Love is in the air...

hi everyone... sern wang and im back to our YF blog.. haha have been away for some time, busy i guess thanks to amanda and joanathan and derrick to keep this blog going...
last sunday 7 Feb 2010 we have Mr. & Mrs Boh from melacca to share with us their love story. What they experience and learn in their search for a partner during their youth & college years (all the love letter, admiration, rejection ... etc) and also how God who has a plan for them brought them together. it was lovely and touching to see how God works even in the area of love and realtionship in our lives. Mr. Boh also share with us from the Bible, Genesis 2:24
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
Mr. Boh shares that one of the main criteria or condition before we can consider to start a steady relationship is independant and responsible. this is so true... how could you take care of someone when you dont know how to take care of yourself? how can you be commited to a relationship if you can't be responsible with what you have been entrusted?.... So please make this our guide line before you enter into a steady relationship.....
i pray that God will continue to reign in our lives, every area of our lives including our love and relationship.

Bible Discovery

First of all, YFGGBP would like to thank everyone who sent up their YF logo designs. The winner of the contest will get to go for out YF camp for FREE!!!!!!!!! :)

Anyway, our program for YF today was Bible Discovery. The passage we read was John 12:20-26. And then there were 5 questions we answered in our respective age groups. The five questions are:
1. Honourable ambitions? Someone once said that we should devote our lives to things that we consider worth dying for. What is to you worth living and dying for?
2. In what way would Jesus' death be like the seed's (verses 24 and 32)
3. Why did Jesus say, "If you love your life, you will lose it; If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life"?
4. Consider what Jesus says about how those who follow him must live. What are the implications for us?
5. What do you need to give up today to follow Jesus?

If you didn't attend YF today, try answering these 5 questions on your own. If you have any questions, you can look for any of the advisers.

After YF, we all went downstairs for some fun and games. We played 2 new things today, namely Uno Stacko and Captain Ball.

Join our YF to learn and play with all the YFers! :)

Deadline!

Dear all YFers, please remember to pass up your "TRANSFORMING FLAME" YF theme logo design this week if you have one. If not, hurry up and go make one now! Let your creativity flow! Think of how proud you'll be seeing the logo you created on all our YF stuff, and seeing everyone wearing it on their T-shirts!!! So go make an awesome logo now, and hand it up this week! It's the deadline! 31st January 2010 :)

Team Building Program

The program of our YF today was Team Building. After the worship led by our vice-president Joanna Chun, YFers were divided into 4 groups. Groups were given a map each, and on the map, the sequence of the stations they were to go to were also written.

There were altogether 4 stations. One was where the group members were asked to stand on a chair each. The chairs were arranged in a straight line and the person right in front had to throw a water balloon to the second person without looking back and the second person would throw it to the third, right until the balloon reached the end of the line.

At another station, all the members of that group were asked to form a circle, holding the hands of the people next to you. Two game-masters from inside the circle would then try to get out of the circle by crawling, jumping, or whatever method they could think of. Sern Wang tore his trousers at this station =.=

Then there was the station where two teams met and had to challenge the other team in a water scissors-paper-stone game while another group member had a piece of wood as a shield from the water for both that person itself and the other group member playing scissors-paper-stone against the other group.

The other station game was also played two groups at a time. Each group member were given a cup filled with water and the objective of the game was to keep your cup unbroken with any amount of water in it while trying to pour the opponents' water out.

In the end, Group 1 was announced the winner and they were rewarded with a very nice bottle of Sprite!

Do come to attend our YF every Sunday from 4-6 p.m. in Gereja Grace Batu Pahat :)

YF This Year...

For all of you who missed YF last week (3.1.10), the photo above is a picture of something that was given out to all the YFers present last week. It's a very nice ruler with... a PUZZLE!!! So if you're feeling bored in class, all you have to do is to take the ruler out, play with the puzzle and that will make you feel recharged so that you can pay more attention in class!!! More importantly, the puzzle has a nice logo and the words "Transforming Flame" on it.

"Transforming Flame" is not just some random phrase that sounded nice enough to be put on the YF ruler, but behind it lays a very deep and powerful meaning. What is that? Come to YF this week to find out!!! The program this week is Introduction to 2010 YF.

See you then! :)

Yunnan China MIssion Trip

hi to all of you in YF.... it has been 2 weeks since i last see you guys in action, miss you all very much... keep thinking how was YF when i was in China.. finally im back and just to share with you a bit of my journey....

we took off from KLIA on 27th morning and reach Kun Ming around noon, then we went to visit the Cultural village in Kun Ming where they display, show and explain the culture and building and life of the 56 minority tribes in Yun nan. the place was very beautiful and an eye opener for me. since we are going to meet some minority tribe people is good to know a little bit about their culture. the next day we visited a shelter home which took in abandon children or street kids in Kun Ming.. we sing song with them, acted a drama for them (prodigal son story) play games with them, share & chit chat and pray with them. the testimony of the person in charge of this centre Sister Mary really touched our hearts as we see how she surrender and obey God's calling and direction and experience God's blessing. after the centre we travel for 2 hours to visit a tourist attraction in Jiu Xiang. it was a very beautiful natural cave, the difficult part was that we have to walk for nearly 2 hours.

thats all for now the next post will be about our 3 days in the primary school in Li Ming....

Committee Retreat and NSCFL Camp 09

Most of the committee members for next year (2010) went for the committee retreat on the 21st and 22nd of November, 2009. The retreat was held at a place called Cactus Inn Resort, and it is a nice place. The retreat was fruitful as well as fun.

The NSCFL Camp 09 was held from the 23rd to the 28th of November, 2009 in STM, Seremban. 8 people from our YF went. They are Derrick, Joanna, Amanda, Jerrel, Regine, Caleen, Yun Yee, and Fiona. Campers met new friends and had a great time. Most importantly, the campers learned more about God. There was also a session of fasting and solitude, a time when campers got to be still and listen to God's voice. All in all, the campers were taught to walk with God.

There are some photos in Amanda's blog, and more photos on Facebook :)

YFers, continue to walk with God!!!