Sunday, September 06, 2009

Hey,
after reading Ming's post on our history as central 3 I decided to write something like that too, about what this cell means to me.

When i entered this cell allll the way back in sec one, I was scared. Oh I was. I didnt know more than two people in Megalife and all I knew about weiming was his voice, after getting a call from him letting me know which cell i was in (Central 3 lah). Of course fear and the blues never linger and I really grew to love this cell.

I loved everything. I loved the people, as small as we were back then. I love the way Daryl laughed, Shirleen farted ( God, please dont let her see this), Jae's wierdo hairstyles, Sherwyn's ego (its huger than ever now by the way), Ming's leadership. I loved sitting in a dark corner of the then unrenovated Victory chapel to play games, fellowship, and learn valuable lessons about God each week.
Central three was, I can safely say, a fundamental part of my spiritual growth. From baby to what I am now. I never regretted a single day with Central Three. In fact, I would do it all over again!

I loved the memories we made. The weekly grass patch dinners, concentration games, praying together, laughing and getting all serious together. I loved every minute of it. Central three was almost the biggest reason why I looked forward to saturday every single week!

I thought things would always be the way they were. Then things started to change - Shirleen's batch graduated out of the cell, along with Daryl and Nicole. Around the same time Ming left for army, and I was like "huh? all gone?". I felt lost, like alot had suddenly been grabbed from me. A whole bunch, a real BIG bunch of sec ones came in (thats all of you, loves) and it kinda made it a little harder to adapt.

That made me realise, how dependent I was on the cell. Too dependent, and that I needed to look for something more in my spiritual life than the people. And though I fell then, I began to grow in faith and reliance on God, and I think I emerged in better shape than I ever was.

To present. I have mastered the art of reacting appropriately to silly antics and the LAMEST comments, all becasue of you guys. (: I love you all, esp the littler ones, cause you make me laugh each and every week. I feel happy when Im with you guys, and though we get messy and chaotic and rowdy at times, the sweet times we share totally overwrite that and I thank God for that. It is incredibly heartwarming to look and see how the youonger ones grow, and your devotion and faith is always an inspiration for me.

For the older ones, esp the pots (yeah, we're old now), I am thankful to God for giving me good friends and partners like you guys to walk these years with me. I think we've seen each other grow and mature and its amazing how you guys step up and start becoming role models to the cell.

Thank you, Ming, Shawn, Randolf, for being friends and leaders to us.

To end it all, you all have a special place in my fist-sized little heart. Maybe a heart cell each.
And seeing how we've grown, thats a realllllllllly big place! :D

Love and God bless,
HeaTher.