Post - Chinese New Year Celebration

It’s a good time to be home after 3 weeks staying in STM. During this festive season is an opportunity to catch up with friends and family. I visited my grandfather who is staying at my uncle’s house.

Friday last week, Hendry and I reached back my home at about 4.30pm. We went to church to meet with pastor and uncle Tan after I unload all my stuffs at home. At night, the Wooters had dinner together in a Japanese Restaurant in SS12. Have a great time meeting them again.

Last Sunday, went to church in the morning. Talked with some of the members and served in both the worship service. CC told me there was a cool FPS game in Cyber now that they are playing. Out of curiosity I went with them after church to play that game! After a while I got dizzy! I’m good in FPS game! When I returned home I went and torrent the game and installed on my computer! Lolz..

Left 4 Dead installed on my Computer

Came back to STM at Wednesday night! Thanks to my friends who sacrificially send me back and had a good dinner together nearby STM. There was a massive jam back to KL and they reached back safely! Classes started again on Thursday with most of us still in the CNY mood! Haha….

CNY this year there are only a few meals i get to Lou Sang

The view of my book shelf during the 3 weeks i was in STM.
My shelf is at the right!

After.... pastor lone me some of his books.
More books now! lols

Wednesday afternoon, i went for lunch with cc at nandos.
after lunch i went to buy these sources for my meals in STM.

农历新年来咯！明天我放假回家了

我来到神学院已有两个星期，渐渐地习惯了这里的生活。每天崇拜，每天都有课上，老师总会给作业，每天都上图书馆和上网。昨天我很开心，因为收到了生活费。虽然不是很多，但可以让我回家时去买书。老师推荐了很多书，但我只能买一本而已，因为神学的英语书都很贵，多数是来自国外的。
这个学期我拿了十八个学分，是蛮多的学分。以下是我所学习的科目。。。
Intro and Survey to New Testament
Intro and Survey to Old Testament
Greek
Critical Reading and Writing
Christian Spirituality
English for Theology
Field Education
愿上帝给我力量和智慧来学会他的话语。
请为我代祷。

Field Trip / Visitation to a Lutheran Church

The first year’s had the first field education today. I visited a Lutheran Church today in a small Chinese village called 11^th mile Cheras Lutheran Congregation (EMCLC). As I arrived to the village there was a Morning Market right in front of the Church. Thus, have to look for parking further away from the Church.

Today's bulletin..

As I enter together with my seminary-mates, we were greeted by the Senior Pastor of the church Rev. C. H. Lee. There were two concurrent worships at 9.30am, a Chinese Service and an English Service. The English department students and I went for the English Service. As we sat in the church, the liturgist starts with a prayer session. During Praise and Worship there was a session for us to confess our sins to God.

Sis. Emma a member of the EMCLC went to Myanmar for missions last year and taught English for the school. She gave her testimony about how God used her to be a blessing to the people in Myanmar. From her sharing I know God is working among the Burmese people and a lot came to know the Lord from her contribution to the society there.

Sermon today was given by Pastor Aaron Yap the English congregation pastor on “Jesus is calling!” taken from John 1:43-51. The liturgies of a Lutheran Church are quite similar to the Methodist Church although this Church I was in does not follow fully the whole Lutheran liturgy. After service, we have sometime of dialog with Bro. Ronnie (Church chairman), Rev. Lee and Pr. Aaron Yap. Rev. Lee gave a brief history and ministries of EMCLC. A time was given for us to ask questions in regards to the Church.

Pr. Aaron giving sermon "Jesus is Calling!"

Left: Pr. Aaron Yap, Right: Rev. Lee.
Rev. Lee talking about the church history

After the dialog, we had our lunch together at a restaurant nearby with Bro. Ronnie, Rev. Lee and Pr. Aaron. I have a good time of fellowship over lunch. We left Cheras about 2.30pm back to Seremban. We stopped by the ‘Seremban Siew Pau’ building that was beside the Plus Highway. Most of us in the car wondered how to get in because it was just right beside the highway. Jeremy from Seremban guided us there. I brought some ‘Siew Pao’ so that I can indulge eating it later.

Church leaders brought us to this restaurant for lunch...

Stopped by the Seremban siew Pao

I've bought some as well....

That’s it for Sunday the church visitation day. All of us the first years are instructed to write a reflection on the worship earlier.. I’ll do it later! Now is the time to rest and plan for dinner.