! |
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| You can see the burnt airport terminal from this picture. |
Since our return to Malaysia, the Lord has graciously enabled us to return to Kenya at least twice a year to keep up with the various ministries we were involved with. It is always our joy to see how the works and ministries has grown under the national leadership. I will do a separate post on our trips to Kenya.
We are so grateful that our girls continue to grow in their faith and leadership in the local church. Here Vickie is leading worship at the Youth Service.
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| It is always such a joy to baptise believers. Baptism services are one of our favorite! In the last four years of our ministry, we were privilege to baptise many believers! |
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| Our Malaysian Christmas tree. We left most of our belongings in Kenya when we left and we had to start anew with our Christmas tree. It was a lot of fun to shop for all the different decorations in Malaysia. |
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| This is one of my favorite picture of us, taken at a super beautiful shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, the Pavillion. I wish my Kenyan family can visit Malaysia and have this amazing shopping experience in the malls in Malaysia |
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| One of the interesting part of being pastors in Malaysia is the joy of sharing many, many yummy meals with church members. This is a meal with one of the cell groups. We often get invited to share meals with fellow believers and church members. Food is a important element in the church life in Malaysia and we LOVE it! |
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| One of the MAJOR changes in our family is that Kathryn left for college in 2013. As parents, this was one of the most difficult change that we had to embrace. This picture was taken when she came home for Christmas, after being away for a year. It was a joyful reunion for us! |
While it is inevitable that some things changes, others remain the same. As in these pictures above, our joy and bond as a family are always close knitted and strong. We are grateful that we have that as a family. At this point of writing, Vickie is preparing to leave for college at the end of the year, Kathryn is completely immersed in college life and enjoying her time there, Tony and I are excited for the ministry opportunities that has opened up to us and keeping us very busy. This is a new season for us and things will be even more different when Vickie leaves us. We will be empty nesters and I truly am not sure I will handle that..not fun:(
I am planning to update this blog regularly, to share what we are doing and what the Lord is doing in our lives. As I write this post, I am amazed at how far the Lord has brought us a family. In each season of our lives, He has continued to prove Himself faithful in providing for us, leading us, guiding us and empowering us! He is a good God and when we follow Him, there is no end to the great adventure He has planned for us.
I am praying that as you read this blog, you will be encouraged to follow Him too!
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