Our last 2 weekends were probably the most full-on weekends we ever had – or at least, I ever had.

Fri, 27 April: driving test & The Escape rehearsal
Praise the Lord I passed my test :) and even better, I got my full license without having a prove letter from the Consulate.
And that Parcel rehearsal… oh man, it was a long one but it was totally worth it. Had chance to meet Meike and hear the awesome vision she has for her new church in Perth, also got chance to know Hansen – have never talked with him previously. Parcel is a really great time to know more people. Awesome!

Sat, 28 April: Lead 360 at MECC
A day seminar/workshop with Rohan Dredge and it was great. I appreciate the time I had to think about myself & what it is that I actually want to do. I’m yet to discover fully and specifically what I want to achieve. Probably we can work together on this :) oh anyway, we’re not busy, we’re full! We know exactly that what we’re doing has a great purpose and for a greater vision.

Sun, 29 April: The Escape at Storey Hall
This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! (Ps. 118:24). Looking back to the end of last year when we had our meeting with Ocep, Jos and K’Tom at that small coffee shop in Toroonga, I can only say that God is good. Everything that we’ve planned has come together and I’m amazed with the result of The Escape. Some things I learned from The Escape:
• Believe in the concept and impart your belief to the team
I heard some negative/unsupportive remarks about the concept & theme of this Parcel when we first started. Yet, I chose to have faith that this is what God wanted us to do and I tried to share this faith with Adhi & Val. By grace, The Escape turned out well.
• Small things matter
Probably Parcel is the ‘grandest’ and the most expensive investment that our church has. The amount of time, effort and money that we invested in Parcel make so grand. However in The Escape I learned that an event doesn’t need to be THAT HUGE to win over God’s heart. What important is our hearts and the small things we do day by day.
• Us – compromising vs. understanding
Remember how we had arguments about meeting on Tuesdays, discipleship on Tuesdays, etc.? Life is hard enough without us arguing about our dating times and I’m proud because we managed to overcome the last few months. I learned about compromising vs. understanding. Compromising is when we reluctantly agree on something we don’t like. Understanding, on the other hand, is agreeing on something we don’t like because we know exactly the ‘why’ of that thing. Probably more on this later.. hehe

Fri, 4 May: new people at cell
It’s so exciting to have new people at cell. My cell has a history of people jumping to other cells because they felt disconnection and people who left for good. God is good though, he sent 3 people to my cell last Friday. None of them coming to church on Sunday though.. should have a strategy to get them rooted in the cell. Lol

Sat, 5 May: Fafa’s housewarming, MPC Olympic, Dewi & Christy’s farewell
A super moving around day that reminded me how good it is to actually mingle with people. It enjoyed watching you playing basketball. Très cool!
That day we also had an Indo day: Nusantara for lunch and Nelayan for dinner. Super yummy!

Sun, 6 May: Christy’s testimony, I Do class and The Escape review
Christy’s testimony made me realize (or to be exact, remember) that what’s fulfilling for me is to see people grow and that they acknowledge it themselves. I’m really proud to see Christy standing on the stage, telling people of how God has worked wonderfully in her life when she gave away her ego and pride. Isn’t it what we all need to do? We’re most powerful when we make ourselves vulnerable in God. The feeling I had when listening to Christy & people’s feedback during Parcel review was very similar with the feeling I had last year at The Composer celebration night. I love listening to people acknowledging their achievements – something that we rarely do as Asians. Furthermore, to see someone accomplished new things and be proud of it is just fulfilling.
I’m glad we’re on the same page about this. I can’t wait for the more opportunities to build people and get them over the line (not stealing from Rohan here..)

Anyway, let’s move forward & pray more for our future :)

xx

I can’t really remember what happened during Parcel, and moreover, during Spring Camp. Both events seem to happen long time ago and both took 2 consecutive weekends. How tiring… and yes, I fell sick in between and was being a baby. Thank you for taking care of me :) And I can’t say much about both events but what I know is this, our God is a living God and He’s still working in both of us. Regardless of our limitations, God is working and creating greater things in us and in our church. I can say amen to the verse in 2 Cor 12:9 ‘But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.’

I learned a lot especially from Parcel and I’ve shared the most memorable lesson from Parcel in a facebook note. You might want to add another note for Spring Camp / Parcel. In this note though, I want to say thank you to you for being the greatest supporter and partner. I believe we both learned valuable lessons from Parcel. You being the producer and me working on events, I think we both had ego and didn’t like when one of us mess with each other work. However, towards the end I could see that you try your best to help me and I felt that I wanted to support you with the never ending editing. I’m really glad that we could work together in Parcel. It was a great journey for both of us, to do what we love: our ministry and nurturing people. I’m also proud of you for being such a great influence and motivator for your film team.

xx, Jessica

P.S. I’m so in for our next project together, whatever that might be. Something that will also build others is much preferred :)

Us after The Composer