Indian dinner

Last friday, we had a dinner with an indian couple, Vince and wife. Vince has been a very nice brother in christ to me. In my initial months, he has helped me a lot - fetched me to his indian church every friday am and offered to provide transport to me whenever i needed them. I have gave him and his wife dinner treats once or twice. Last friday, he gave myself and my wife a north indian treat. nice of them. .. but got some stomach problems the next day tho... : ) too sweet and spicy..

Making use of the Dust

Ha, guess a picture says a thousand words.. to my wife especially.. : ) sometimes, small things can make our lives more interesting and loving.. also, hmm...maybe this is a new way to avoid doing hsework.. can write the same words on floor, dusty tv screen, dusty table top, ... so no need to clean them off.. haa. but cant avoid washing dishes..

PS : this post is not applicable to David. Other guys will agree 100%.

Get Ready to be Dusty

well based on the satellite picture and the current situation, it seems that qatar will be dusty for the next few days. The actual look here is a bit like the haze back in singapore where visibility will drop a lot. well, precaution is to stay indoor more before you get sick for no good reason..

Where shd i tithe to?

btw, wife is ok and back to work now.

regarding this issue of tithing, had some discussions with my wife some days back. ideally, one shd tithe where he worships. in short, he shd tithe where he "eats grass" - i mean wherever he gets his spiritual food. however, i am kind of inclined to tithe a portion back to vfc or even, bethel assembly (an indian church here).

why?
1. the expat (mainly ang mo) church which i am attending now has lots of expats. the church has sufficient resources - in fact, she is rich.
2. I tend to see a greater need in vfc (esp in regards to non-stop missions, buildings and offerings...) and bethel assembly (this is a church servicing mainly indians. the building is pretty rundown and we all sit on the floor.) which i attended before.

one way of argument is that i am still in contact with friends and my dear AM in vfc - so in this sense, i am still getting spiritual food from vfc and this allows me to save the money till i return to tithe. a portion can be reserved for this.

as for bethel, i can attend their evening service once a mth or 2 mths. this allows me to tithe there as well. again, a portion for this.

the problem with tithing to vfc is that the money has to be "kept aside and accumulated" - this may not be healthy (as the tithe must be given first) and it gets "slightly more and more difficult" to give when the amt is getting big.

what do people in vfc think?