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I hold on my hand this day a tremendous piece of God's faithfulness.

On this day, the 31st of October 2007, I signed the letter of appointment.

From 1 January 2008, I will be an official teaching staff. Permanent official teaching staff.

For those of you who know the story, you will probably understand how I'm feeling right now.

All odds were against me given a teaching appointment due to my qualifications, or rather, the lack thereof.

The way He fulfills the desires of my heart... haha.

:')

And the increase in salary more or less offsets the loss of house rental fee from next month onwards. Which means no net loss of present income for the family. :)

Char and I had dinner at Buddy Hoagies, this western eating place at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. One of my boys' working there as a cook... so we decided to drop by.

We had a great time... the food's nice and pretty affordable. And it's nice to see how this boy's applying the skills that he's learning... and I'm definitely glad to see how he's finally gotten some directions ahead of him. :)

Sometimes I wonder what's the chief end when it comes to working with youths in a youth ministry context. I've seen people come and go... and sometimes it can be quite emotionally draining on my part to see how they've chosen to take paths contrary to what I hope they'll take... but yeah. I've come to accept that in the midst of pointing people to Jesus, I am called to be a genuine friend.

And for this boy... I'm just glad that there's a skill that he can use, things for him to do, a direction for him to move towards. As for whether he'll return to the flock in the future, I'll have to trust that it's all in His sovereign hands.

When he knew we ordered a waffle with ice cream, he came out of the kitchen and said he'll make it personally and make sure it'll turn out crispier.

"Ya... because you like crispy stuff mah. Don't think I forget."

My heart melted at that point. It really did. :)

Returned to catch a few more episodes... and yeah, I made a mistake, it's not "My Sassy Girl" but "Sassy Girl Chun-Hyang". Haha... if the drama's ever a reflection of real life, I'm just thankful that my relationship with Char isn't that complicated.

There are so many things that I really hope I can articulate so you may catch a glimpse of the kind of grace God's lavishing in my life... but yeah. :P

Sarang Hae Yo...

To You... and you. :)