FAREWELL

It's a farewell to a dear friend in choir ministry. Sahid and family are leaving for Indonesia for good (at least for now, there might be a possibility of coming back). :)

After the farewell dinner, it was a speech by Sahid, he shared how he had decided to go back to Indo to be there for his parents as the least thing he could do for them and to help out with their business there. That strucked me right through to my heart! As the 12th of the 10 commandments says: "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." It's a BIG decision to make, isn't it?; when you need to give up "living so comfortably in Sydney" and go back to Indonesia which might seem to be a rough place to live nowadays.

I truly admire his courage and dedication to his parents. I know how he so wanted to stay here very much, but he puts his parents' needs ahead of his own and his family's. Well, he's got a very supportive family, a wife and 2 kids. Yeah, he looked content and confident.. so uplifting to see.

Now... I'm pretty much experiencing dizziness as a result of drinking a quarter cup of red wine, or not really, even lesser. A bit of it was good for my health though. ;p

Overall was a great night, catching up with few friends used to be in the choir. I had to give a speech too, that was scary but was spontaneous and sincere ;).

OK .. I am going to bed.... nite2. *moon & stars* zzzz..... Thank you Jesus, for such a meaningful day.