Melbourne...Lorne...Here I Come!

Wish I had more time to do a proper post, but didn't realise packing my bag was so time consuming last night. Its 5am and I'm about to embark on a journey down south, to the distant land called Melbourne. Hehe, not so distant really. Well, kinda is. Anyways, I'm going down to Lorne in a few days time too for summer projects. Managed to raise all the funds and more for it! :D

Keep me in prayer as I drive down. Hopefully no kangaroos decide to hop onto the path of my speedy camry! Vroomm!! Hopefully I will be able to keep you guys updated while I'm down there. Over and out.

21

So I turn the big 21 today. Wonderful thing about it is that I'm studying for my last exam on Tuesday, Real Time Computing. Ah well, I remember spending my 18th birthday studying for Physics. The fate of having birthdays during exam periods as long as I'm a university student.

So 1 year older, 1 year wiser and 1 more year spent walking with God. Look forward to the adventure up ahead. The big 21 is just another number by the way.

:)

Before and After

At times like these I try,
To mend it all inside,
By my own I keep falling down aside.

When my worlds collide,
Feel like giving up the fight,
Surrounded by the dark I try to hide.

You are near me now,
You are dear to me,
You are all I need,
You're everything to me.

The scarlet snow turns white,
All the stains are made bright,
So take my hand and show me the way.

The crimson rose nailed tight,
Forgiven, now I know why,
I'll put my cross now, I'm here to stay.

Never leave my side,
Precious one of mine,
I'll give you all of me,
I am yours to keep.

Remind me of the times,
Your gracious plans are made right,
In my life you restore my faith.

When things seemed to have gone wrong,
I'll put my trust in you,
Magnify your faithfulness.

Fill me with your love,
Find myself in you,
And I will follow you,
Jesus Christ my Lord, my Lord.


- Danny

Rest In Peace Ahma

Last Friday I received news my grandma had passed away. Although I'm sad, I am happy too that the Lord has taken her to a place where pain and suffering is no longer and that she now dwells in the house of the Lord forever. She was 90+ years old and has been unable to walk due to her frail strength. Last time I saw her was last summer where I was in Penang, Malaysia, spending Chinese New Year with my relatives and eating lots of food. The photo above was taken then. It was pitiful to see my grandma unable to walk and restricted to the compounds of her bed. All she did was sleep, wake up to eat and maybe chat a little before going back to sleep again. I can't imagine how boring that must've been, watching time ticking by the second, as the sun and moon take turns beaming up from the heavenly skies.

We, her children and grandchildren, used to spend every Chinese New Year playing "Sah Ki" with her as it was her favorite card game. She was well known for her love of playing cards and take shots of brandy to keep her body warm. Ahma left her legacy with 5 daughters, 4 sons and countless grandchildren. She has lived a wonderful 90+ years of her life and has also gotten to know of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We will miss you.

"1The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." - Psalm 23

Inconceivable

So I've got some bloody great news! Been praying to God for the past two months or so, asking God to provide me a summer vacation engineering job to fulfill my university requirements (12 weeks practical experience) and also to be able to go on summer projects with Student Life during the vacation period. For two months, I didn't get any answer except horrific interviews and rejection letters, and the deadline for support raising is due very soon (10th of November)! Back of my mind, I was so worried that I won't be able to find a job during summer, which would suck because I'd have no money to enjoy the summer holidays and I'd have nothing really productive to do for 3 months+. The down side to getting a job as well is that if I were to find a job, there's a high possibility that I won't be able to go to summer projects due to work, which would suck majorly.

So this dilemma continued until a few days ago where I received an email from an interview I went to couple of days earlier saying, "IES is pleased to be able to offer you a position for student employment during the coming summer vacation period....". H-O-L-Y COW! Usually most companies close their summer applications like in late August/early September. I only found out about this company advertising summer work last week and applied to it on the same week. Couple of days later, I received an email asking to attend an interview. On that interview day, I ended up being late 10 minutes! Grrrrr @ taxi drivers! Walked out of St Leonards station asking a taxi driver to take me to the office, but he told me I was on the wrong side of the road. So I went on the other side but couldn't find a taxi so I decided to start walking along the main road. 10 minutes later, I was running late and had no clue where I was. Called up the office and found out I was walking in the wrong direction! Ahhhhh, bloody hell...late for an interview...again! Hailed another taxi asking him to take me to the office. The taxi driver told me that the other taxi driver must've not wanted to take me to the office because it was close by and he wouldn't have made much money, so probably sent me on the other side of the road. Cut things short, got there late 10 minutes and explained myself. They seemed cool with it and the interview went terrificly! Turns out the chairman of the company has been to Malaysia and likes Malaysian food very much. Part of the interview was talking about Malaysian food and how nice it was, hehe. Hilarious, I know.

So great, I've got the job which I've prayed my ass off for, but there's still one more problem. Summer projects. Will they let me start work later and allow me to go? I was a bit nervous to let them know my plans for summer, not knowing if they'd let me go or not. So I emailed them anyways, letting them know my plans and requesting if it is possible for me to start later. The next morning they replied saying, "We are happy to delay your start date to 11 December as requested." Haha, God is good!

"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." - Luke 9:26

So yeah, basically God answered two very important prayers last minute. At times like these, you just laugh to yourself how amazing God is and how good He is.

"1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "

6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" " - Luke 18:1-8

With two big prayers answered, there's one big prayer left to be answered. I will need to raise $1300 for my missions trip to Lorne, Victoria and I've only started support raising on Friday since I wasn't able to do so earlier as I wasn't sure of my plans yet. The due date for it is 10th of November, so basically I have 5 days left hehe. However, after what's God done in the past few days, I can't seem to imagine that God wouldn't want me to go to summer projects.

To shed some light on summer projects, summer projects is a missions trip that Student Life (Christian society on campus) organises each year for students to go places to share the gospel to those who want to hear about it. I have been to summer projects last year to Monash University, and it has been one of the best experiences in my life. This year we'll be going down to Lorne, Victoria to talk to local Aussie beach goers and also to people celebrating their schoolies there. This project goes for two weeks, 25th of November till 10th of December. Therefore, I'm looking for financial and prayer partners who are willing to be in partnership with me in this ministry. If you would like to be in partnership with me in this ministry, please email me at dannynsl@gmail.com

Below are the details of Campus Crusade for Christ Australia's (CCCA) if you would like to support me. Just use 'Danny Ng' as the description.

Account Name: CCCA
BSB: 064433
Account Number: 10577799

"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" " - Romans 10:14-15