jolie's fm

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

hey, just some thoughts:)

To my Pastors, Pastor How and Pastor Lia:
Thank you for everything that you all have done for us.
You all started out the church, each has given up, and sacrifice a job that would provide them thousands over dollars far much more then what they received as their usual salary now.
Pastor How, at the age of 18/21, he got his own Mercedes Benz, and father's business that is millions of dollars.
Pastor Lia, is a straits time newspaper journalist surely will be famous, and that even one of her article hits the front page(which means it's super good)

However they both,sacrifice to start this church with this vision of " Raise up a generation of people who are willing to give God the best years of their lives and God will use this generation to impact all levels of society and all walks of life!"

They have no salary for the first 2 years of starting a church, while they are earning just 200 dollars a month, they gotten many things to take care of... imagine the phone bills, parents, electricity.. yet out of their savings, they bought spirit filled bibles, in total there was about 8 of those, which cost $70 each.
Even though at that time, church is just less then 30 to 50 people, pastors would bring Garrett,Charleston,Daniel.. to learn music, to let them grow in their talents, and love for music.
(they paid for their lessons, and brought to be taught by CHC)
Pastors, also have sold their houses before to give to church, which means they have practically say that church is their home. They stay in church.

However there's many incidents happen, as pastors always go in to every one's life, loving them, everyone was so connected to pastors, there's this time whereby there's an accident just right outside the road, which happens to be 2 of our church members, pastors, heard the news, quickly rush down. Pastor lia, rushed to them and hugged them. She kept praying for them.
However that day, they passed away.
This has been a blow to pastors, as pastors know all of us, how we think, what we love, both of them, they loves, and yet out of there, they have to encourage the whole church to cheer up, because all of them, are discourage, dishearten. Miss the 2 girls a lot. being reported in the newspaper article about this incident. after that, Pastor lia also had another incident.(which i will not say, as it's very close to the hearts)

Pastor lia is a strong woman, in this world, many man will never look up to woman, thus when pastor preach, we need to take extra faith and courage to preach.
and it's very hard to be a woman pastor.
1) if you are too into church, people will say you have neglect your family
2)if you are too into taking care of your family, people will say you are not woman of God
3) if your voice is too loud,man say you are intimating
4)if your voice is to soft, people would say that you're weak.
And also being face, with responsibilities of the household, church, family, people.
Pastor lia always have an attitude of in the book of Joshua" give me this mountain! "
with conquering spirit.
(like an energiser, never say die!)

With pure hearts, Pastors build a church which started out with 9 stones(youths)
You all, always believed in us, even at the age of 12, you let a child plan a church camp. (not mentioning some adults would rather do it themselves) but they believe in us!

They will always tell us about this verse!
1 Timothy 4:11-13 (New King James Version)
12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,in faith, in purity.

Today our church, is not just a place whereby Christians just come on Sundays, but is coming everyday of our lives.

why are we so committed to church?
-is because all that pastor's have sown into our lives
-because pastor's believed in us
-because we found a family, a home here
-we have found where we belong in God's family, and in God's destiny, which will lead you in the right paths in which God have planned out the best in you.

Thanks God for Pastors!
Thank you Father sending your son to die on the cross for us:)
We love you!

Child of God;
2:47 AM