Sebelum Tuhan menggantungkan bintang di angkasa, keadaan hari ini sudah ada di dalam benak Allah. Sebenarnya, anda ada di dalam benakNya. Dan Dia tahu persis apa yang akan Dia lakukan. Dia tahu dengan sempurna apa yang terbaik bagi kita. Masalah kita adalah kita tidak tahu. dan Iman adalah percaya kepadaNya ketika kita tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi esok.

Ketika putra-putri Allah gagal, tidak ada bagian Allah yang gagal. Ketika putra putri Allah berubah, tidak ada bagian Allah yang berubah. Ketika kehidupan kita berubah karena hal-hal yang tidak diharapkan, tidak ada bagian Allah yang beribah atau tidak diharapkan. Nabi Yesaya menuliskan:’ Sebelum mereka memanggil, Aku sudah menjawabnya; Ketika mereka sedang berbicara, Aku sudah mendengarkannya. (Yesaya 65:24)

Allah tahu persis apa yang akan Dia lakukan, tidak ada yang dapat menghalangi Allah untuk melaksanakannya.

Itulah yang terindah dari kisah Daud.

( from book. DAUD, pria penuh gairah dan terpilih, Charles R Swindoll)

Dear friends of Cross Project,

At least, I can post you the update of our activities in November 2008. I know it’s a bit late, but between November and December, our team is really busy. We are in hurry to deliver Cross Key Chains to PAKSU, also in buying some raw materials and to distribute the material to Cikarang and Sungai Tiram.

About Cikarang, right now… CPM has been multiplied in Cikarang. Our team there, Ester, had work hard to pioneer Cross Project Ministry in Cikarang. There are more than 5 housewives that join CPM. They produce the same Key Cross Chain and were sold together under Cross Project Ministry.

As we put Transparency as one of our core values, thus we try to keep posting our Balance Sheet and Income Statement monthly

Here is unaudited Income Statement in period of November 2008

From Abigail 06Des08

From Abigail 06Des08

On 6th December 2008, Gracia Community (participant mostly from SIGMA) visit Abigail Foundation which locate in Jl Setia kawan No 12 Rt 003/02 Pamulang Barat, Tangerang near to Universitas Pamulang. In this event, Cross Project Ministry involved by providing souvenir for Abigail Staff, Gracia Community and Orphans.

CPM delivered 125 Cross Key Chains, which be a blessed for the Orphans in Abigail Foundation as the key remain them about the True Meaning of Christmas.

We are really happy that we can support Gracia Community on delivering Christmas blessing to Orphans in Abigail Foundation.

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Mother Teresa

Siang ini saya kembali menelusuri jalan kaca. Tempat dimana kami memulai pelayanan Cross Project (CPM). Namun kini yang kami temukan adalah puing-puing bangunan yang telah rata dengan tanah. Kami berusaha mengenali rumah kontrakan Ibu Ira, tempat yang dipakai untuk bimbingan belajar dari Diakonia GKY Sunter, juga tempat kami berkumpul, menemui ibu-ibu.  Hampir-hampir tidak percaya pada apa yang saya lihat. Berusaha mengingat rumah-rumah yang dulu berdiri tegak disana dan yang kini hanya tinggal reruntuhannya saja. Hari ini Eliot mengabadikan banyak hal dalam di kameranya.

Mungkin ada banyak hal yang tidak dapat kami jawab dalam hati. Mengapakah semua harus terjadi? Memang tidak dapat disangkali, mereka juga salah karena membangun rumah diatas tanah pemerintah. Tapi juga tidak tega melihat hasil jerih lelah mereka kini hanyalah reruntuhan.

A boy who help his father to take the rubble of their house, When the picture is taken this child is playing with his toy between the rubble of his house. This is one of the condition in Jalan Kaca, Indonesia long after the demolishing done by government. Yes, it is in Indonesia, not in the middle east.

Housewives houses who involved in Cross Project is not included in the demolishing done by government (may be in terminator II). Their house is in Sungai Tiram about 1 km from the site.

There we also stand over the rubble of Ibu Ira house which we used to train housewives in Cross Project. Right now, Ibu Ira has moved to Sungai Tiram. From there the Love of GOD keep being done.

Here is some photo from our last visit to Jalan Kaca.

Saat ini, Tim Cross Project Ministry juga sudah menjangkau daerah Cikarang, dimana di daerah ini masih banyak anak-anak yang terancam kekurangan gizi. Sementara itu banyak ibu-ibu rumah tangga yang sangat antusias mengikuti training yang kami lakukan dari awal November 2008, sudah ada 4 ibu rumah tangga yang sudah bergabung dimana mereka semua adalah ibu-ibu rumah tangga yang tidak bekerja. Banyak berkat dan sukacita yang mereka peroleh melalui kegiatan ini, di antaranya berkat dalam bentuk upah dan susu merk ideal dari nestle yang tentu saja sangat membantu meningkatkan gizi dari anak-anak mereka, serta sukacita yang mereka rasakan ketika setiap hari mereka bisa produktif dan menghasilkan karya yang dapat membantu suami dan anak-anak mereka.

Sejauh ini kami sudah mendapatkan dukungan dari salah satu gereja di Jababeka yaitu dari Bapak Gembala GBI Adyawinsa –Jababeka yang sangat mendukung pelayanan ini karena banyak warga jemaat yang diberkati.. Gereja GBI Jababeka menjadi salah satu tempat kami mengadakan pelatihan pada hari minggu selesai ibadah dan hari rabu malam selesai jam doa malam.

Dear friends of Cross Project,

We want to update you about our activities in October 2008… Thanks to Our Lord Jesus Christ, for until December 2008, there has been an ordered for approximately 1800 Cross Key Chain. Well, it’s more than we expected as we prayed for 1500 Cross Key Chain to be sold in the beginning of the Project but our Awesome God give more than we ever prayed…

Please pray for us that we can deliver 1800 Cross Key Chain to the customer.

By the way, thanks to your prayers, thus we have found a market place that sell Acrylics Beads/Mote at reasonable price. Here in the market we found abundance of raw materials and possibility to create new product.

We also plan to invest some of the profit to buy a book that will increase the skill of housewives in jalan kaca to create another handcraft. Please pray for us

Actually there is a lot story that i would tell, but i decide to share it later…in bahasa indonesia

Here is unaudited Income Statement in period of October 2008

We would thanks to GOD that allowed us to work on His vision! For all things are from Him, by Him, and for Him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen!

Please keep on praying for Cross Project Ministry

Dear friends,

Thanks for your support, after 6 months we have delivered more than 262 boxes of milks to the mothers in Jalan Kaca.

The details deliverable of milks

Description	Qty	Notes
Project 1	78	Project 1 is for GKYMB
Project 2	27	Project 2 is for PAKSU
Donation	157	Donation to help people in Jalan Kaca after demolishment

Please pray for us, in this December we have to deliver approximately 1800 Cross Key Chain, and now we really have difficulty on supply of material (acrylic mote), because the supplier has not enough acrylic mote for production. Now, we are looking for another supplier. So, please pray for us!

Here is unaudited Income Statement in period of September 2008