Countdown to Tokyo

The Japan team leaves next Friday morning til 31 Dec. We'll countdown to New Year's Day on the plane, let's hope there's free champagne flowing, as part of the airline perks!

For your prayer notes, here's our schedule:

19th Arrive & settle into winter climate
20th Performance/Worship at youth group - a secular band will be performing alongside this Christmas party
21st Church service & rehearsals
22nd Rehearsals with Dan (local guy doing vocals for us)
23rd Christmas musical
24-25th Rehearsals/busking/hanging out
26th Performance/Worship at Kings Kids Christmas party
Performance at cafe - opening for a local bossanova artiste
27th Music Clinic at a church youth group - teaching worship dynamics and instrument playing
28-31st anything we're game for... hit the freezing streets to meet people! prayer walk!

Yup yup, we wanna feel God's heart and know what He's doing, pray that we'll pick that up!
Also, team unity and patience with one another.....
Understanding of Japanese culture, what the people need, sensitivity and a non-judgemental spirit......
Protection from the spiritual strongholds: distraction, frenzy, lust, discouragement
We need to be spiritually attuned!

Thank God also, our funds have all come in! PHEW! *clap clap! to Daddy!* The yen has gone up but we're covered still....

Thank you for your support!

Time Flies

In the turn of an eye (old Chinese expression).....

Even before I could chart the chronicles of the last trip, I am swarmed with prep for The Next Big Trip.

I haven't been tired like this for awhile. Maybe I'm getting old... or maybe letting something grow organically - like human chemistry - is a process that can't be compromised. It takes effort - time-wise, physically, emotionally - to work together, understand personalities and figure out where everyone is coming from.

It's the beauty of building a team. And something that I value very much.

People matter. And processes are important. Good night.

我会讲华语

各位，

我已经从中国回来了！ 我的华语说地不错，应为一个月多的时间已经训练我的言语本事。。。 虽然我的词语不太广， 但我能跟你分享许多不平凡的词， 比如：

调 (diao) - key
大调 (da diao) - major
小调 (xiao diao) - minor
节拍 (jie pai) - rhythm
节奏 (jie zhou) - timing
音符 (yin fu) - note
和玄 (he xuan) - chord
副歌 (fu ge) - chorus
开头 (kai tou) - intro
手势 (shou shi) - hang signals
玄卤 (xuan lu) - melody

Ok folks, that typing in Chinese is taking its toll on me.... anyway, what I said above was: I can speak Chinese! I'm back from China. My spoken Chinese is not bad due to the month-long immersion that boosted my linguistic ability. Although my vocabulary isn't too impressive, I can tell you some impressive terms, like..... (above list).

On top of that, I learnt how to counsel in broken Chinese (how do you say 'soul tie' in Chinese? We're still searching!) and pray fluently in an inspired moment.

This language thing really takes you places with people. I'll share more soon, and i'm not too glad to be back coz I wish I was still there! Booohooo!!

Newsflash

Brazil CEIFA team at the Esplanade. Making friends in the background


Practising with Dan who flew in from Japan

The team learning J-pop songs for December's Tokyo trip (l-r: Brian, Justin, Dan, Regina, Clarence, Jachin; and Ben is missing)

Praying together, different cultures united for the glory of God


I will be away for a month in the mountains, and in the meantime Justin will hold the fort. Please direct all queries, complaints and rantings to him, thanks! Be good!

Regina

Japanese Jamboree

Wow. Truly, God never fails us.

This week, from Tuesday til tonight, a group of us has been practicing for the performances in Japan this Christmas. It was the first time we all played together. Some were new to each other, but God's fingerprints were all over this.

No.1:
God put a perfect team together. A month ago, Jachin and I were joking that if the trip is just the two of us, we'd be happy to do drums and piano set. Then through a KFC Zinger burger (ok I won't say ;P), we met Clarence, an old friend of Jachin's. Acoustic guitarist - check. Ben came along and said he'd go. Nice, a bassist. Justin's prayers were answered and ta-dah: electric guitar. Then Brian the Japanese scholar decided to come on board. Complete! A translator makes all the difference!

Now, it came along so effortlessly, and as I look back on the short month, it's clear that God hand-picked this team. This week, we all played together for the first time, and it was amazing. I'm amazed at the character and humility in all these guys. Something that Clarence prayed at tonight's closing was that we're all not perfect, but God would and could use us (something along those lines). And I amen that.... God's put a great team together, by His grace.

No.2:
The icing on the cake came in the form of Dan, a young man from Tokyo. I met Dan in his Tokyo church in August, and asked him if he'd like to sing for a ministry like ours. He was keen and we arranged to email songs and arrangements in prep for December. Never did I expect him to appear in Singapore this week, with the intention to check out YWAM, DTS and worship in Singapore.

We learnt J-pop songs, and honestly, I'm already brain-dead from deciphering those ever-modulating keys, extremely-sharped chords, and playing in B (Dan's favourite key). Yet, it was a rare learning experience. And when Dan belted out "Above All" in Japanese, it made sense why God chose him as our singer. The presence of God just brought us all together, united in worship. For me, my heart was stirring. This was a glimpse of the dream God's put in my heart to see the nations worship Him.

I'm in awe. And so thankful to God for His hand upon us. I thank God for this team and every individual's journey, destiny and purpose. There's much more practice to come, much more brain-numbing chord work to be done, finances to be raised, intercession to be made, but it's gonna be an interesting 3 months. Stay tuned!

Reg

Bao Ge Liao

bao ge liao (singlish/chinese); meaning: everything also covered/the whole package

Wah, my China trip is really baogeliao-ed.

Few weeks ago, I started to look for a vocal teacher. Yah, I know my voice needs serious help. As a musician, I feel for the poor people in the congregation when I lead worship. So I asked God to help me improve and thought about asking people to help me. Didn't work out though... but today, my fellow tripper, who happens to be a producer/musician/singer-songwriter, summoned me for a meeting and drove us to PS to look at keyboards and discuss our teaching plans.

OK, I don't know if he could tell my voice really needs help (boohoo!!) or if it was just diverging off our conversation about cultural worship, but he started off on a whole overview of what it takes to SING.

Wah, I couldn't believe I was getting these tips for FREE... It was a vocal technique 101 lecture with the expert! He covered topics like singing forward instead of backward; breathing in from top to bottom and back to front and transferring your breath everywhere possible in your body in different directions (how?!?); facial structure and cavities; speech level singing; posture; different types of voices; physical and vocal warm-ups; musicianship; blending; harmony; diction, attacking the notes and a lot of other things I can't exactly remember. Oh my, it was a good deal man.

Yay, we're gonna be in China for 2 weeks together! More coaching, heh heh heh. God knows. =)

Reg

Today's Treasure

Here's a shot of the boys doing the unglam work - take the trolley and transport the amp kinda stuff. Yepp, there's a lot of unglam work behind the scenes for us, especially wrt gear. Only today, if you look carefully, you'll see a keyboard on the trolley. Guess what? We found an abandoned Korg synthesizer near the base at Lorong 9! Xiao!! I mean, God MUST have left it there for us! In Geylang leh, who uses a Korg in Geylang????

So we carted away our happy find. OK Justin, credits to you for seeing it, happy? =)

Brazil Samba!

The Brazil team gave me a report on their Friday at Esplanade. They stayed til 11pm hanging out and chatting with the kids in the basement, and 2 got saved! To all who thought it was hard, I hope you're thinking twice. It's a great place, just shed your inhibitions and go talk!

Thanks, Brazil! It helps to be able to samba....

Horrors! Welcome to "The Ethnos Speak Mandarin Campaign"

Dear people,

Soon, I will be disappearing to China for a month to guide some young Tibetans on leading worship. Being a great woman of faith, I trusted God to bestow upon me the supernatural ability to teach on worship using Chinese. Ah, the perils of being an "Ang Mo Pai" (westernised person)... I confess that it will be sinful and shameful if I make you listen to my Chinese. And now, I've only got 2 weeks to get my mouth churning out those lines like butter - smooth, velvety and pleasing to the ears *mmmmm....*

So, today I had my first Chinese lesson with Mabel. I worked hard the night before to prepare my teaching notes for her to teach me their translations. We agonised through sentences of explaining what worship is/ how we worship/ how to lead worship/ bible verses/ chaacter of God vocabulary/ spiritual phrases/ syntax, etc.

Acccckkk, by the 2-hour mark, I felt like I had paralysis of the mind. But I was triumphant.... I did it! I'm all set with Mabel's translations! The new and improved me can now teach them how to lead worship in Chinese! All the biblical explanations are at my fingertips! Hooorah hooorah!

Then I went back to my office and proclaimed my victory. And someone congratulated me, asking, "So now you know how to say 'verse' and 'chorus', 'key', 'chords' and all that?"

... ... ....

Dang! I clean forgot about all the technical terms!! Boohoohoooooo..... I thought it was over......

Please, pray for those guys to be healed from my butchering of their language and for more proficiency for me.
And seriously, pray for the Chinese-speaking believers in Singapore to rise up to bless China. We need them! "Ang Mo Pai" here calling for help!
Pray that the Tibetan youth I'm working with will understand their relationship with God and people, not through me but through the spirit of God.

Long overdue pictures!

Here're some pics from Japan in August...

One fine night, the team decided to check out a club in Roponggi (warning!: sleazy nightlife district). Unfortunately, we were duped by a bouncer and the dodgy Time Out Tokyo guide. So we were left wandering past midnight, and the policeman said it'd cost us US$150 to take a taxi back! GASP!! So at 1 am, we took a long walk to Shibuya train station to catch the 1st train home at 5 am. Here're some highlights from the long walk....



Making use of the gritty tunnel to alleviate boredom

Oh, what's this! We found a shop open at 4am...

Wow, it's owned by a chummy DJ dude. Doesn't he look teddy-bearish? So friendly, offers to bring us to a nice club after hearing about our Roponggi fiasco...

And he brings us to a true underground club in Tokyo. Bingo!! Made some more Dj friends there (is everyone in Tokyo a DJ or what??)

This is the scene at 4.50am outside the Shibuya train station... everyone stayed out the whole night and caught the first train home too! Yikes!

Brandon is very affected by our long night out.....

A typical scene on this morning train home. They were out partying the whole night.

Our capsule hotel!

Ok I'm getting sleepy... last two before I crash! Now this is the cosy cafe we're gonna perform at in December. It's owned by a young Japanese artist who used to be a YWAMer and now opens this place for YWAM to do outreaches. Pray for them, and for more groups to come perform!

Lastly, I need to rave about the price of my keyboard there....look at that price tag: only S$800!! I got mine for more than $1500 ok. heads up, gear collectors.

Ok i'm done in. Nights!

Reg

Alive!

I'm so sorry, for leaving this blog so dead for 2 months! 2 months flew past just like that! In between, there was a trip to Japan, stay tuned while I find time to blog about that. Susi-lovers, music-lovers, I promise you'll love it there!

And end of this month, I'm off to Shangri-La (not the hotel) to teach keyboards and how to lead worship to the locals. I'm stoked, psyched and caught in this fast-forward button God hit... He's doing something vicariously in missions, just open your eyes to see it! And don't miss out!

Oh yes, we have a Brazilian acrobatic team in town. They are like the circus! Catch us at the Esplanade underpass on 4th and 5th Sep, 6.30pm onwards. You won't miss their spirited dancing/twirling/juggling/hip-hopping/flying. We're there to hang out with the people there. Join us!

Regina

Recruiting & Searching

Does anyone have a heart to help the Japanese church reach young people in Japan over the next one year? We are looking for musicians or translators (English-Japanese).
Does anyone have a heart to train worship teams among the people groups of Asia?
Does anyone have a portable keyboard to give away, to use to train keyboardists in a new church in far-flung East Asia?

Please leave a comment or email regina@ywam.org.sg

Ethnos in Prayer, Expect New Things!

Hello World,

I know it's been quiet on the ministry front, but Ethnos is currently in prayer for God's agenda so we've been pulling back and lying low. We've encountered some setbacks with our band and some closed doors, so please be praying for us to bounce back and for God to work things out.

One thing's for sure, God's re-aligning us to WORSHIP, which is the passion that started us. A passion to see young people in nations worship Him the way he created them to, to know, love and obey Him with all their lives.

Do pray for open doors into the nations. I, for one, am getting restless staying here! Wanna get out there to be with the people.

Isaiah 43
"Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise."

Doing Something About What You've Seen

Brooke Fraser. Writer of one of my favourite songs, 'Hosanna'. When she sings this song, strange things happen to me.... every time.

I'm plugged into my iPod, weeping at the bus stop. Or I'm walking along Braddell Road and *boom!* - I'm in tears. Or I'm going to Junction 8 and a prophetic voice is stirring in my gut, for this generation to be strong and rise up to make a difference. *Bam!* More tears. By now, I'm wondering what is happening to me! I see in my head the broken people I've met on my DTS outreaches/Go teams to India, China, KL, Cambodia. People crying out in their slums, on the streets, in rehab centres, villages, poverty-striken homes, hospitals, nursing homes. People being attacked. Dying of AIDS. Dying on the streets. Stuck in poverty, disease and hunger. Trying to overcome addiction. Trying to make a life out of nothing. Total brokenness.

I get visions and reminders of the people I've gone to to before, and visions of more hurting and dying, needing this generation to rise up to love, pray, heal, touch, and GO.

I thank God for taking me to so many places, to see so much. My heart breaks for the King to come and save them. My heart breaks for them to sing "Hosanna in the highest" in the midst of their pain and suffering, knowing that it is Him who carries them and has not abandoned them. It is my heart for them to worship Jesus as they find the answers in Him, just as I am worshipping him in the midst of my current pain and questions.

Back to Brooke Fraser. She went to Africa and made a decision to write this song, 'Albertine' to tell the world what she had seen there. One thing she wrote strikes me: "Faith without works is dead." My prayer is that many songwriters and worshippers would do what she does, stirring up love in action and prophetic prayers through the songs they write. Take a listen....

Now that I have seen, I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you in my own arms,
I cannot let go till you are....

A Time for Everything, Your Will Be Done

Twice last week, God showed me this, and it's been guiding all my prayers.

Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

We know that He makes all things beautiful in His time. Trust the process, trust His timing. Your will be done.

How Do You Live Your Life?

It's not about the forms, songs or music. It's about your life being worship to Him. Anointing starts from true intimacy and obedience.

As worship leaders and musicians, let your life song speak louder than what you do in ministry. Because a tree is recognized by its fruit. (Matthew 12:33) The heart is what counts.

Casting Crowns with "Lifesong"

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist,
and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide

It's About Who You're Becoming

Something to share about the present situation and what I'm gleaning as the dust is settling. You see, Ethnos hit a snag recently and it totally threw me into despair. I pulled back from everything and isolated myself, so the dust could settle and so I could process what happened. In the week of silence, I found myself led to plug into 2 particular songs on my iPod - Delirious' "History Maker" (from the album "Hillsong in London") and Corrinne May's "Everything In Its Time".

Go take a listen if you have those songs on your player. What struck me was the prophetic insight Martin Smith tapped on as he spoke and sang, and especially in the lyrics he chose... they had such gravity of meaning. It almost conveys the prophet's nonchalence towards the ignorant, as if saying, "Those who have ears, let them hear." Where did all that come from? What kind of a journey did he go through to come to such spiritual understanding?

Then Corrinne May's song.... it spoke straight into my despair. What depth of understanding she had into the questions, pain and disappointing journey I was walking through. Then she deals her trump card: Plain Truth. Now, Plain Truth has its own power to weave into your soul and bring closure to what you're facing. I must have listened to that song at least 20 times that sunny afternoon.

Now what I realised was: These aren't just SONGS. There's power in them. There's an anointing and the Spirit at work upon those who listen to them, ministering to the dark places of the soul, and calling out the depths of spiritual understanding.

These are songs that take the words right out of your mouth. And give you something Bigger to look for.

It made me think that to write such songs, it takes someone who's been through the process of questioning why, in spite of trying your best, there's no "Godly" answer. It takes a frustrated human who's questioned why there's no end to it - pain upon pain, angst-driven tears, failure after failure, disappointment after disappointment... your bones and spirit wearing thin and needing answers.

These 3 weeks of painful turmoil have taught me an important truth:
It's not about the outcome.
It's about the journey and the person you're becoming as you go through it.
It's about finding out what Jesus really is about - He accepts you no matter how messed up you feel.
It's about learning to love like Him, unconditionally.

God is looking for people who understand that to be His songwriters in this world. Songwriters who know pain, who've been though a journey that built their foundation deep. Songwriters who understand because they've been molded by trial and despair, and found that it's all about who they are inside.

A friend, Eeleen, sent me her newsletter a few days ago. She said, "It takes years for God to fashion a heart and produce a testimony that gives life." How absolutely true. Trust the process, and stick it out.

God has been saying this to me personally, and I hope it speaks to those of us walking through a tough time in your life that may be fraught with frustration, confusion, pain and disappointment:

"Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. I am with you. Don't despise the pain you're going through. I know sometimes it's impossible to bear. Don't be ashamed at the process you're going through, even though it may be marked by tears, angst and brokenness, don't be ashamed of the turbulent emotional life that is within. I can use it to make you a better artist, musician, healer, teacher, speaker. I'm using this to build depth in your soul, so you can be more prophetic, insightful. Don't be ashamed."

Trust the journey, and look at the person you're becoming through it.

- Regina

A Picture Says A Thousand Words

Being A Disciple

"Yet our work only begins where God’s grace has laid the foundation. Our work is not to save souls, but to disciple them. Salvation and sanctification are the work of God’s sovereign grace, and our work as His disciples is to disciple others’ lives until they are totally yielded to God. One life totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit. As workers for God, we must reproduce our own kind spiritually, and those lives will be God’s testimony to us as His workers."
- My Utmost For His Highest, Oswald Chambers

These few days, I've been reminded what Ethnos is about. It's not about the music , the band, the forms, the expressions... it's about the heart of worship, the life of a disciple, and knowing God. Those of us in Ethnos have been shaken up to give God a blank page and let Him lay this foundation in our lives.

Regina

Courage to Decide

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - e.e. cummings

The Ethnos band had a session with Joe yesterday night, where we got talking about what we were into this for: to fulfill a calling on our lives OR simply because of an interest in music. CALLING OR INTEREST? CALLING OR INTEREST? Some of us couldn't even answer this.

We talked about core issues: managing expectations; pride & bad attitudes; our inner being; demands from family, from serving in church, from the daily grind of work. It was heavy, yet refreshing. Unnerving yet insightful.

For young adults, their inner life with God lacks nuturing because of the daily grind. They face burn-out everyday. Tension between serving in different areas. Lack of time for oneself.

But one thing struck me. It was the need to make a DECISION about what your life is gonna be.

In the hearts of young people are questions about their destiny: What was I made for? Who am I supposed to be? Yet when the rubber meets the road, they have little clue how to get from point A to point B. There's a dearth of processing sturctures within them.

There's the tendency to 'go with the flow' and see where this leads us. People shy away from the hard decisions. The sense of calling is a fuzzy idea, until the test comes and the courage to decide is called for. Courage to decide who you're gonna be and who you're gonna live for, how you're gonna live and run for what you're made for.

That's where the whole Ethnos band is at now. We wanna run for what we're made for. We're in the midst of making important decisions for our lives, because we know that this is a year of destiny and living fully in God. The road ahead looks difficult, entangled with family expectations, material desires, sacrifices and discouragement, but we're sticking it out.

If we're to impact any young people in this world, it starts with ourselves.

What's In The Pipelines... Pray for us!

Hi everyone!

Here's an update on Ethnos activity! Since I came back from Timor Leste, it's been a mad rush everyday: team-building, forming a core team, writing proposals, setting up trips, etc etc.... One thing I remembered in all this speed and often strength-draining activity was - our BEING (heart) is more important than the DOING (outward activity). And, we'd better not jump ahead of God or rush into doing more, coz building foundations is essential for the long-term and these take time to form in our lives. That's my little devotional for you!

Now, let's see what we have on our hands... please PRAY FOR:

Ethnos Band
Thank God for bringing a band together. It's a mix of working adults in their 20s who're trying to juggle ministry and the daily grind. Pray for us as these 3 months will be a crucial time of asking God to give unity and common vision, building team dynamics and deepening friendships. We wanna get on our way to see God worshipped in the nations!

Cafe Gigs
A place to meet the public and share our lives with them through music, nuggets of truth and conversations. We trust God for the song list and message. Pray that many will be blessed with a knowledge of Jesus through us being relevant.

Guitar Classes to RTC Boys
We're trying to start up weekly guitar classes in the RTC on Saturday mornings, so there'll be more time to get to know the youth there, walk through a journey together, model to them kingdom values, etc. We hope to recruit a pool of volunteer instructors who have a heart to walk through 6 months with these boys, and the more volunteers we have, the better. Sign up with me. *wink*

Street Artists/Painters/Street Dancers
There's lots of opportunity to reach out to youth in Singapore using these expressions. Painting a larger-than-life picture in a public place; hanging out at creative spaces; meeting people with the same hobbies. If you're interested, sign up with me *wink wink*

Our Needs: Join us in trusting God to provide.
- Able-bodied guys who can help us move equipment during set-up or pack-up
- Mike stands, music stands, an AER amp
- A van or transport to move our equipment for practices and gigs, OR taxi fare for the trips we have to make in doing so

And not to forget, Justin starts his DTS this week. I can't wait, haha.

Drop me a line anytime. regina@ywam.org.sg

Peace on earth,
Regina

Flashback: Amsterdam Team at the Esplanade

Here's a video of the Amsterdam DTS team hanging out at the Esplanade basement last year. We hope more teams will come by...

Ethnos Band at Food For Thought Cafe

Sorry Eddie, can't see you behind there, but sure can hear you!

Timor Leste, March 2008

Guitar course at Cocoon

Hello, World...

Greetings, earthlings! This is an attempt to document the journey of Ethnos, thus far... We started in May 2007, with a simple group jam. Along the way, in a Super-Mario-Bro-esque fashion, we picked up little goodies, blessings, and important friendships that brought us through ups and downs (when we had to bounce onto giant mushrooms and off).

I wanna acknowledge the milestones and precious people who played a part in our formation, and those who made possible for us to live this dream, by playing for us, providing gear, prayer, and blessing us in your many secret ways. Truly a testimony of God's grace.

- Our 1st jam group: Jackie, Lionel, Ben Wu
- Joe Chean and the YWAM Leadership Team, for championing us and believing in this
- The YWAMers, especially Grace Lam, Theresa Cho, Maria, Sam Koh, Roy Christian, Eleana, Adeline Goh, Tee, Kim, Elaine Mok, Jumi, Irene Yeo, Adeline Chiang... Thank you for your prayers, input, listening to me meltdown, rant and panic, and simply showing support through encouragement. Your words mattered. Your prayers were answered.
- The guys in Aletheia, also Lester Zeng and Anais Lee, for your support at our 1st gig at Touch Learning Centre
- Lishan and Siew Lee, your seed fund saw us through our 1st 6 months
- Pravin Menon and Jachin Pousson: thanks for breaking new ground with us at the RTC! Rain Down!!
- The anonymous blesser whose gift of $2500 provided me my Korg TR. This gift came 1 day before our 1st gig and we'd been praying for it. Isn't God amazing?
- Matthew: God has a plan for you. Switchfoot forever! Thanks for being a friend and supporter.
- Julie Yap and Simon Tan: Thank you for the brand new Stillwater amp. It was like receiving treasure from a King.
- Jiahao: Thank you for filling in for the 2nd RTC gig. The presence of God was so strong.
- Our churches:
Pastor Lilian and Kum Yan Youth Connection - thanks for the covering, total support and releasing us to use the premises for jams. Appreciate this family.
Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Brandon and the young men who help carry stuff at our gigs - thank you for supporting Justin so wholeheartedly
- Ben Soh and the Perth Art Evangelist School: I learnt the art of evangelism from you guys. You sowed much into Singapore's scene!
- David Heng and the funky bunch at Food For Thought Cafe: Meeting you was a milestone for us. You gave us our 'big break'! Appreciate your openness, hospitality and partnership... hope we will be a blessing to you guys too.
- Daphne Khoo and family: Thank you, Khoo family, for partnering with us at our 1st public gig. Dafie, I love you lots. Keep your heart real.
- Dennis Oh: Glad you're back and it was timely coz we needed your support and maturity to get through. Looking forward to running the guitar course with you!
- Last but not least, the Ethnos Band: Justin, Ben Wu, Edward, Jiahao and maybe Dennis... what can I say, guys? God is God and I am not. You guys are an answered prayer.

Here're some pics from the past few months!

Aletheia's gig at Jackie's school


Lionel, you came a long way to stage your 1st performance! So proud of you...

Jackie sharing his testimony to his schoolmates... You go, boy! Bravery!

Fooling around during Thursday Jam Group!

Jackie, Lionel, Justin, Ben... our history-making jamming disciple group.

Live painting by Perth Art Evangelist School outside North Bridge Centre