Trinitarian: What prompted you to take this step of faith and were there obstacles and challenges you had to overcome? Melanie: I heard the call of God upon my life around 11 years ago when I was still a varsity student. But I figured that I was still too young; I wanted to see the world, experience in life, get married and watch my children grow up before I answered God’s call! But in 2005 while I was working in the IT industry, God reminded me of His call again. At thatt time, I was at the crossroads of deciding whether or not to take up dec a job opening. When I mooted the
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The entire experience and Kingdom gains have been so valuable, they cannot be exchanged or compared to all the tangible or monetary rewards I would have earned.
idea with my parents, of taking
Melanie Tan
a year off to join this Ministry Internship programme, they were not in favour of it. I decided I decided to go back to my prayer
closet, to commit the whole situation closet to the Lord and wait on God and His timing. I took the new job and God blessed me immensely, not just financially but in terms of job satisfaction, success and favour. At the peak of my career towards the end of 2006, I felt restless in my spirit and was once again at the crossroads, seeking God for His direction. God used the two years in between to work in my parents and prepare them for this move. I entered into the programme with their blessing.
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