gone with the wind

Your Grace Is Sufficient
By Martin J. Nystrom
© 1991 Integrity's Hosanna! Music/ASCAP

Your grace is sufficient for me
Your strength is made perfect
When I am weak
All that I cling to
I lay at Your feet
Your grace is sufficient for me

I'm no longer striving
To merit Your love
I rest in Your promise to me
That all of my sins have
Been washed in Your blood
Your mercy is all that I need

You see me as righteous
Because of the blood
That made the atonement for me
Your mercy has triumphed
Where I should be judged
So now by Your grace I am free


His grace is more than sufficient... so much, we can't contain it.
Our cup is only this small, and yet He gives us more than what we can take.
Our Lord Jesus has truly blessed the PL Handbell Choir =)
This has been a great year, and I did not expect this CCA to strengthen me spiritually.
It's not just another performing arts group.
Not just another Gold with Honours recipient.
God's beloved children, that's who we are.

I took this photo with my phone (not supposed to, but I did it anyway)
Mr Fong listed out God's blessingsIt says/means

1) We get the invitation from ACSBR to go to Japan for this cultural music exchange... even before we went for the central judging. Mr Fong was saying something like, "Even if you get silver for SYF, y'all will still be going to Japan."
2) the Gold with Honours award which we worked hard for, practicing twice a week.. with me doubting our standard. But after I read the blogs of other school handbellers... ;p
3)According to Mr Fong, PLHB is the top handbell ensemble...
4) (according to mr fong again) Our flight to and from Osaka was supposed to be Japan Airlines, but got upgraded to Singapore Airlines at no extra charge
5) God provided superb accommodation -- three 5 star hotels for our 4 night stay. (i personally liked the ryokan best)
6) I wouldn't say there were extra funds, but Mrs Wong said they wanted to refund us something.. 600 yen, equivalent to S$7.60. Not just that. When I handed out the $10 notes and collected the change from the handbellers, $5 'appeared' mysteriously in the envelope. Which went into the handbell fund. haha.
7) THS liked our performance during the Friends concert alawwwwwt, considering their orchestras were much stronger and better (factors: quantity, enough time to practice, etc) and we made damn alot of mistakes that day.
Mr Fong also said they actually wanted us to.................... (i think i will omit this part cos' it will sound like i'm uhm, boasting...)
8) I add this one myself-- we're blessed with a dedicated and supportive team of teachers (mrs lee the principal, mrs wong, ms goh, ms loh) and alumni. Without them, all these would not have been possible too.

TOMORROW WILL BE PLHB SEC 4S' LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, AND LAST PERFORMANCE IN A CONCERT HALL.
I hope it turns out like the evening Kaleidoscope concert, or better.
Just not another one like the rehearsal last week or the Friends concert.

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Today, I went to the ICA to make my new IC.
Sophia very kindly agreed to go there with me!!! =D
After I asked like 3/5 of my contact list... She let me heave a sigh of relief!
haha, the whole journey plus procedure was approximately 2 hrs.
Which is not bad already, considering today's a school holiday.

After that I went to meet HL and ML at Macs at Compass Point...
I managed to finish Ms Kok's homework and understand a bit more about inheritance for bio.
Yay.
Watch this space, I will be blogging about LY in the next post.