Mission @ Down under: Blessed Easter Everybody~

Blessed Easter everybody!!

It must have been a real exciting time celebrating the victory that Jesus had won on the cross when He was risen on the third day after His crucifixion.

I had a whole load of events that happened here in the line up for Easter. Church was exciting as they celebrated the Palm Sunday with a procession from Circular Quay as well as one from Martin Place back to Wesley on Good Friday, depicting the hours that Jesus carried the cross in the streets of Jerusalem.

Lincoln (my nemesis turned big brother) came from Canberra and visited us at 6/6A Georges Avenue for the long Easter weekend!!! I was really excited to see him come because it’s been close to 2 years when I last saw him. That was when he treated me to mud pie at Serene Centre’s Island Creamery and never will I imagine myself meeting him and spending Easter with him in my years of college with this guy.

Lincoln and I had our undercurrents that were so massive, we never liked each other. In fact, if he had a chance, he will not spare the opportunity to tear me down and make me cry. 90% of the times that I ever cried in college, he had a part to play in it. We were classmates and teammates back in our school’s canoeing team. I never really enjoyed his presence. I always hoped he will either disappear or be silent. :P I was not really nice too. I wrote subtle Christmas cards to antagonize him. Haha..how childish was that to think about it.

Then when we graduated, he wrote an email to me. In that email, he shared with me about his return to the Lord. He made apologies for the hurt that he caused throughout college days and beyond. The mercy and grace of God just overcame me and I am so thankful that God loved Him more than I did.

As he spent his Easter weekend with us, I am just blessed to have a friend like him. He might be a little too serious and indifferent about things, but his weird sense of humour never fails to light up my day. In fact, there were moments that Casey and I will always remember. The “technically”, “practically”, “fundamentally” and the “right~”, “no comments” classic lines that he always uses just makes us want to break into humongous laughter. The last night I spent with him in my room with Cai sleeping and snoring away made a lasting impression. God just showed me the most amazing thing on Earth- the power of love, grace and mercy. He might not be the most perfect person on Earth, but his ever brave attempts to acknowledge his shortcomings and mistakes made in life and facing the paradox of his life, I just want to say- I’m really proud of you, Lincoln. As a friend, as a fellow sister in ChristJ

When he left, Lincoln said that we must keep in contact. He will help me count down to the years of my ideal age of marriage to remind me that I must work on finding a guy. He promised me to attend my wedding (something that I will never want to have him around in the past :P) The dinners and the time with us made he feel like a little boy pampered and loved by a bunch of women~ hahaha..What a weird description. It was rare for Lincoln to be so emotional and sentimental in his words. I gave him a good hug before he board the bus for Canberra and told him to take care and remember to come for our weddingsJ He said he will.