Planning for summer holidays

Hi everyone! back with me...and yeah im on holidays atm....

my holidays have been quite busy because im helping my brother preparing His wedding and sending out invitations.... my house are quite loud atm, very contrast to last week's atmosphere, if you want to meet my whole big family, it's the perfect time to visit my house! hahah

having said that, i will also go back to Indonesia for summer holidays....it's in 2 weeks! i really can't wait for it!

Although, it means more temptations to actually become materialistic, and somehow because i have too much free time i tend to forget to equip myself with the word of God and just enjoy the freedom..
Thank God though, there are some people that keep supporting me in prayers and encourage me to keep reading the Bible throughout the holidays..
On the other hand, i am also excited to catch up with my highschool friends...there's many of them that i would like to catch up with! it's been ages since we laughed, went to school together and joked around! time really flies....

Christmas are coming really soon too! i always like Christmas, it's a great time to reflect on my life throughout the year, praying to God and thanking him for what have been happening....another great joy to actually being reminded that we as a Christian can rejoice because of Jesus! praying to God though, that people around the world can have a true meaning of Christmas and not being deceived by the materialism of the world (*especially during Christmas there's a lot of discounts and sales in many shopping centres) and people tend to lose the focus of Christmas itself.

This year, i am thankful that i will be also going to visit Japan for about a week! i'm sure it will be a great time for me to spend more time with my family (*although my brother wont join us anymore coz he's going for his honeymoon) yeah i am looking forward to it because Japan is one of the countries that i really want to visit...Hopefully my parents will enjoy their time and rest as well as me and my sister.

Then i will be back to jakarta and this year, Pelita will held another mission in Jakarta....i think it's gonna be a week...this is actually going to be my first time doing mission in Jakarta...pray that it will be a good time and opportunity to share our faith in Christ to our friends in Jakarta...all for the glory of HIM. praying to God though that we can be humble and loving in serving others....also understanding their struggles in Christian life because indeed it's even harder to be a Godly Christian in Indonesia....(indonesia is a muslim country btw)

i always love holidays, even though sometimes i get frustrated if things don't seem right and maybe debate might be happening over stuffs...i thank God because it's the time for me to practice my patience towards others especially people who are hard to be loved....*it does not mean that i never complain...as a sinful human, offcourse i often complain about it too! thank God though that i am comforted and strengthen because of what i have in Jesus!

Yeah hopefully, you will also enjoy your holidays (*if you have one) and if you're not, spend a little bit of time to reflect on this year, what has been happening, what can we thank God for, things we want to achieve next
year and offcourse to have rest because it's very important especially in our relationship with God and His people.

God bless!