Bye autumn..... Hai winter.....

The blog title has surely described what I am going to blog about.
Yes, winter is about to come and this is my first time experience. Really cant wait for it because its something cool and interesting. But sometimes it might be troublesome too. Im trying to look at things in a more positive way, therefore I am going to enjoy this years winter. Last year, the temperature went down as low as -23 degrees. The weather here fluctuates very soon. Suddenly its sunny and when its windy, its extremely cold. From the news reports that I get through the internet, it says that on Monday (2/11/2009) there will be slight snowing.

Wassup making new friends….....

I was waiting eagerly for this program since I came to Volgograd, Russian one month ago. Every night in our prayer fellowship, we were earnestly praying for this program. This program’s motive was actually to make new friends and to know your friends deeper that you have already made. We wanted the participants to get acquainted with the Russian and other nationalities. By God’s grace, the program turned out to be a wonderful success. Many students who came had a lot of fun and made a lot of new friends. There were many prizes that were won by the students. One of my friends won an ipod shuffle by just sending a text message. I won a t-shirt which I really wanted. Finally was the dinner fellowship. We had spaghetti and it was one of the best that I have ever tasted. Everything was really GEMPAK!!!!!!

I really thank God for sending me to Volgograd, Russia because this place really rocks.

Autumn in Russia......

This is the first time in my life experiencing autumn. It is really great, and the weather here is really unpredictable. Yesterday it might have been really warm then, today it would be really cold that the temperature might be as low as 5 or 6 degree Celsius and tomorrow might be warm again. But I think that I have already adapted myself here. Today (Sunday, October 25, 2009) it was announced that the time will change. I really don’t know how to make you guys to understand this. For example, If the time now is 6pm, it will be 5pm from October 25, 2009. So that means, that the difference of time between Malaysia and Volgograd will not be 4hours back, but 5 hours back due to the season change. The day they announced this, that evening at 5pm itself it was already dark as if it was 8pm at night. The weather is changing and winter is coming soon. I’m so excited for winter to come.

PRAYER REQUEST LIST FOR CHRISTMAS RALLY 2009

PRAYER REQUEST LIST FOR CHRISTMAS RALLY 2009

1. Pray for God’s special direction and leading for the organizing team.

2. Pray for oneness of heart and mind as we plan for this special program.

3. Pray that we will find favor in the eyes of government officials in order to obtain permits and necessary approvals.

4. Pray for good weather on the day of the event.

5. Pray for each item that will be presented. Pray that the people will be reached by the message of Christmas

6. Pray that God will grant good health for those who are presenting items so that they will be inspired to give their utmost best for the Lord on this day.

7. Pray for the Master of Ceremony (Rev. Herbert John). Pray for God’s divine inspiration to guide him to emcee this program.

8. Pray for a large number of non-Christians to attend this program. Pray that the Holy Sprit will touch and minister to them in a very special way.

9. Pray for the ushering team - that the presence of God will use them to minister to those who come.

10. Pray for the stage arrangements and the backdrop – the appearance itself would draw the attention of the people.

11. Pray for the PA system, lighting system, music instruments and every electrical and mechanical equipments used for the event – pray against any fault and disruption of service.

12. Pray for the Music Band – that the anointing of the Lord will rest upon them as they prepare and perform on this event.

13. Pray for the party packs and salvation packs that will be distributed – pray that the tracts and the CD’s will minister to them.

14. Pray for sufficient food packs that will be distributed on the day.

There will be a grand Christmas celebration that will be on the 20/12/2009 (Sunday) in the IRC Field. The theme for this year's Christmas Rally is JESUS MY HOPE! Our main aim is to tell what Christmas is all about and to reach the non-believers (To send the message of Salvation). The Program include carol singing, songs, dance, drama, children items and many more. The committee has already gathered and started planning. So all those who read this blog post please continue to pray for this event and you are most welcomed to join and celebrate the birth of Christ.

Praise God!

God is great!
Im really glad that God has brought me to Volgograd Russia to study medicine. Im really enjoying my life here. The most best part of being a student here is that you become more closer to God. What I meant was that, every night at 10pm a small group of students come together and pray. Kelvin Yii our Boss, will lead us in prayer and give us some new information on what is going around us.
There was one student name Hansley, who came with us who was doing Pre- Medicine was diagnosed with influenza AH1N1. He was suspected of having the flu and was hospitalized for about 1 week. He could not attend classes and not only that, all his classmates were also quarantined for a short period of time too. Every night as we pray together, Kelvin gives new updates about Hansley. We prayed without fail every night for him. Yesterday (5/10/2009), Kelvin said that he was confirmed of influenza AH1N1. But we still prayed without fail that night.
The next day (6/10/2009), Kelvin went to the hospital to visit him and to his surpise the doctors told him that they misdiagnosed Hansley for influenza AH1N1. Its actually virus H1 and nothing serious.
God is great. Im sure that it was not a misdiagnosis as God has really healed him.
God has been really doing many things here in Volgograd, Russia.
Praise God!

New groups......

Before we enter into our university in Russia, we had to sit for an entrance exam in order to be separated into groups. English exam passed. A very simple exam. 10 objective questions on grammar and 1 text question where we have to give summary to the lecturer personally. It was fun doing that where I was crapping all the way through about what I know. The next day(yesterday) was our Chemistry exam. It was turf but we managed to do it. Today will be Biology, but guess what we have already got our groups. Usually in a group there will be 8 students. The group that I was in consists of all my friends. I was really happy. All my room mates are in one group and some of my other friends are in my group too. Really thank God for giving me such a good group.

GEMPAK experiece....

We discovered many new things as we travel around. Each and everyday is a new experience. One of the most GEMPAK experience that we as a group of friends in Russia underwent was buying our winter boots. It was like a pasar malam kind of shop near my hostel. So we saw the boots and it looked appealing. We decided to stop and ask for the price. 'Skolka stoi eta', means how much is this in Russian language and he said 250 roubles (RM25). We were surprised to hear the price as most of our seniors said that we can only get it for about 1000 roubles or more. We immediately decided to buy it. I could not get a right size for me as the shoes that the shop keeper had were all too big in size. Suffian and Syamil, decided to buy and the got the right size for them. Suffiamn wanted to pay immediately, but I stopped him as I wanted to bargain the price. I do not know much Russian nor my friends are that good too, but we managed to reduce the price to 200 roubles each. I told him 400 for 2 shoes and we were talking ROJAK RUSSIAN-ENGLISH-MALAY to him and he managed to understand and I told him that we were students for Malaysia and finally he agreed. It was amazing how we could blend our linguistic skills and bargain stuffs. Now the shopkeeper is one of my first Russian friend.