surprise visit...

my good friend shearn is going to Seminari Theologi Malaysia (STM) to study masters in Divinity, which would lead to the pastoral ministry.

he left for seremban today(sun) and orientation starts tomorrow. it has been a long journey to reach to this point. really lots of prayer, support, discussions and searching. even to this point, he felt so much uncertainty. it really is a whole new world. nearly everything around him changes; even the daily routines.

2 nights before at small group, i shared with him what danny shared to me before i left adelaide and returned to KL. in Hebrews 11:8, it mentions about Abraham's faith. by faith, not knowing anything at all, he went to this new land that is promised by God. in Genesis we know that his grandfather Terah passed away during the journey and a long journey it was because his family and herd have to follow the water sources to survive in the desert. i would imagine that a lot of 'what's going on?' arising in his head. but Abraham kept going; by faith.

seeing my dear friend feeling quite sad in some ways, i just thought of why not drive to seremban and surprise him there. and probably freak him out as well. its 51km to seremban. well, it is 40km for me to get to taylor's subang. so, no big deal. it was a short journey. 45 minutes reach already. we reached earlier and tried to hide our car by parking at the back. unfortunately, we parked under his room window. oh well...

spent some time just walking about, talking, being monkeys.
its not the end, of course. we'll still see him. but its just my little attempts of giving a proper farewell and support as he proceeds on to this part of his life journey.
hope he enjoyed the little 'failed' surprise.