THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

Hi everybody,
haha its my first time blogging here.

im more than halfway through my prelims, super tiring, and im just having a weekend break.
everybody your final years are coming.
please please please study hard, no joke serious.
its not fun going in to sit for a paper and come out feeling terrible cause you dont know how to do, and you realise its not that difficult, only if you studied.
so work hard, you reap what you sow, trust me.

anyway im so sorry i couldnt come for the wake cause i had double papers all those days la, really cannot but i hope it went well.

i think we do care for each other, just that we meet like once a week on sunday and we're all so busyy with mkc, worship etc etc that alot of fellowship time is lost. im not saying being involved is bad la, but we do tend to put out outside if in front of church sometimes. cant be helped sometimes, but it could also become a form of excuse. a few years ago when i was feeling super sian in church i decided to try my friend's church, lighthouse, for a while. but i came back in the end cause i realised that zion is where i grew up, where the people i know for the longest time are. School and CCAs do take up alot of time and commitment and its not easy to be too far stretched. take the visitation for example, if i had alot of time to spare i definately wont mind going visitation. But ive A levels, and i stay quite far, so i really cant afford the time. others too, who have work, have family to take care, have projects non-stop, it simply isnt always easy to find time. and even if you can force these people to come, they dont do so willingly, and over time it becomes a chore, which = unhappy face during visitation.

there are, of course, alternatives. while those who are willing to go can go ahead, those who cannot physically be there, PRAY HARDER. technology is also so advanced, and sometimes when appearing right at the door doesnt work, talking on the phone, smsing, writing letters can suffice. people come when they feel wanted, when they have people to look forward to seeing, all these pull factors can come in any form and different ways reach out to different people, so making everyone go visit may not always be the best method, but can be one of the methods.

i believe the underlying problem with our kids not coming is not because we dont visit. many of the original kids have grown up, stayed or left, others because of parental objections, tuitions. see the thing is, they are not obligated to come, so for them to wake up early on sundays for mkc they must WANT to come. and if im not wrong, its the relationships with church people and friends they make that keep them coming even if they're bored with mkc at times. (think uncle randy's cell group thing with kids)

so i think this is very long already
and i should go back and study, so see you on sunday everybody :)

love, joanne