We didn't have any celebration plans for our New Year since we haven't moved in to our new house yet. If only our house was already set, we could have hosted a New years party like the other year. But I believe that God had a plan and all things work together for good.
So, our family just went out for dinner for New years eve 'celebration' and spent some time in the mall. We then bought back a tub of ice cream to be eaten at 12 midnight as a closing of our New year's eve celebration. By the time we came back to the center it was already almost 11pm. So, we started our program by prayer and followed by the reading of Ecclesiastes 3. This was actually our text for the recent Sunday sermon and we thought of reviewing it and meditating on it more. After the first verse was read aloud by my Hubby, our li'l girl suddenly exclaimed, " I remember those words! That was the one read in the church!" Oh, she was actually listening to the Pastor's Tamil/English sermon and I thought she wasn't paying much attention that time. Anyways, after Hubby read the whole chapter, he gave a short explanation so that the kids will be able to understand it further.
Then, we proceeded with our mini testimony time where everyone of us took turns to thank God for the things that happened in 2009. Of course, when we asked who wants to talk first, our li'l boy excitedly volunteered," Me! Me! Me!". He gave his testimony which only he could understand but I heard he mentioned ' toy', so maybe he was thanking God for his toys :) . Tricia on the other hand, thanked God for all the trips that we have made as a family. While my Hubby and I gave a long list of our thanksgiving.
When it was time to pray, our li'l boy prayed again first followed by our li'l girl. We were specially touched by our li'l girls prayer. It went like this.. "Lord I pray that no bad things will happen to all the people, no floods, no earthquake.....no one will be killed... bless the people... " and she was crying when she prayed. When my Hubby prayed.. and when he prayed for her, the more she cried and cried. Our li'l boy on the other hand also joined in crying when he saw his older sister crying. While I was already teary eyed seeing the sincerity of my li'l girl praying and knowing that God must have touched her during prayer time. When I looked at my Hubby, he was also teary eyed and we all ended up crying and hugging each other and saying our "I love you's' for the rest of the remaining minutes before w. It was such a touching moment. A beautiful way to start our new year.
So, our family just went out for dinner for New years eve 'celebration' and spent some time in the mall. We then bought back a tub of ice cream to be eaten at 12 midnight as a closing of our New year's eve celebration. By the time we came back to the center it was already almost 11pm. So, we started our program by prayer and followed by the reading of Ecclesiastes 3. This was actually our text for the recent Sunday sermon and we thought of reviewing it and meditating on it more. After the first verse was read aloud by my Hubby, our li'l girl suddenly exclaimed, " I remember those words! That was the one read in the church!" Oh, she was actually listening to the Pastor's Tamil/English sermon and I thought she wasn't paying much attention that time. Anyways, after Hubby read the whole chapter, he gave a short explanation so that the kids will be able to understand it further.
Then, we proceeded with our mini testimony time where everyone of us took turns to thank God for the things that happened in 2009. Of course, when we asked who wants to talk first, our li'l boy excitedly volunteered," Me! Me! Me!". He gave his testimony which only he could understand but I heard he mentioned ' toy', so maybe he was thanking God for his toys :) . Tricia on the other hand, thanked God for all the trips that we have made as a family. While my Hubby and I gave a long list of our thanksgiving.
When it was time to pray, our li'l boy prayed again first followed by our li'l girl. We were specially touched by our li'l girls prayer. It went like this.. "Lord I pray that no bad things will happen to all the people, no floods, no earthquake.....no one will be killed... bless the people... " and she was crying when she prayed. When my Hubby prayed.. and when he prayed for her, the more she cried and cried. Our li'l boy on the other hand also joined in crying when he saw his older sister crying. While I was already teary eyed seeing the sincerity of my li'l girl praying and knowing that God must have touched her during prayer time. When I looked at my Hubby, he was also teary eyed and we all ended up crying and hugging each other and saying our "I love you's' for the rest of the remaining minutes before w. It was such a touching moment. A beautiful way to start our new year.
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Lab.. target ko buy domain this january.. Can u help me? I have a hard time with Go daddy...huhuhuhuhuhu... pls..pls..
haha! thanks for the comment in my new year's blast...mwahh!
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