It's been a year

It has been one year since our boyfriend-girlfriend relationship started. Lots of things happened; good and bad, some so sweet and some very bitter, but I believe all of them are parts of the process of purifying and perfecting. It is all purely in the hands of the Lord. All of these have been planned carefully by him.

Today, I am actually not very happy... A girl fancies him, a girl in the same church. I can't do much; I am far away from him, my visa expired already although I have a ticket. So, I just pray pray pray and pray "Lord, I've obeyed you by saying 'yes' for the second time to him. Now, I commit everything in your hands. I know You will not forsake me. Amen."
So, I surrender everything. The Lord knows what's best for me.

Now, my schedule this week:
1. Thursday, go to Lembah Pujian (Church), to meet the lady that will do my make up and hairdo for D-day.
2. Saturday, go to Lembah Pujian *again* to meet Pastor Timotius Arifin to ask permission for hiring one of the halls in the church.

I am soooo tired >.<

It's been a year, dear...
The journey of loving, knowing and cherishing you.
I have no regrets nor any thoughts for the others.

What about you, honey?
I pray our journey continues unendlessly.
Amen.

It's NOT that simple!

"We just want a simple wedding..." We have been saying that to each other, but the reality is... organising a wedding is NOT that simple no matter how simple you want it to be. Even with some experienced people helping us, for me it still sounds so tiring and complicated!

Then I start to think, "Maybe it is much easier for me to run away to Africa than to deal with this 'business' called wedding!". And then I think again, if others have been there and got through all those complicated things, I am sure, we will get through it too!

Kak Dewi listed all the things that we need to deal with and there are more than 20 bits of them! *I was fainting when I saw the list kept getting longer and longer!!*
Some of the contents of the list are:
1. Invitations
2. Bride's gown, etc.
3. Groom's suit, shoes, gloves, etc.
4. Snack
5. Flowers (decoration, hand bouquet, corsages)
6. Make up and hair dressing
7. Souvenirs
8. Confirmation from the Church and Daddy.
9. And the list goes on...

Wedding fever mode: ON!

I am getting the excitement now! I can't wait to be able to pick on an invitation design, the hand bouquet design, and many other things...
Although it is tiring and sometimes confusing, I am still feeling so so happy!

Some more blessings I received:
1. Kak Dewi & Kak Wawan are helping with the souvenirs and with organising things.
2. Lia will be the one who's in charge of reception.
3. Om Andreas (this one might change to Om Arifin) will help with the wedding car so we don't need to hire.

Praise the Lord!!!

However, there is an important thing to note: the date is shifted to 02 July 2007, because Daddy is busy on the first Sunday of the month. Lan easily agreed with this change. :)

The Wedding Poem

Yesterday,
God met us up in a sweet encounter.
Sharing days and laughters, we are bonded.

Today,
Woven by the love of God
We begin our journey of life together.

Forever,
Sweet and bitter
We cherish each of our steps.

We are...
Inseparable oneness made by the hands of God.

by me