Island-Wide-Christmas-Party!

It's supposed to be an evangelistic event that my church organised, so every cell in TCC will have their own xmas party. Of course the poly section had theirs! :D Lighthouse + Kingfishers!

We'll talk through the photos? :D

First i met up ken, delia, ki & dan to shop for stuff to go over to Ki's house to fry them (; It was hilarious (think the whole post would be filled with that word). Ken forgot to bring gift for exchange so we walked to the diaper section and picked up a diaper. HAHA! :D

Then at Ki's house we got to work (okay, minus the guys). We started cooking, and frying all the stuff. I tell you, kitchen was a mess. Should hav seen the video of us frying the fries - own. HAHAHA omg-ness luh, FUNNY TTM. (okay omg, dan uploaded it on facebook -.-)

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=51331482773

And so ben & matthias came early too. So in order to keep the guys out of the kitchen (in case they finish the food before dinner comes), we camwhored, and joked about the mashed potatoes Ki made that looked like the flower beside it that everyone mistook the bowl for matching flowers HAHAHAHA.

And then we were supposed to do skit for the first time visitors about the Christmas story, so ben called for a 'rehearsal', yeah right. AHAHA. They used white rugs as sheep skin, a cane for walking stick, and omg the rubbish ben thought of luh. The unrehearsed rehearsal was actually very good and funny, so we decided to alter it and omg it was random, last minute, script-snatching, down right hilarious. Seriously, we just had dinner and did it and i swear the stitches were BAD from the lauging NON STOP.

Okay uh this is a random one. Ben decided to lie flat on the sofa while we were going to take photos, so the guys tao pok-ed him. HEH.


Lighthouse.

One big family.

You know, we really thought it would be a failure because it was last minute, and we were scared that people would come to the party and feel like there was a motive behind it. But everyone and i mean EVERYONE thought it was a casual gathering, alot alot alot alot alot of fellowship was done, bonding was amazing. And out of 3 new people, 1 rededication and 1 salvation! Praise God! :D I think what they saw was truly a family coming togther, which was what i believed warmed their hearts cos they saw the love we had for one another, like the love of God.

During dinner, lighthouse sat in one HUUUUGE circle (it was only then i realised that there are so many of us!) We just talked, and laughed super loud until the other cell looked over and all. We were all speaking the same language, eating the same food, laughing at the same things, sharing our lives and serving and loving one common God. How good did it feel you ask me? Amazing. It was so heart warming that i stopped eating there and then and thanked God for how He grew Lighthouse. I still remember in the beginning, lighthouse was so separated. There were cliques, people found it a chore to come to cell cos there was no one they cld talk to or no purpose to come, and leading grow in that cell was smth i DID not loook for, no spontanity, no love for God. But over the months, as time passed, i really saw the work of God done in this cell. We grew, until now that we have to multiply & split. There were breakthroughs in all of our lives and we gelled with one another like NEVER before. Dinner was always full fedged, not leaving out a SINGLE member. We'd have dinner as a cell, sit in a circle, share bout our crushes, problems we face, jokes one by one, lauging chit chatting, like in a cell setting. Where do u find that kinda family spirit in other cells really? We have a mix of SO many diff people, like what everyone said we're a SERIOUSLY diverse grp and no one wld expect us to be like this. It was so good till the point different ppl come up to ask if this and that are together, whether we're siblings, or related in any way cos it was THAT close. & there and then i looked around and it was really ALL of us together, full attendance. Altogther, having fun. & yet, we're multiplying. I fought hard with God and had alot of questions, worrys and sadness in my heart that the Ite folks will be leaving - which means by brothers fabian, beng, justin & nat(who's coming really soon & i really SUPER looked forward to him joining us) wi be leaving. Like the people who keep me going, keep me rooted, keep me in cell are leaving. Feel the hurt? But im believing that this is God's plan. We need to multiply to grow, not only in numbers, but as leaders we have more space. & i have faith in this friendship that we will still be a family no matter what and dinner will still be full fledged every saturday! We will all grow together amen? Im excited to see what God has in store for me and the cell in 2009! (: Lighthouse i love you! Really.