26 Dec 08 - Greatest Christmas celebration

i miss N277!! just came back from greatest n most fun gift exchange gathering!! even any count-down celebration cant beat this!

though we are in different cg now, we came together tonight like a family.. enjoying all the food prepared by our own members (no fast food ok? it's all hardwork and efforts!!) and celebrate birthdays, and the gifts exchange (it's always fun to see them guessing who is their angels) .. and we even watched the football match together!! it's so good to be back 'home'! no sharing of the Word, no special outreach program.. just us - as a family, coming together to celebrate Christmas.. everyone volunteered in different little ways to make tonight such a wonderful night!!

though there're new friends, but there's no need to warm anyone up cos the whole house is already so filled with love to welcome and close bonding of members! we joked, we teased, we can talk about everything under the moon with every little groups.. some even asked me abt the new friend, whom i invited on candlelight service, when i was making my 'interaction rounds'(trust me, my dears, he is JUST A FRIEND).. we drank champange, red wine and toast ourselves silly in such joy while we watched the Liverpool vs Bolton match..(this is one of the few cg that sisters can discuss soccer stuff with such 'passion').. we even had our own 'prayer meeting' against one another's supporting team(we have ManU, Liverpool and Chelsea supporters).. haaa.. it's no longer a cellgroup.. it's a FAMILY!

... it's hard to believe on 26 dec 07, i was still trying to integrate into this cellgroup.. i distinctively remember i was also put in charge of gift exchange then.. though it was fun, but that was a cell group event.. just a cell group... one year passed, i'm still coordinating the exchange program(with more members), but this time it's a family affair.. so much of a 'family' that one of the member actually invited her friend along in hope to 'pull red string' for me!! before they left, she even asked me 'how's the prospect? i'll arrange another meeting again' .. That IS how family-bonded we are! So nosy yet so lovable!!

no wonder it's hard for some of us to move into the new cg, cos N277 is really our family! with all the babies, toddlers and even dogs running around, the whole place is so alive with love and joy. Who wld want to move out from this love?.. i really thank God for putting me in N277 - be able to learn from Valerie, to share life with Delia and ChiaYee, to have so many 'siblings' in this family.. though we are all in the late 20s to early 30s range, this is the place where our love,support and counsel is.. i had several memorable cellgroups before.. but those are lovable cellgroups, this is lovable FAMILY..

I LOVE YOU,N277!!