The Little Church within the Church

Memoriam

2007-03-06T20:25:00.000+08:00

Dear friends and family,Thank you for your prayers and concern for my father and family these past weeks. As most of you will know by now, my father passed away last Monday 26th February at 8.43pm. He had been suffering from massive pulmonary embolisms which had produced many blood clots in his lungs. As sad and hard as the past week has been for us as a family, we thank God that he is no longer

Our recent Thailand trip

2007-01-27T10:57:00.000+08:00

We had a good time in Thailand (15th-25th January), visiting a missionary in Chiang Rai in the North, as well as exploring some potential language schools and talking to a couple of our contacts in Bangkok. We are looking at basing ourselves in Bangkok for the time being while Manik learns the language and we adapt to Thai culture. Your prayers are appreciated as we make this move at end

Aaron John Gopinathan

2007-01-05T10:52:00.001+08:00

This is Aaron John GopinathanHe is our first Godson. He was born last August.We were able to babysat him for a couple of days.Isn't he adorable?!

Cell Group "Makan"

2007-01-01T19:42:00.000+08:00

"Makan" is Malay, it means 'eat'. This was supposed to be an outreach activity we organized to reach out to cell group members' friends/collegues. However, everyone we've invited seemed to be busy on this day. At the end of the day, it's New Year's Day. Oh well, we just had to finish all the food by ourselves...hehe...

~Good Bye~

2006-12-30T19:37:00.000+08:00

Seeing Rachel and the children off at the airport is a sad thing.It is hard to say goodbye, however, it is great to start a new chapter in life. At the end of the day, life is a challenging adventure, isn't it?!

Maple's Christmas Gift!!!

2006-12-28T17:29:00.000+08:00

Every year I am blessed with different things. This Christmas, I was blessed to go for a craft class as part of my Christmas gift. I hope I can remember how to make this in order to teach people in the future :) I've made the one in the middle, the one on the left is made by the teacher, and the one in the right is made by Alison, my Mandarin student. Aren't they cute?!

Christmas Lunch~

2006-12-25T13:25:00.000+08:00

Christmas lunch with Mom, Dad, Rachel, Samuel and Sonya. Uncle Manik serving ice-cream to Sonya.

We Three Kings...

2006-12-24T22:18:00.000+08:00

Manik in his 'King' costume.

Christmas Eve

2006-12-24T12:11:00.000+08:00

All these presents are waiting for us to open! We are really blessed...Oat Raisin Biscuits baked by Maple.

HOT!HOT! December Prayer Letter is Out!!!

2006-12-17T16:47:00.000+08:00

Contact Manik or Maple if you would like to receive one!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15

November Prayer and Praise Points:

2006-11-10T21:50:00.000+08:00

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6)Dear friends,Maple and I are trying to get into a regular habit of sending monthly prayer letters to keep our family/

2006-09-07T20:49:00.000+08:00

The Corea clan - together for the first time - all 3 sons and their wives, grand-children and mum and dad!Back row from left: Rachel and Mark (2nd brother), Maple and ManikFront row: Samuel and Sonia (seated on Mum's lap), Mum, Dad, Steve and Geri.

Attitude on Life

2006-09-04T11:47:00.000+08:00

Pastor and author Charles Swindoll once said:"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or

Happy 1st Anniversary!

2006-08-20T08:06:00.000+08:00

A bunch of roses given by ManikA book given by Maple

Asian Religions

2006-07-27T09:31:00.000+08:00

Course Title: Asian Religions Time: Thursday 8.10-10.amFriday 2.10-3.00pm Student: Maple Liang CoreaWhat I have learned: "Our first task in approaching another people, another culture, another religion, is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy. Else we may find ourselves treading on man's dreams." (Sharpe)

Trip to England~

2006-07-21T09:23:00.000+08:00

cute, cute seals at the English coast.Want to see more great photos of our trip to England? Feel free to take a look at our online yahoo photo album!

Prayer Points for August~

2006-07-01T09:13:00.000+08:00

Pray for us please!!!Prayer Points:Maple & Manik:Pray for energy level and health.Manik~Tuesdays’ and Thursdays’ classes start as early as 8.10am. The bus leaves at 6.40am and it takes 1 hour to get to Singapore Bible College.Manik&Maple~Eating out at least 3 times a week might lead to unhealthy diet. Please pray.Pray for time management.Manik~Balance study and leisure (time to spend with wife,

Etienne Rochat's visit

2006-06-11T18:16:00.000+08:00

Etienne taking a photo of the Singapore housing estate.

Cinnamon rolls

2006-06-10T18:10:00.000+08:00

First attempt of cinnamon rolls.The dough was made by the bread maker.It tastes really nice.Manik, Etienne, Mum and Dad all love it!Write me an email if you like to have the recipe :DAgain, recipe kindly given by Robin Lundy.

My second-hand bread maker !

2006-06-07T18:04:00.000+08:00

Kenwood second-hand breadmaker and my first attempt of French bread making. It came out very brown and hard on the outside, but the inside was really nice. I guess I have to put more water next time.Recipe kindly given by Robin Lundy.

80th Birthday Celebration!

2006-06-03T11:40:00.000+08:00

It is Winnie the Pooh's 80th Birthday this year!!!

Singapore River @ Night

2006-05-30T22:01:00.000+08:00

The night scene at the Singapore River taken by Tri Nguyen.ps-can you see the tiny Merlion on the photo? for more photos of the Nguyen's trip in Singapore, do visit Manik and Maple's Yahoo Online Album!

By the river

2006-05-29T21:52:00.000+08:00

This was taken after a great dinner by the Singapore River.

The patient Nguyen Family

2006-05-27T10:42:00.000+08:00

This was taken just after our breakfast; Kaya toasts, half boiled eggs, milo and coffee.AFter breakfast, while waiting for Manik to find a public phone to call Shin-Yong, I took this photo by the escalator.After 10mins of waiting, Manik showed up and we went back to the hotel to get ready for Shin-Yong, a wonderful friend who took us to East Coast for a relaxing lunch.

Manik Corea v.s Noah Nguyen 1:1

2006-05-26T23:33:00.000+08:00

This was taken at dinner time at the Hawker centre near the hotel.Manik was truely enjoying the company of Noah~the cutie!

Maple's Summer Vacation Weekly Schedule

2006-05-22T10:40:00.000+08:00

Below is my new weekly schedule which I'm having at the moment.Manik is having his school break at the moment, his weekly schedule so far is quite simple: eat, sleep, read some books, watch football (world cup), and sleep (did I mention that already? mm...I mean nap then ;).Really appreciate all the prayers and support from all the friends and families.Thank you so much~ God bless you all~Sun:

Easter Party

2006-04-19T10:14:00.000+08:00

A photo of the wives.Hand painted gift by Cinu.A photo of the husbands.Korean boy attracted by the painting.How's your Easter ?Manik and I had a great time with some new friend this Easter. We were invited to a farewell party for a New Zealand couple who has been missionaries in Singapore for almost 10 years. Elizabeth has been leading international wives' Bible study at Singapore Bible College

Everything belongs to our Lord God Almighty

2006-03-08T13:15:00.000+08:00

This morning, I was looking for air tickets to London, for our planned trip in July. I opened an IE window to check. And then I stopped at the page where I had to give the details of the payment methods and opened another window to compare other web prices. After few hours, I decided to buy the one from the first website. However, after I sent out the information, I realised that the tickets that

Our Weekly Schedule

2006-03-07T10:29:00.000+08:00

Below is our weekly schedule which we are having at the moment. Please do pray with us whenever you can. We really need all the prayers and support from our friends and families.Thank you very much~Sun:11.00 Church17.00-19.00 Walk in the woods.Mon:16.00 Couples' Bible study @ Cinu&Josh's.Tue:08.10-09.00 Old Testament studies (Manik).09.10-10.00 Systematic Theology (Manik).Wed:11.10-13.00

Mission Possible

2006-02-20T21:06:00.000+08:00

Time: 11.30amLocation: Terminal 2, Singapore Airport.Mission: Pray, eat and chat.Photograph taken after mission accomplished.

Singapore Botanical Garden

2006-02-19T20:59:00.000+08:00

Manik took this photo in front of the waterfall. Quite impressive, isn't it?! Janie and I sitting under the shade after walking under the hot sun for around 20 mins.

Days of knowledge and wonder

2006-02-11T15:52:00.000+08:00

Dear friends,It's been a long time since I wrote something on this blog. But I've been extra busy since January when I started a one year course of study at Singapore Bible College. So, it's back to school for me, but this time, I am learning and reading about topics that seem to have a direct relevance to my life and faith - hurray! Theology and Missiology can seem like rather abstact and dry

Chinese New Year

2006-01-28T22:38:00.000+08:00

This is a photo of my side of the family in Bangkok, Thailand.Starting from the right: Suradash, also called Hong-wei, is my 24 yr old cousin, a student. Followed by my aunt and uncle, my dad, my 24 yr old brother, Kevin, myself and the new 'brown' sheep of the family,Manik.

Christmas/New Year Party

2006-01-01T21:16:00.000+08:00

Here's a photo of some of the members of the Corea family.Shanna, the little girl who's hiding behind me, is a very sweet girl, she's 2 years old.Here's some of the cousins and 'cousin-in-laws' of the Corea family.ps-the baby next to me is very cute, right?!His name is Damien, 19 months old.

Hot Hot...

2005-12-28T20:55:00.000+08:00

This was made for our neighbors, an Indian family.They were very kind, even though they are not Christians, they gave us Christmas gifts.So I decided to bake some chocolate cookies in return...It's the first time I use this recipe, not bad, not too sweet at all~

Christmas Meal!

2005-12-25T22:11:00.000+08:00

Here's the ultimate Christmas Meal that Manik and I ever prepared...It consisted of a honey roasted duck (with a recipe I found from the BBC website), roast potatos with thyme butter, garlic butter Frend bread, fresh salad with yogurt dressing (which I invented), old-fashioned boil carrots, onion gravy (again, I invented that), cranberry sauce and Manik's homemade mulled wine.This is the first

Maple's Profiteroles

2005-12-24T21:51:00.000+08:00

Rachel (my sister-in-law) told me that the kids love profiteroles (especially Samuel), so I decided to try and make some on Christmas Eve.This is the first time I make profiteroles - thanks to Michelle Tennens for her recipe, it was really delicious :)(Except she's right, one needs to stir for ages to make the mixture nice and glossy. My arms were so sore at the end of all that mad stirring.

Manik's Singaporean Side

2005-12-22T22:07:00.000+08:00

Here's some of the Christmas decorations near Carrefour in town...Not too bad yeah?Manik and I went to Carrefour (not sure about the spelling...) to buy the ingredients for cooking 'the ultimate Christmas meal' (this year we decided to try duck, as turkey cost more :p).While we walked past a sampling counter near the frozen section, a lady who was promoting cheese-flavoured chicken nuggets,

Garlic Fingers

2005-12-22T11:55:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I decided to chop up a whole lot of garlic so that I won't have to chop small small portions everytime I need them.After the chopping was completed, I realised my fingers were full of a strong garlic smell!!!I rubbed a bit of lemon juice on my hands, trying to get rid of the smell (just like getting rid of the smell of fish). However, it didn't work!!!The whole day I had to endure the

Indian Meal

2005-12-21T10:02:00.000+08:00

After reading some of our posts, some of you might wonder how come we often have photos of food...well, actually we don't eat out that often, it's just that we have had to do quite a lot of the Christmas shopping these days, and since we are out, we may as well eat outdoors, sparing Maple from cooking (although it's my pleasure to cook, honestly!!!).Anyways, today we went to Mustafa, a very

The pathetic Snowman~

2005-12-20T12:06:00.000+08:00

This is the most pathetic snowman Manik and I have ever seen in our lives...it was found at the regional library near our house...although it looks fine from the photo, it was so awful in close up. On one of the gifts there's even a note says 'Please do not touch snowman'...mm....I guess nobody wants to anyway...

Carols by Candle Light

2005-12-18T18:30:00.000+08:00

Place:St. Paul's churchDate:Sunday, 18th Dec 2005Time:6.30pm Sorry guys, this photo is a bit blurred. It was taken from quite a distance as you can see there were many heads in front of me...Anyway, this is a Tamil chorus from the church's Tamil congregation. The singing was great. Enoch and Geetha will surely have enjoyed it.Can you see where my mother-in-law is???

Breakfast at Rivervale Plaza

2005-12-17T09:50:00.000+08:00

Manik has a childhood habit in Singapore, that is to have breakfast of Roti prata from a nearby food court (or a hawker centre) on a Saturday morning.What he has is quite unacceptable for a Chinese woman like me.I can't understand how can one have such an oily meal with curry early in the morning???Therefore I decided to have some Chinese noodles (which is good to eat at any time of the day of

Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

2005-12-14T13:02:00.000+08:00

Here's wishing all our beloved family and loved ones in various places in the world, a wonderful Christmas and a new year you can look forward to.Thank God for this season, a reminder to all the world of the gift of His Son, the Saviour of the world, born on earth so that we may have forgiveness and new life.Love from Manik and Maple Coreaps - Chrismas tree at home courtesy of Mum & Dad

A Letter to Our Supporters and Loved Ones

2005-12-14T12:30:00.000+08:00

Maple and my world changed irrevocably this past August. First, as many of you may still remember who were there, on August 20th 2005 (don’t forget Manik!) we vowed before God to love and cherish each other as husband and wife till death parted us. What followed that unforgettable day in August, after a brief trip away to the beautiful Norfolk countryside, was frantic days of packing, as we

Why are We Back in Singapore & What are We Doing Now?

2005-12-14T12:00:00.000+08:00

Why are we back in Singapore?Since August 1999, when I joined NAMS as a church-planter in training, I have now had 6 years as a NAMS associate church-planter. So, 2005 was always going to be a sabbatical/furlough year of sorts for me. In 2004, Maple and I also started making serious plans towards marriage and sensed that God was calling us to look to return to Asia from Colchester England. This

Prayer Points for M & M

2005-12-14T11:45:00.000+08:00

Please will you pray with us :1. That we will lay the right foundations for a strong, healthy marriage and family, built out of mutual love, respect and with God as our centre.2. That God will clearly make known in His time the country of His choosing that we are to relocate to after our year or so in Singapore.3. That Maple’s PR application will soon be processed, and that we will have

The Feast of Durian & Mangosteen

2005-11-30T15:11:00.000+08:00

So what are durian and mangosteen?Well, they are the king and queen of fruits in Asia, if you have never tried them in an Asian country, you've really missed out.PS: Manik hates the overpowering smell of the durian!

Brother in Christ

2005-11-29T13:51:00.000+08:00

This morning Manik and I went to the doctor. Don't panic, we are fine. It's just that the Singapore Bible College wants Manik to present a health check to them (don't know what that have to do with the study he's going to do, is it because they are afraid that people might get ill or die suddenly before they pay the full tuition fee?). Anyways, so we head towards the clinic near St. Paul's

2nd Time to the Immigration Building within a month!!!

2005-11-28T14:06:00.000+08:00

Today Manik and I went to the immigration office for the 2nd time. Last time was for my Permanent Resident application. T his time is to extend my visa. The immigration office is the most busy building I've ever seen in my life. Way more busy then any embassies I've visited in London (however, Manik clamed that it's much better than the Home office!). Even before we entered the building, just

Short Sentosa Trip

2005-11-13T10:04:00.000+08:00

This picture was taken at Sentosa, Singapore on 4th Nov.Manik's brother Mark and sister-in-law Rachel kindly took Manik and I along with Samuel and Sonya, their precious little children, for the Musical fountain show, complete with dancing fountains, laser lights and amazingly-real projected computer imaging on the water. It was my first time in Sentosa (small resort island on south side of

5 Not So Enjoyable Things about Singapore:

2005-11-09T11:00:00.000+08:00

1. Busy, unsmiling people walking fast everywhere.2. Hot and humid weather most of the times.3. No recycling programs at all!4. No proper fish and chips shops.5. No DNA style churches around.by Maple

5 Enjoyable Things about Singapore:

2005-11-09T10:50:00.000+08:00

1. Cheap food everywhere within walking distance!2. Air conditioning everywhere.3. Convenient transportation.4. Lots of Chinese, Cantonese, and Japanese dramas on TV.5. Lots of Mandarin books in the library.by Maple

5 things that went Wrong on Honeymoon in Koh Samui, Thailand:

2005-11-09T10:48:00.000+08:00

1. Occasional monsoon rain.2. Too many tourists walking around.3. Cuts and bruises made by the rocky stones in the sea.4. Pricey island (more expensive than Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, can you believe it?!).5. Wedding ring lost (by who else?).

5 things that went Right on Honeymoon in Koh Samui, Thailand:

2005-11-09T10:46:00.000+08:00

1. Bright and warm sunshine.2. Fine and sandy Beach.3. Clear waters with schools of fish swimming around us.4. Wonderful candlelight seafood dinner on my birthday.5. Charming husband!by Maple