Keyboard found!!, 'Feleton' a test of faith & trust', God's faithfulness

2 days after pledging 10X more what I was able to give (budgeting or planning wise)upon being prompted by the Holy Spirit/God or the sharing by Andres (Mr Teoh TK)my prayer for my 'much needed' temp keyboard for practise was answered! (was tempted to think that I could have asked for something way better/expensier!! haha)

I pledged the amount that flash in my eyes in a split second during the sharing and I was moved that it was indeed a cause i believed in.. and believed God wanted to raise the funds through me as well..(It was for the 'Feleton' - Faith Campaign in Spanish for Hope Lima, Peru). Although by right i have a negative 200 or plus budget for this month as I was invited to go for a wedding up North in Ipoh Malaysia, I obeyed by faith to the prompting..and trust in God's working. Even if i don't see anything, it would be for a good cause.

I thought God has given me a budget to buy the keyboard instead from an unexpected monetary reward from workplace (as the avenue i thought could borrow the keyboard from initially became unavailable). However the budget was still insufficient to purchase a reasonable keyboard..

I continued to wait/lament to God on my need - in order to get started on for a ministry!
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2 days after 'Feleton':
On Saturday 9 Aug 08 (National Day) at St. James Power House@Dover, i invited a colleague over to join for the Unit gathering -- and Voila!
i unexpectedly found that my colleague had the type of keyboard i needed unused sitting at home available to lend it to me! PTL!(it was the exact type or quality i was looking for). Though it was just a lower-end to middle range of $400 keyboard. It is a Yamaha, with good Touch Sensitive keypads and sound..

I really Thank God for His goodness..and in awe or amazed by Him simply..and almost tempted (like what Ps Jeff mentioned in his sermon)to just kneel down and worship the Lord! while I was viewing and collecting the keyboard the day after!

I realized i had been asking God for this keyboard since 2 months back..as I needed it to practise for my audition and as i am intending to take up keyboard lessons to learn and improve my keyboard skills!!

I really hope that it isn't too late (coz i've not responded/replied to Geoffrey for a long time), or always took a long time to respond.

I prayed to God 2 months back whether i should go ahead and take my AWDII keyboard course with my good friends/closer keyboard mate and instructor.. but didn't have the peace or assurance form God. The reason i prayed or asked God is that I didn't or wouldn't know what the 'future' would be, and that He knows what lies ahead..

Indeed, the 2 months ahead turned out to be a tough and turbulent time with great emotional turmoil for me to handle on top of my work challenges (which God faithfully helped and see me through). And the break from any extra lessons was a good thing.

Now that God healed my heart or am well better, i believed that God's timing is perfect.. and I would need to apologize and explain to Mr. Geoffrey of my MIA in response..as I was fearful and lack of confidence due to lack of practise (without a proper keyboard, plus handling the down time).

I don't know what God's plan is.. but more work to be done and I'll see how things turn out!

Plans from Aug-Sep:
1) change of CG?
2) Keyboard
3) AWDII
4) Hope Sem OT Survey 2

On top of handling my work well- stabilizing and learning well to be a good and seasoned CRA by end of the year.

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Testimonies of God's encouragement:
1)Got a very good feedback or 'passed' my first SIV (Site Initiation Meeting conduct) from Australian evaluater despite it anticipated to be a very tough and challenging one.

2)Got a bravo award for the other project being part of the team, and will be monetarily rewarded (a small USD250 amount though).

(thank God for letting some light shine - for His glory, not my own)