After listening to today's message on Nehemiah, I'm deeply convinced that God was in the prom night event. The walls of Jerusalem was rebuilt in 52 days, which is a miracle. In the same way, for prom night, I saw the hand of God at work. The smooth-running of the event was simply the grace of God, a miracle from God.
God has raised up people who were willing to step in to serve at the last minute. These are people who had a servant's heart, people who were willing to submit themselves to my leadership in this area, people who were humble and also ready to be a blessing.
I thank God for Chang Shuo, Matthew, Joshua, Annabel, Jessica, Amanda, Charamine, Lynn Shan, Melody, Dickson, Jiahao, Eleanor, Teresa, Yu Fei, Glenda, Chia Wen and Patricia for serving together with me during this event. Though it was a physically tiring event, you all made it sweeter.
For the food team, I think they worked the hardest and I'm truly appreciative for the effort in the kitchen. Chang Shuo, Jessica, Annabel, Amanda and Yu Fei form the engine room for the event to take place smoothly.Thank God for
Chang Shuo for coming in so last minute and finding himself shouldering all the burden. He could have walked off, but he humbled me with his willingness to stay on despite serving in an area of little glamour.
Annabel is an amazing person in the kitchen too. Seeing her run up and down, ensuring the quality of the food is a blessing to my heart as well.
Though small, but she sure packs a punch,
Jessica's selflessness during the whole event is a huge encouragement to the team. Though she felt uncomfortable because of an incident, yet she still continued on to serve.
Despite being relatively new,
Amanda came and helped out too. It may not be the most pleasant experience that a newcomer has, but her efforts in the kitchen has not gone unnoticed.
I thank God for
Yu Fei because even though he has an outreach event in the afternoon and he could have easily chosen to go home after that, he showed me what it means to be a servant-leader and his actions taught me so much that night.
The waitering team consists of Dickson, Melody and Teresa and they helped to make the guests feel welcomed by ensuring that their needs are met.Thank God for
Dickson who came despite still having his last A level paper. I'm thankful for the time that I could know him more along the course of us serving together. He was really a blessing to work with and a funny guy too. He helped made the guests feel welcomed and also helped in setting up the place.
Melody was a last minute addition to the team but her people skills and concern helped ensure that the needs of the people are met. Melody demonstrated to me what it means to have the kingdom's view and I'm so thankful for her coming in to help out at such short notice.
Serving together in Tsunami with
Teresa has been a great experience. Her wisdom and love has always been a stablising factor in the team and at prom, she again helped mediate and work things out. It sure is good serving together with her.
The team of performers that wowed the audience are Patricia, Matthew, Joshua, Charmaine and Lynn Shan. With the talents that God has given them in the area of music, they managed to be a blessing to the people who came.I asked
Patricia if she could come and play the piano for us. Though she was busy, she agreed and drop by to play. Her presence and willingness to agree at such a short notice was been a big blessing to me and I believe to the people who heard her playing.
It was just about four days to prom when I realised that I need performers for the event. I thought of
Matthew and asked him. Almost immediately, he agreed to give a performance. Though it wasn't easy on his part to choose and select the songs, I thank God for him being able to submit in the area of songs and it was nice to work with him.
I thought
Joshua sang well during the event and he has a smile that capivates the audience. I really enjoyed his singing and performance.
Charmaine sang well with Joshua and Lynn Shan and her cheerful nature has indeed hit home with those who came. I'm glad that she was keen to come and be a blessing to the people in Tsunami.
I'm happy that
Lynn Shan came and serve in this event. Though it wasn't the original plan for her to sing, but things managed to work out and she had the opportunity to sing and I'm blessed by the song that she did with Charmaine.
The others who came and made this event possible include Chia Wen, Glenda, Jiahao and Eleanor.Chia Wen's help in setting up the place was essential to the successful running of the prom night. She helped in setting up the black cloth and doing her part for the decoration of the place. It's great to have her on board to serve together.
Glenda's service during the preparation for the event also contributed to the success of the event. Though she had musical practice in the afternoon, but she still came in the morning to pray and prepare.
Jiahao took much effort to prepare the games and it can be seen in the way he executed it that he gave much thought into it. Being the emcee for the event was a last minute decision that he had to made and he took a step of faith by agreeing to it and I think he did very well to rally the crowd and get their attention. I'm really glad to be serving with him in this event and in Tsunami.
Last but not least, I'm so blessed by
Eleanor's example and testimony. She had just finished her exam in the afternoon when she decided to drop by church to take a look at the event and study for her exam on Monday. But instead, she helped out in waitering and other miscellaneous areas too. I'm blessed because I've seen how she chose to honour God in this area. She saw the need and step out to fill and meet that need. I believe God will honour her for this. It's great to be serving with her too.
This event was only possible because of God and all glory be unto His Name!This event was also made possible because of the people that God has used and I can say that I saw Jesus in many of you that night!