有一只猴子突然间出现！ A monkey suddenly appeared!
好丑哦！！ So ugly!!
唉，没办法，有时候为了要讨好年轻人，真的要牺牲形象。。。这年头牧师不容易当哦。。。哈哈！
Sigh! No choice! Sometimes to please the young people, you really need to sacrifice your image… not easy to be a pastor nowadays… Haha!
12月14-17日是我们教会常年少团营会，本来这一次我不打算参加，因最近都非常忙碌，感觉身、心、灵都有点疲惫。。。再加上这一次营会地点是遥远的诗巫，我更提不起劲要去了！
所以我也没什么参与，把一切交给我的好同工，少团团长高伟宏全权计划和负责。。。当我告诉他我不打算去时，他反应很惊讶（不知是惊是喜？哈哈！）。。。
很多少年人得知我没去时也不知是悲是喜。。。（ 听起来好像在寻找肯定哦。。。哈哈。。。）
他们14日（星期一）启程，我一般上都在礼拜一休息，都不出去，况且我以为他们会一大早就离开。。。哪知道大约下午两点半时收到伟宏的简讯说 “牧师，我们现在走了。。。”，我才恍然大悟他们没那么早离开。。。
坐在我厕所宝座上默想。。。（哎哟，何必强调在厕所里啊！。。。喂！我是想给你们知道我们无论何时何地都可以跟上帝沟通的！你们知道有很多人拜的神在厕所里就失去“功力”了吗？我们的神没有这么弱。。。）
好，言归正传。。。我在厕所里默想。。。顿觉惭愧！我怎么都没去给这些可爱的少年人祝福送行呢？我这一次未免显得太漠不关心了。。。我感觉到上帝在责备我。。。
我在厕所里悔改，也问上帝我该怎么办。。。
突然间一个念头跑进来叫我给他们惊喜，突然间出现在他们营会！我就去查我的日记，发现我能够第三天一大早搭飞机过去（他们都是坐巴士去营地，总共坐了八个小时！坐飞机顶多45分钟。。。）
所以星期三那一天，他们聚会到一半我突然走进来，“骚扰”到正在讲道的高大人。。。他也呆了一下，挤出一句“欢迎牧师到来！”。。。所有的少年人就转过身来猛烈拍掌。。。
喂，老实说，我这样出现你们是惊喜还是惊恐啊？？？有没有感动到？？？哈哈哈。。。
参加了他们的营会，我没有变成更累，反而重新得力，有时间安静，与主沟通，计划一些明年的行程等等。。。
我非常欣慰我有去，上帝真的是很好！也谢谢少年人接纳我迟来的报名！哈哈！
后来另一只猴子也出现。。。
Later, another monkey appeared too…
Dec 14-17 was our church’s annual Youth Camp. I did not intend to join at all this year because I have been so busy recently till I feel rather exhausted in all aspects… plus this time the camp site was in Sibu, a distant town, so I was even less interested!
So I did not participate much, I handed all the duties to my good co-worker, our Youth leader David Koh to plan and decide completely… When I told him I was not going, he appeared shocked ( But don’t know happy or sad? Haha! )
I also wonder whether many youths were happy or sad when they knew I was not going… ( sounds like fishing for some assurance here…haha… )
They left on Monday the 14th. I normally rest on Monday and I don’t even go out, and I thought they would have left very early in the morning… then unexpectedly I received a text message from David at about 2:30pm saying “Pastor, we are leaving now…” Only then I realised they did not leave so early…
I meditated as I sat on my throne in the toilet… (Hey, is such a detail necessary?… oh sure! I’m trying to let you guys know we can communicate with God at any time, any place! Do you know many gods that others worship lose their “power” in the toilet? Our God is not that weak…)
Alright, back to the story… I was meditating in the toilet… I suddenly felt ashamed! Why did I not go and bless these adorable youths before they left? I have been too nonchalant this time… I felt God rebuking me…
I repented in the toilet and asked God what I should do now…
Suddenly a thought entered my mind to give them a surprise, to suddenly appear in their camp! So I went to check my diary and discovered that I could fly in on Wednesday morning ( they went in four buses and took 8 hours to arrive! It’s only about 45 minutes by flight at the most…)
So on Wednesday, while they were in the midst of their meeting I suddenly walked in and ” disrupted” Mr. David’s preaching… He was taken aback as well and then blurted out “Let’s welcome Pastor’s arrival!”… Then all the youths turned around and clapped thunderously…
Hey, honestly, were you guys pleasantly or shockingly surprised when I suddenly appeared??? Wre you touched a bit??? Hahaha…
After joining their camp, I did not become more exhausted, instead my strength was renewed, I had time to be quiet, to communicate with God to plan for my schedule next year etc…
I’m very glad I went, indeed God is very good! And I want to thank all the youths too for accepting my late registration! Haha!
哗！这两只猴子真的好大只喔！做么脸上没有毛？！而且猴子也会抓抓身体的呀！哈哈。。。。。！
牧师，这星期在教会可否也表演一下？我从没看过您这么轻松调皮过(真人表演)。嘻嘻！
小羊，如果你有本事让牧师在主日表演猴子，哈哈。。。我就买份礼物送给你。。。这可是超过RM15 的礼物哦！哈哈哈。。。有没有胆量和我要呢？？？看你。。。是没胆量。。。Hahaha…..
唉！“如果你有本事。。。。。我就。。。。。。”，证明都还没买嘛！嘻嘻。。。！我才不会被这些试探引诱呢！
神神秘秘的小羊，只要我心还会跳动，就怎也无法涂抹去对你这只羊的好奇。。。嘻嘻。。。有一天，我一定会知道你是~ ~ ~哪一只羊！！！
** 上帝很喜悦你那不受试探引诱的表现哦！上帝祝福你！
哗！好有耐心及信心哦！嘻嘻。。。。。！！
上帝很喜欢信心坚定的人！他说你是他的“宝贝”！
Pastor.. Still need 2 keep image d la!!
啊哟哟！！！原来我是一个宝。。。
哈哈。。。小羊，谢谢你。。。
oh 牧师 你真的很伟大 !!! god一定会知 道你的苦心的
Nice pose… Lol.
牧师，那个动作很适合您哦~ 非常吸引目光噢~ hehehe…
This multi million dollar picture given by Pastor Lim in public so easily???!!! How can it be? haha… really sacrificial i see.
Anyway, it was good that you went to the Youth Camp. It was definitely a huge encouragement for David and the youths. Your message that morning about the caterpillar was so good and encouraging to many as well. So yea…. i guess ur multi million dollar toilet or ur ‘throne’ was really useful as well. hahaaha
我看他真的是豁出去了，难得让大家分享这么可爱的照片。他总是为别人制造惊喜，突然出现在营会中，一定令不少人感动万分吧！许多少年人回来就告诉我们。。。“牧师也有来哦！。。。。。。”他/她们多高兴啊！牧师，您真伟大,您是一位好牧师；当然“高团长”亦是一位非常认真非常棒的团长(看少年人多为他疯狂就知道了)。有您们俩，蒙福教会是多么有福啊！感谢上帝！
Essy,你真幽默！his multi million dollar toilet ~ his “throne”……..hahaha………!! 真的很有用呢！嘻嘻！
Two lovely monkeys, hahaha to be able to be so child like n play like that is really a wonderful thing.
《姑娘，你很漂亮》这首歌可以投进蒙福诗歌排行榜里吗?
你上个主日没有在教会吗？我不是清清楚楚说不可以吗？因它属于“流行歌”，不是赞美敬拜的诗歌。。。
对啊，上个星期我没在教会啊。。。
The message about the caterpillar was so so so good and it encouraged the youths a lot, including me myself as well. TQ Pastor for sharing such a wonderful message.
We really learnt a lot. Thk God and Thank you too^^ May God bless u abundantly!
Yap.. Pastor.. Thk so much…
很感动。。。
some of the youths told me that they were very happy to see pastor & esther joining the camp halfway….so it was definitely an encouragement to them
…plus, both of them could entertain the youths very well! see the pics above??they can play monkey with them too!! hehe
haha!! tat monent all the youth turn to monkey style clap….
we need doctor…
Ha..ha..no comment for the pictures, still want to stay alive….^_^))). But I heard some of the youths saying it is the best camp. They were so happy to see Pastor turning up at their Youth Camp.
wahh…..paster u n esther is already become monkey…next time we sing “kuai le” den u 2 dance like monkey lo…lol
我举双手双脚，无比赞成！希望明天早晚两堂主日崇拜都表演！牧师，既然都为少年人牺牲了，就再为大家牺牲一次吧？！我们拭目以待哦！
哈哈。。。牧师，您有发觉您富有演戏的 ” 细胞 “ 吗？您今晚演 的 ” 老鼠过街” 超棒啊！！！ 比演猴子还棒。。。哈哈哈。。。看不出您好“ 调皮” 哦！
绣芩，你忘了吗？他曾分享说他曾经去应征当“演员”呢！还好没有被选中。上帝要他去当“牧师”！因此，我推断他本来就是天生富有演戏细胞的。所以，上帝就让他在禾场上发挥其专长。能讲，能唱，能演，让许多灵魂得救。以致我们如今多么蒙福！
Yes, If Pastor has became a actor then don’t know where we will all be………
也许还沉浸在原本的生活里，或者还“蒙查查”的，不知何谓～“重生得救”！什么才是“真基督徒” ! 整天过着“糊里糊徒”(涂)的日子，还沾沾自喜以为自己已是基督徒了。唉！人啊！不经这么凶，这么严厉的牧者教导及管教，不知何时才会醒悟喔！～～～这个人好像就是“我”。。。咩咩boh ! 。。。。。 真 pai seh啦！
牧师，感谢您这一路来如此严格认真的以“为父之心”的教导，真爱您哦！(羊儿爱父之心啦！)
Yes, Pastor, without your ” yong now….yong now” we will be too lazy to use our brain and just let the day pass by without achieving anything. Thanks God you did not become an actor….heh..heh..and also thanks for being our Pastor.
”。。。。。用脑！。。。。。用脑！。。。。。你们真奇怪啊！！。。。。。“ 这就是我们的“老爸”时常骂我们的话咯！
Ha..ha..yes, that is his usual words….that is also why some of the members just read and do not dare to leave any comment.
Hi, brothers and sisters in Christ, leave some comments here. Pastor wants us to learn. If you are so scared to be scolded how are you going to improve??!!
” A Monkey suddenly appeared”,Pastor, you must be enjoying yourself so much,playing the pose of a monkey. But look more like ”KING KONG”. Ha ha……
Where ever you are,all the youths sure happy n enjoy cos you are very creative. Even Aunties love to go.Thank God for renewing your strength…
Pastor, really glad to see you joining us for the youth camp.
And for me, I really learnt a lot from the message that you shared on thursday morning. Thanks o!
“这年头牧师不容易当” hoho.. this morning pastor 黄佩珊 (from Calvary City Church JB) also said this too! LOL. add oil in cracking ur brain to please the youngsters then =P God bless =))
Pastor “cakap cakap” only, in fact I believe he enjoyed it very much. He looks so happy in the pictures.
Pastor, u made this monkey look just to please the youth or that u had lost in certain game and was asked to do that as penalty ?? Your looks are really very comical. I cannot imagine a fierce pastor like u can be that comical at times. Hahaha…….
Ha..ha..GN, we saw that quite often in our church, when Pastor tries to emphasize on certain things, similar looks will come out and the whole church will row with laughter. We are so blessed to have such a brilliant Pastor….not only can preach very well, but also can act very well….praise God.
Oh really ? That’s great to hear that.. really praise God… Our church Ps Billy is not bad too…. he made us laugh most of the time with his action during his preaching…I believe you must have heard his preaching before, right ? I just saw your photo via the voting website… finally I have seen you…. Hurray !
Heh..heh..not bad, right? That is my best shot….taken after 21 days fast in July earlier this year. That is why I have the figure of a model. It is rather difficult to maintain the shape with all the yummy food in Kuching….sigh..
Ps Billy and our Pastor are good buddies. So they influence each other….ha..ha..I believe Ps Billy is as good as our Pastor.
Ya, I got the impression that Kuching got plenty of pretty ladies
May I know how many kilos have you lost and are your fast full fast ?
I lost about 12 kg that time, first 14 days we had 1 meal – dinner (vegetables only, no rice, no noodles,no bread) the last 7 days was full fast with water only. After the fast, I felt so much more healthy than before. Now I gain back a few kg >_<
哗！12kg啊！可见”禁食“不只使我们与神的关系更亲密，也可以“享瘦”健康。一举两得咧！
牧师，几时还有禁食？。。。嘻嘻。。。！！
小羊，哇！！！！你那么喜欢禁食啊！！！！那你一定是瘦骨如柴。。。。。哈哈哈。。。。美丽的苗条淑女。。。哈哈哈。。。。嘻嘻。。。。嘻嘻。。。。
哇！。。。哈哈！。。。从那里忽然冒出一只“美丽的羊”喔？！想必你一定长的很美丽。。。。。来！一起叫。。。咩～～～！嘻嘻！！欢迎你，耶稣爱你！我们有伴咯！
Siaw Yang, I fast is not because I want to loss weight. It is because I want to do things with the church (with one heart), do what is pleasing to God.
Mei li de yang, welcome aboard….Siaw Yang has added a lot of colours to this blog, hope you will learn something from here and enjoy it. God bless!
Alison, 我们都是应牧师的指示，而大家同心合一为某一件事祷告。不过，能像您这样“瘦”这么多的，实在不多也！您是佼佼者啊！所以我说“一举两得”啦！嘻嘻。。。。。！
Alison & 小羊，。。。。。。对我来说，一个人不是很会写什么东西。而是在真正的生活当中，生命有活出来吗？？？有没有让身边的人感觉到，如所写的东西。。。而且美丽不是外表，是那颗心。。。。。。。。。哈哈。。。。。哈哈。。。。:-)
Mei Li De Yang, how come I feel there are thorns in your comments? Hope I am just too sensitive and felt wrongly….we are suppose to learn with fun….not to make personal attacks here.
Siaw Yang always makes cheerful remarks and we were having fun teasing each other. It is not that we know how to write a lot of things….
Alison, I agree with you, like there are “thorns” there…. So “Mei Li De Yang”, please be what you described yourself, be mei li on the inside and outside and treat people around you right. If you realised, I have already disapproved and deleted one of your comments, please be constructive…. Thanks.
Hi Alison, don’t let that “thorn” bother you. God’s grace is sufficient for you. To those who know you, you are beautiful – both on the inside and outside. I always love reading your comments. Very positive and uplifting. Keep smiling.
Alison。。。。我写的东西没有带意思。那只是我个人的看法。。。。如果让你觉的有刺。。。那很对不起。。。。而且我不知道小羊是谁。。。。（Also pastor sorry。。。。。。〕（而且我自己也不完美。。。。〕
最好是这样。。。那就要注意言词是否恰当咯。。。
很感谢牧师的blog！让我们无论认识或不认识的，都可以在此互相开心的聊天，学习及鼓励对方。美丽的羊，其实我们也不是很会写啦！我们只是把心中所想说的，直接表达出来罢了。嘻嘻。。。！
对啊！你说的没错，内在美(就是那颗心)是很重要的。所以只要是还活着，还有一口气，我们都要不断的学习，尽量活出美好的生命来，把欢乐带给身边的人。我相信上帝若看到他的儿女们彼此相爱，和睦共处，也一定会很开心及喜悦的。同意吗？希望我们都是他所喜悦的“羊”！ Amen !
Thanks Pastor and Ps Billy….yes, God’s grace is more than sufficient for me. In fact, I am healed and I do not have to go through a major operation(in April 2009) which the doctor adviced that I should do or my life would be in danger. But God is full of grace, few night before I was admitted to GH for the operation God did a miracle. The doctor said,”Why? It is not possible!” I am total healed now. Halleluyah! Give all the Glory to God!
所以喽，Alison你是上帝宴中的‘瞳人’喔！耶穌永遠愛你，褓抱你，祝福你喔！
Alison, 您的见证真是一个奇迹。哈利路亚。。。。。！赞美主！可见耶稣多么爱您啊！平时您所付出的一切，上帝会记录的。当他倾倒福分于您的时候，是超乎您所求所想的。感谢主！ Amen !
Alison, praise God for the miracle performed. To share the joy with you, care to drink beauty flower tea with pearl powder ? I have tasted them myself and I love the taste. If you do, I seek help from your pastor to “tong pang” to you…very light in weight only….
Ps Lim, can you help with this ? Thanks !
Sorry, GN, no thanks, ‘cos there will be one hundred other people who would want me to do that too… even to bring something for my dear friend Ps Billy, I have to consider who the giver is first…
Haha… noted, I understand. To me, it may be light weight but if 100+ times such light weighted items were to be deposited with you, it will definitely bog you down. Thanks anyway ! God bless you.
GN, it’s not the weight that bothers me, it’s the “ma-huan-ness” of the obligation to remember to pass on the thing, to pack, unpack and look for that person etc etc and very honestly, I don’t enjoy that….
Hmm…maybe our Pastor need a personal assistant,so all the “mahuan-ness” pass to this PA handle…Hmm…might be a good idea…hahaha…..
Hi Shirley, I agree it is a good idea. And I think you should apply. The one who sees the problem, feel the burden and comes up with the solution, usually is the one who should apply….haha.
Eng…Eng…Pastor James Bond Billy,哈哈。。我们牧师的PA 一定要像他一样完美，不仅如此可能还要比他更完美，就算是做“mahuan-ness PA” 也要做到“后浪推前浪”。。哎哟哟~~ 我。。很难。。很难。。
Aiyoyo…要找到比牧师更完美的人？有可能吗？找得到吗? 我看很难wo…haha
But maybe, after you become his PA, you kena his “molding and shaping” until you 像他那么完美? Give it a try la…haha
牧师，我的补习老师说：上你的网站可以搞好我的华文和英文水平，可是我不是基督徒，我可以参加你的部落格吗？我又没有油箱，我可以用我老师的邮址吗？
嗨！ 晓玲，为什么不跟你的补习老师来教会呢？来教会上主日学，会让你学到很多东西，能交到很多小朋友，也很好玩呢！
牧师，我的名字打错了，我是晓玲。我读二年级，明年三年级了。
Hai…小羊，你是谁呢？我都不认识你，我问我的补习老师，他说他也不认识你。我的朋友说我是傻瓜，连小羊都不知道，我才不是傻瓜呢！会吃草的小羊，哪会读书写字。。。对不对？我的补习老师也是说：你不是会吃草的羊。
哗！小小年纪还真会写咯！你的补习老师一定也很厉害吧！
我是属“耶稣”的羊，你知道耶稣是谁吗？问你的补习老师吧！非常欢迎你也来成为耶稣的”羊“哦！
我的补习老师当然厉害啦！不厉害怎么能当我的老师呢！我已经不小了，我多几天就读三年级了啦！
我当然知道耶稣是谁啦！我的补习老师常常都和我们说耶稣呢！在我们要考试时，他总会叫我们祷告，他也不会忘记为我们祷告，所以，这就是为什么不论是月考还是大考，我都能拿第一名！
好聪明的孩子哦！
小羊，学校开学了，我每天一点三十分才回到家，所以，补习的时间也换掉了。我的老师说，每天只能用他的电脑三十分钟，如果我们不乖，不听话，交代的功课没有做完，有评审或考试时，就不能用他的电脑。。。这三天里，我都没有和你说话，因为我迟到了，（ 都是弟弟惹的祸，冲凉慢吞吞，，害我迟到了没得玩电脑。）所以，我只好把要说的话写在纸上，我的朋友帮我想，我越写就越多。。。今天，我没有迟到了。。。
在家不只我很聪明，我的弟弟，还有我的堂姐和堂弟都很聪明，他们都拿第一名，我的一位好朋友，名叫佩璇，他也是拿第一名哦！我的补习老师都很疼我们。。。
** 哈哈。。。这些可爱的小孩子。。。其实，他们所写的今天下午大约二点十五分就交给我了，只是。。。今下午网路出现问题，上网一直不成功。。。他们对我说：今天晚上一定要将他们所写的放进牧师的blog里，我只好说好啦！。。。哈哈哈。。。对着这些可爱的小孩子，说好了就要做到。。。Ha…ha…ha…补习老师不易当啊！
哗！晓玲，你们全部都是高材生咧！感谢上帝啊！个个成绩那么好，不只你们父母开心，我想你们的补习老师更开心呢！你们真乖哦！那几时可以跟补习老师来教会参加主日学呢？告诉你们，耶稣是很爱小孩子的哦！
我们都还没有念大学呢！所以，我们都还不是高材生，我们还念小学，是小材生啦！虽然，我们常常拿第一名，可是，我们的补习老师对我们说：不可以骄傲，因为小时了了，大未必佳。。。我们都听不懂老师说什么，，可是，我的老师说：小时候很厉害，念到中学不一定很厉害，他要我们拿到大学文凭时才说厉害。。。
我们都是小孩子，老师说：我们一定要听爸爸妈妈的话，我们的爸爸妈妈还没有答应让我们跟我们的补习老师去教会，所以，还不能去，可是，我老师说：只要每天都想能到教会去，有一天，一定能到教会去，就像我们常常说：我们能拿第一名，就能拿第一名一样。
对啊！常常说拿第一名，就拿第一名；也要常常说“我是高材生”，那你们就是“高材生”啊！这叫做宣告，从口中出来的话语是带有能力的，所以要常常说好的话哦！
牧师，我虽然不认识你，但是，我的老师说：上面的相片就是你。我说第三张的相片不像你，可是我的老师说我错了，那同样是你。我怎么样也说不是，因为第三张相片里的人很矮，不是你。。。牧师，真的是同样的人吗？
牧师，我看你演的不像猴子，好像是在跳舞，在跳印度舞蹈呢！
I wonder.. will d youth act like tat in church!!
Sunday meeting – all the youth just act like normal include Pastor Lol!
Friday youth meeting – ???
Siaw Yang Er, ….I like your cheerfulness. After a long day in the office, reading your “he..he..he” all my stress clear away and make me want to tease you….thanks! Jesus love you!
哦！？真的吗？我的“嘻。。。嘻。。。嘻。。。”那么管用，能把您的紧张压力都挪走啊？哈哈哈。。。。。！感谢主！能让人家快乐是很美的一件事。Alison,我也谢谢您常跟我聊天，其实您的话也很鼓励人家的哦！耶稣爱您！我也爱您！
Ps Lim… Ok, ok… I understand the “Ma Huan”….I already forgo the idea already…