28 April, Tue

1st on left is Su Su,4th and 5th is Bro He Xiao Min and sis Ling Chun Wei. Train station. MILAN I reached Milan on Tuesday's Evening. It is raining. But the saints keep me warm with their smile. Bro He Xiao Min, Ling Chun Wei and their daughter Su Su bring me to their shop. They make me choose two shirts for myself. Actually, they picked more than 5 and want me to take all of them. I always missed my family and the sun in Malaysia when it is raining and the weather is cold. My heart is warmed by them and also the family in Tereviso. A couple(Bro He's brother) came to the shop to visit me and we have fellowship over the saints in China and Malaysia. At night, we have a fellowship with the saints in Milan. We sang a few hymns and started to fellowship about our current situation before the Lord. We open to one another and speak the word of encouragement to one another. I really feel at home. We are a family. Some of the saints do share their weaknesses. But guess what? When i had morning revival the next day, I come to a portion about Shulammite being known as Mahaneim, Jacob's mahaneim is consist of woman and children, which means the overcomers are those feeble and weak one. Those who are strong in themselves will never overcome. Instead, it is those who are weak and trust in the Lord completely(it reminded me of a hymns, when trust in the Lord helplessly...)that was transformed into His duplication. Actually, I'm jealous over them. Regardless what had moved them here initially, they will be those who stand for the Lord's testimony in Italy, in Europe. They will be the glorious witness of our dear Lord Jesus. Oh, may the Lord remodel, reconstruct and reconstitued them, that they grow faster and mature in life, to be a part of His bride who made herself ready for His coming.

28 April, Tue

MILAN Tuesday morning, I'm suppose to go back to Milan directly from Tereviso, but since Venice is this near, I decided to spend some time there. The train ride took about 5 minutes to reached Venice. I reached around 11:15am. I plan to catch a train departed at 11:50am to Milan. so, I have only half an hour time in Venice. So, I took a walk and took some photos, I didnt managed to get to the most famous spot in Venice, it is a cathedral and the market place on a bridge as I can only take 10 minutes walk from the station(another 10 minutes back to the station). so, I took its photo on the postcards. Haha. Venice is famous for carnival. They wear mask during the carnival. Anyhow, I queue to buy the ticket but it took so long that i missed the train(I learned a lesson). So, I spent another hour waiting at the train station as I'm worried I might missed another train. I did regreted for not going to the cathedral and the market place(if i know i will missed the train, I would had been there already). But, in the process, the Lord reminded me the purpose of my trip this time. It is not for sight seeing but to know the present move of the Lord in Europe, and meet the saints, visiting the churches. So, I was adjusted. Thank the Lord. Actually, until now, the time i spent on sight seeing is very litter, I just go to the spot, take a photo, then leave. I remember after the chinese new year conference in Malaysia, when we accompanied the saints on a trip to visit the churches in Peninsular Malaysia, Bro Ho Kok Mun once share in the bus. He said, "the main purpose of this trip is to have fellowship with the saints but because most of them have to work during the days, so we take the daytime to have sight seeing. But as I was in China, the saints brought me to "Chang Sa", we took a photo outside the entrance. if someone asked had you been to Chang Sa, I would answered, yes. but did we really visited Chang Sa, the exact answer is No. because we never got in. But why?? Because our heart is not there..." it touched me very much. "our heart is not there"! My heart is not there. :)

27 April, Mon

Soppresa. Ricetta Classica. Bir chicken. Tiramisu. Bro Chang Xiao Yi, Chang You Liang, He Kai Qiang, Mary, Sis Chen Chun Ju, La Jie and Sophia. Fig tree. Bro and sis Chang with He Kai Hang, Chen Ming Hung, He Kai Qiang, He Fei(their daughter is He Kai Yen). MILAN After lunch, I followed Bro Chang's family backed to Tereviso on Lord's Day. On Monday, Bro You Liang teached me how to make a full coarse of Italian food. I'm very excited. Its all very delicious and special to me. I copied the recipe. In the evening, we visited Sis La jie(Rachel) and her new born babe(Sophia). At night, we take a train to a town near by(i dont know the place) to visit Bro He's family. We viewed some portion of a message together. And I fellowship with them what I gained in this trip so far. I was very touched by the sisters. They love the Lord very much and they long that their family members will also love the Lord. May the Lord answered their prayer and strengthen more families to be His strong testimony in Italy.

25~26 April, Lord's Day

MILAN, ITALY We have a "mini conference" in Milan. Saints from various places in Italy gathered together this weekend to have a fellowship. So, I'm very blessed to meet them without travel all over Italy. It is really marvelous, I feel miracle is following me everywhere I go. On Saturday night, there were 33 saints. On Lord's Day morning, there were 30 saints. Bro Liu bring the same message spoken in the London's conference(I think it is the message of the recent international training of the elders and responsible one's) to the saints. I just found out that there is no lampstand in Italy yet. How we need to pray desperately for this. Lord, Italy, Lord!

20~24 April, Fri

Switzerland's train station. Zurich. St. Gallen. flowerbed Scenery from Bro Po Yi's house. Prayer meeting, Tuesday night.From left, Bunhelda, Samuel, Christina, Renate, Po Yi, Vincent, Luigi, Simon. Animals in Walter Zoo, Gossaw. Alligator. escaped peacock. St. Gallen Appenzeller Bahn. Dinner. Christina can speak Swiss German, German, English, Chinese and play piano, guitar...she is only 9 years old but she sweep the floor and wash toilet. beautiful lake(without the reflection). We are on our way to Milan on Saturday morning. Lugano.(A small town were people here speak italian). ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND 21 April(Tue), we had prayer meeting. The saints prayed in German. It is new to me. This is the first time I heard German. We pray for the contacts and the saints, Lord's testimony in Italy. I cant really fellowship with the saints. I realized how important it is to know more languages. Sis Bunhelda is a German. Her brother, Luigi is an Italian. Bro Simon, Vincent and Sis Renate are Swiss. What a blending! On Wednesday evening, we went to a zoo with the children. It is very well designed that you can touch the animals and even feed the animals. Here, in Switzerland, I had been saved from Chinese culture completely. The food is different, the way the children being brought up is different, the way to handle things is different...We are in one new man culture!!haha. So, I enjoy it very much. Just before I reached Switzerland, out of a sudden, I remembered what Bro Ron said when I was 19 in the Chinese New Years Conference, Kuala Lumpur. He encouraged us to read life-study. I cant really remember exactly, what he said, but what i can recalled were if you read 2 messages of life study a week, you will be able to finished it(i cant remembered he refer to NT only or the whole Bible) in 10 years. I still remembered when i heard that, my first thought was oh, no, ten years, it is too long for me. But later as i was counting, I'm 19 this year, so after ten years, i will be 29. Wow, it is a great achievement though to finished the life study when i am 29. So, at that time, i do make a resolution that i will take that challenge. and after that, as most of the time, i forget absolutely about it until this time the Lord reminded me. I'm going to be 29 this year. I have at least 6 months to go, and now i'm in life study of Hebrew. I feel I would be able to make it before the deadline. Thank you Lord for reminded me, so that i can keep my vow. That's why I spent a lots of time reading life study in Switzerland and I think I will do the same thing for the rest of my trip. Here are some fellowship from Bro Po Yi to all the young people, " I was saved in 1985, and being brought into the church life. 1990, I joined FTTA, then, served in campus. After marriage, I came to Switzerland. To serve the Lord is not a work but a living. How you live, matters a lot. And the burden to serve Him is developed gradually. When you grow in life, you will spontaneously have burden to care for others and work for the Lord. But this work is not some great event or spectacualr work, it is our living. In our daily life, we contact the Lord, reading the ministry, receive supply from Him constantly, spontaneously you will outflow Christ. You cannot help but share with others what you had enjoyed. This is overflowing. And it is a peasure to serve some one we love and who loves us. For young people, three points is very important. 1. Time. 2. Character. 3. Learning. Time flys. Time fly very fast, we have to treasure our time. Character will determine how much you can be used by the Lord, therefore our humanity need to be built up properly. Learning, require us to be humble. We need to learn both in school and also spiritual things. But the most important things above all is our relationship with the Lord and being in the church life. If you have a proper development in the human aspect, to get a job is not a problem. But what job should you take, which company and etc, you have to ask the Lord. the same thing for marriage. to be married is not a problem, but whom should you marry, you have to leave it to the Lord and pray. if we consecrate ourselves while we were young, the Lord will lead you. Even, when you meet difficulties and you leave, the Lord will still bring you back. But of course the best is to remain in the church life." Bro Po Yi and Sis Renate had been in St Gallen for about 10 years. Initially, they go from door to door to sent out Rhema cards but nothing seems to happened. So they decided, every Tuesday, they will separate an hour to pray together. Then, the Lord added a couple with them. Then, they gained a campus student(Bro Vincent), who then joined the two years full time training and now is working in St Gallen, staying with them. Then, another brother from Taiwan. Then, a couple who had not been meeting for 18 years came back to the church life. then, someone from Russia.... Now, they are having Lord's Day meeting twice a month. They havent break bread but the saints do come regularly. (there were two churches in Switzerland but not in St Gallen yet). Just as Bro Po Yi said, they are not working but living. Through their living, the numbers grows slowly. May the Lord continues to bless them and add more people with them. On Saturday, 25 April, we leaved to Milan. The scenery is very beautiful.