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2010-05-03T23:54:00.001+08:00

Deat all, once again, Level 1 drivethru is been packed neatly and tidy. PLEASE do not mess up the area again. The next time or the next person who mess up the area, you will have to pack it back to the standard as shown in the picture. Floor was also swept!

Also please take note, the area for all to put our recycled city news is where you can see the trash bag. It used to be the corner where to put queue poles.

Something that I’ve learnt today

2010-04-12T02:05:00.001+08:00

Haha… okie I am trying to keep this blog alive!! so I am going to share what I’ve learnt from my overlook.

I am doing logis on saturday. Rather Trinity was the actual logis personnel for the service and I got to know on the day itself in the morning. I was told that I can no need to go down since she is doing logis but still I choose to go down. So I text Trinity that I will be coming down late as I need to send things to Methodist Girls’ School before coming down to church.

I was kinda glad when Khoon Fai called me and tell me that he will be late for about 5mins. Then I remember that he was the understudy for the day (not knowing that that day’s logis is ONLY Trinity). So thinking that Khoon Fai will be reaching soon and that support should be ok but I was shocked after I received a call. ( I shun go into details for that as I don’t think is very nice/fair)

After getting my things settled, I rushed back to church asap. To my surprise, Khoon Fai came to me and say he not logis today. No wonder when I ask Trinity where is Khoon Fai, she don’t really know where he is too.

Anyway, we carried with out duty and all. Everything was ok. I was there to just oversee her duty. Basically, I let her run the service herself.

Closing, we did the closing together . I even checked her closing count and helped her changed too as she miss out something.

So what was I looking at and what did I do?

I was looking at the figures for our communion elements. And I even helped her to change the closing count figure as she may have forgotten that we had already done 500 for dialect church. So from 1903, I changed it to 1403! And that’s the figure that we are left with for Svc 4!!!

I actually looked at that figure a number of times BUT this thing just did not come to my mind at that point of time. What is it?? It is WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT FOR SVC 4!! Why it did not come to my mind?? cause I was thinking, Svc 4 forecast is always 1.4K (forgotten that JJ did sound out that we are facing shortage already) So I leave it as it is. Svc 4 elements 1.4K.

BUT!!! This question came to me when I was traveling to church on Sunday morning for duty! I don’t think I will have enough for svc 4 later, at the back of my mind thinking of what will happen every month! So I quickly text Solomon (expo logis on duty) that I need to reserve 300 elements from his side as I may not have enough for svc later or even top up for Dialect church if we were to touch on it.

True enough, we touched on it and we do not have enough to support Dialect Church if I did not ask for 300 more to be send down from expo!

What am I telling you all these? For me like what mentioned in the title, it was an lesson learnt. It never come to my mind that 1.4k is totally not enough to support Svc4. Add on to the fact that I am Svc4 usher, I should know the attend and the forecast for a normal Sun Svc 4. This resulted in us, having to ask expo side to send us the extra elements and it was 95 who sent in down today. It was kinda bad.

Lesson learnt: Always check with Svc 4 personnel to see if the amount left over for them will it be enough to cover the whole svc? If not, Yonghui needs to be notify ASAP so that he can provide us with a better suggestion. If he can’t be reach, can call me. Why did I say ASAP? Reason being, svc ends at 530pm, recycling ends latest at 630pm. Expo service, they end their service at around 830pm? So if we were to alert our leaders early,at least we have 2 hours to let expo side to know that we are in lack of elements for the next service so that we can know if we will be supported for the next svc.

If we report in on the day itself, notice time is very short and what happen if, on that day itself, no one is available to send down to JW or there is not enough elements to help support us?

So from now onwards, let us all up our level of C-ness especially when it comes to figures and you think it will affect the next service!

Let’s all run and grow this ministry to another higher level together! =)

This is post's credit goes to Joshua Tham!

2010-04-06T20:42:00.000+08:00

Hey there everyone in Group 16.
Joshua Tham here! just wanna share what i've posted in my blog to the people who doesn't have my blog address! (:
just came home after a long sunday.
had usher duty then moved on to debrief and dinner with the rest of the leaders.

was reading the bible.
got affirmed through certain scriptures that i was flipping through.
just wanna share it out to those who does read my blog and hopefully still reading even though i've not been posting for few weeks.

CHC got it's own new building which located at Suntec.
moving in at around March 2011.
the time when i'll end my poly and move on to NS.

But there's something that really caught me today was the debrief by yonghui.
about chasing after the Holy Spirit, expanding my own capacity and growing stronger.
sometimes we may think that we're running after the Holy Spirit but He's already like 1KM ahead of you and when you call out to him, hey let's run together. He's reply would bei'm already way ahead of you. This shouldn't be the case, it should be 2 comrades covering for each other in a battle. Side by side, synchronized in vision and what you want to achieved. This should be the feeling you must experience with the Holy Spirit.

While i was reading the bible, there's 2 verses that encouraged me.

Revelation 3:11-13
¹¹ Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. ¹² He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
¹³ “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’

I've bolded and increased the font size of those words that are really the word in season for me personally. This is one of the verse that assured me and it's like an instruction for me.

The second verse is:

John 16:12
¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

This verse is the reason why we must increase our capacity, increase of rate of growing till a level whereby we can absorb the many things that Jesus mentioned in the verse. Not just in terms of ushering but in terms of spirituality. If we can't come to a point whereby we are not receiving much from the Holy Spirit then you would need to do a thorough reflection. Hope this will leave you thinking..

JW Logis CNY Dinner + Lo Hei + Birthday Celebration

2010-03-08T02:05:00.002+08:00

Birthday Cake for February Babies!

Abigail and Leticia!

Leticia all smiley with her new guitar

Great Lo Hei from Sakae Sushi

The pillars of Logistics in future in Suntec Convention Centre!!!

This week logis allo

2010-02-04T23:24:00.001+08:00

Dear All,

Pls note that for this allocation for Feb will be out slightly late.

This week allo:

Sat: Pinde and Vanessa

Sun: Leticia

--
In Him We Serve,
Euodias Grace

Things to note!

2010-01-04T12:31:00.001+08:00

Yesh! I packed Logis drive thru again! Michelle and I decided to pack it once again cos we find it so so messy. *a pat on Michelle*

We were shocked to see this! This is not the way we put our umbrella! I’ve created a basket (the purple color one) long ago to put all the umbrellas in there but this is what we found! And some of the umbrellas are still WET! Please do not place wet umbrella in the room as it will smell.

I’ve repacked the envelopes! From left to right!

The first pic is the NEW envelopes! If u can see I’ve pasted a piece of paper there telling you how the amount!
The Second pic is the OLD envelops. Which is to be given to JB when they requested. Same thing I’ve pasted a piece of paper there.
The third pic is still the NEW envelopes! It’s on top of the cage beside the tentages.

The reason for doing this is to allow easy access for us to take the envelopes and we will not mixed them up!

This is how it looks like after we packed! Please maintain it! Thanks!

I was very shocked to see this kind of bulletins given to recept! I am not goin to say which day did I see it but I was totally mad when I see this!

Guys! This is not the way! Where is the spirit of excellence in you? Imagine if one day Pastor is to walk to the stand to take a look and he grabs a sheet of the bulletin cover and it’s one of the 3 that he gets? What will he think? What will he says? And what more to say if it’s a guest who took it! What will that person think?

As we start the new year of 2010! Let’s race logis together as a family! Help one another! Love one another! Teach one another! even more! You’re never alone!
The same goes to keeping our logis room clean too! I’ve said it but I am going to say it again! This dept don’t belong to Yonghui, Alan and myself solely! It belongs to all of us! It takes two hands to clap! So let’s work together to grow this dept and make this dept even more fun!

Feel free to call me if you have any doubts! If you don’t like to call me, I’m very sure Yonghui is glad to receive your calls too!

In the coming days, I will be posting a lot of things pertaining to logis. Things like SOP and all… So stay tune!

Focus and Goal Setting

2009-12-16T23:10:00.000+08:00

Regarding Logistics

2009-10-26T00:34:00.002+08:00

Dear All,

A kind Gentle note to all.

Pastor makers once the tip is a little Chipped, will be considered BS markers.
For Logistics who are doing traffic 2. PLS put the barricades in order, stack them properly before leaving.
Next week onwards, we are using new Envelops so PLS PLS PLS DONOT mix the old ones and new ones.
As most of you should have known, our christmas Ic is SingYee this year. If she need any help in keeping the logistic clean and packed, during your duty. Pls extend ur help to her.

Logistics does not belong to Yong Hui, Alan or Grace. It belongs to all of us. So pls if u dont have the time to make it clean, at least dont dirty it.

Thank you =)

Have a great week ahead.

Regards,

--
In Him We Serve,
Euodias Grace

Housekeeping for Logis

2009-10-21T00:06:00.001+08:00

Hello LPs,

Well, sometimes back I repacked B4 logis while I was on duty. (see the photos) After packing I decided to just take some photos and wanted to post it up almost immediately but I was thinking maybe wait and see if it’s in the same condition that I’ve packed but sad to say not really. Hahaha…

Well, let’s all do our part to keep B4 logis as neat n clean as possible… Our room is already so small so we need to keep them in tip top condition. In sure a way whereby when we need something or others need something, the moment they step in they are able to get what they wanted.

There’s still going to be changes in B4 and level 1. Michelle and I had some ideas about level 1. We will discussed abt it and if we need help we will let u all know.. hahha…

All labels should be facing up.

JW Logis Dinner at Shokudo, Heeren's

2009-09-20T04:00:00.001+08:00

Let's Dance...

2009-09-09T01:31:00.001+08:00

Last Sunday, Beatrice (our dearest Assistant Chief Usher who oversees JW usher groups, in case you dunno) was sharing to the SLs and MTLs about Moses and how everytime Moses felt frustrated by his stiff-necked congregation, he would withdraw himself to meet the Lord and refresh himself. And in God, he found renewed strength again and again... again and again... again and again...

The Word spoke powerfully to me and convicted me. During the worship, I sensed God say to me...

"Let's Dance..."

It puzzled me but after giving it some thought, it dawned upon me that life is really like a dance... and there is a tempo to this Dance of life... and I thought I knew and understood it very well... And I've tried to dance this Dance very well... I danced to the best of my abilities and my understanding and I thought I was becoming good at it... until God beckoned to me and showed me His version of the Dance...

In that instance, I suddenly understood how little I knew and how little of the Dance I have mastered... the Dance is meant to be a couple dance, not a solo dance... The Dance is to be danced at a tempo I cannot hope to master or grasp very well... And in the Dance, should I try to take the lead in this couple dance, the Dance inevitably becomes uncoordinated and messed up... My moves will become off-beat and awkward... But whenever I let God take the lead in this Dance and follow His movement and tempo, the resultant Dance is inescapably beautiful and elegant...

"Are you tired? Are you weary? Are you feeling that the yoke is too heavy to bear? Let Me lead the Dance..."

In this Dance of life, God does the choreography; He leads the dance; He dictates the tempo and He executes the hard moves... Turn to God and find rest in His presence... It is when I try to do everything by myself that I burn myself out... I shall learn to lean on God's strength and directions... Just as Moses did! Although Moses was a very old man when he led Israel out of Egypt, he always had the rigour of a youth because in God, he found the source of everlasting life and strength...

"Are you frustrated? Are you disappointed? Are you unforgiving and angry - with youself? with your leaders? with your friends? or even with Me?"

In this Dance of life, it is natural to feel frustrated and disappointed if we had always danced solo or with the wrong partner(s)... Because the Dance was not meant to be danced that way! We cannot hope for the best when we settle for the worse. I shall turn to God and find a new beginning in Him... Although Moses was a criminal with a murderous past, he became the greatest prophet ever to deliver Israel, because in God, he found purpose, vision and hope for the future...

"Are you scared? Are you intimidated? Are you lacking in confidence? Do you feel that you have no more faith?"

In this Dance of Life, we will be venturing into the unknown... Because every person is different and uniquely shaped by God, so nobody can tell you what your Dance will be like. However, God knows how your Dance is meant to be like and He knows how it will turn out to be... And He assures that His seed in us is imperishable and will bear good fruits! and that He will finish the good work He has started in us! I shall turn to God and be of good courage... Because if God is leading my Dance, what can go wrong? I shall go forth in faith! And dance! and dance! and dance! Although Moses was a mere shepherd, but in his meekness and humility, he became a powerful prophet who performed the most spectacular miracles, because he submitted whatever little that was in his hands (a shepherd's rod) into God's hands... and God turned it into a tool for greatness which left an everlasting legacy!

"Let us all dance..."

Moses humbled himself and let God lead in his Dance of life, and God turned the Dance into a masterpiece that we still marvel today... I shall let God take the lead in my own dance. and I can't wait to see how the dance turns out! God is inviting you today to dance with Him... won't you let Him take the lead? Let us all dance this Dance of Life with God...

Constraints

2009-07-08T00:53:00.001+08:00

Dear Western Personnels,

WEF this month, I will be taking back the role on planning logis duty so I will need you all to submit to me your constraints for the month BY 10TH of every month. If no constraints submit to me by then I will take it as you don't have any constraints. As for this month I will EXTEND the deadline till 17th July 23 59! Anything later then that will not be entertained!

One last thing, pls EMAIL me your constraints and DO NOT SMS me.

Do not reply to jwlog@googlegroups.com BUT reply to my email euodiasgrace@gmail.com ..

Thanks!

--
In Him We Serve,
Euodias Grace

FOP Logis Team Meeting #1

2009-06-17T00:29:00.002+08:00

This year, our boss - Adeline, has explicitly expressed her desire to have an All-JW Logis Team for FOP and Anniversary weekend! What an honour! Currently, the team consists of 6 LPs and understudies that were handpicked and approved by Adeline.

And on 15 Jun (Monday) the team met up at Raffles City Shokudo to fellowship, dine and plan for the big event. Although almost everyone present had little to zero experience doing FOP, but everyone of them contributed brightly and asked intelligent questions.

Currently, the team consists of JJ, CK, Thomas, Leticia, Xin Yi, Kenrus. Very soon, we will be adding another 3 to the team. May we bring God glory and make our leaders proud!

Expo Shifting Experience

2009-06-16T22:58:00.001+08:00

Hi Guys,

Hopefully my entry will not be the last to end this blogspot XD

Well due to tiredness, I'm not able to share my Expo Shifting experience on time....

I'm very glad to be chosen in the shifting team as I always wanted to try on new things in Logistic. This opportunity gave me the chance to

learn from Senior Expo personnel.

We only had 2 meetings in total. The first meeting various roles and details of what-to-do were already given few days before the meeting. Basically it shortens the meeting duration and enquiries can be answer instead of spending more time to think questions on 'what more can I do'.

I'm sorry to my team members because I've asked a lot of questions throughout the meeting. Hahaha…& thank God none of them turn over the table LOL

Next we discussed on things to buy/ to top up/ man power and how long is required for packing and shifting. By end of the meeting, everyone has at least 1 question to solve or do some research. I believe almost all decision can be made on the spot was due to information was gathered & brought into the 2nd meeting.

I was In-Charge of welfare and help out in other area. Eventually I have the opportunity helping with Simon in Cupboard. I think what Simon In-Charge is the main meat of the dish. Its about, inventory = admin. Be precise and double check. During the shifting, be alert where your staff goes to and track them every now and then.

The Shift won't succeed without the help of volunteer LPs!!! Thank You~~!!

From here I've realized when everyone comes prepare with questions which they know or don't, it helps the team to get prepare. Overall know what to be done on the day. It's a bonus when there is someone who's the experience but it's a treat when everyone is fighting together in the same team. :D

Leticia

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Entry

2009-06-15T22:05:00.002+08:00

Alrightz personnel,

Updated the column on allo.

This blog is for everybody. The purpose of having this blog is to keep one another updated on information that is needed to be passed down, updates of what are the exciting things that are happening in our life, share it with one another. You never know what you share will impact pple's life!

You are all given the userid and password to this blog. (My apologies to those who don't have) You can blog anything anytime given the privilege that you have the login id. Well, if you are too lazy to login, you can simply email your entry to putoz.jwlogis@blogger.com ... your entry will be posted up immediately!

There is no point having a blog set up for everyone but no entry. YH or myself can't be blogging away in here all the time.

I know we're all busy but it's no harm taking time to type something nice in here to share with us and let our lives be impact ya?

To be honest, I wanted to close down this blog already cos there is just not 'Live' in here.... So guyz, don't make me do that ya?

Do something to stop me from closing it down!

Regards,

Grace Euodias

Updates on Work

2009-05-15T01:57:00.002+08:00

Have started work for 2 weeks already and I am happy... I think after slacking for one whole year (including the time spent in army), one grows to appreciate the pleasure of work.

My team leader and colleagues have been very loving and patient in teaching me the ropes and initiating me into the firm... The firm has an excellent structure and system in place - everyone has defined roles and responsibilities and is non-exploitative of one another. The structure also helps very much to prepare newcomers to familiarise themselves with the firm. The hierarchy of the organization is very flat - everyone treats one another with respect and nobody has airs (i think I am the most "dao" person around).

Above all else, the firm has a wide and extensive portfolio of projects covering various scale and typologies. I love it! I am slowly being exposed to the "drudgery" that my peers have been complaining about, but well, I remain thankful that I got the job.

Beautiful morning

Something I got to see when I decided to go to office early to check email and start work early...

a snapshot - my office

the Water Cycle at One Raffles Link (taken with spoilt digi cam, so...)

A favourite sight I look forward to seeing every morning I go to work... If there is one "Heroes" ability I would like to get, it would be Sylar's Intuitive Aptitude - I love to see how every single thing work and come together... In many ways, I share Sylar's endless hunger to know and understand more... LOL... I'm talking geekish here... Pardon me =P

Will try to find time to write about the 1-year testimony I shared with Wanyun's cell group and also BLTC - in which I have been involved over the past month or so...

Don't ask "Why?"... Ask "Who?"

2009-05-02T16:02:00.001+08:00

It was exactly a month ago and the date was 1 April 2009, and it was 6am in the morning. I was buying coffee for myself and also to bless Wenkai (a CHC staff) and an uncle (a Kreta Ayer Auditorium staff who helped to open the auditorium for us every morning).

I had very little money left, but I still wanted to bless with whatever I had. I believed it was God's way to bless others, and I wanted to follow God's way. But my heart was already growing cold... It was 3 months into my job hunt, and I was wondering if God was going to bless me with a job at all.

I walked to the auditorium and set up the usher table as usual. Florence - another section leader - came and we set ourselves up to serve the people as they come and pray. In my heart, I was silently wondering why these congregation were so motivated to come so early to pray... And I was certainly questioning why I was there so early to usher, if not to pray. It seemed that God hadn't been answering my prayers for a job for months, so why persist in praying? Why serve a God who seemed so distant and quiet?

In the midst of our ushering, Florence asked how my job hunt was going along and my heart winced in pain. I told her that the job hunt was in limbo. The firm I desired very much to get into wasn't getting back to me, despite having interviewed me a month earlier... The jobhunting experts always said that if the company was taking so long to get back to you, it was most likely they were not that INTO you... I only applied to one firm because that was really the firm I wanted to get into, and I reasoned to myself that I should not apply to firms that I don't want to get into and that God would surely grant me the desires of my heart... Perhaps I should not have acted in so much faith, and just applied to more firms?

Florence then remarked to me, "you have a lot of faith... You sent your resume to 1 firm only and expect to get a job? Experts say that we usually need to send 20-30 resumes to get a job interview..."

After hearing Florence's words, I seriously wondered if I should start sending my resumes en masse... But I decided not to... Instead, I decided to commit my job search to God and really trust God for provision. I wrote down my prayer requests in my prayer book and prayed for:

an interview with the firm which will lead to swift and smooth employment
favour of men and God's grace for a job ($3k/month) to start in April
quick follow-up interview with the director of the firm
to secure the job in 2 weeks' time

The remaining days in April were dark and torturous. Everyday I woke up wondering when the job was coming... Every time I met friends and relatives, I had to tell them how fruitless my jobhunt had been and that I was still keeping hope... Every moment I want to spend a penny, I had to remind myself that I had little money left and rethink my spending options... Day after day, week after week - there was no news from the firm that I applied to...

I began to lose hope...
I began to think that God was not going to answer my prayers after all...
I began to be angry with God...

I was blaming all circumstances possible and God for my situation:

Why did I have to go back to NS last year and miss out on the recruitment season?
Why did the economy take a downturn just when I came out from NS?
Why did I give so much to God's kingdom that I have so little savings to sustain me now?
Why did I serve God so much in ministry that I did not spend more time studying and get better grades? With better grades, surely I would be able to secure a job easily?
God, why aren't you acting to take me out of this mess???!!!

Many people could see that I was sliding away from God and that although I was holding on to my faith with my head, I wasn't holding on with my heart. My sister rebuked me for my lack of faith in God. My leaders were encouraging me with the same old words week-in-week-out... But to no avail... I saw God's wonders in my life, I know God is real, but I just could not be sure if God and I were standing on the same side anymore...

The spiritual attacks then came fast and furious...

The Bible tells us that when God is on our side, we have nothing to fear... In those weeks, I feared EVERYTHING and ANYTHING, because I felt God wasn't with me... I kept praying, and although I felt God's presence, I didn't feel the breakthrough in the spiritual realm. I kept reading the Bible, but no revelations came... I was getting desperate... I did not know who I can turn to... My leaders were not giving me answers; God wasn't giving me answers; who else can I turn to?

I began to feel like an abandoned child in the spiritual realm - I was like a sheep without a shepherd. And if the Shepherd was there, I couldn't see Him and hear Him. I felt that perhaps I was unworthy of God's love, and therefore undeserving of God's provision... I began to condemn myself although I'd read numerous scriptures telling us that there's no condemnation in God's love...

I confronted Wanyun a few times with my dark and unholy anger and challenged her to theological debates... I was asking her...

"Why does God allow this?"
"Why has God allowed that?"
"Why does God not do this?"
"Why does God not do that?"

Wanyun could not answer and almost always broke down in tears... She just pleaded to me to keep faith in God...keep believing... And I would always snare back,

"I believe in God! I certainly do! But I am not sure if I should be on the same side as God anymore!"

I hurt Wanyun with those words... I certainly hurt myself with those words... And I grieved the Holy Spirit... I hurt God... And I could feel it in my spirit... Every tear that Wanyun shedded broke my heart...

It was at this juncture that I received a mail package from Our Daily Bread... Inside was a small booklet detailing of the story of Job... Here is a short summary:

Job was a great man of God who feared and loved the Lord greatly. He was also blessed with great possessions, many servants and a great family.
Satan challenged God to allow Job's faith to be tested; and God allowed Satan to do ANYTHING to Job, except to take Job's life.
Satan subsequently robbed Job of all his possessions, servants, killed all his children and attacked Job with sores all over his body.
In time, Job's friends came and "comforted" him... but instead of hearing the turmoil in Job's heart, his friends were busy composing theological answers to his problems.
Job was struggling to understand his suffering and why it happened... And when God finally spoke to Job... Instead of giving definitive answers to why Job suffered, God asked Job questions - science questions, in fact, covering the fields of zoology, astronomy and meterology, among others.
Job stood before almighty God in dumbfounded silence.
He wanted to know "why?" but God simply responded with "Who?"

I was impacted by this word that God sent to me through snail mail... All this while, I was too busy asking God:

"why? why? why?" "why me?" "why this?" "why now?"

Instead of seeking God for WHO He is... I was more interested in WHY has God done this and that! But God is not interested in explaining to us how He runs the universe... He is more interested in His relationship with us, and that is why He sent Jesus to die on the cross so that we can renew our relationships with Him... I finally knew what I should do in these dark times... In brokenness, I went back to God and prayed,

"God... I am sorry for all that I have done and said... I realise that You are a God of love and second chances. Please forgive me and I will follow you... I will stop asking 'why' as much as I can and I will start asking 'who' you really are..."

Immediately, I felt the peace of God dwell in my heart and I knew I was reconciled back unto God. In a day or two... the firm that I was applying for called and offered me a job. In one stroke, God answered all my prayer requests regading this job hunt:

an interview with the firm (happened on 29 April)
quick follow-up interview with the director of the firm (happened on 29 April)
swift and smooth employment (all conditions and paperwork were settled in 1 hour)
favour of men (my Director and Team Leader in the firm both treated me nicely and warmly)
God's grace for a job ($3k/month) to start in April (I got the salary I wanted and it will start on the 1st working day of May)
to secure the job in 2 weeks' time (did not happen in the time frame I requested, but God plans everything in its own time and purpose...)

At the end of this testimony, I just want to encourage all who are facing difficulties to keep on believing in God. Seek God for WHO He is, not WHAT He does... Delight in God's presence, and surely, God will bless you in all your endeavours.

Proverbs 3:5-12, NKJV
⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.
⁸ It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
⁹ Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
¹⁰ So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
¹¹ My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction;
¹² For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Keep this blog alive!!!

2009-03-30T00:08:00.001+08:00

Hey pple... Let this blog not be the same old pple who are posting in here but let's all keep this blog alive by tellin/sharin with us ur experience u have in Logis or testimoniy of urslf etc...

This blog needs some LIFE!!!!

If you dunnoe the username n password to this blog u can either ask Thomas or me IF NOT u can email to putoz.jwlogis@blogger.com

Alrite... So I am waitin for the liveliness of this blog!!!

It's Confirmed... Outing is Postponed...

2009-03-13T23:48:00.003+08:00

Hi guys,

After taking into consideration the Round Table meeting on Sunday, Grp11 + Grp12 Combined Chalet from Monday onwards, and a few other considerations, we will be postponing the outing this sunday till a date to be confirmed.

Postponing of Sunday Logis Outing, until stated otherwise...

2009-03-09T22:02:00.005+08:00

Hi everyone, just want to let everybody know and prepare for last min changes or postponement to this Sunday's outing. This is due to:

Round Table Meeting for some MTL, every SL and above at JW from 5pm onwards. Usually it will end late.
Outing plans have yet to be finalised, vetted and approved by Sis Adeline
Plans to include as many Expo LPs as possible (which makes this Sunday a bad date due to Round Table meeting).

Sorry for any disappointment caused? Lol. So pls wait for more news as we try our best to coordinate everything. Some of us may still want to go to Sentosa Cove for chill-out this Sunday though. See how.

JW LOG OUTING 01

2009-02-27T14:09:00.002+08:00

Are YOU ready????

2009-02-25T22:39:00.002+08:00

I am here to announce PROUDLY that your exam paper (SA2) is ready!!!
Presenting to you Principal, Mr Goh Yonhui and his two teachers Ms Chole Leow and Ms Grace Euodias Yao!

We will see all of you this coming sunday, 1st March, 430pm at JW cafe!!!

Group 15 logis personnels, don't be too happy.... even though we are on duty BUT you still have to sit for the exam.

Study Hard! Jia You!!

Fwd: Housekeeping as of 22th Feb

2009-02-24T12:52:00.002+08:00

Hi guys!

Weekend Allocation
28/2, sat > Simon, Chow Meng
1/3, sun > Chung Kiat, Abigail
Any internal switches do let Yong hui know, cc 1 to me, or drop a mail here.

Upcoming events
28/2, 1/3 This coming weekend we are having water bap! If you are interested to know how it's run and such, do drop by. :D
15/3 Logis outing at sentosa

To simon, chow meng
mich and i will come down this sat, but just in case,
Loudhailer checked with 8 batteries in box @ L1 > ensure battery taken out after use on both days.
Instruction on hailer to insert battery is not clear. if it fail to work, reverse the batt. It's working when i test on 22/2.
Photo number tag @L1, beside loudhailer
Towel @B4 on the same shelf as the ministry box
Signage @B4 behind door in black trash bag, sealed.
Extra batter @B4, beside pastor marker
Red and white tape @ B4, more than enough

Others
Love offering for birthday babies for the month of Feb, if you had pledged, do pass to Simon/Wan Xiu asap. :D
Water bap towels - Ck found the approved towels, will be bought and top up by this sat. Final count will be 10 big + 1 mid
Harvest time - To give recept 100 per week, sat logis do take note.
Chops - to collect 2 blue(CHC) and 1 red(redeem) from recept. JJ will help to trace, but if you know of any church staff by the name of Grace, do ask her for it.
Queue point at B4 - i last counted was 19. but not sure if all are ours. (10 are confirm ours)
Sticker Label - those blank 4 pieces on 1 A4 one, left a few only, thou not under us, might be good if we highlight to H1 on this sat/sun
Traffic items - Spoilt one had not been collected by peng boon.

If there's anything i miss out do add to this mail!
If you have any burning ideas that you think will help JW log to improve do let us know too!

Have a great week ahead!

Cheers,
Thomas

JW Logis Meeting

2009-02-13T11:15:00.002+08:00

Hi All,

Do take note that coming Sunday 15 Feb, there will be a meeting at Kendrus's house.

Venue: Blk 756 Jurong West St74 #12-62
Time: 6pm - 8pm

All of ya have confirmed your attendance so see ya there!
Let's also have a great time of fellowship too!

Let's all meet in church lobby at around 5pm for those who are on duty and those who are still hanging around in church ya...