Hasn't been updating my blog for quite a while.. Yesterday marks a important phase of my army life: from RECRUIT to TRAINED SOLDIER a.k.a PTE.

Yesterday was my Passing out parade. Have been rehearsing it for 1 week. Standing under hot scorching sun, doing all the drills and running in the parade square. All came to an end and what awaits me is my long 15 days of block leave Hooray!!! Wanna thank God for bringing me through the past 3 months of tough training: Field Camp, road march and SIT test. At the same time, God provided me with a good bunch of platoon and section mates: Bryan, Joshua, JP, Wilson Lim/Shen, Kenneth and the list just go on & on.

One incident which I really wanna thank God for is the 24km road march. For those who donno wahts the 24km road march is, it means that you have to carry your field pack which is i think weigh more than 5 kg, with webby, helmet and your M16 rifle and walk for 24km. The journey is really long. Started the march in the afternoon at 3.30pm. Have been seeking for prayer support for strength and endurance before the march. Nick encourage me by asking me to memorise Psalm 23. But God really spoke to me when i have walk for 16km and was taking a break. At that point of time, i was about to break down and i can feel that my eyes started to become watery. I really wanna give up cos blisters and abbrasion plus the heavy load really push me to the extreme. Suddenly, this song just came to my mind, a chinese song by the streams of prasie. I was very touched at that point and it really give me a sense of relief knowing that God is there for me. I pushed on and continued the journey and finally completing the whole march at close to 11pm.

I wanna thank GOD for all the things He has blessed me with: a new home, a new bunch of ns friends and also my brothers and sisters in Christ. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!
Caleb at 1:35 PM