Passing of A Life

My brother and I decided to give a suprise call back home on Skype. We shouted with gladness when we hear our mom's voice but the tone changed when we get the news that my grandma, my 'ama' has gone to be with the Lord. I could feel my heart skipped a beat...

My grandma, my ama...
She's 95. Yes, she lived long and with the little I know about her history, she does not experience the luxury of life, not in material but was blessed with so many sons and daughters, 10 of them. So imagine the many grandchildren (I'm the 2nd youngest), great-grandchildren. great-great grandchildren, etc. :)
It was always a joy to go back during Chinese New Year to be surrounded by tonnes of people as we stayed at ama's cement-floor-hot-lots-of-fly but full-of-love house.
We visited her more in the later years, or at least when I go home for holiday. I'm glad I see her smiling everytime I think about her. I missed her lots, I wish I was there to say goodbye, I wish I was there to at least pay my last respect. I missed hugging her, she's quite small and frail by human's standard, but she's one of the strongest person I know.

I love her smile, and I'm glad that's the image I remember her as.

Trip in San Francisco is over but Yosemite National Park, here we come! :)

More to come

For the very first time, I 'dressed-up' for Halloween. I don't celebrate the spirit of Halloween, but my roomies and I went to a dance event organized by our university on campus. One of my roomie, Miso came up with a brilliant for my costume (stay tune for that!)

And my koko is in town! yes! he's visiting me here in Eugene and we're going to go travel around California!

Oh! if anyone wants my newsletter for my internship with InterVarsity, please e-mail me at rebeccalhl@gmail.com.


My Halloween costume is as below! are u ready for this?

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Quack!

I succeed to having a funny costume thanks to my roomie brilliant idea! thanks Kel!
cheers! :)

the world

I used to pray for the world when I was a small kid. I pray for world peace, not with the plastered smile of a beauty queen but with the sincere intention to see good in the world around me. Though the irony is that I don't know much of the "outside world". I prayed for healing for the people who are sick around the world. I prayed that God take care of all the other small kids of the world.... I prayed for the world and truly believe that my prayers moved the hands of God, all across the world, knowing fully he never sleeps.

I was reminded of this as I read about the article concerning the earthquake that hit our neighbor country in Sumatra, Indonesia. The simpleness and that faith as a kid strikes me, no wonder it's said that blessed are those with a faith like the little ones!
Thus, I pray for the people in Sumatra; the pain of losing loves ones, for hope despite the hopelessness and emotional healing and all around recovery for the country.
I pray for the world, the whole wide world that is said to be small afterall, but is still awesomely big.
The world, please know that our God hears our prayer(s) and he's working...Always.
Rest well world, rest assured.

Crashing waves

When you think you've on top of the waves
rising from the bottom of the sea
Think you got it all in control
The waves come crashing
crashing so hard
like the penguin being knocked off the surfing board in surf's up
oh the pain~

Still, the crashing waves on the shore
reminds me of God's love
It's constant and it's overpowering
like when I had to much mangoes
or after a good buffet
u know what I mean?
Yes! It's the sense of "good-overwhelming"
but this is so much more!
who can fully comprehend
the love that He has for us
just like the waves
the waves that keep on coming towards the shore
constantly pursuing

Oh! the challenge
to just soak in it
Soak in his love
I'm learning and struggling hard to just soak it in
not fighting it
or keep on screaming 'I don't understand'
I'm still skeptical at times
whether the waves would drown me
but I'm learning to let go

Like the penguin being knocked hard by the waves,
I'm learning to let go,
to soak in The waves of love,
waves of mercy and grace
Soak it all in

In One Piece

Oregon Coast!

Our core group retreat is a blast! Not only I drove back and forth, yes all 4 of us are in one piece and EGU is unhurt! Thank u Jesus! =D but we had a great time planning, praying and tonnes of play time and it makes me smile everytime I think about how everyone bonded =)

Oh the diversity! and yet the unity is amazing!
Left to Right: Andrew (California), Matthew (Hong Kong), Kellie (Oregon), Shane (Oregon), Rosa (Mexico), Krista (Canada-US), Isolde (Belgium), Yoyo (China), Me (Malaysia) and Isamu (Hawaii). Please pray for continuous unity among the core group and pray for sincere love and strength as we welcome other international students on campus for the coming term!

Hitting the Coast

a.k.a the not-so-warm beach =P Going on to the beach for 'Global Friends' 's beach retreat...in 5 hours! Time to "play, plan, pray and prepare for the coming term" (Krista, 2009) =D
I'll be driving, my very first long-distance drive in US (hopefully ppl who ride with me are calm people~ lol) fret not, I have confidence and by God's grace & protection, we'll make it to the Oregon Coast accident-free, Amen! =)
So, do keep us in prayer as I'm excited to see how God is gonna rock our core group to the core! Great things are in store and I'm very excited!

Oh! also some pics of 'EGU' will be up soon ;)

Knock It In

Oh goodness of God overflows

People around may say I’m boasting

But if declaring His goodness is that,

I shall boast about Him all the more!

Doubtful, stubborn and sceptical I was indeed

Of the plans He laid out for me,

I asked for big revelations, visions, dreams and burning bush,

Yet He knows better to prove it to me

Now I can say I see him,

I’ve seen His overflowing providence

My little mind could not comprehend,

The abundance of His grace and favour

My eyes have seen,

My breath is slow and heavy,

All my senses felt numb to be exact

Overwhelmed is an understatement,

English vocabulary...oh ESL,

Came out in tears of joy and gratitude

This is the hand of God that I see at work

Let me not forget,

His goodness and his presence

Please, oh please do remind me

Oh the goodness of God,

Who can fully describe it?

I am humbled,

I’m thankful and that is also an understatement

Utterly lost for words,

I’ll say: Thank You Jesus!

Set Sail

People come and go and we move on, that's part of life and that's what we're told, we rationalize it to ourselves. I feel that we sometimes give it less credit by downsizing the whole experience of saying goodbyes or see you later as an minimizing effect of the former.

Then again, it's a continuum, there's the wide range involved, depending who u say bye to, oh the emo-ness involved if the ties one have felt like a giant rope that holds a ship to the dock.

Maybe it's good to rationalize and tell yourself it's ok, of course needing to move on and not get stuck and be miserable, or I prefer to embrace it, take it all in, and oh course the "mission-at-hand" to strike the-balance-of-it-both.

Oh the game of Life, I'm soaking it all in. hmm~

Sunset at Crater Lake, OR ;)

Berries,Moving, Wedding ,Fire & Fun

So, the title is the sum of my summer since my last update. If u can't tell, I have been not updating my blog. So, this will be a 'crash course rebecca lin's summer 401"

So, as most of u know, I will be moving to a new apartment for the next academic year (sept-june) and this is a snapshot of the kitchen, not the tidiest for now, but wait for the new look in a couple of...er...months.

n of course, berry picking last month! yummy hand picked strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, oh the goodness that summer brings!
L-R:Bryn-ny & Ti-a-na

blueberries! so good~

me being all stalking-like in the raspberry bush

making fruit kebab and making them into a "tower" for Joel & Krista's wedding

Joel & Krista!
how often do u attend a wedding that u know both the bride and bridegroom personally? let's say I have 1 ;)

Of course, group pic at the wacky-costume corner at the wedding reception

We were the first witnesses on the scene of a fire on the highway at 2:30 am.Was asleep at the back of the car, when awaken by Tiana who's driving and Leslie called 911 and we witness how the fire started on the car door and consumed the whole car and spread to the grass beside it and start spreading rapidly. By the time the 'bomba' came, the whole car is up in flames..hope they have good car insurance. Good that both the guys in the car is save, no casualties is good news.

Take care peeps ;)