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First off... TMNT is coming soon!!!!! Heroes in a hard shell... TURTLE POWER!!!! Hahaha... Okay so I've let you in with a little bit of my childhood... :P Seriously think it's a conditioned liking, since I was practically stuffed with TMNT cartoon video tapes (no vcds or dvds at that time) and toys and what nots... even had a giant sized Michelangelo as a birthday or christmas present before... Hahaha.

Anyways.

Had the first official mentoring group meeting this afternoon with the guys topped with a pot-luck Christmas lunch. Ended up with four boxes of twenty-piece nuggets amidst other foods. Haha... but yea, we had our fill... for sure.

Next came the meeting in which we went through the schedules for the next year... and in which I shared quite a bit of my heart.

Appreciated Abiboy's opening prayer a lot... because He has to be the one to chair the meeting. I realised I ended up sharing in bits and pieces and half stops and what nots again... hopefully the gists managed to swim across... and that He'd allowed those words to be fully comprehensible. Thank God I'm not called to be a preacher... hahaha. *wipes away sweat*

Next the two groups moved into group sharing with the Starfruits (informal name... as they've decided) going into my room to share and pray. We shared about our concerns and prayer requests...

They could have asked to pray for growth of the group, that God will bless the group...

They asked that God to be the focus... and for a closer walk with Him.

These coming from two fourteen year old lads...

As much as nothing's known as to what'll happen in the months to come, am reminded that it's truly a journey of faith... one which I'm heartened that they'd decided to take as well.

Then some of us went to play an hour's worth of badminton.

Then some of us stayed on for dinner and caught "A Night At The Museum".

Was reflecting a bit before I typed this... and realised that certain feelings I had throughout the day could have been attributed to the fact that I'm given the opportunity to witness their growth, not just in the age sense, but the changes and transformations that came along the way.

It's like remembering the time sitting in front of this boy who was scared of the dark at mos burger years ago and seeing how much he's grown now, remembering the time seeing this boy kneel at the corner of the hall in a youth camp years ago and seeing how much he's grown... even the most recent, remembering how he first hesitated with the invitation... how he sent the sms how "it must have been God" that his practice timings were changed so he could attend service... and how he's growing, lifting his hands in the midst of worship on his own accord...

Then I remembered about my dad and mom... how joyous (I hope? hahaha...) it must have been (hoping again? hahaha...) for them to see their children grow up.

Then I remembered all the times of disappointments and frustrations I had with the guys... then I remembered those times my parents might have had with my sister and I...

Then I remembered Pa.

And I can only say... thank You... for being so patient with me.

We Are The Reason
by Avalon

As little children
We would dream of Christmas morn
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we'd find
But we never realized
A baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

We were the reason
That He gave His life
We were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live

As the years went by
We learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain
All because of love, all because of love

I've finally found the reason for living
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I'll be giving my all just for Him, for Him

He is my reason to live