Hi everyone.
It has been a long flight home from Amsterdam to Singapore with a stopover in Dubai. What kept me on was just the mere anticipation of being home to see and hear from my loved ones... but no one seemed excited. Just a "Oh! you are back? How? Enjoy your trip?" and after that everyone went on to do their stuff.
I was also looking forward to meeting my cell group for a time of Bible Study tonight as I timed my return to coincide with it. I also bought some foodstuff for them which I thought we could eat and fellowship at the same time... but when I touched down, I received a sms that it has been postponed because not all remembered and because of that either some did not do the materials given or did not bring them to work because they got the date wrong. Tonight's meeting is actually already a postponement from last week's as a couple of us were not in town.
If I had known about the postponement earlier, I might have extended my stay in Amsterdam by a few days. Now I just hope the foodstuff can be kept till next week... some were already melting in my suitcase.
Anyway, praise God at least the flight went smoothly and that I am able to be back home safely to see and hear from my loved ones.
After the immigration clearance at Changi Airport, I went to collect my stuff at the conveyor belt. I was a bit worried for one of the items I checked in as it was quite fragile but the staff in Amsterdam told me it should be fine if I checked it in as an odd-size item. They even pasted so many fragile stickers on them but when I saw the box moving towards me, it was dented and all. I was thankful though that the contents were okay when I examined them at home. Many of the stuff in my luggage was not in good shape too but it happens.
I just finished unpacking, did the laundry and also swept the floor.
After this I will go spend some time in prayer and praise. Not the kind of return I was expecting but nevermind, I shall just surrender everything to God and move on.
All I can day is this - I am back to the reality of life. At the retreat, I prayed for an ideal situation to happen hopefully when I come back. Perhaps it will not happen immediately. While hoping for things to get better, I guess I cannot be disappointed easily but to just practice what God has taught me in the past one week or so.
I shall key off now.
Good night.
It has been a long flight home from Amsterdam to Singapore with a stopover in Dubai. What kept me on was just the mere anticipation of being home to see and hear from my loved ones... but no one seemed excited. Just a "Oh! you are back? How? Enjoy your trip?" and after that everyone went on to do their stuff.
I was also looking forward to meeting my cell group for a time of Bible Study tonight as I timed my return to coincide with it. I also bought some foodstuff for them which I thought we could eat and fellowship at the same time... but when I touched down, I received a sms that it has been postponed because not all remembered and because of that either some did not do the materials given or did not bring them to work because they got the date wrong. Tonight's meeting is actually already a postponement from last week's as a couple of us were not in town.
If I had known about the postponement earlier, I might have extended my stay in Amsterdam by a few days. Now I just hope the foodstuff can be kept till next week... some were already melting in my suitcase.
Anyway, praise God at least the flight went smoothly and that I am able to be back home safely to see and hear from my loved ones.
After the immigration clearance at Changi Airport, I went to collect my stuff at the conveyor belt. I was a bit worried for one of the items I checked in as it was quite fragile but the staff in Amsterdam told me it should be fine if I checked it in as an odd-size item. They even pasted so many fragile stickers on them but when I saw the box moving towards me, it was dented and all. I was thankful though that the contents were okay when I examined them at home. Many of the stuff in my luggage was not in good shape too but it happens.
I just finished unpacking, did the laundry and also swept the floor.
After this I will go spend some time in prayer and praise. Not the kind of return I was expecting but nevermind, I shall just surrender everything to God and move on.
All I can day is this - I am back to the reality of life. At the retreat, I prayed for an ideal situation to happen hopefully when I come back. Perhaps it will not happen immediately. While hoping for things to get better, I guess I cannot be disappointed easily but to just practice what God has taught me in the past one week or so.
I shall key off now.
Good night.
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