Year Long Reflection

Hello all.

Looking back at this year, I really don't know where to start.

So much happened!!! Now I know in a year many things can change but 2008 has really been a year of many significant things for me.

I'll list down the major happenings (that i can remember) in chronological order.

• graduating from poly.


• going on a pilgrimage to the holy land, Isreal.


• being the Quiet Time head for june YISS, My Glorious


• being a Facil for june YISS, My Glorious


• working with my admin job for 2.5 months and journeying along the way


• The major ups and downs before i enlisted


• Enlisting into the army!!!


• Suffering and enjoying the army


• Changing from a boy to a man


• Serving for dec YISS, Liberation

I really feel like I've been on a huge journey for 2008.

Just a year ago, I could not even imagine myself praying over others and being able to feel God in such an intimate and real way. I was so full of doubt over myself.

I guess it really shows, the trials that God place for us change and strengthen us. I feel like the Lord has shaped me to be someone closer to what he had intended me to be. Thinking back i really cannot ask for more. Despite all the sufferings and heartaches that 2008 has put me through...I now understand why I've been put through it all.

I'm not sure what to share in particular for the year, but I'll recap are the major lessons I've learnt. MAYBE it might prove useful to whoever is reading.

1. Relationships are not simply just for one's own satisfaction and enjoyment, but for the betterment and positive growth of both parties as well as the community they are in. If the time is not right, accept the terms and move on.


2. JOB 1:21!!!


3. Trials can be fearsome and terrible. But with every one that is overcome, a new strength is assured. e.i.: The Army...lol.


4. The will of the Lord is unfathomable to us. In times of despair and hopelessness, always remember that he has great plans. During my time in Israel, I felt lost and disillusioned. I wanted to be back home preparing for YISS and attending the spiritual prep before YISS. Not only that, I had also missed my graduation ceremony due to the pilgrimage. But after it was over, I realised that the time in Israel really thought me invaluable lessons I could never have gotten no matter how long i stayed in Singapore preparing for YISS.


5. Truth to oneself is more important than simple happiness. There was a time before i enlisted where I felt suffocated by what I felt i had to be in Amplify. It became a chore for me each week to do my duties as I felt i was simply not being myself.

Its odd in a way but I feel like I am finally LIVING the life I am supposed to live. No doubt I am still searching for who I am and what I am called to do, but it's like I know I am going the right path. A path worth going through the struggles for.

To another year, in faith

-Vic