Showing posts with label Testimony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Testimony. Show all posts

Friday, 28 November 2014

My Testimony for Mission Trip August 2013

Kesaksian: Alice W.Y. Chan 

Pada tahun 1995, ibu saya balik dari hospital dan semasa saya buka pintu untuk ibu, saya ternampak air mata di mata ibu, lalu saya menyanya ibu apa yang berlaku? Ibu kata, dia baru balik dari hospital dan doktor beritahu ibu terdapat satu bayangan dalam paru-paru ibu melalui ujian x-ray dan ibu seharusnya menjalani pembedahan. 

Pada masa itu, saya masih kecil lagi dan tidak dapat menerima berita itu dengan tenang, namun dengan iman kita sekeluarga berdoa agar kesihatan ibu tidak akan terjejas. 

Ibu mahu tangguhkan tarikh pembedahan sebab mahu pergi melancong ke Negara China dan doktor membenarkan permintaan ibu. 

Setelah ibu balik dari Negara China, kita sekeluarga membuat persiapan dari segi mental untuk pembedahan ibu dan terus berdoa kepada Tuhan Bapa agar Tuhan akan memberkati ibu. 

Saya masih ingat lagi sebelum hari pembedahan itu, doktor beritahu kita sekeluarga bahawa ini adalah pembedahan kecil, dan akan siap dalam masa dua (2) jam. Oleh itu, pada pagi tersebut, saya berpakaian sekolah sebab sesi persekolahan saya adalah pada waktu petang. Dalam fikiran kita, ini adalah pembedahan kecil dan saya masih dapat pergi ke sekolah selepas pembedahan ibu. 

Saya juga ingat pada hari pembedahan tersebut, saya beritahu ibu untuk kuatkan iman dan percaya kepada Tuhan Bapa bahawa Tuhan Bapa akan menyembuhi dan melindungi ibu. Saya juga beritahu ibu bahawa saya akan tunggu sampai dia keluar dari pembedahan dan tunggu dia untuk menyambut hari jadi saya dalam masa dua hari lagi. Pada masa itu, saya nampak air mata dalam mata ibu dan dalam keadaan separa sedar, akibat daripada ubat bius yang digunakan oleh doktor, ibu menangguk kepala dengan perlahan. 

Kita sekeluarga menunggu di hospital dengan sabar dan terus berdoa kepada Tuhan Bapa supaya Tuhan Bapa memberkati para doktor yang menangani pembedahan ibu. Kita tunggu, tunggu dan tunggu. 

Masa dua (2) jam sudah berlalu, namun ibu masih tidak keluar lagi. Perasaan risau mula menyelubungi hati kita sekeluarga. Saya sangat takut pada masa itu dan tidak tahu apa yang dapat dilakukan kecuali berdoa kepada Tuhan Bapa. 

Tiga (3) jam, empat (4) jam, lima (5) jam, ibu masih tidak keluar dari bilik pembedahan. Saya tidak dapat menjelaskan perasaan saya pada masa itu. Perasaan risau, keliru, takut telah menyelubungi hati saya. Hubungan saya dengan ibu adalah begitu erat sekali. Pada masa itu, saya mula fikir, sekiranya pembedahan itu tidak berjaya, apakah yang akan berlaku kepada saya dan keluarga saya. Kita berdoa dengan lebih tekun lagi, minta Tuhan Bapa supaya pembedahan ibu akan berjaya. 

Seketika itu, kita ternampak saudari yang menghadiri gereja yang sama, lalu di tempat kita menunggu. Saudari ini kerja sebagai seorang jururawat di hospital itu, jadi kita minta pertolongan dari saudari ini untuk masuk ke bilik pembedahan dan minta tanya apa yang berlaku di dalam. Saudari itu setuju untuk membantu kita dan sebentar kemudian, dia keluar dan beritahu kita supaya jangan risau sebab ibu masih menjalani pembedahan tersebut dan akan keluar tak lama lagi. 

Suatu perasaan lega dalam hati kita sekeluarga dan kita terus menunggu dengan sabar sambil berdoa dengan tulus kepada Tuhan Bapa. 

Pada jam keenam, doktor keluar dari bilik pembedahan dan kita sekeluarga bangkit dengan segera untuk berjumpa dengan doktor. 

Doktor berkata dengan kita, pembedahan ibu sangat berjaya! Muka kita sekeluarga berseri kembali dengan segera! Doktor juga beritahu keadaan ibu stabil dan perlu masa untuk berehat. 

Sementara itu, doktor juga beritahu kita suatu khabar yang tidak disangka: 

Doktor beritahu kita sebenarnya mereka menjangka pembedahan ibu cuma ambil masa dua (2) jam tetapi pada masa pembedahan sedang dijalankan, didapati bahawa bayangan dalam paru-paru ibu itu sebenarnya adalah sel kanser (barah) dan ibu dijangka mendapati kanser paru-paru peringkat kedua; jadi untuk mengelakkan daripada sel-sel barah itu merebak ke organ lain, doktor terpaksa memotong satu belah paru-paru ibu. Doktor juga berkata sekiranya keadaan ibu stabil dan dalam masa lima (5) tahun, tiada terdapat lagi sel-sel barah dalam badan ibu, maka ibu akan selamat dan sihat pada masa akan datang. 

Semasa saya mendengar khabar itu dari doktor, saya tidak dapat menerima khabar tersebut; air mata mengalir dengan segera dari mata saya. Saya tidak dapat memahami kenapa Tuhan Bapa mahu membenarkan perkara ini berlaku dalam keluarga kita. Namun, kita juga bersyukur kerana Tuhan Bapa tidak menamatkan hidup ibu pada masa itu. 

Hari ini, selepas 17 tahun, ibu saya masih sihat lagi dan bersemangat; dan kita sekeluarga bersyukur kepada Tuhan Bapa kerana memberkati ibu sepanjang masa ini. 

Untuk diri saya, saya bersyukur kerana Tuhan Bapa membenarkan saya mengalami pengalaman ini, sebab semasa kawan-kawan saya bercerita kepada saya mengenai keadaan saudara mereka yang serupa dengan keadaan ibu, saya dapat memahami perasaan mereka dan dapat berkongsi dengan mereka bagaimana Tuhan Bapa telah memberkarti kita sekeluarga melalui peristiwa ini. 

Tuhan Bapa adalah Tuhan yang Maha Kasih. Saya amat bersyukur kepada Tuhan dan harap kesaksian saya hari ini dapat menggalakkan kita semua yang berada di sini supaya terus beriman dengan Tuhan Bapa walaupun kita berada dalam situasi yang tidak dapat ditangani dengan kekuatan kita sendiri, sebab kita seharusnya bergantung kepada Tuhan Bapa di dalam apa jua perkara. 

Terima kasih.

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Grateful [IV]

For the little things that happen in our lives, it is important that we do not take each day for granted. Life is fragile, this is what I have learned throughout all these years. This year alone, three (3) people had gone back to meet with our Abba Father. One, was my best friend's mother who passed away due to sickness (but was diagnosed two (2) months before her death); one, was a mentor in my previous Church, who had been suffering from the Big C; and lastly, a Pastor whom I used to serve with, passed away out of sudden.

This week alone I almost met with two (2) accidents. One was on Monday morning, when all of sudden a Ford Ranger swerved to my lane without showing signal but thank God there were no cars on the next lane and I managed to swerve to avoid but my heart was pumping fast thereafter, thinking if both the cars hit, what could have happened. On Tuesday evening, at the roundabout in my housing area, a Pizza Hut Delivery motorcyclist appeared from my car's blind spot and had I drove a little faster, I could have easily hit him. I am grateful, that though these were just minor incidents but God had protected me.

Recently I attended a Christian Conference (Chinese) in JB and to be honest, I had no idea about the theme and details of the Conference. I attended the Conference organised by the same organisation back in 2012 and thought it was good and signed up for this year. I wanted to pull out as I had to take two (2) days leave to attend this Conference, somehow I decided to attend anyway. I went without any expectation but was blessed in many ways. God had touched me tremendously and all I could say is, I miss God very much. At times, we are so occupied with our daily lives that we just "put God aside" subconsciously. Yes, we have our daily devotions and prayer but there are times our daily quiet time is insufficient to fulfill the deeper desires that we have. 

Few weeks ago, I forgotten to lock my car (I work in shoplot and park my car in open area) but thank God everything was safe and sound. On the same week, one of my files had an issue (consider major) and I prayed hard that everything would turn out smooth and thank God, my client called me and on his initiative, the issue had been resolved.

These are not big testimonies and sometimes we just thought, "Aiya, small matter, no need to share", but big things begin with small things. Once again, for these little things that happened in my life for the past few weeks, I am grateful that I am still alive and able to wish "Good morning Holy Spirit" and experience His Love, Joy, Peace and Grace every other day.

God bless :)

Monday, 7 July 2014

ARISE 2014 ~ 5th July 2014

The theme for ARISE is GO, GIVE & LOVE.

There was a slot for community work and when I registered myself for the event, I thought I registered for the community work. However, when I double checked with the Administration Team, I found out that I did not register for the community work.

Somehow, I was half hearted on this community work. Ironically, on Friday night when the event ended, I actually took initiative to ask my CG members to join me for breakfast at 08:30 (which would be quite early for most of us).

I attended on time for the breakfast and had a good fellowship with my CG members. Thereafter we headed to the Main Sanctuary for the first session ~ How to have a happy marriage / family?

The session was very good. As I was listening to the message, I prayed to God, telling Him the desire of my heart. Although I am very much afraid to enter into a relationship for fear that I would get hurt and heartbroken, I am ready to have a partner and to start a family.

I have no idea when God would bring me to the godly man that He had prepared for me and to lead the godly man to me, I just need to have faith and continue to pray fervently for this aspect of my life. May our good Lord grant the desires of my heart.

Despite not registering for the community work, I managed to join a group visiting the old folks home nearby SHC. It was a pleasant and good visit; spending time with the uncles and aunties, chatting with them, listening to their stories and sang some songs for them.


After our visit, we joined the bazaar held in our Church. 




We attended the next session followed by dinner before we called it a day.

In conclusion, I had a good time and I was glad I did not give in to my reluctance. Well, God never agreed with my plan anyway, and this is one of it :p

ARISE 2014 ~ 4th July 2014

To be honest, I was quite reluctant to join this event called ARISE 2014, organised by Full Gospel Assembly (FGA). Nonetheless, I registered myself when the event was first launched, so as to encourage my members to join.

As the date drew nearer, the reluctance to join became stronger. Why? The reason was very simple. I was tired, and still tired. I needed a rest, a good rest. There is a Chinese saying which goes, "we rest so that we can walk further". I guess this is quite true to a certain extent.

Why am I tired? My mind had been very "busy" thinking about things. I could hardly focus on a thing. I had to multitask so that I am busy all the time and would not have time to think or focus on things that had been bothering me. 

Well, one would say that this would be an unhealthy way because it seems that I am running away from the issue. Hence, I want to rest.

The day has arrived. Although I was still reluctant, but I attended the event anyway.

First day of the event was a Friday evening. The event starting at about 20:30 but we were encouraged to reach early to ensure parking space; being a lady driver, safety is my concern, so instead of going back to my rented room to shower and pack, I departed from my office at 18:00, estimating that I would arrive at about 19:30.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I reached early at 19:00. Oh my, what am I going to do? I feel awkward to be alone in a crowded place, not in a place where I am familiar with. Well, I can watch movie alone, have meals alone in a restaurant, enjoy shopping alone, sit at the cafe with a cup of coffee and have a good read alone, jog alone, walk at the park alone, watch the sunrise and sunset alone et cetera, but just feel awkward to be alone in a familiar place and where there would be familiar faces around.

Thank God dinner was served at 19:00 instead of 19:45. So I took my own sweet time to have my dinner. I was sitting alone in a corner and opposite me was a young lady who was sitting alone as well. I just said "Hi" and we had a short conversation. Thereafter, my CG member SMS me and she came to join me thereafter.

God is good, Amen! God had never forgotten us, Amen! God would never abandon us, Amen!


I was encouraged by the message shared by Ps Kenneth Chin. The message was taken from this:

Galatians 5:25King James Version (KJV)
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Not only we should be filled by the Holy Spirit, it is also important to fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
This message touched my heart and I must say, I felt refreshed and renewed. I must have "abandoned" God and I was so touched to listen to this important message. 

I did not stand when Ps Kenneth Chin asked us to stand; but I knew it very well in my heart that God has touched my heart that night.

I pray that God will continue to lead me in my walk with Him, that I would be well rested and get back on track soon.

Sometimes we feel lonely in our journey, but I thank God that He had never abandoned me. I have a Father who is so loving, so forgiving, so awesome, so great that no words could explain His greatness, I really thank God for everything that He had done for me.


Monday, 2 June 2014

The Beginning of a New Journey

A new journey, a new beginning; a new journey, a new beginning. 

I wonder how many times I have shared about a new phase of life. However, I believe that each time I share about a new journey, a new beginning; I am always a better person.

I used to describe that "life is like a bus journey, at each stop we get to experience different things". Now, I still think it this way. I learned to appreciate my journey even more, because each and every small little things that happen in our life, does make a significance in our life to be. Each and every choice that we make, does influence our future.

I always wonder, IF I never knew God, how would my life be now? I could never imagine my life without Jesus. His presence in my life is so important that without Him, I would have been lost since ages ago.

I turn back and take a look at my life for the past two [2] years, and I would think I have changed a lot. Although I could not understand some things that happened, but I am grateful to God that those things happened because I could understand myself a little bit better, I could clarify things that once was doubtful et cetera.

My new journey began in early May, or perhaps, earlier.

I make new friends, take up new interests, challenged myself physically, mentally and even emotionally.

When we are being tossed left and right, up and down, I think the outcome is, we come out stronger, tougher, wiser, braver, more courageous, gain victory and become a conqueror.

In a new environment, I need to learn to adapt myself once again; and I really thank God for this opportunity given. May this new journey will bring my joy, hope and peace.

One thing for sure, with God all this are possible and we can be rest assured that He is with us and for us at all times.

God bless :)


Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Looking Back...My Post on FB on 01-01-2013

2012: Upgrade & Breakthrough
1 January 2013 at 00:25

31st December, 2011

At this time, we, the Young Executive Group members were having our Thanksgiving & Watch Night Service at Swiss Garden Residences. We took turns to share how God had blessed us, and what God had done in our lives. We then shared about our resolution for year 2012; when it came my turn, I casually told my members that my resolution for year 2012 would be simple, just two (2) words: UPGRADE & BREAKTHROUGH! I guess, I must have thought that my life in 2011 was not challenging enough & little did I know, I was going to go through surprises in year 2012!


31st December, 2012

Whilst most of my family-in-Christ are in Church, waiting to count down to 2013, I am at home alone, watching DVD while having my dinner, & now, counting my blessings for what God had done in my life this year. I would say, this is a year of Grace. I experienced God in a manner that I have least expected. 

Let's talk about Upgrade ~

I enrolled myself in three (3) Royal Priesthood Bible College's Courses:

- Counselling Theories & Practices
- Dynamics of the Holy Spirit
- Basic Christian Counselling

I have also completed the three (3) modules of Ps Julius Suubi's Prayer Seminar.

I have attended "Living In the Power of the Holy Spirit" Conference in May.

I attended the Young Adults' Camp in October: "Our Journey, God's Glory"

I have attended the Harp & Bowl Conference in end October: 24 hours of Pray & Worship

I have joined three (3) marathons this year, from 8km, to 10km and finally, 12km.


How about Breakthrough?

When we were younger, we learned to crawl, then we learned to stand, then we learned to walk and finally we learned to run. In the process, we fell, but we never gave up learning; we got up & we tried again & again until we got it right.

As we grow up, we would need to go through the same stages as well; whether we are at kindergarten, school, college, university, office & the community, we all learned things step by step & finally knowing how to do it right.

2012, had been a challenging year for me. I thank God for everything & most of all, for the peace & assurance that He had given me throughout these 12 months. If it weren't for Him, I think I would not be where I am today. The challenges that I faced, the trials that I went through ~ all these will be remembered & would be sufficient to remind me how great is our God.


Ecclesiastes 3
New International Version (NIV)

A Time for Everything

3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Yes, there is a time for everything. I would like to take this opportunity to thank:

- my dear sister, Swee Zhi, for being there for me, at all times; I really appreciate her kindness & hospitality despite her busy schedule when I borrowed her place in Singapore
- my dear sister, Amy, for being there for me, to support me & encourage me with her love &; patience
- my dear sister, Poi Yee, for inviting me over to her place for dinner & spend time listening to me
- my dear sister, Cerlyn, for offering me with her rational advices when my heart took over my brain
- my dear sister, Su Ti, for offering her care & advices when I approached her
- my dear sister, Alicia, for being supportive & never gets bored with my long winded story
- my dear sister, Cecilia, for your prayers & encouragements
- my dear sister, Yin Yin, for making me comfortable when being with her
- my dear sister, Hui Min, for being patient to listen & wise in giving opinions
- my dear friends, Sim Yee, Bee Ling & Wai Fong, for being my friends since we were in college
- my dear friend, Wendy, for encouraging me to join marathons & being there for me to support & encourage me
- my dear friend, Nancy, for showering me with her motherly love
- my dear sister, Kuen, for sharing with me her testimony, which gave me encouragements to grow in faith
- my dear sister, Kit, for her Godly advices
- my dear mentor, Mrs Ho, for clearing the weeds in my visions
- my dear sister, Rachael, for showering me with her love
- my "bicara hati kaki", Diana, for offering me your listening ear
- my dear friends, Gerri & Lenni, for your friendship all these years
- my lunch buddies, Sandy, Erin & Poh Wah, for being there for me
- my dear sister, Alyssa, thank you so much for everything, I truly appeciate it from the bottom of my heart
- my fellow members in Young Executive Group, for your prayers & supports
- my fellow members in Connexions, for welcoming me to the big family
- my fellow members in YA, thank you for everything!

2013 is finally here!

Philippians 3:13
New International Version (NIV)

13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 


Dear All,

I may not have mentioned your names but I am glad to know each & everyone of you. I am blessed to have YOU in 2012! May 2013 be a year of blessing to all of us.

Wishing you a Blessed New Year 2013!!!

My resolution for year 2013: FOCUS, FAITH & PERSEVERANCE =)


Looking forward to another exciting year ^ ^