The FIRST Anniversary of E=MC2

November 4, 2007 in Yogyakarta we had our wedding officially held in front of God and His people. It was the prove of God's miracle. We saw how God worked and made all those things possible. E=MC2; Emil + Eva= Miracle of the Covenant in Christ.

Today we celebrate our FIRST anniversary, what a wonderful moment. Although we are separated in this moment but we confirm that God is in control of our marriage, our family. Looking back what He has done really make us full of abundant praises to our God. HE is REALLY a GOOD GOD.
We start our family in the mids of our adventure and our journey in following God's will in our life. Philippines was the first place we went right after our wedding ceremony. Trusting God that He will never forsake us. Indeed, it was TRUE. We spent each day as Miracle Day walk with Our God. There is no enough word to describe how God works in our life.

God is not stop there, He led us to Tainan. It was far beyond our imagination that we can come to Tainan, Taiwan. Looking at our situation that time, it seems impossible. But again our God has prove that NOTHING impossible with HIM. He made everything beautiful in His Time. This included when we discovered that Eva's visa is non-extendable. We questioned God, why does He let this happen? We found that still He is under control. Back to our covenant (E=MC2), we realize that Miracle happened when we fully hold our covenant in HIM. No matter is the real situation, we have to stick on it.

Yes, we are separated today for a while. This will not make us lose our vision. We have agreed that we will fight till the end, till we see God's Glory reveal through our family. The Journey is still there....what ever happen a long it...just believe that Emmanuel; God with us. There will be more Miracles in the next coming years.....

!!!!Happy FIRST Anniversary!!!!!
E=MC2

應當稱謝耶和華；因他本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！1 Chronicle 16:34

In His Time...

Horray...It's time for refreshing....

That's must be a good news for everybody. Yes, we need to take a refreshing time in our life. We are not a machine....even a machine needs sometimes for cooling down. Take a time to rest...then work again after it.

As I stay here in Tainan, I observed how people here behave. I notice that most of people here use their time properly. Why??? It is hard to find a traditional Taiwanese restaurant open if it is not eating time. One time I was very hungry because I did not take my lunch, then I tried to find some restaurant near by but all of them closed. They just open during eating time, lunch from 11 am till 2pm and dinner from 5pm till 8pm. Outside that time range, you will never find some food there.

As I think about it, I think God also work that way. He has His time for us. It is on order and never late or too early. The problem is do we know when is His time for our life? How do we connect to Him and know His time for us exactly. It's common for us to complain like I did when I came in not in the "eating time"; No food there. Nothing....

So, if we want to find "the food" come on time. God always on time, never late or too early. Just as the lyrics of this song:

In His time, in His time,
He makes all thing beautiful in His time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

In Your time, in Your time,
You make all thing beautiful in Your time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
神造萬物，各按其時成為美好，又將永生（原文作永遠）安置在世人心裡。然而神從始至終的作為，人不能參透。

Reason to Praise

Wanna find some reason not to praise God? I do not think I can. There are many reasons in our life that we can use to praise God even more. Everyday we wake up and breath a new day arise as we can see the sun there.

This week it's a busy week for me. I had some papers due on this week. I think it's normal because we move almost to the middle of the semester. Working hard making the paper and submit it on time. Praise God I could able to meet all the due.

This we still working on Eva's visa. Trying to find the best way for her to join me here. Today I just submitted her application to NCKU, this is one of the possibility for her to join me. One thing that I believe is God is Under Control. He let everything happen for His purpose.

Then, I also got a confirmation from one of private University in Indonesia. The president said that he agreed to accommodate my needs in order to apply the scholarship from Indonesia' government. Praise God for it. This means that I have to go back home for the final agreement next winter vocation.

Tomorrow also I will join the first Indonesian Christian Fellowship in Tainan. We name it KAWANKITA (KeluargA mahasisWa Kristiani Indonesia di TAiwan), newly establish fellowship. I pray that this fellowship will bring a good impact for sorrounding here in Taiwan and back in Indonesia.

So, take your time...count His Blessing....and start to PRAISE HIM. There is no reason for us not to praise HIM...

Walking in God's Calling

How many of us usually claim that God called them?? Proudly speaking about God's calling in our life sometimes can be bias. How many of us can survive till the end? Or we just quit in the middle of our journey.

Let's take some quick lesson from Israelites. When God called Moses to lead his people out of Egypt, God really serious about it. The first respond of Moses was he needs some one who are good in speaking, then God sent Aron for him. As we know, the story told us that God brought them out with His Mighty hands. And yet some of them keep on murmuring in their journey. Then, we know the rest of the story, Moses and his generation did not enter the Canaan. Only, Joshua n Caleb' generation could enter the Canaan.

Some quick lesson from this story:

- When God calls, it means that He will take care and responsible for everything. Yes, sometime we are not ready. It's too sudden, too risk and too difficult to achieve. If we are in this situation, I believe that we never into the point of 100% trusting God. Because we like to compare to our past and always asking for "readiness" to walk in God's calling. This is the first step of trusting God. Like the Israelites story, even God had given them manna and meat in the desert; still it did not satisfy them. Remember this; If you walk with God in this step, God will always give you ENOUGH. Yes, sometimes it does not satisfy you but keep walking and trust Him.

-When God calls, it means He has something GREAT at the end of the Journey. God called the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promise Land. The end of the journey is Promise Land, the Land fulls with milk and honey. Moses and his generation did not fix their eyes and focus on God's Promise. They were busy with their daily needs, what would they eat? what would they wear?? etc. And what happened? When they were facing the people of Canaan, they were afraid because they look back to their physical condition and forget that the Mighty God was with them.

-When God calls, It means that He has fixed His eyes on you, He trusted you. This also applied when God called Moses with his people out of Egypt. God has put his trust to His people that they can walk through any kind situation to the Promise Land. But, what happened, even they had walked away. God still faithful, He rose new generation of the Israelites who can really enter Canaan. Joshua and his generation did it.

There will be a time when you walk with God in the "under cover". No body recognize you, just like Israelites walk in the desert. Jesus in his first 30 years, no body recognize him. This is the phase when God trains us, molds us, and purify our heart. Be patient because there will be something GREAT at the end. Even that nobody looks and counts you...keep walking...

"Be A History Maker in God's story; reach your promise land"

Sometimes.....in Our Life....

Yes...sometimes we come to the point of expecting that God will answer our prayer. We feel that we have asked Him and He will answer our prayer. But, what happen in the reality. Its way different from our expectation. In fact, God is under control of our life.

Thats what we experience last few days here. We struggling for Eva's visa, we need to extend her visa soon. As we come here, I got student visa and Eva has visitor visa and the counselor said that we can extend her visa as soon as I got my residency and complete all the papers. Then we did it but the authority said that I have to stay for one year here before I have my wife join me. Its weird because that regulation isn't in the written regulation that we can find. We went to the office in Kaohsiung and even to Taipei..but still the same answer. We tried about missionary visa but the officer kept in insisting that they have the authority to deny or accept the application. Then, we did our best. The final result is that Eva needs to go out and apply visa from outside Taiwan. She left on Oct 2, 2008 to Indonesia.We realize that God is under control in our lives. He controlled our lives and He knows the best for us. Like He said that all things work together in bringing good for those who trust him. Its sad though but we know that we can walk through it. So, I am alone here in Tainan and I am planning to move to the school dormitory so we can save for the visa work.

We know our purpose why should we stay here and why should we survive. As we walk with God, He is Emmanuel (God with Us). Nothing is impossible with Him. We have to fully trust Him all time, even sometimes it seems that far away from our expectation.