I had been so busy during the last few days. I was so busy shopping with Dane. :P We bought so many things that it almost filled up our whole car. We were getting things that Dane would have to bring for his 10 weeks training. The defence force is so strict that almost everything has to be in perfect condition so we just bought everything brand new.

Jonathan seems to get the idea that daddy is going away soon and he just says he wanted to go to training with daddy. I am really concern about his reactions when he realises daddy is not going to be around for a while. He is a real daddy's boy.

Esther is 7 months old now and she is a real delight. Everyone who sees her loves her smile. One thing I discovered is she loves playing with plastic bags. She would grab onto the nappy sack eveytime I change her and she never got sicked of doing it. What a funny girl.

I had a hair cut today and also collected my new glasses. I feel afresh and ready to face the new challenge before us. God is with us and he knows all our needs! God is good all the time.

Have been living with my in-laws since Friday. I'm just so tired from moving. Trying to fit a family into another family is hard. However, I'm glad that we have good relationships with each other and I practically have the house to myself during the day since everyone is working except me.

Esther is able to sit and push herself up to a sitting position, kinda crawling and babbling heaps. Jono loves his new childcare and have made some new friends. He also enjoys seeing his grandparents and favourite auntie everyday. He can chat with them all day long.

Dane is leaving in less than 2 weeks. Praying that those 10 weeks will be gone very quickly and I would not have time to be feel lonely :D If everything goes smoothly we should have a 3 weeks together during Christmas before another 10 weeks of separation. Trust that everything is in God's hands.

Just had our last dinner at our cute lovely house. We are moving to Dane's parents'place this weekend. This house is the place where many of our memorable moments happened. It's not a big brand new house, in fact it's nearly 20 years old and is quiet small compare to today's brand new houses out there. However this house means a lot to me because of the people who live in it. :D People whom I love so much.

On the same note about house, I watched this short film from 15Malsysia called 'house' tonight. It's quite touching. That poor little boy who's dream house was the house his father built really catches my emotion. What does your house mean to you? What is your dream house like? Do you think the size, the decor, the layout, the landscape, or the design is important for your house? Or maybe you are willing to have a small and simple house that you and your loved ones are happy and contend. I would choose the latter. It's better to have a happy family in a small house than a big house with a broken family. Bye bye house!  

According to my count down calendar, it only has 2 weeks and 6 days before Dane and I have to say goodbye. :'(. I thought I would be strong and nope I am not. I already miss him heaps. You never know how much you will miss someone until you have to say goodbye...

      How could I go for a day not seeing him??? I don't know... 

      How can I go to sleep without him and wake up without him??? I don't know...

      How would go shopping without him??? Look after the kids without him??? I don't know

      How could I survive not talking to him face to face and his hugs and kisses??? I don't know

However, I know our God is with us and He is there for us wherever we are. He is our strengths and our comforter. Our Lord Jesus knows what loneliness is and He truly knows what it is like to be separated from loved ones.

I want to take one day at the time and cherish now.
Be strong and take courage!

Deuteronomy 31:8
And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake; do not fear nor be dismayed.” you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”




I love this song and it really comforts me a lot!


Be Strong And Take Courage
By Don Moen

Be strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the Lord will go before you
And His light will show the way

Be strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the one who lives within you
Will be strong in you today

Why don' you give him all of your fears
Why don't you let him wipe all of your tears
He knows, He's been through pain before
And He knows all that you've been looking for

So, be strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the Lord will go before you
And His light will show the way

Be Strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the one who lives within you
Will be strong in you today

Nothing can take you out of his hand
Nothing can face you can't command
I know that you will always be
In His love, in His power you will be free!!

So, be strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the Lord will go before you
And His light will show the way

Be Strong and take courage
Do not fear or be dismayed
For the one who lives within you
Will be strong in you today

"A baby makes: love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for."

 

I saw this quote and just had to share it here. It's so true of what it says. Baby - a wonderful gift of GOD.

 

It's finally Saturday! As usual we took Jono to his weekly swimming lesson at 8am. He enjoyed it and did really well. After that we met up with Dane's bro and sis-in-law to have breakfast at Ikea. Of course since we're in Ikea, we also bought some things from there. I bought some more bibs for Esther and bought 2 plastic chairs for Jono. I absolutely love Ikea and almost everything they have for kids. They are so well designed and really funky looking too.

Straight after Ikea, we went to meet up with my church friends from Malaysia. We had lunch and tried to catch up with things and kids. We had not seen each other for maybe 9/10 years. Now we are all parents and busy with kids. I also felt 'old'.

Now, I'm having a girls night with my precious daughter Esther while Dane's taking Jono to see fireworks in the city. It's Brisbane River Festival and there will be a spectacular fireworks on the river. It would be very nice for me to go as well, but someone has to think about Esther since she's only a baby. Crowd, cold night and limited space will be hard for a little baby. So I stay home. :D Hopefully I get to enjoy some 'me' time after Esther has gone to bed for the night.

I must have Jesus in my whole life
I must have Jesus in my life
In my walking, in my talking, in my sleeping, in my waking
I must have Jesus in my life


Chinese Version:
我必须有主在我生命中，我必须有主在我心；
在我行走，在我谈话；在我休息，在我苏醒；
必须有主在我心

Truly acknowledge that I must have JESUS in my life. In everything that I do I need you Lord. I used to sing this song a lot in my M'sia church's Sunday School. It is so simple yet so true. Should teach Jono how to sing it. :D

Today is Father's Day in Australia. We were going to celebrate it with Dane's family at a Chinese restaurant for lunch but Esther was still not well so we decided to stay at home instead. Jono gave Dane a homemade card and we bought him a set of hair clipper/trimmer. This gift will come in handy once he started his Air Force job as he needs to maintain his 'army' hairstyle on a regular basis. Counting down to 6th Oct. We love you daddy/hubby!

My heart just hurts when I see my two children being sick and miserable. Especially Esther, I can't bear to see her suffers for another day. She is coughing, throwing up, having a running nose and a fever. I miss her smile and cheerfulness. Meanwhile, Jono was not too bad but he constantly has a running nose. We had gone through like 2 boxes of tissue in just 4 days.  He also has a sore throat and coughs a bit. He kept saying things like "mummy, my nose is annoying me, I need to see the doctor!" (he even hit his nose and was really upset) and "mummy, I can't talk" (cause he has a sore throat).

We haven't been able to get out of the house this week at all as I wanted the kids to have as much rest as possible. :'-( I can't wait to have my healthy and happy kids back and to be able to do all the fun things with them. Praying for a quick recovery!

Finally, we have started to pack our stuffs into boxes and throwing away things that we don't need anymore. We are getting ready to move to Dane's parents house and preparing the house for rent. At the same time, Dane is getting ready to go for his training in less than 5 weeks. I won't be able to see him for 10 weeks and I am sure it will be hard.. Jono will be very sad too as he is a real daddy's boy. I was trying to explain to him that daddy is going away for training and we won't see him for a while. He replied 'why is daddy going to ride on the train and not taking me?" Hahaha, how cute.

I was so emotional when trying to pack away things and thinking about leaving our house behind. This house has so many memories and we (especially me) really love it. I cannot stand the thought that someone else is going to live in it soon and it is really sad. Not that we haven't moved before but this time is different, we are actually moving away from all things we love---our family, our house, our friends, our lives in Brisbane and many many things here.

To ease the transition, I try to see it as a new start for us wherever we are going to be posted. Looking forward to decorate the new house, exploring the new place, and meeting new people. We have been teaching Jono to memorise Bible verses, and of the them is "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9. YES, we know our God is with us wherever we are going. THANK YOU LORD for your wonderful promises!