Reunion - ISCA

We finally had the long-planned ISCA reunion dinner on Saturday evening at Daidomon restaurant. First, wanna rent out my frustrations. Can you believe about half of the people who initially said they were coming decided not to turn up last minute? I've served people long enough to know the differences between excuses and genuine reasons. One person "suddenly" remember the father's birthday on that day itself! Another even gave the kind of lame excuses that he would give 10 years ago. Some people never change! And if one really has to say no, don't be a coward and not answer the phone or return call.

On my drive there, I was thinking and asking God what good could come out of the dinner. One thing for sure was, it was good to separate those who really wanted to come from the rest. We had close, great fellowship. Sitting right in front of Ps Chris Long and the wife, we had great and interesting conversations. I was greatly encouraged by both of them and what's going on around their lives. Was fascinated by stories of what God has been doing in Indonesia and Vietnam. So happy to know Ps Long is still closed to Ps Henry, who will always regard him as a son even when he's moving on from Grace church soon. We even pulled off a successful surprise early birthday celebration for him. I was pleased to see him really enjoyed meeting us back, especially those who brought their spouses.

Oh, btw the food there was awesome! Great Japanese and fresh BBQ food. There's a BBQ pit at the center of every table. You can barbecue different types of meat yourself: beef, fish, oyster, squid, prawn, venison, lamb etc. But I spent more time talking than eating.

Here's a group pic taken from Canna's Facebook album.