Genesis 22:1-14

by God's grace, this day has finally arrived. starting, or rather, re-starting the Young Adults' Fellowship ("YAF") has been our hope and prayer for more than a year. God's timing for our 1st meeting is really perfect. when josiah shared tt come july, the comm would be down to 2 ppl (thus the decision to have only 2 meetings tt month)...what struck me was, the YAF is living up to its theme "reaching out - within and beyond". the comm wld be down to 2 becos alex is away in Ohio (m sure he's not just having a good time since he has purposed to share Christ with ppl around him) while eugene & myself will be on a mission trip in Chiangmai - out of our comfort zones, as ambassadors for Christ :]
i thank God for seeing us thru the months of coming tgt to pray and plan for this. thank God for bringing tgt the five of us (josiah, alex, shelia, eugene & myself) with this burden, and for moving the hearts of elder john & sis charissa to be our advisor & supervisor, guiding us as we plan for the YAF. some ppl might tink tt we're not gonna last, cos afterall, the YAF before us has been restarted so many times. in fact, pastor shared tt this would be the 5th time a grp of young adults are restarting the YAF. but m thankful enough to know tt there are many others who believe in us, as much as we believe in God, to sustain this YAF. honestly, we were quite discouraged when we sent out over 80 invitations and only 1/3 came. but i was deeply encouraged at today's inauguration (or rather, revival) of the YAF, when the ppl from the various fellowship grps/session came up to say a few words to the pro-tem committee. even the YF's presence was encouraging. these wonderful grp of youths/young teens, they were supposed to be hanging out at some cafe/go home after their YF meeting, but they decided to have a quick dinner & come back to church to encourage & support us as a group. and it was heartening to hear what darrell (my own younger brother!) spoke on behalf of the YF, too :] we were so moved tt we (okay, shelia & i) were sniffing & wiping away tears (of joy, tho) like we were at a funeral...haha
lastly...i thought i'd just share wat joe shared with me before he left. "it's not for formalities sake. i'd just like to say, because your grp is integrated, i believe this YAF will last." well, like i shared with sis charissa, come the day when we ever tink of giving up and gng separate ways, i hope we will rmb tt there were ppl who believed in us to sustain this YAF, and i hope we will be able to live up to tt expectation...and ultimately, give God the glory...