updates for our fellow christian warriors

Hi there!

sorry we haven't checked in here for quite a while..

We've been crazy busy with various stuff... like we did a wedding gig last Sunday (which we hope to not do it ever again) but God has been gracious.. we exchanged name cards with some people, so hopefully more opportunities for more partnerships in the future and also a chance to earn some moo-lah to fund our EP expenditure.. And yes, we managed to sell 5 EPs during our soft launch at the wedding. thank God. the funny thing is that our printers burned our CDs as CD-R!!!!??! Turns out their PCs cannot burn as audio CDs, so poor yinky and myself have to burn every single piece of CD ourselves! Yes, all 500 copies.. she's already done 30 so far.. 470 more to go.. 4 Macs... God bless us...

anyway, yes, speaking of the EP.. we really need prayer! we'll be throwing 2 EP launch gigs this and next sunday! there's not much time to prep and prac, and quite a lot to see to within such a short time (CD-burning, slotting, keeping records, gathering volunteers to help us run the event, program flow, meeting with venue manager, printers and prac for gig) we really need prayer for strength, protection, joy, peace, unity, wisdom, much favor, and most of all, pray that the songs will connect the listener to God in a deep way.

though the songs are not explicitly christian, they do possess underlying themes of faith, hope, love etc... judging from the themes, it is obvious that it is a piece of work done by christians. so pray that holy spirit will use these songs to reach the hardened and dark places of the hearts who will be taking in the melodies and lyrics, esp for our humanist friends whose human wisdom scares me sometimes because these people truly do not believe in a God, or if they do, their image of God is one that is skewed. really pray for hearts to be open and tender as we speak at the EP launch as well. for wisdom and revelation to share the right things etc. esp for me because unlike yinky, i have a natural tendency to babble and go on and on about nothing really, when i get nervous. yinky injects a lot of thought into things before she says stuff. so i'm very relieved to have a partner as level-headed and cool as her. =) yay, you.

also, do pray for sales. we're targeting 500 before we leave the country. (june) it's a short amount of time, but we truly believe God will provide. He already has in so many ways. for eg, coffee nations cafe and global sounds cafe have so kindly accepted our offer to put our EPs at their stores - with no commission taken! and we've already received a few orders. but they ain't enough. so do pray! =) after we come back in aug, we kinda have plans to continue with the sales of EP and with promos etc.. but not sure yet. will keep u guys posted!

can't believe school is one month away (wow, if you still dunno what is going on here, go to www.awakenthedreamer.wordpress.com to read the whole story!), and yinky will be away as well. i guess it will be a good time for us both to recharge our batteries, learn some stuff, rest, and when we get back together in august, i'm believing for an even greater time of cove-redding and clearer directions etc.

speaking of which, guys, please pray for directions for me, esp during this US trip. "i am empty but i know your love does not run dry." well, i am pretty much going to run on empty soon as i look at my fund's rapid depletion. (received my last paycheck about a week ago, after deducting $ for EP stuff, bills and people, i'm pretty much left with peanuts) people who know me would know that i've already quit my job in order to pursue my calling (which i believe is to be a voice for Him out there, but dunno how and where? people have asked me why i dun wanna take on a part-time job for now. well, simple. i just quit my part-time job because i wanna be full-time for God. so why jump into another part-time job bcoz of fear? i dun get it.) so now, i'm banking on the EP and upcoming gigs and deals to earn some cash to tide me over these few months. so please pray for God to show me exactly where and to point the way real quick. things are very exciting now and i'm happy because i'm doing what i love and people are supporting us so much, but my financial state is also a very real issue, so yeah would appreciate ur prayers! but not to worry, i'm not downcast or anything. in fact, i feel so much peace, it's pretty unbelievable, though sometimes i still kinda wonder how on earth and when $ will come rolling in.. =P with God, it is a done deal that it will be done. but his timing and method often come as a surprise! =)

anyway, thanks for reading this! and you guys, thanks so much for the support you have shown to us all this while. we're so thankful for your partnership, prayers and love! =)

DANKE schoen!

Rach

paint the pub red

amazed i could finally sing my God-songs in a pub. [red lantern showcase @ next page pub]
:) how weird and how cool. today is a milestone.

yk