Jeremiah School 2011 (Week 1)

Wow... One month just flew by so fast! It's a sad fact but life must go on. *sigh...


Week 1: 4th-9th January

          OKAY!! These are the things that I went through during the first week of JS. The beginning itself was full of funny memories. I 'tumpang' PJ Trinity church's van and there were 5 of us in the van excluding the driver: Zhi Wei, Ian, Joel, Cindel and myself. We talked on the way to PD but we got lost in PD. We were supposed to go 12 o'clock at the roundabout but we entered 9 o'clock instead. That way led us to the highway back to KL! It was seriously funny and Zhi Wei (who was giving the directions) was starting to panic. But we managed to get back to PD using the Lukut exit on the way and we got proper directions from a mate who was already there. We actually got the right directions but from a wrong perspective. The good thing is that we arrived safe and sound. Orientation day was not really eventful except that we got into our groups and were briefed on the rules and regulations. 

          The next day we started our lessons right away. We learned about "Love of God", "Knowing God the Father" and "Personal Development Plan". And we watched Columbine that night. It was about the Columbine shooting that took place in a the Columbine High School. And the story was mainly about a girl named Rachel Joy Scott who was shot dead and her funeral was on CNN and her family was invited by Oprah to go on her show. Here's the video clip I found. 

I cried so hard that night watching this video. Many people shared how she was an angel to them. She really shone for God in her school and church. People could never say a bad thing about her. Her story and eulogies spoke to me and I was moved to really shine for Jesus more. Reflecting back on my life, I've lived a really dull life and I don't think I've impacted anyone. I surrendered my life to God fully and through the 4 weeks in JS, I've learned a lot and I'm back now with a blaze not a fire but a blaze. That's for Day 1. 


Day 2! 
          Meditation... Yeah, sounds really chim and "yoga-ish" but it's not at all. We went out to nature. We all stood in the field facing the sea and we did some kind of activity where we were led by a mentor and a stick. We were asked to close our eyes all the way and listen to every instruction we hear from the mentor that was leading us around the field. It was quite scary at first cause we don't know what's in our way and the fear of tripping. But I managed to follow through with a few peeks =P 
Still, it was really meaningful and it gives a really metaphoric illustration of our lives and how much be trust God to lead our lives. The following sessions were "Meditation: Scripture" and "Reflection". We had "Chapel Time" at night. I remembered the first 3 people that 'preached' were Titus, Ruth and Eva. All of us were required to preach a sermonette for 10 minutes. It was quite scary at first but we all managed. There's still the other half of JS after CNY and there are a few more of us who have not preached yet. Hehe... looking forward to that.
             That night, I fell sick! I had fever and the next day: Day 3, I had food poisoning. I threw up 3 times and I rested in the dorm the whole day till dinner. And everything was a blur that night. I can't remember what exactly we did that night. 
             
           The next day, we traveled to Seremban and visited Beautiful Gate and heard the history of Beautiful Gate. We helped clean up the place especially the ceiling fans and the windows AND we weeded the whole compound! We discovered many creatures that inhabit the compound. For me, everything was tiring and I didn't really enjoy doing the weeding. I was recovering and my body was weak. We then visited Seremban Wesley MYF and played 'human foosball' with them and captain ball. 

Playing Human Foosball in Seremban Wesley

Playing Captain Ball in Seremban Wesley

           We had our dinner there and we had to split into half. My mentoring group which consists of: Ruth, Becky, Denise, Beatrice and Vennesa plus the guys mentoring group: Titus, John, James, Bryan, Zhi Wei and Austin. The 12 of us went to Taman Unjung Methodist Church. It is a small church and consist of many older generation members. But they have their own youth group too. And meeting and interacting with them made me feel grateful for my Youth back home. We have all the facilities and space. They have one confined room to themselves with a keyboard, guitar and a small percussion instrument. They used praise and worship song books. It's more like a cell group style. It was meaningful though. I actually enjoyed my time there until we had to leave. 
        The later part of that day, all of us spent 4 hours in Seremban Aeon JJ. The layout of the building is quite similar to the one in Bukit Tinggi. Couldn't really eat much cause the smell of food really made me wanna puke. And I spent most of the time talking with my best girl-pal, Su Ee. We were talking and reading through Cloe magazine in MPH. We got to know about each other more. I really regretted not snapping any photos that day. But these are the only ones I could find from my JS mates who took. 

Taman Unjung Methodist Church
Fr left: Denise, Beatrice, Me, Becky

Fr left: Becky, Beatrice, Vennesa, Me

I enjoyed the first week despite being sick and feeling a lil left out. But everything went so smoothly and we all bonded so fast. It's totally a great experience. Week 2 will be up soon I hope. So much to write about!!   And OH!! We celebrated one of our mate (Eva's) birthday on that Sunday. She was born on the same date as my dad and my neighbour. Here's a group photo of all of us and her with her cake. She's the Indian chick by the way =P

Eva's Birthday!!