During the 'Silent' Times

As the wise man said in Ecclessiastes, ' There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens:.. '

Sometimes, we just want to relish on the beautiful times and seasons in our lives.. If possible, we just want to stay there and 'wish' that the other seemingly 'undesirable' times would never come. But it is during those 'undesirable' times that we learn and hold on to the things that are more important things in our lives.

If you ask us now, we are in the 'silent' times in our lives. Everything seems to be going so slow, everything seems so quiet.. But as we are in this season, I'm realizing that we are also building stronger foundations with our relationship with God, our family and focusing more in discipling our kids. It is during these times that we as a family pray and long for God like never before. It is during these times, that we couldn't afford to decide and settle for anything less than God's will. Though waiting may be very difficult, but God promised that He will renew our strength and let us mount with wings like eagles.. and yes we will wait, Lord... even if it means being on the 'silent' season for a longer period of time ....

Imagine, if we never have 'silent' seasons... we might still be going on and on in a flurry of activities, be swallowed in our busyness and forget the things are more important and the reason for it all.

Indeed God makes everything beautiful in HIS Time....

Praying for Our Journey

We'll be traveling this week. It's going to be quite a week since we'll be attending a wedding, baking brownies (for the wedding) , renewing my visa and 'celebrating' Tricia's birthday. It's going to be an exciting trip, yet I can't help but be a bit concern over a few things. Aside from my visa renewal process, I'm quite worried on whether our car can manage to travel the long distance. It hasn't been on its perfect condition for the past weeks. But anyways, we'll just have to pray for a pleasant journey, apply for Malaysian car insurance at the border which is different from liability insurance quotes , and maybe look for a good car repair shop in Malaysia.

Praying for a fruitful and exciting week for me and my family.I hope you can pray with us too.. Now, I'm excited.. :)

The Savings for Kidzania

Finally the coin banks have been opened and it was time for the kids to count whether they have enough money saved for Kidzania for Tricia's birthday. And yes, they they have collected and saved up 1,300 baht worth of 1,5 and 10 Baht coins over the months.

The kids were so excited since they've been praying and 'dreaming' to go to Kidzania for months now. What's with Kidzania? It's actually a sort of an educational theme park in which the kids can become 'grown-ups' by playing different careers and professions. Like for example, if they want to be a pilot, there's a kid size cockpit and they can fly a plane. There are fire stations, hospitals and Restaurant Systems that are manned by the kids and for the kids. We saw a few photos of Kidzania and it really looks like a fun and educational place for the kids.

And with a few extra money from the coin bank, I'm sure the kids can buy a few souvenirs from there too.