The Adentures of the Lost Boyz and Girlz of Clementi Ave 2

Having fun planning for Christmas?


Hope your celebrations are wonderful family times and spiritually sweet to reflect on our Saviour's birth!


Today I found the BEST way to run errands!


Put on Christmas hats, give neighbor kids song sheets of Christmas songs, and drive around town delivering or picking up all the things that need to be handed off.
We brought smiles everywhere we went and it was SOOO much fun!


Julie, Victoria's Filipina maid helped me by baking all the gingerbread men for our neighborhood caroling tomorrow. Victoria is back in USA and Julie has some extra time. Bless her for offering to help me out!


The kids helped me decorate today and we'll pass these cookies out as we sing around the neighborhood tomorrow night.


To get ready for the big adventure of Christmas Caroling in Clementi, we sang our way around downtown prepping for the official party. Along with 4 other stops on my errands, we stopped by Annette Foster's and sang for her. If Lyn had been home, we'd have come by next door at the Collonade! We rolled the windows down and cranked the music up. The "Lost Kidz" started wishing people MERRY CHRISTMAS as we drove down the road, and were tickled that so many waved back with huge smiles!


Tomorrow night I have no idea how many are coming to sing. 
Probably about 20, all ages and races. 
Tonight a Malay barber I'd never met before asked if he can come singing with us.
The neighbors who work in the shops downstairs are looking forward to whatever it is...and happy to know that Yi Hui is part of it. I'm praying that it's just the right number. Not to many to overwhelm the neighbors, but a perfect picture of the Body of Christ and what heaven is going to be like. I know that whatever happens is going to be a springboard for a lot of sharing with neighbors in the coming year.

Operation NO NAGGING

At week 3: looks to be an EPIC FAIL so far. EVIDENCE: This little slide show is made of photos taken on Saturday night of week 2 and 3 (after the boys had gone to bed). At the end of week 1 they told me "I DID IT!" when I said I'd picked up the slack on numerous occasions. Figured after that I needed to go CSI with my frustration rather than give in to nagging.

My Parents Christmas Card 2010

Christmas Season 2010

CREASMAN November Highlights:

K!Mberly's Highlights of November:

Yvonne, a new mom has to head back to the office after maternity leave. She said goodbye to our women's bible study with some gourmet cupcakes.

"The YaYa Seasoned Sisters of Singapore" Fall 2010. Studying The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus

Sally and Franklin take a break from settling in their first home in Chinatown to have duck rice with old friends Yvonne, Charles and Kimberly. I sure love these guys and am proud of them!

Jim's Highlights of November:

• Father/Son retreat with Cameron: 4D3N in Bali 1) listening to Dobson's "Preparing for Adolescence" and talking about it, 2) Playing in the pool at Hard Rock Hotel, 3) Water sports on the beach, 4) Walking the shopping streets - he bought an LA cap with flat bill and it was the first time in his life he has bargained for an item! 5) Eating and drinking whatever we wanted whenever we wanted : ) 6) Watching movies.

  

  Thankgiving Open House/Outreach

  
  

• Thanksgiving Dinner: 33 guests at our house and I read past Thanksgiving Proclamations and a short Bible reading on the importance of Thankfulness and where it comes from.
• Facilitator Training: Had a good experience training 4 new facilitators.

Something I learned:

In preparing a network meeting on spiritual authority, I thought of Moses as a Biblical example and looked at some of his life.  I was struck by how many times he met with God.  Although we think of him as the greatest leader who accomplished the most in the Bible, and think of David as a model of intimacy with God, and Abraham as a model of faith, and Paul as a model of missionary and theologian, we can see all these aspects in Moses' life and trace them to his encounters with God.  Meeting with God gave him a mission and a message.  If I want to influence others for God and want a strong vision and message to pass on, they will come out of my intimacy with the Lord where he will reveal more of himself to me and direct me.

Events/Travels this month:
Dec 8 - 16 Flying back to spend some time with Mom and Stepdad in LA (Fullerton, CA).

Prayer Requests:
Strength and encouragement for parents, humility and grace for them to face their situation and make decisions about the future, wisdom for me to talk with them and be an encouragement and support to them.

Family

Looking forward to celebrating our church's 2nd anniversary at 

West Coast Park on 5th December. RHC = Redemption Hill Church

Down by 2 at the end of the game, 

Cameron has to take 2 free throws 
after the buzzer.

Heartbreak at the end of game #1,

even tho he'd made 8 of their 18 points!

Cameron's message to school friend on the front door.

Fake Fire via DVD

Two turkeys.
One cooked in the crock pot!
Just told everyone: carve your own. 

Aunt Kimberly’s Expectation for 

the Lost&Found Kidz this School Holiday:
(local schools are out the ENTIRE month of December until after New Year)

1. Learn about new hobby, skill or subject YOU want to know.
2. Participate in community service (even if it’s just picking up the rubbish you see on the ground! But we will look for other opportunities to serve the community).
3. Learning the words and music to 5 Christmas Carols.
4. Healthy moderate eating
5. Daily heart pumping exercise (even if it’s just taking the stairs to the 4th or 5th storey) instead of the elevator, then riding the rest of the way in the elevator.
6. Improved social skills (manners - such as not entering the house without knocking, speaking with others, confidence, etc)

Our Rules of the CLUB:
1. Honesty. Always.
2. Honor each other. No name-calling or put downs. Listen and don’t talk when someone else is speaking.
3. Honor Creation. No cruelty to animals (especially JACK and each other!!!) or destroying property, or creation.
4. Activities are held in the Creasman’s Hall area only (no bedrooms, no using the TV, no computers, cell phones).
5. Knock before entering house. Ask permission to use belongings which are not yours.

(the kids came up with these rules at our first "club" meeting last Monday)

The Lost (&Found) Boys (&Girls) of Clementi Ave 2 -
School Holiday Activities with "Auntie Kim"
My answer to the potential of having these
bored kids on my doorstep 24/7!