The Team is assembled

This is a thanksgiving,not a joke.
I look the faces here, think back and thank God for what He has done among us.
I seem to be geting more sentimental of late. 5 years ago, there was no way i could, in my wildest dreams, see officers coming out from the pioneer batch of Boys from my school. Those blur Boys? No way.
Now, i even have girls.
God is so wonderful and I know He know the needs of the ministry better than we do. He drew the right people, tugged at their hearts the right time and bought them together, in His time. And i'm sure He'll continue to grow the Team and ministry.
I'm blessed because i experience the joy that comes from seeing young Boys turn into responsible young men. They're not perfect i know, but they're with us on this journey.That's what matters.
I think i'm learning to count the little blessings of the moment, when a head a hung low in admission of a mistake, when eyes lit up to say "I can, I will, I want", when tears well up in acknowledgement of love and care or even when a cheerful, chirpy voice greets a reluctant soul at 725am .
I look back at the short 5 years and there are regrets.
I was fitter, fiercer and more functional then.
Now, my knee cranks when i cycle and my older Boys think that the recruits have it easy from me. I use to do any and everything before help came.
and there are regrets.
Still i wished i had...
but He still works, inspite of, despite our feeble attempts to put things together.
The Team is here, but where do they go? How far can they go? I've got a bit left to put in but who's going to push them into the next lap with James?
I guess every journey has a cycle.
I'm blessed to be on it.
Thank You

"...because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day."
2 tim 1:12b

"Persecuted" Primers - Add your captions/comments please!

PIC 1 I promise to eat my veggies next time
PIC 2 Night Safari's latest attraction
PIC 3 Memoirs of a Tong-sha
PIC 4 Please let me keep my ears!


Write your captions for these pictures now!!
As long as they're funny and not obscene, i'll post them.

Till death do us part

A man and his ever-nagging wife went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the wife passed away. The undertaker told the Husband, "You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here, in the Holy Land, for $150."

The man thought about it and told him he would just have her shipped home.The undertaker asked, "Why would you spend $5,000 to ship your wife home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $150?"

The man replied, "Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. I just can't take that chance."

The truth behind Genesis

In the beginning, God created the earth and rested.

Then God created Man and rested.

Then God created Woman.

Since then, neither God nor Man has rested.

Remember the Duck

since my previous post was on a duck...here's something for us all to think about.


There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved.

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."
Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's... he finally couldn't stand it any longer.He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

Thought for the day and every day thereafter?Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done... and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, (etc.) ..whatever it is....You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing..... He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you. The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets.....

It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.