Posted on 28 Sep 2015 by Vanessa Ong
Hey everyone! A question I get asked most often apart from “How old are you?” (from the youth and campus students) is “Van, how’s MTS?”
My apologies if I didn’t answer you as well as I would like to in person – so I hope this post gives you a better idea 😉
In MTS, sometimes a week goes by like a blur… to a point where weeks can go by right before my eyes. And while time can feel like it’s moving so quickly, it also seems to be going so very slowly! I cannot believe it’s been less than a year in training for ministry. I’ve been learning so much — a countless number of lessons! And I do hope I remember all of them and grow from them.
I’ve been learning about myself, particularly who I am in relation to our Sovereign Lord. I’ve also been learning about His design for the lives of His Beloved Son’s Church before their glorious resurrection. And of course, learning about His ministry. A few things I’ve been training in:
I hope you reach this bit of my blogpost to read this — I’ve been wanting to say this for a while now (but haven’t had the guts to do it in person! :P)…Believe it or not, church, I can be pretty embarrassed to speak my feelings.
*I tangibly feel shy preparing to type this sentence out haha*
Please accept my VERY-VERY-VERY-BIG-I’m-so-grateful-to-you-you-have-no-idea-THANK YOU to the many generous & kind people who fall into these categories below (You know who you are):
To those whom I work with every single week,
To those whom I minister to every single week,
To my elder and his wife and children,
To my comrades – Dan, Mark, Adrian and Jerome,
To my seriously-irreplaceable-every-single-brother-and-sister-in-Christ-of-CERC,
To the very encouraging crazy-and-courageous-for-Jesus youth and campus guys & gals who are a constant example to me in their life and ministry,
To my what-would-I-do-without-you mum who loves God,
To my ex-work colleagues and friends,
To my fellow laugh-ers 😉
Thanks for the times you goofed off and/or spent time just being yourself with me – I appreciate this more than I can show. I’m really thankful for you being yourself when you did.
Ministry Training has not been a walk in a park but more like a walk into a CRITICAL SITUATION WHERE IT’S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO BUILD A STRONG FORT ABLE TO WITHSTAND ANY WINTER DROUGHT, STORM AND BEAST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIBERIAN TAIGA – when what I have with me are the mostly-lacking survival skills of a … Vanessa – very far from the ideal but please do pray and spur me on to:
Jesus and His Church, CERC, I do love you and my prayer is that He will strengthen me to express reality in more than words 🙂