Happy Blessed Easter 2025 !

This year’s Easter feels extra special, as all the boys at home—including the kids and papa—were actively serving in church from Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, all the way through to Easter Sunday and this was the first Easter for Ted to serve.

They poured their hearts into every preparation, making countless trips to and from the church—especially our firstborn, who showed remarkable dedication.

Witnessing this has filled our hearts with overwhelming gratitude. We’re reminded that the greatest gift we can pass on to our children isn’t material wealth, but a legacy of faith.

Material things come and go, but faith endures. It provides a strong foundation, especially when life doesn’t go as planned.

It’s not about what we’ve done right as parents—it’s purely by God’s grace that their hearts have been touched to love their Creator above all else.

We may not know what the future holds for our boys, but one thing is certain: as long as they walk in the right path, they will find true fulfillment in life.

While I’m still navigating the early challenges of my new business venture, seeing their faith grow brings me deep comfort and joy.

We kept our Easter celebration simple—sharing Vietnamese food and Fong Seng nasi lemak during the Easter Vigil, and enjoying Easter lunch at Milan Shokudo.

Sacrament of Confirmation (23 Nov 2024)

Richie has completed the Catechism program, culminating in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Through this, he has been affirmed as an adult Catholic, ready to embark on his spiritual journey.

This is not the end of the road but the beginning of a deeper encounter with God.

The Archbishop reminded us that to evangelize and share the goodness of God, we must first encounter Him ourselves. He shared three key ways we can experience this encounter:

1. Through Life’s Crises
   In moments of great struggle, when our faith feels small, we often turn to God and surrender to Him. It is during these times of collapse that God finds us again. However, without a firm foundation of faith, some may lose their way when challenges persist.

2. Through God’s Grace and Mercy
   Just as Paul and Peter were called by God in ways they could never have imagined, we too can encounter Him through His unmerited grace and mercy, transforming our lives in extraordinary ways.

3. Through Evangelization
   Hearing others share the goodness of God can spark curiosity and a desire to know Him more deeply.

This is just the beginning. Life is not always a bed of roses, and challenges will come. That is why we need God. To trust Him, we must build an intimate relationship with Him—knowing His heart, His character, and His faithfulness, even when His plans remain a mystery to us.

First and One Life Time Experience - Papal Mass

Last Thursday, September 12, 2024, was a truly memorable day for our family.

By God's grace, we had the incredible privilege of attending the Papal Mass. Papa and me even had the honor of serving during the Mass—papa as a Communion Minister and I was as an Altar Server.

Being just a few meters away from the Pope, especially witnessing him bless the little children and people with disabilities, was an emotional experience for me. I couldn't hold back my tears.

I felt the profound, unconditional love of God and witnessed the essence of what humanity truly needs.

Attending the Papal Mass felt like a glimpse of Heaven, with God on His throne, surrounded by Angels and Saints, while the rest of us worshipped Him. In that moment, there was no judgment based on race or worldly success; we were all equal in God's eyes.

Though we couldn't choose our seats, we embraced our place with deep gratitude.

Much like in Jesus' time, people came for various reasons—to see the Pope up close, some for selfies to share on social media, others to experience God's love more intimately. Only God truly knows each person's heart.

For my family and me, while we did hope to capture a close-up picture with the Pope as a keepsake, the real gift was the love and joy we experienced there.

One key message that we will always remember is:

"Without love, all are nothing."

Sacrament of confirmation retreat

After coming back from holiday in Bali and Labuan Bajo, he had a full week retreat in Church.

The first 3 days was for altar's servers retreat and the last 3 days was for Sacrament of Confirmation retreat.

On day 3, he fell sick and stayed at home for 2 nights before continuing the retreat.

He gained a lot of things spiritually especially gift of tongues during outpouring of the Holy Spirit and he wanted to join music ministry after Sacrament of Confirmation.

Hopefully, he grew up to be a man who loves God first and more than anything in this world and may God bless and guide His Path always till the rest of his time.

Serving PD KKIHS for the first time

Richie has been self learning guitar for a while, thus mama encourages her to serve as guitarist at PD KKIHS, Indonesian prayer meeting and he agreed.

So here we go, he played 3 songs and we are so proud of him. He will serve again next month.

Well done Richie !

Serving PD KKIHS Adoration

This is Richie's first time attending PD KKIHS and serving as altar boy during Blessed Sacrament Adoration.

He attended patiently even though he's very sleepy as it's during his nap time but he made it.

Mama and papa are very proud of him.

When we went back home, we asked him how is it and explained about Tongue language and he's very enthusiastic and hoping he will receive it after sacrament of confirmation and joining music ministry.