The left and the centre were our family drawing. But we are a family of four, who is the other one? Could it be Jet is prophesying? The fifth member is apparently Jimmy Giggle from the TV show Giggle and Hoot. The right drawing is a monster cat.

From left: Jet at the park, Daddy and Jet, the toy that he got from Oma (kinda like potato head)

Above is actually Matt’s colouring. We are quite surprised that he is a multi colour kind of boy from the start, unlike his brother.

It was a humbling and a moving experience for us, we are now making our commitment to bring up our children as God’s children publicly. It was also a good reminder for me on what baptism really (in this case children baptism) means.

I’ve taken an excerpt from Baptism Service which I think does the explaining of children baptism really well (note: I’ve reformatted them slightly – emphasis are mine, I’ve also listed Jet and Matt not the other children):

Baptism: An explanation

Jesus said:

"Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.(Mark 10:14-16)

Children are baptised on the understanding that:

1. They will be brought up as faithful followers of Jesus Christ, and that
2. When they are old enough they will take upon themselves the promises that are made on their behalf.

Therefore, let us pray that God will grant to Jeremiah and Matthew that which by nature they do not have, that by the work of God’s Holy Spirit they may grow up to know the forgiveness of their sins, and to put their trust in the Saviour who laid down his life for them.

The meaning of the children baptism is simply summarized by the 2 points above, for us the parents to bring up as followers of Christ (our promises), with the hope that they themselves one day confess that Jesus is their Lord and Saviour.

Oh, how we long for that day to come.

The godparents were also making a promise, their promise is to pray and seek to encourage both Jet and Matt in the name of Jesus Christ. Kuku San is Jet’s godfather and I i Chen is Matt’s godmother.

And then the congregation prayed together.

We receive Jeremiah and Matthew into the congregation of Christ’s flock and pray that they will not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, but will bravely fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and continue as Christ’s faithful soldiers and servants until the end of their lives.

Amen.

Amen indeed.

Matt got wet first.

Jet went next, Kuku San was supposed to hold him but he was so scared – so I had to hold him instead.

  See Jet, it wasn’t scary at all – it’s just water (from the rest room ).

Celebration #1 on the 14th – mom and grandma bought cakes for him.

Celebration #2 – at Sunday School – we brought cakes and goodies bags for his Sunday School friends. Below are his faithful Sunday School teachers.

Celebration #3 – Sunday evening with family and friends. We had lapis Surabaya cake, very yummy.

Thank God – he had a good time with his celebrations. We are entering the terrible two phase – we are praying that it would be the terrific two instead.

And now the frequency of his waking up seem to be lessen and so is the intensity of his cries. Thank God for that, I really proud of him, it’s another sign of him growing up. And I really proud of Lina too – she hasn’t been able to sleep well because of this transition and she’s consistent eventhough she feels sorry for Matt sometimes.

Would be interesting to see what will happen in few weeks time when we move to the new place.

I suppose I could sleep with Matt instead of Lina but whenever Lina left, Matt started to cry, and also related to his cough again – when he cries too much he would throw up.

And that’s what happened just now. He wanted Lina’s attention but Lina was busy so I took him to my room, he cried and threw up. Just the unexpected hectiness on Friday night before I have to go to Bible Study. So frustrating, especially as we are all sick as well. Sometimes it feels like we are being held hostage by the children.

Need to pray for patience and less selfishness and willingness to persevere.

Lina just said – no more children!

We had a good time and certainly very good food! On that day, we also celebrated Coco’s 75 birthday.

Tiup lilinnya – seperti biasa koko yang paling semangat. The cake was huge and tasted really nice.

Too much delicious (and traditional) food in addition to the huge cake..

So excited – oblivious to the fact that he has turned one today.

Matt enjoying the bling2s given as present for him.

Son, my wish for you is to know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and that you will be used by God for his glory.

In a reflective mood – we caught him “ngelamun” sometimes.

Fun times with Koko.

  Passionate love.

Obviously Matt is not a big fan of Diego – although Koko is.

Matthew has been crawling ke sana ke mari – walaupun merangkak masih kaya ulet – alias perut masih nempel di tanah. He also like to gangguin kokonya – kalo si koko maen something dia pasti mau ikutan – sampe si Koko sebel juga sometimes – but they love each other and that what matters.

Matthew gigi atas muncul 2 – GEDE banget!! Jadi kurang cute deh dia – but still adorable anyway

On the less happy note – for the past few weeks Lina had been a hard time to sleep not entirely caused by the kids – but she just couldn’t even when the kids were sleeping. And needless to say with her having very little sleep – it did create a stress in our family relationship – we bought some insomniac medication yesterday thank God she’s been sleeping not too badly without having to use the medicine.

Pake topi oma.. kayanya si koko yg kasih pake..

Belepotan. Berdua serius maen Nintendo DS ( note to self, sembunyiin DS dari Jet.)

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