little minions

because of HFMD, there were only 4 in the class yesterday

because of the big excuse of HFMD, we had 101 other things to do as "part of the cleaning"

I almost went crazy with sorting and reorganizing and labeling past 5 years' lesson plans for all subjects for all classes the past few days during nap time.

from being very reluctant to work on such meaningless task, i changed my mindset to "i can do it! it's almost the end"..

and i did it!! all done!!

and then comes the task of carrying all these heavy files to when they are to be stored..

all these happened while the children were napping/ later woke up.

as i carried the heavy files out of the class,

the little minions were looking at me all the time.

apparently after the last time i went out,

one went to ask the other teacher where i was,

and then they came over to where i was in a row, neat and organized,

each carrying a small load of what i was transporting the whole time!!

awww sooo swweeeet these little minions.

my heart melted at the sight of them<3

for a moment i felt like gru though..

but that's besides the point ;)

later i was very early for CIC class!

and I was given the opportunity to help an old lady find the bus interchange and her bus!

the super cool thing was...

our entire conversation was in dialect!

and i'm so so thankful that I can converse with her fluently!

we spoke about which side of the escalator to stand on, which way to go, where was she going, where was I going to, how much longer will her bus take, and all the sorry to trouble you and thank yous and please don't mention and welcome..

what i'm trying to say is..

it's definitely not by myself that i can "pull through" the entire conversation

AND thus I can only give thanks :)

later on, my dinner alone and 3 other incidents continued to contribute to my great evening!

the past 2 sessions of CIC has been the sharing of each of our faith journeys!

it's awesome to be able to hear from one another and learn from one another.

God is AMAZING

He provides and leads in ways men cannot fathom

but we may later come to realize that it can only be the work of the Almighty.

i have a feeling that the class will not be so quiet after today's session.

it's a good feeling.

the ice has been broken!

and i'm definitely looking forward to our journey together in the months ahead! :)

oh yes!
another reason why yesterday ended on a good note is because...
i plucked up the courage to message 2 people!
2 people who have gone through a lot on this day last year.
and they replied!
and she said: See me on Sunday!
and what's happening on Sunday?
baby Charlotte's full month celebration!

sometimes I don't know whether my encouragement is "effective".
because most of the time,
i think i end up being encouraged instead.
so at the end of all of these,
i can ONLY say..
THANK YOU LORD! :D