"How good it is to bring everything to the Lord in PRAYER!"

Theme this year: Body of Christ!
Curriculum this year: Masterwork of God
Book this year: Ephesians!
Memory work: Eph 3:14-21

Major Concept: Believing God has made us as His masterwork, uniquely and specifically for His purposes and together we make up the Body of Christ..rooted and growing in love to the glory of Him, our Head!

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"How good it is to bring everything to the Lord in PRAYER!"

Dear all!

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! :D 

We are starting to blog again! :) How the year has passed and we are at the final planning stages of CI, almost ready to hit off the first seminar day come June the 3rd!

This year God has impressed on my convictions the great need for prayer for our team. Although the efforts of my hands look like I am the leader of the team, GOD truly is the Conductor of the "orchestra" that is coming into life now. How good it is to bring everything to Him in prayer!

The first thing I would like to start with is gratefulness to God for the opportunity to run ANOTHER Children's Institute run this year. Thank you God, for the finances. Thank you God, for the people. Thank you GOD for the children we are going to meet this year.

Another thing I would like to thank God for is the team members God is slowly adding to our trip, and more as the deadline closes soon!

Most of all, I thank God for His grace is sustaining us although it is a very busy time of the year and helping us to keep focus of what is important as we plan.

We would really appreciate your prayer for these next few items that we are working through.

1. Team Members

Please pray for the people He is gathering - pray that we will submit the number from the Lord and that He will handpick each individual teacher. Really pray that the Lord will bring who He wants

2. CI Children

Please pray that the registrations for this year will not dwindle but steadily increase. Pray that God will move the families He wants to come, to come!

3. Preparations & the Leaders

Please pray that the preparations will go smoothly and that we leaders will be prayerful at each part of the process. Pray that the Leaders as well as our "Trip Parents" Mr & Mrs Teh will have rest & obey the promptings of God.

Thank you all, parents, friends & well wishers who have been with us over the last few years of this journey - the Southeast Asia Children's Institute Mission Trip 2013 is on it's way!

Love in Christ,

Eunice!

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The 2012 SEA CI Trip TEAM!

Want to know what they thought about the trip? Click on the names below!

GUYS (from left to right)

1. Matthew Jusuf
2. Jaedon Sia
3. Victor Peh
4. Caleb Lentine
5. Jason Hartono
6. Nathan Burkhalter
7. Joshua Chew

GIRLS (from left to right)

1. Eunice Peh
2. Julie Shoemaker
3. Marie Peh
4. Jolynn Tan
5. Krystal Ling
6. Caroline Metzger
7. Tracey Peh
8. Kayla Williams
9. Julia Duncan
10. Ariel Ma
11. Rachel Roets
12. RP
13. Debbie Lim
14. Grace Ling
15. Phoebe Koh
16. Elizabeth Shoemaker

To God be the glory!

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Recap of 2012 Trip...

ARRIVALS:
Saturday, 2 June 2012 - Travel to KL, the team assembles (The Start of the Journey)
Sunday, 3 June 2012 - Teacher training: how to teach (An Elevator Experience)

KUALA LUMPUR CI WEEK:
Monday, 4 June 2012 - Teacher training, Set-up for CI, First night of CI! (Persevering Through the First Night!)
Tuesday, 5 June 2012 - Teacher training (What Really Counts)
Wednesday, 6 June 2012 - Teacher training (Asian Fruits 101)
Thursday, 7 June 2012 - Stepping Stones orphanage visit (Perfection in Weakness)
Friday, 8 June 2012 - Shopping at Mid Valley Mall and Chinatown (Getting a Spiritual Appetite)
Saturday, 9 June 2012 - Full day of CI, Americans try durian! (Answering the Call of God)
Sunday, 10 June 2012 - Travel to Singapore (Is Christ Your Passion?)

SINGAPORE CI WEEK:
Monday, 11 June 2012 - Rest, Set-up for CI (Ground Work)
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 - Leadership training simulation, Shopping at Bugis Street (Being Real)
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 - Care Corner children daycare visit (Focus-lah!)
Thursday, 14 June 2012 - Early morning visit to Botanic Gardens (Intimacy with God)
Friday, 15 June 2012 - Sentosa, River boat cruise (Differences and Similarities)
Saturday, 16 June 2012 - Full day of CI, Dinner at Sims' (God is Good!)
Sunday, 17 June 2012 - Travel to Jakarta (Honor to Serve the Lord)

JAKARTA CI WEEK:
Monday, 18 June 2012 - Rest, Set-up for CI (Being Honest)
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 - Learning to make rice dumplings, Sports (A Day in CI)
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 - Ministry to underpriveledged kids (Special Memories)
Thursday, 21 June 2012 - Shopping at Taman Angrek (Learning Through Opportunities)
Friday, 22 June 2012 - Last full day of CI (CI is Amazing!)
Saturday, 23 June 2012 - Shopping at Central Park, Dinner at Badudus' ()
Sunday, 24 June 2012 - Church, Sports ()

TRAINING IN PUNCAK:
Monday, 25 June 2012 - Travel to Puncak ()
Tuesday, 26 June 2012 - Puncak training, Safari visit ()
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 - Shopping at Bogor, Batik shopping ()
Thursday, 28 June 2012 - Final goodbyes ()

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CI is Amazing!

Hello.....!

First of all, CI is amazing! I was the translator for Caleb on team one this year. I had a lot of fun and I also got to meet with different kids. They responded quite well to the lessons. I also learnt many things. Many things to reflect about.

The most significant thing for me is when we learnt about suffering. I question myself...will I suffer even more for Him? The other lesson and challenge for me is to handle the kids. I enjoy doing crafts, the skits and the memory verses.

This is my third year but I never get bored because I can learn deeper about God and meet with new people. I'm definitely going to be waiting for next year:) Hopefully follow the full cycle!!

-Ilona Edlyn

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Learning Through Opportunities

(CI 2011)
CI...once again...I have to spend five days with kids...gonna translate, again...Every single year is just the same. So boring...Ok, here we go again...*sighs* Back then, I was not looking forward to CI. No enthusiasm in me at all. Nothing.

Mr. Konner Felber broke my barrier, he spent a lot of time talking to me about how to be a true servant of Christ. He also told me about serving Him with all your ming, will, soul, strength, emotion and heart. That day, I reluctantly made a commitment to be a servant of God. Konner had a lot of faith in me. When he was about to depart, he whispered something that changed my life forever! I can still recall his words, "Someday your time will come Brad. And someday, I believe that you'll be one of Christ's faithful servants. Don't ever stop searching for His face Brad. Seek Him, seek His face."

(CI 2012)
The words of Konner Felber were still ringing in my ears, echoing in my mind. The first day of CI 2012 in Jakarta finally came! I wasn't expecting much dfference with the previous CIs that I had done before. I thought that it would be the same old, boring CI. Well, things always go under God's marvelous complete control. He perfectly arranged me to translate for Phoebe Koh, who was selected to perform a sole role. Teaching the kids, alone, all by herself. So, she decided to promote me, giving me a higher rank:) She said that she wanted me to be her assistant, translating for the team. I was buzzing with excitement!!! I began to think, CI isn't that bad after all.

It gets even better! During the trip we visited an orphanage. I was appointed to lead the praise and worship! I was so pleased with this opportunity. I've never done that before! The excitement continues to grow! Miss Ruri, our main translator for large group couldn't translate for the third day of CI. She asked me to replace her for the night. Somehow, I managed to say, "Yes, I'll do it!" I don't know why I said that really, I didn't! Anyway...heart pounding, sweat dripping from my forehead, I went backstage to the staff room to inform Miss Eunice that I would be the one translating for her that night. She smiled and said, " Oh...yayy!!! Well then, get ready." Such an encouraging reply from Miss Eunice:)

Before we went up on the stage, we prayed and did a few minor last minute preparations. Eunice and Elizabeth's prayer really struck me. I remember a part of it, it went something like this, "God, please help us to become OURSELVES, OUR TRUE SELF. Help us to perform well, Lord. Because this isn't about us, it's about You, Lord. We are nothing without You." I was really proud of myself, in a bad way. My attitude was very boastful. The prayer really helped me to stay humble, and let God have all the glory. Not me. It truly humbled me. Made me to be a better servant of God. Now I really, really enjoy CI. Love every single moment with the kids.

God has been directing me through the past four days of CI. One day is left and Mr. Victor told the team to make it count, giving it our all. Facing the final day of CI excited and eager! Wondering what other valuable challenges does God have for me? Ready and waiting...impatiently!!! :)

-Brad Badudu

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Special Memories

Hey all, Jovita Edlyn here. This was the third day and the third year for me. Yay!! The third day was awesome...we learned about responsibility. We should know what we;re doing and responsibility is very very important  because everything will turn out great if you do it responsibly. I really learnt a lot from CI about design, authority and responsibility in the past three days.

At CI, I also met a lot of different kinds of kids, each special in the way they act and how they socialize. Each kid is s different and we as their teachers find out that some of them are really helpful.

The kids on my team are really great, well sometimes they are not so great but we always do our best because we want to glorify God. This year, I'm an interpreter for Krystal and Nathan. They are so awesome and we joke around and encourage each other to know God more.

The special memory of the day is when Nathan turned so hyper and the kids were laughing and enjoying that moment very much.

That's all for now and I can't wait for the next CI. Yay!! Bye...

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A Day in CI

Hey guys, Jashver here! I’m eager to tell you about the delightful day that we had on Tuesday the nineteenth of June 2012. We got up really early in the morning and popped over to the Hoetamas to learn how to make sticky rice dumplings (called bacang) from Aunty Isty. SOME people had trouble with the placement of the bamboo leaves and tying the bacang to make sure it didn’t fall apart during the cooking process.

When the late dudes fell from the sky in sports wear, all active people bounced over to the sports center and played Table Tennis and Basketball. The girls decided to play volleyball and SOMEHOW managed to drop the ball SPLAT! in the center of the swimming pool. After an eternity of waiting and trying a multitude of techniques we managed to retrieve the ball but they just drifted back to the house and disappeared.

Lunch, baths, and devotions where Victor talked about true Christianity before heading out for the main event of the day.....CI! The night whizzed by in the blink of an eye and before we knew it, it was sign out time.

So, all in all it was an awesome day and though all the teachers were exhausted from intense physical excertion, they persevered and were rewarded with excellent results.

-Joshua Chew

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