Making a move to South Africa
I would be heading to South Africa for the next 6 months with YWAM Muizenberg. YWAM (Youth with a Mission) is a global movement driven by a passion to know God and make Him known.
I'll be on their Engage and Embrace DTS (Disciple Training School); spending 3 months in Capetown learning and training on reconciliation and restoration; and the next 3 months reaching out to the nations through the various Mercy Advocates/Ministries.
We would be engaging the community and refugees, developing water sources and strong families; and hoping to pierce the hold of gangsterism, addiction, and human trafficking.
God is eager to call others to Himself, especially those who have no knowledge of Him. We just need to sow seeds and love on people. I believe a pure heart and pure hands could compel people to be curious and start asking questions.
What's My Story?
I was raised in a non-Christian family. I remember growing up being an angry, indignant and lost youth upon seeing and experiencing injustice; where I've seen bullying, abuse, inequality and mistreatment of the marginalised and broken. Back then, I couldn’t figure out the purpose of pain and the meaning of living the “Singaporean dream", and I thought the philosophy of life is the pursuit of happiness. I rebelled and became detached from home.
At 14, my friend brought me to church and I heard the gospel for the first time. I hear Him speaking that “There’s still goodness in me” and I felt a peace that transcends all understanding, a peace that I couldn’t explain, that seems to say that He is enough, even if I think I am not. From then on, I accepted Him into my life and my first prayer was to be more like Him.
To be honest, I still fall. There are times I still feel shame, still feel inadequate in so many ways, yet I am also humbled that we have a supernatural God who is willing to use and pursue ordinary people like you and me. His love is so unconditional, reckless, so all-giving and prodigal. Having experienced His goodness, I can never live my life the same way again. I know it is either all or nothing, for He is so so worthy.
A simple paragraph would not suffice what He has done in my life. There’s always more and if you are interested to find out more, feel free to hit me up!
How did this step to do a DTS happen?
It was a series of His fingerprint.
2014 | Went on my first mission trip to Cambodia with YWAM and heard about DTS for the first time. Felt a strong call towards social justice and mercy ministries. Came back to Singapore and begin serving with YWAM. |
2nd solo mission trip to YWAM India. Heard clearly to pay a visit to the red-light and slum ministry in Mumbai. Witnessed Him speaking through ordinary people, and is doing His work at the most perceived detested place. | |
Left Girls' Home and interned at YWAM. Kicked off YWAM Soccer Ministry to be with the street youth and provide support. | |
2021 | Started my study in Social Work, and went back to work with MSF in the Children's Home department. At the end of the year, He knocked again and reminded me about DTS. Tendered my resignation in January, spoke to my parents and prepared to make ready for DTS. |
Let's get real. What are some of my struggles?
It is my natural inclination to worry, to give way to discouragement and even fear. Fear of the uncertainty, fear of disappointing my parents for not choosing "the Singaporean Dream". One great discomfort I have is what my obedience to God costs to other people.
If we are in love with God, following Him will be a delight. It comes with so much peace and joy. But to those who do not understand, our obedience does cost a great deal. That's my greatest struggle. If we obey God, it will mean that other people’s plans are upset and we might invite ridicule. However, If we were to obey, we must let the cost be paid, trusting that as we do His work, He will care for those who may have to deal with the result of our obedience and not assume burdens never intended for me.
Luke 9 served as a good reminder each time I’d wrestle in this.
"Jesus said to another man, “Follow me.”
Aren't you afraid of the new variant Omicorn?! IS SO DANGEROUS!
"Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.”
Ecc 11:4
If we magnify every little difficulty, objections and hardship, we shall never go on, much less go through with our work, likewise the farmer who waits for the perfect weather will never plant nor harvest.
For every visible reason for terror, there was an invisible and immensely more powerful reason for trust.
"Trust me. Never mind the answers to the Whys, those are mine. Trust Me."
Taking that huge step of faith to forgo my career is foolishness in the eyes of some, but I was determined in my heart that He is true, and He is really the Lord of my life. I do have fears tbh, but His presence keeps me going, and I'm learning to trust and put all my eggs in His basket. I know His basket is my firm "investment" that will reap a harvest in this life and beyond.
Be a part of my journey
Pray with me
- To adjust well and for safety and good health in South Africa.
- The DTS team and the missionaries to choose faith over fear.
You may also provide support and be a co-partner in His work!
- DTS students and YWAM Missionaries do not earn a salary. Any form of monetary support, be it for my DTS course fee, or for the ministries we would be serving in, would be much appreciated!
If you would want to be a part of my DTS monthly update, feel free to private message me and let me know!
Please do not circulate this without my consent. Thank you.
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