7469 kilometers, 1 phone call/sms away

The total distance from China to Australia is 4,641 miles. This is equivalent to 7,469 kilometers. (Got this from Google)

I admit that at times i do miss home, i miss that kind of feeling and love that only my family can provide.

I miss you, my forever-understanding dad, you don’t speak that much, you are a shy person and you don’t usually express yourself that much, but you took initiative to pray for me the other day, that’s the very first time that i heard you praying for me, i really felt touched.

I miss you, my forever-supporting mum, your constant encouragement and support is one of the main reasons why i have strength in what i am doing. Your “Continue to have faith and trust in Him” & “Daddy and i miss you so much” sms really has the magic power to lighten up my day.

I miss you, my forever-loving sister. To me you are never a little girl, coz you understand me all the time, you care for me, you love me so much to the point that you’re always willing to give me the better, i feel so blessed not only because i have the best set of parents, but also because of the best younger sister.

There is a kind of love that only you all can provide, it’s out of word to describe, but i feel it deeply in my heart:)

I LOVE you all, you all are very very precious to me:)

If this is the season that God wants me to understand His love to me more through my family, i believe i’ve got it:)

Collection

Since young, i like collecting cards and letters from people, i’ve got a big box back home, with all those cards, letters, even those small pieces of paper with written conversations with my deskmates back in high school and even primary school (that’s how we had fun during classes :-p).

Don’t know why when words come to me with a written form they will just become so precious to me, and i will keep all of them even if it is just a small piece of paper.

Last Sunday was the shepherd appreciation day, so touched to see people doing different things to appreciate their shepherds and leaders, so touched by my sheep sheeps and LG people too! Due to this i got some “new collections”, as usual i put them in one place, which is a paper bag.

Today i took out this paper bag, it’s filled with nearly every single written word from people since i came to Brisbane, i spent some time reading back some cards and letters, recalling how i have been growing with all these brothers and sisters and friends, really felt so blessed to be in this family of God.

cards

bookmarks & little cards

letters & different scraps

Really appreciate every single one of you who has once written some words to encourage me.

p.s. While rearranging those cards and letters, I found 2 letters from my Korean friends which i received 3 years ago in Malaysia, i brought them with me when i came to Brisbane, really miss those 2 girls – Sung Hee and Junk Ki, 2 of my best friends back in Malaysia.

（3 years back, in Malaysia, how time flies!)

p.s. again: Korean people are very nice! Like my shepherd Christine

Covenant friendship can be so romantic – for Sunny

Dear Sunny,

有你真好:-)

Remember that you were the first ever girl that i talked to in CCM, remember that gold coast day trip? Remember what made us share so much during the trip? just simply because we both loved Sun Yan Zi’s songs…hehe..then we had the same water baptism during Melbourne OC 07, entered the same membership class…

It’s been 2 years plus already since we knew each other, in the past two years, we are the witnesses of each other’s growth, thanks for being together with me along the journey.

07/02/09 is a special day for both of us, because this is the day that we declared our covenant friendship. Let’s celebrate it every year:)

My dear covenant friend, thank you for all the understanding, love, encouragement, and support all this while, i LOVE you!

We are going back to Melbourne soon, i’m sure it will bring back heaps of memory between 2 of us:) Ready for it? I pray that we both will experience breakthroughs in the coming OC!

This album is dedicated for you:

Thank you for this bear, ’she’ is the witness of our covenant friendship:)

My Love My Family

I don’t think any of my friends has seen me crying since I had friends. I am not saying that I am a very strong or hardened person, but I think I am a kind of person who will not easily cry, especially when there are people around.

There is one of my best friends back in China, we’ve known each other for around 15 years, but she never saw me crying, one day she came to ask me ‘hey you know I never see you crying, I am curious to know in this world what can make you cry?’ At that time I was like ‘I don’t even know!’

But now I’ve found out the answer, it’s my family (and my beloved, but this one is ‘not applicable’ at this moment of my life:D). 

I always think that I am so lucky and blessed to have my parents, they always put me in prior, give me the better of the best, and never fail to support me. These days I am considering whether or not I should really stay in Australia for master after bachelor, and I said to my parents ‘if I made a decision to stay, then I’ll probably also stay for my career and most of my life, and for the following years, I may not go back home that often, and what’s more, these years you two have spent a lot on me, and doing master will be another huge expense.’

But then dad replied ‘there’s nothing wrong for parents to spend money on their children, we’ll always prepare everything for you. Your mummy and I will always support you!’

mum said ‘those things shouldn’t be problems, you can’t come back that often, but we can go to see you, and can’t you see how God has been blessing our family? what are you still waiting for as He has opened the door for you!’

I shed my tear in the end, as I can see how much they love me and how much they have done to support me. They always offer me the best without complaint, even when I disappoint them. They love me not only by their unfailing support, but also understanding. They make me a happy princess wherever I go!

Dear Lord! Thank you from the very bottom of my heart, for giving me such wonderful parents! You never fail to love and bless me, sometimes I don’t even think I deserve all of these blessings, but you did have them all done!

In Proverbs 23:24-26 of the Bible it says:
The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him. May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice! My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways.

I hope I will be the one who will bring my parents joy and happiness and make them glad!Amen!