Our cell group members met at Teresaville - home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lutz. Mrs. Lutz, Mary Pui Yee is sick; she had a minor stroke and is now wheelchair bound. We had a short Bible study on Romans, then had our refreshments and celebrated Bill's birthday. We continue to pray for Mary, her husband Bill and their daughter Shirley.
We had a pleasant surprise this morning. We heard children shouting and cheering and when we looked out from the balcony of the 20th storey flat, saw the procession of athletes of the Youth Olympic Games. School children lined the streets to cheer the torchbearers and athletes as they passed by. What a sight! Singapore is all agog for the first Youth Olympic Games.
My wife, her sister Angela and I were invited out for lunch by Vicky one of our cell group members. We went to a restaurant near Beauty World to eat porridge and frogs cooked with black sauce. Yes, frogs. It has been a long time since the last time we ate frogs at a restaurant in Malaysia. These creatures are very delicious and expensive too. That was a special treat.
I remember as a child I used to accompany my elder brother to catch frogs, the edible type the Chinese referred to as 'water chicken' in Hokkien or Teochew or 'field chicken' in Cantonese. We used to catch them in the muddy stream near our house in Lorong Limau. Those were the days when we used to make drums using the skin of frogs to cover empty tin cans! Memories of childhood days when we had to make our own toys.
In the evening we were invited by Commissioner Lyn Pearce to join the SPEACO delegates for dinner. That was an enjoyable evening chatting with the delegates from zone. SPEACO brings back memories - the Army had the first one held at Changi in 1981 and I was the Vice-Principal.
I was appointed the Principal for the third and fourth SPEACO held in Hong Kong (1985) and Indonesia (1988) respectively.
Thank God for The Salvation Army. There is this wonderful bond of friendship and fellowship whenever Christians meet.
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