Sun, snow, rainbow and hail - all in one week!

It's been a while since we posted anything. Nothing much has changed except for the interesting weather. We thought spring has already started but no... we were wrong. Seems like it's still winter. After a rainy and gloomy spell, we enjoyed a few good days. The sun was out, the skies were blue and it was warm (around 14 - 15 degrees). Here are a few pictures:

Sunday, 11th March 2007
We visited an international church in Leuven. This is a small town about an hour from the school with a catholic university that had the largest Theological Library in Europe. The church, pastored by a Dutch couple, meets in one of the chapels every sunday.

They have many nationalities, particularly chinese (mainly from China and Hong Kong).This picture shows a group presenting a mandarin song. It was really good.

After the service, in the courtyard of the university, where the church meets. As you can see, it was a sunny sunday.

Monday, 19th March 2007
Well, lo and behold, the weather took a turn.. the days were getting colder. It got so cold that it actually snowed on Monday afternoon. For the last 2 weeks, it has been the coldest for us since we came to Brussels. Well, that's because we were back in warm and sunny Penang during the coldest period. This week has been a fantastic week. We had Sun, snow, rainbow and hail. Spring is colorful but winter is heavenly.


Below are the little footprints of our friends in CTS. Not sure if they belong to the geese or the ducks. Anyway, isn't it amazing how straight they walk? A pair of ducks gave birth to 4 ducklings earlier but one of them died because of the cold. It's so sad.


Tuesday, 20th March 2007
A beautiful rainbow to remind us of God's Covenant with Noah. If you look carefully, there's actually 2 rainbows. God is so great and majestic.


Wednesday, 21st March 2007
After the snow and the rainbow was the hail. They were like pellets of crushed snow fallling like rain. It's really amazing. The white spots on the grass are hail.No.. we didn't go out ... we don't want to be 'injured'. It reminded me of Sodom and Gomorrah, only it was much worse than this. It was fire and brimstone.

In Malaysia, people talk about food. Whenever we meet people, we ask "have you eaten?" (that's the typical cantonese greeting anyway). Here, the day's converstaion evolves around the weather. It's interesting also to observe how many people's lives and activities are controlled by the weather. If we can talk about God like we talk about food, weather or politics, etc, our lives would be so different. May our lives be centered on the Lord and what He desires to do in our lives and what He's telling us throughout the day. If we can see God in every area of our life, we will have a right perspective and response to what happens to us and around us.

Do continue to uphold us in prayer for our studies and the remaining months here in CTS. Also, we will appreciate your prayers for us while we are in Sweden from March 30th to April 10th for ministry with the school.