red a certain y mind. I remembe m to e m ca t gh A thou r way to an at she was on he th g in ar sh r he ac DL te raining. But she t when it star ted en tm in po ap nt urge then prayed in an umbrella. She t gh ou br t no d ha t and when she go to stop the rain, her hear t for God ! ing, just like that ply stopped rain off the bus, it sim g for bombastic God is not lookin She shared that interested in but He is simply s er ay pr r ou in words prayer, d listens to ever y Go id sa e Sh . ts ar our he call mulling red. That day, I re te ut y pl sim er ev how mething that d actually hear so ul co He w ho er ov ed t really captivat ed. I guess, wha was not ar ticulat that day – that er lesson learnt me was the bigg
God can ‘hear’ un t. knows the hear
uttered prayers
because He
pencil, the ige-brown color be y m st lo I n he So w my seven-yearon resurfaced to ss le is th of y or mem doing the iately thought of ed m im I d. in m d ol friend. I’m not e to God as if to a same thing. I spok as going about ter it was, but I w sure how long af ers as if on a g and closing draw the house, openin ced upon one drawer I chan in n he w t, un r-h scavenge only difference colour pencil. The n ow br eig be a lone n then was one d new! My reactio an br as w it at th was ayer, but merely er an answered pr ov t no – n io at el of use. It is only now, king new Beige to that I had a span d link. It was as if , that I see the Go when I look back new, and placed ged the old for a God had exchan I would find it. it where He knew
ere there. You think, God, You w Now as I muse, I kid. You were life when I was a were there in my urch in high not hold You or ch there when I did tedly been that I have undoub regard. Now I know aching, nurturing, s in DL. All the te ar ye y m by ed shap al part of ies, were an integr or st d an its sk s, song
t The lessons learn in the recesses d re o st n e e b e hav e uncovered and of my heart, to b right times. They ir e th at d e ss e n har al
s. my formative year
my person ng stones towards pi ep st en be ve ha d. quest to know Go
t remains as DL has evolved bu Today, I find that ntinue to be vant as ever. I co creative and rele posters I see events, flyers and y an m e th by d inspire ing happening ing the next excit ut to , ch ur ch nd arou e ability of the I also mar vel at th d. an yL er ov sc Di in and produce le to conceptualise DL team to be ab ck-breaking ts at seemingly ne such creative even em gimmicky, tic, these may se speed. To the skep ren. But I sily-excitable child a ploy to entice ea d cartoons pe of colours an co os id le ka e th think tless lives pared to the coun m co l ra he rip pe are of DL cannot be The importance . DL in ed ld ou m shown in my life. undermined – as hers, past and anks to all DL teac This is a note of th kid. Thank who was once a DL ne eo m so m fro present, rting God’s ank you for impa Th e. m g in ct pa im you for portunity’ was my ‘window of op n he w e m to in s truth ten-unsung your continual, of r fo u yo k an Th . open g lives. And, ng countless youn efforts in sharpeni
teachers are not L D , rd co re e th r fo ? How can they be big-baby-sitters. ne my destiny. They helped defi ity and ted from univers Rou’en has gradua ity@Paya Lebar. ader in West, Trin is an associate le
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