CF Welcoming Prayer Walk

The CF is back again, kickstarting the Jan 2011 trimester with a prayer walk on its 1st meeting. Supposed, the 1st meeting should be on Thursday but as tomorrow is a public holiday (Thaipusam), the meeting is brought forward by one day.

Anyway, the prayer walk starts around 5pm. A lot of members, both existing and new, are gathering at the Dry Cafeteria btwn Block D and E. The meeting begins with a praise and worship session led by David. We sing 3 songs, namely We're Together Again (this song will be sung on the 1st CF meetings for welcoming everyone back in the campus), We Want To See Jesus Lifted High and Every Time I Pray.

After that, Prayer Coordinator Ray Leong gives us a briefing before dividing all of us into several groups. There will be station masters to brief the groups about the prayer items. I'm in the group led by Tabitha (my fellow CG member), together with Parathy, Felicia and Kharis. Tabitha (or fondly known as Tabby) guides us to Block F, G and I to pray for the 3 blocks. While we're in Block G, a new member is brought by Ray to join our group and he is my buddy Kai Jun.

Among the items we've prayed for during the walk are:

Block G (Library)

• Pray for better security as students find their belongings missing
• Pray for sufficient reference books and system upgrading
• Pray for the experienced librarians for their commitment and services in the library

Block I (Lecture Halls)

• Pray that teaching and learning processes can be carried out in conducive environment and also the lecture halls will be well maintained
• Pray for the construction works (beside the block and I heard that it's gonna be students' hostels) and the workers' safety

Block F (Admin Block)

• Pray that the staff at Division of Finance and Department of Scholarship and Examination would be friendly and offer their best service
• Pray for Christian lecturers that they would find time to get closer to God despite their busyness
• Pray for UTAR President (Dr Chuah) and Vice-President (Dr Teh and 2 others)

After we're done, the 6 of us proceed back to our gathering place. While waiting the other groups to return, we take the opportunity for a short group sharing session and get to know one another. And when all the groups have returned, Ray asks if anyone wanna share their opinions and Derk shares his. He mentions that when his group is praying in Block A, another person joins in as well. And this person is Dr Sebastian, Dean of FAS. It doesn't surprise me as I have met the Dean before for my academc matters and Dr Sebastian mentions that he is also a Christian. Afterwards, Jensen says the closing prayer before everyone dismisses to go for dinner as the meeting finishes right on time at 7pm.

That's the end of the 1st meeting. Up next is the Freshies Welcoming Nite on Jan 25 (Tue). And I've offered my service to help out in this event in the area of ushering and setting up of booths plus refreshment. Looking forward to the exciting event. Oh ya, recruitment is still on this week(although tomorrow's off to give way to Thaipusam) and there will be fund-raising next week. CF will be baking tarts and muffins to raise funds for the upcoming CF camp.