Cheap Chewsday ~ Tuesday, 6 September 2016

When I was thinking about anxiety, the topic of yesterday's cell group meeting, I remembered something. This is also a testimony from me about how great is our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a story about last week event, Cheap Chewsday. First, let me explain about it. 😊😊

Cheap Chewday is an event held in Jesmond Park Uniting Church (JPUC) every first Tuesday of the month. Each month the Uniting Church and UoN Global, an association for international student in The University of Newcastle, provide some food for students, their friends and familes for only a gold coin per person. They will ask a student association from a certain country to help them providing the food and this month, September 2016, they ask the Indonesian Students Associaton (PPIA Newcastle) to make Indonesian food for this event. Let me begin the story from the begining.

One Thursday last month, one of my Indonesian friends, Florens, tell us that there will be a cheap chewsday on the 6th of September and they ask us, Indonesian students, to provide Indonesian food at the event. Flo, that's how I call her, is the one who like to come to cheap chewsday. She also go to JPUC on Sunday. That's why they asked the Indonesian students through her.

At frist we were not really sure whether we can help them or not. 😣😣We don't have enough students' wives to help us with the cooking, but one of us has an idea to ask someone from the Indonesian church, GBI Newcastle, to help us. At that time, I was the only one who quite close to her, so they asked me to contact her, asking for her help. Thanks God, she's happy to help us, she even helped us to find other cooks and choose the menus. 😄😄😄

As the one who knows the cooks, I became one of the person in charge of this event. There are 3 people as the PIC, Flo, Stefa and I. Actually I didn't want to becuse I have lots of thing to do to prepare for my confirmation. 😯😯 Thanks God, He gave me that courage to take the responsibility. When I think about it now, God wants to show me something great.

Time goes by till I realized that it's already D-8 and we haven't decide on the menus. 😱😱😱 On the Tuesday, a week before the event, Flo and I went to JPUC to take the money for cooking, than I asked Flo to come with me to Cik Titi's house which is not far from the church so we can have a final discussion. On that day, every plan was made and menus were decided. God really planned everything. On that week, the cell group meeting was in Cik Titi's house, so I can discuss the food ingredients ther till late. 😁😁

When I already knew what to buy, all I need was a car and the driver to help us shopping. I asked Stefa, but he only can help on weekends and Monday, a day before it. However, Flo, as the one who in charge of the money, can't go on those days. 😟😟 So sad for me, couldn't find a suitable tome to go shopping together. Thanks God, the President of PPIA Newcastle was ready to help us, so we can go shopping on Thursday. 😉😉😉

We bought some stuff we need on that day, but we planed to buy the rest on Monday. I already planned to start writing my confirmation document on that day and write it for the rest of the week. However, I can't write much on Monday. I went shopping with Cik Lusi and Stefa in the morning. I planned to go to Uni before noon so I can start writing, but the shopping took more time than I expected and Cik Lusi asked us to come to her house for early lunch.

When I'm back from Uni that afternoon, I already planned what to do for the rest of the week so I can finished my writing by Thursday evening. But what happened on the next day was out of my expectation. 😧😧 I couldn't focus on my writing. Stefa was sick and no one else can help us for the preparation of cheap chewsday. None of my plans went as I planned, but from this I learn someting. Human can plan whatever they want, but if God has different plan, we can do nothing. 😇😇😇

At the end of the day, I felt a bit sick. It's just a headache, but it took half of my Wednesday. However, God really showed me something great. He helped me with my writing. I can finish my writing on Thursday evening as I planned. Even though I thought I can't finish my writing within the limited time I had. God made it possible. Without Him, I don't think I can finish it on time. Blessed be the God. 😇😇😇

Thanks for reading, see you on the next post. I hope I can write as often as I want to. I have lots of story to share, but I always think I don't have enough time to write. May God helps me, so I can share His blessing through my story and testimony. ☺☺

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6 : 10 (ESV)