Lest I forget…all of Your goodness, the blood You have shed…

     Hi all! I’m back from medcamp and I officially started classes today. Before I say anything else, I wanna wish my cousin Mei Leng a very Happy 21st Birthday!! May God bless you and lead u in everything u do. And to my dear friend Ashley, all the best for your interview tomorrow. I’ve been praying for u and I’m sure everyone is too, so you’ll do great! Love u both heaps!

     Well, medcamp was hosted by the medical students society at Springbrook over the weekend. It was great fun but I’m so glad its over. Haha! It was pretty crazy. For initiation into med school we had to drink this cup of really yucky ‘drink’ composed of onion juice, onion chunks, vinegar, mayonaise and other disgusting stuff! I literally threw up after my first gulp! Super gross!! And we had people drunk and boys going on nudie runs and all…lol…and just a coupla days back we were given a talk on how doctors were the leaders of tomorrow. Yea right…For me, I just had a few beers and that was it. Social drinking is fine…but getting wasted (killing all those brain cells!) and acting like an idiot is not cool!

    There were good moments at camp though. I made good friends. My roomates were prolly the most ’sane’ of the lot and so we had really good conversations getting to know each other and all. And the best part is…a few of them are Christians. One of them actually has parents from Malaysia. Although he lived in Brisbane all his life, but its still good coz he’s a pretty strong Christian. He told me he was actually wondering if there were any other Christians in our course, so we became friends right away. Haha! Really really wanna thank God for that.

    Then there was that really nice trip to the waterfall. I’m not exactly sure where Springbrook is but it was in some mountaineous rainforest area. The scenary was amazing, making up for the lousy cabins that we stayed in.

A little rainbow at the base of the waterfall to remind me of God’s love and promises…

   

    Today I was at the library and guess what I found…a bookmark with the footprints story on it. In my head I was thinking how true it was in my life. I mean, yea sure I’ve read it many time before, but how often do we as Christians remember it when we’re goin through tough times, rather than always complaining? Anyway here’s one version of it for those of u who never read it:

I Had a Dream One night I had a dream I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and the other to my Lord. When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only on set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times in my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma. "Lord, you told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I’m aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed You most, you leave me." He whispered,  "My precious, precious child, I love you and will never leave you never, ever during your times of trial and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints It was then that I carried you." - Margaret Fishback Powers (disclaimer: I’m not particularly sure if she was the original author)

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