From Charmaine Ho..

I'm not exactly sure how this 10 thousand blessings thing works but I hope that this may be a blessing to anyone who reads. Since I prefer to write in down rather than say it out, so there goes.

This year has been an extremely eventful year for me, with both ups and downs.

Firstly,2007 started very well considering i have completed my A levels (which means i didn't have to study for at least 5 months). So I had a lot of time on my hands to doing everything else except study. During these few months, a lot of my friends were all looking for jobs to earn some money but me, being lazy, just stayed at home and watched lots of shows. But God had other plans. For some reason, jobs came knocking at my door, people i knew, like Aunty Lee Hong, knew that i was free and started recommending jobs to me. I really want to thank God for giving me the opportunity to go out and work and learn how it is like and, of course, to earn some money.

Secondly, I want to thank God for teaching me to trust in him even when everything seems impossible. As some of you may know, i did not do well for my A levels and i was very disappointed with my results because it would be very difficult for me to get into any course that i wanted in the 3 main local universities. Besides, as some of you may know, I did an extra year of JC, so i practically wasted 3 years of my life in JC because i cannot go anywhere with my results. But again, God had other plans. I have come to believe that He planned for me to go to a JC so that ultimately i would have to go to Australia to study. Therefore i want to encourage all of you, to continue to trust in God and seek Him, for He has the perfect plan for you just like in Jeremiah 29:11.

Thirdly, I want to thank God and my parents for giving me the opportunity to go to Australia to study. I also want to thank God for helping me in my studies and for blessing me with very good results there. I believe God knows how much each person can handle, so by placing me in a different education system, He knows I will be able to do much better in my studies. Along the same line, I also want to thank God for helping Amelia for finding a church that both of us can go to and grow in and for Amelia for helping me with a lot of things there in Australia.

Lastly, I want to thank the church, especially the YF, for praying for me for the past few years for my A levels and for my university. Please continue to keep in your prayers as I continue to seek for directions as to what I should major in and as I continue my course in the university in Australia.

Charmaine