In June, the Hillsongs Conference was one of the best weeks of my life. But there was an inside story to what happened one of the nights. You see, Hillsongs was pretty much a conference to equip people out there in the field.. to be salt and light to the world.. to do His great works, the great commission and other things that'll shake the planet.

One of the nights, I think on the 4th day, I went to visit my friend Shu Yi living in the suburbs. On the way back there was a guy on the train sitting directly opposite me.. carrying his set of notes. He seemed distraught in the beginning. Then came that thought/voice in my mind to go talk/minister to him. I hesitated. After 10 minutes.. he broke into tears. This went on till I got back to the city.

I dunno why I held back. Maybe I was worried I'd mess up.

But thinking back.. God might've tested some, if not all, of us during the Hillsongs Conference on whether we'd go an extra mile for Him. Jeff, Jess and Jamie got the drunken, former UK soldier. So I got the crying guy in the train. The difference is, at least they acted on God's conviction. I hesitated.

Sigh. I don't wanna pass up an opportunity like that again. I never expected the challenge and calling to come so quickly.

All of us need to be prepared, cause big opportunities might just slip away.

Guess what's the name of this dish? (Hint: It's inspired by a recent Pixar movie)

Hmm.. how time flies. From the day OCF Berwick was simply an idea - to this final step before it gets registered. God has indeed been good to us. Still, much prayer needed for the Monash Union of Berwick Students (MUBS) to finalised the remaining administration work.

I wanna blog this in - of what happened the past two weeks. On the 4th October (coincidentally, BB Day), OCF was allowed to get up a stall to recruit for members. What's to note is how strange it was to have a Club and Societies day so late towards the end of the semester. Through a series of fluke circumstances, God has opened the door for us to crucially recruit for members. Not that we needed more people, MUBS wanted to see how appealing OCF is to the student in Berwick Campus. Putting this need into perspective, it's evident that God opened this opportunity for us. The other crucial event was the 27 names (actually 30, minus Charlene, Ivie and the Chaplain - Glenda). We only needed 10, and 27 definately convinced MUBS that we're here to stay. It is also amazing to note that other clubs and societies struggled to get even one name registered but we have 27! How awesome is He?

The next thing to do was to have an AGM and the minutes recorded and submitted to MUBS. Thereafter, it's again in God's hands to have MUBS officialise us as one of the club and societies in Monash Berwick. The AGM would be one of our last meets as we're moving into the exam revision week. Focus would be on studies for now.. but I can't stop thinking of how good God has been to all of us... the friends that we made along the way.. and the opportunity to learn and to experience new things.

Boy, OCF Berwick is steadily becoming a BBQ club! I think it's our 3rd BBQ for the semester. Turnout for the AGM was poor due to the coming exams, but all we need was to do the meeting which was carried out smoothly.

Despite all the good things that's been happening, I've been taking several salvo's from the devil - spiritual attacks at my weakest spot. Yep, you guessed it - my studies. I've got back an assignment which didn't go well at all (having said that, praise God for the various D's and HD's for the other subjects). I really need your prayers to continue shining for God as well as to do well in my studies.

Oh God, help me to keep myself focused on You while continuing to shine for the things I do for Your glory. (Based on Luke 10: 38-41)