As the curtains of 2025 draw to a close, I can't help but marvel at God's intricate design of life- that He really desires to give us everlasting life, starting from this side of Heaven! As much as I miss being a student, I'm incredibly thankful for the unexplainable joy that grows within me day by day, month by month, as I witness the beauty of daily dying to self and surrendering to Christ. It’s really been a year filled with many firsts, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything else as I witness Christ's tender work in conforming me into the likeness of His Son.
Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, I can't reiterate enough for just how grateful I am for this platform - to be comforted in my afflictions, as well as to rejoice together with you all as we consider the works of Christ. Your regular check-ins and affirmations have been a huge encouragement to me in many big and small ways. I thank God for your gospel partnership and continue to look forward to persevering with fellow saints towards the certain hope of glory we share in our union in Christ!
Something I've Been Thinking About In Scripture
As some may know, I've been wrestling with a habitual sin for a long time. As much as I am thankful for the incremental victories in fighting sin, I also often wrestle with the Lord, crying out to Him in desperation as I wonder why He has not freed me completely. Yet, every time I look back, I grow in a surer and quieter confidence that it is true that "He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ." Recently, during my QTs, I've been in the book of Micah. Chapter 7:7-10, 18-19 has been particularly encouraging, and I've been clinging onto these verses in my fight against sin. I pray God's living Word will help you, too. May Christ help us to abhor sin as we see more and more of His holiness.
But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring my out to the light, and I will see His righteousness. Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down like mire of the streets.
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. You will give truth to Jacob, and unchanging love to Abraham, which You swore to our forefathers from the days of old.
Simple Joys
Have grown to treasure this group as the year progressed. Praise God for the ways He has challenged our views on His design for true community.
I've grown a new-found respect for these gospel partners who toil and labor for the sake of the gospel twice every year, giving up their precious school holidays to advance the kingdom. They have really caught the breadth and depth of the wonders of the Gospel! Working with children all year for the very first time, it was especially tempting to take a breather and pursue selfishness. Super thankful for these sweet co-leaders. Their heart for the things of the Lord has been a constant reminder to fix my eyes on the eternal weight of glory. Thankful for pockets of time to chat more vulnerably amongst ourselves, even though we were constantly surrounded by children 24/7!
What a privilege to soak in such precious words of wisdom and counsel from Becca's parents! They have a heart of gold! Being in the education sector themselves, it was especially convicting hearing the intentional ways they weave the Gospel into education. Oh what an evening filled with sweet and uncontrollable laughter and convicting encouragements.
Extremely grateful for the opportunity to reflect on our very first year of work with my fellow college batchmates. An evening of worship, reflections on work, and prayer filled my weary heart with such renewed joy and gratitude. It was so special witnessing how global the gospel is, as well as how united the body of Christ really is. Oftentimes, I catch myself feeling lonely in pursuing the gospel at work, yet to hear similar struggles and small wins reminded me that the Lord is so committed to using ordinary people to advance His kingdom. There's something about the unity we share as fellow brethren in Christ that spurs us on to persevere to run the long, long race. Oh, may Christ continue to hold us fast as we keep laboring for the gospel, and in turn find that sweetness and aroma of the beauty of the Gospel.
One of my precious sisters-in-Christ from our college small group is married! It was beautiful witnessing the beautiful union of the church being betrothed to Christ, the faithful bridegroom, through her wedding!🤍
On a cheery and light note, I built my very first snowman and I couldnt stop smiling for a week! What a privilege to experience winter that often leaves me in awe of God's intricate handiwork
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Partner Me In Prayer
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By God's grace, I'm genuinely excited to head back to work again! I'm elated that I will be taking the same class, with a new addition! I'm excited to meet my new student. I've learnt that she's a very pleasant and polite girl who can sign very well. Besides being deaf, she's also on tube-feeding. I was also assigned to continue teaching English to my boys! I see it as a big blessing from the Lord for the opportunity to continue the slow work of loving them and pointing them to consider how wonderful Jesus is. Would you pray that I would keep coming back to the Gospel, that I would rest in the experience of God's grace, and bend it out from a vertical experience with God into a horizontal experience with my students.
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Pray with me as I consider starting a small group in church, as well as an alumni campus ministry ladies group. Pray that my heart would be in the right posture, and that I would not back out for selfish reasons.
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I would be starting a semester at ETCA with the certificate of expository gospel ministry with my dad! It's a huge answered prayer. Pray that I would take on a posture of humility as I sit under God's Words, and that both my dad and I would grow in our knowledge of Jesus and grow to see just how wonderful it is to bank our hope and life on Christ alone!